The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award is an American award presented to a

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whose first professional work appeared within the previous two years. It was named after comic book artist

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. The winner is chosen from a list of nominees picked by judges from the West Coast Comics Club and

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, and is given at the annual

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ceremony.

Winners

Source: * 1982

Dave Stevens Dave Lee Stevens (July 29, 1955 – March 11, 2008) was an American illustrator and comics artist. He was most famous for creating ''Rocketeer, The Rocketeer'' comic book and film character, and for his pin-up style "glamour art" illustrations, ...

* 1983

Jan Duursema Jan Duursema (born October 27, 1954) is an American comics artist known for her work on the ''Star Wars'' comics franchise. She is the creator of Denin and Vila from Naldar, the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura and the Kiffar Jedi Quinlan Vos. Career ...

* 1984 Steve Rude * 1985 Scott McCloud * 1986 Art Adams * 1987

Eric Shanower Eric James Shanower (born October 23, 1963) is an American cartoonist, best known for his Oz novels and comics, and for the ongoing retelling of the Trojan War as '' Age of Bronze''. Early life Eric Shanower was born on October 23, 1963. Upon hi ...

* 1988 Kevin Maguire * 1989

Richard Piers Rayner Richard Piers Rayner () is an English comic book artist. He is best known for his work on ''Road to Perdition''. Biography Richard Piers Rayner began his professional comic career in 1988, illustrating for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. His works ...

* 1990

Dan Brereton Daniel Alan Brereton (born November 22 San Francisco Bay Area) is an American writer and illustrator who has produced notable work in the comic book field. Biography Early life Dan Brereton attended the California College of the Arts and the Academ ...

* 1991 Dærick Gröss * 1992 Mike Okamoto * 1993 Jeff Smith * 1994

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* 1995

Edvin Biuković Edvin Biuković (22 June 1969 – 5 December 1999) was a Croatian comics artist. Biography Biuković made his debut in 1987 with the strip ''Dokaz'' published in the third issue of Croatian magazine ''Patak''. He spent several more years wor ...

* 1996

Alexander Maleev Alex Maleev (Bulgarian: Алекс Малеев) is a Bulgarian comic book illustrator, best known for the Marvel Comics' series ''Daredevil'' (vol. 2) with frequent collaborator Brian Michael Bendis. Career Coming from a fine arts background, Ma ...

* 1997

Walt Holcomb Walt is a masculine given name, generally a short form of Walter, and occasionally a surname. Notable people with the name include: People Given name * Walt Arfons (1916-2013), American drag racer and competition land speed record racer * Walt Be ...

* 1998

Matt VanderPol Matt may refer to: *Matt (name), people with the given name ''Matt'' or Matthew, meaning "gift from God", or the surname Matt *In British English, of a surface: having a non-glossy finish, see gloss (material appearance) *Matt, Switzerland, a mu ...

* 1999

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* 2000

Alan Bunce Alan Coe Bunce (June 28, 1900 – April 27, 1965) was an American radio and television actor. Bunce was best remembered for playing the role of Albert Arbuckle alongside Peg Lynch on the sitcom ''Ethel and Albert'' from 1944-50 on radio and ...

* 2001

Goran Sudžuka Goran Sudžuka (born 1969, Zagreb, Croatia) is a Croatian comic book artist, known for his work on books such as '' Y: The Last Man'', '' Hellblazer: Lady Constantine'' and '' Ghosted''. Early life Goran Sudžuka was born in 1969 in Zagreb, Croa ...

* 2002

Tan Eng Huat Tan Eng Huat (; born 1974), also known as Kutu, is a Malaysian comics penciller and inker. After self-publishing comics in his homeland, Tan began a career in Western comics, starting with ''Doom Patrol'' volume 3 in 2001 by DC Comics. Biogra ...

* 2003

Jerome Opeña Jerome Opeña is a Filipino people, Filipino comic book artist best known for his numerous collaborations with writer Rick Remender. Early life Opeña was born in the Philippines, and spent most of his childhood in Taiwan, where his father worked ...

* 2004

Eric Wight Eric Wight (born November 15, 1974) is an American professional artist, illustrator and animator. He is leader of the Epic Originals line at children's digital reading platform Epic. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts and lives in Ea ...

* 2005 Chris Bailey * 2006 R. Kikuo Johnson * 2007 David Petersen * 2008 Cathy Malkasian * 2009

Eleanor Davis Eleanor McCutcheon Davis (born January 16, 1983) is an American cartoonist and illustrator. Early life Eleanor Davis was raised in Tucson, Arizona by comic-enthusiast parents who exposed her to stories like ''Little Lulu'', ''Krazy Kat'', ''Lit ...

* 2010

Marian Churchland Marian Churchland (born June 15, 1982) is a Canadian comic book artist and graduate of the University of British Columbia. They first came to prominence in 2009 with their debut graphic novel ''Beast'' for Image. Career Churchland began their c ...

"2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Winners"
. San Diego Comic-Con International. Retrieved November 16, 2011. * 2011 Nate Simpson * 2012

Tyler Crook Tyler Crook is an American comics artist. He broke into comics in 2011 with ''Petrograd'', written by Philip Gelatt and published by Oni Press, and in 2012 he won the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award. He is best known for his work on M ...

* 2013 Russel Roehling * 2014 Aaron Conley * 2015 (Tie) ** Jorge Corona **

Greg Smallwood Greg is a masculine given name, and often a shortened form of the given name Gregory. Greg (more commonly spelled " Gregg") is also a surname. People with the name *Greg Abbott (disambiguation), multiple people *Greg Abel (born 1961/1962), Canadi ...

* 2016

Dan Mora Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoir ...

* 2017 Anne Szabla * 2018 (Tie) **

Hamish Steele Hamish is a Scottish masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of the vocative case of the Gaelic name ''Seamus'' or ''Sheumais''. It is therefore, the equivalent of James. People Given name * Hamish Bennett, retired New Zealand cricketer ...

Pablo Tunica Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People *Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer * Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer *Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist * Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer *Pablo Bren ...

* 2019 Lorena Alvarez *2022

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