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IDW’s They Called Us Enemy and Usagi Yojimbo Win at 32nd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
IDW’s They Called Us Enemy and Usagi Yojimbo Win at 32nd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / July 27, 2020 / Usagi Yojimbo from IDW Publishing and They Called Us Enemy from IDW imprint Top Shelf Productions garnered three coveted Eisners between them at this weekend's Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards ceremony, the highest honor in the comics community as voted upon by professional peers.The heartfelt graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker won in the category of "Best Reality-Based Work." They Called Us Enemy presents Takei's firsthand account of a childhood imprisoned by the US government during World War II."What a tremendous honor to be recognized by our peers in the comics industry with this Eisner Award for They Called Us Enemy," the creators said in a joint statement. "We offer our deep thanks to the judges who nominated this book and everyone that voted. We also owe a special thanks to all the readers, librarians, educators, and shopkeepers that have embraced this story and spread the word. Because of you, the story of the wrongful imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II will be more widely known by future generations, and in that education, there is hope for a brighter tomorrow.""In times of crisis, it can be tempting to consider books ‘nonessential,' but that's when it's most essential to grapple with our history and our values, and to understand how the past still lives with us in the present," said Top Shelf editor Leigh Walton. "As a young man, George Takei could find nothing in his school textbooks about his family's imprisonment - now, his Eisner-winning graphic memoir is rapidly becoming adopted as a school text. It's an honor to join the comics community in celebrating this team's profound and beautiful achievement."Usagi Yojimbo, the beloved epic fantasy by Stan Sakai, claimed two Eisner Awards: Sakai as "Best Letterer" for his work on the monthly full-color Usagi Yojimbo comic book series, and "Best Archival Collection/Project - Comic Books" for Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter Artist Select, a prestige hardcover collecting the seminal tales of the eponymous ronin hero, edited by IDW's Scott Dunbier.In response to the "Best Letterer" category win, Sakai said, "...