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Ashita no Joe, Kagurabachi, Tokyo These Days, More Nominated for Eisner Awards

Comic-Con International announced the nominees for this year's Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards on Thursday. The following manga were nominated in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia category:

• Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow (translated by Asa Yonola)
• Athena Nibley)
• Camellia Nieh)
• Max Greenway)
• Ben Applegate)
• Michael Arias)

Fawn Lau is the designer.

IDW's Godzilla's 70th Anniversary is vying for the Best Anthology award. Kelly Goto and Sam Goto's Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American Experience (Chin Music Press) is in Best Graphic Album—Reprint category.

won last year's award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia.

As previously reported, induction into the Hall of Fame this year.

Source: Comic-Con International