He speaks about 988 the new mental health phone line. It's a difficult speech, he talks about being in a dark place and the person who stopped him. Michael Davis is now out to speak about mental illness. In Davis’s Bleeding Cool column, he regularly writes about the trauma he experienced living in an abusive home, including the murder of his sister and violent incidents with his drunk father, and his depression, which he described as a “ six-year dark hell.” However, echoing a refrain that I’ve muttered too often in my own life, Davis said that comic books helped save his life, adding that we need to take better care of ourselves. Co-founder of Milestone Media, Michael Davis, spoke about being in a dark place and trying to kill himself, plus the person who helped him get out of it. In addition to the awards, the Eisner ceremony took a moment to speak about mental health. Fantagraphics - 4 (mostly thanks to Barry Windsor-Smith‘s Monsters).With the most nominations, DC Comics and Image also won the most awards at the 2022 Eisners. The tally for the number of wins from each publisher is: Topping the list of the remaining nominations is Viz Media (8), followed by Marvel Comics (7 plus 5 shared), BOOM! Studios (7 plus 3 shared), then Abrams, Dark Horse, and Mariner Books (tied for 5), Magnetic Press (4), and Oni Press (2 plus 2 shared). This year, DC Comics received the most nominations (15 plus 7 shared), followed by Image (14 plus 4 shared), then Fantagraphics and Top Shelf (tied for 11), with other publishers receiving fewer nods by the Eisner judges. Previously, The Beat‘s editor-in-chief and long-time industry veteran Heidi MacDonald tallied the nominee list to see which publishers/creators received the most nominations for the 2022 Eisner Awards.
This year’s Eisner Award judges were comics writer/editor Barbara Randall Kesel, author/art historian Kim Munson, retailer Aaron Trites, writer/editor/journalist Rik Offenberger, librarian Jameson Rohrer, and comics journalist/historian Jessica Tseang, who had the tough task of deciding the 2022 nominees as well as the people who were eligible to vote to decide the winners out of the over 150 print and online titles from across 65 publishers that were nominated. The 2022 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were presented at a gala awards ceremony held during San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 22.
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