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Hayao Miyazaki, Rumiko Takahashi Nominated for Eisner Hall of Fame
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Creative professionals working in the comics or related industries, publishers, editors, retailers (comics store owner or manager), graphic novels librarians, and comics historians/educators can vote online now for four nominees, and the vote will continue until March 31.
Miyazaki serialized the epic manga appeared at Comic-Con International in 2009.
In her career of over three decades, Takahashi created such manga series as appeared at the convention in 1994 and 2000.
The convention gave both Japanese creators Inkpot Awards during their first visits there. The previous Japanese inductees of the Eisner Hall of Fame Winsor McCay.
This year's judges are comics retailer Kathy Bottarini (Comic Book Box, Rhonert Park, CA), author/educator William H. Foster (Untold Stories of Black Comics), reviewer Christian Lipski (Portland, OR Examiner), Comic-Con International board member Lee Oeth, library curator Jenny Robb (Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum), and Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist/critic James Romberger (Post York, 7 Miles a Second).
Source: Comic Book Resources
