Broken Frontier

History was made at the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards (GCA) ceremony on May 15, 2009 as Jeremy Love’s webcomic Bayou swept all five categories it was nominated in, setting new records for wins by a single comic and wins by a single comic in a single year. The previous record for the former, Nat Turner, had four wins over two years (2006 and 2008), while the previous record for the latter, Stagger Lee, had four wins, all in 2007. Bayou’s five-for-five sweep is also a first in GCA history.
 
In addition, DC Comics also achieved a sweep, capturing all eight categories it was nominated in, including, for the first time, the Fan Award for Best Comic, the sole award voted on by the fans.
 
The complete list of winners:
 
Story of the Year
Bayou; Jeremy Love, writer and artist
 
Best Writer
Jeremy Love, Bayou
 
Best Artist
Jeremy Love, Bayou
 
Best Male Character
Black Lightning, Final Crisis: Submit; Grant Morrison, writer, Matthew Clark, Norm Rapmund, Rob Hunter & Don Ho, artists
 
Best Female Character
Lee Wagstaff, Bayou; Jeremy Love, writer and artist
 
Rising Star Award
Damian Duffy & John Jennings, The Hole: Consumer Culture
 
Best Reprint Publication
Me and the Devil Blues V1; Del Rey, David Ury, translator/adapter
 
Best Cover
Unknown Soldier #1; Igor Kordey, illustrator
 
Best Comic Strip
Bayou, Jeremy Love, writer and artist
 
Fan Award for Best Comic
Vixen: Return of the Lion; G. Willow Wilson, writer, Cafu, artist
 
The GCA ceremony is part of the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC), held in Philadelphia.