The latest press release.....
The launch of The Stan Lee Eagle Awards 2014
COMICBOOK legend Stan Lee is providing fans around the world with
a fresh opportunity to honour their favourite writers, artists and titles of the previous
year.
In collaboration with awards director Cassandra Conroy, the co-founder of the Marvel
Universe is set to officially open The Stan Lee Eagle Awards for nominations on
Conroy took over as chair of the original 'Eagle Awards' in 2008 from their founder – her
father, Mike Conroy – and has spearheaded the awards evolution.
"My dad's intention was always to give the fans a voice and I'm delighted that this latest
initiative will take his vision to an entirely new plane." she said.
Dubbed the People's Choice Awards, The Stan Lee Eagle Awards are unique in that they
offer the only worldwide platform for professionals and non-professionals alike to voice their
opinions of the work being done in the medium.
"It'd be great to see more non-English language titles and creators being recognised and
having such a household name as Stan Lee attached makes virtually anything possible,"
stated Mike Conroy.
"Many view Stan as a comicbook god," he added. "That Stan was the very first inductee on
to Eagle Awards Roll of Honour back in 1976 just makes Cassandra's coup that much more
of a personal pleasure for me."
The Stan Lee Eagle Awards will be held annually in July at
the London Film and Comic Con.
"The original Eagle Awards had a coveted reputation that was well earned and respected.
But to have Stan 'The Man' Lee offer his brand and patronage to champion The Stan
Lee Eagle Awards is just incredible," proclaimed Cassandra Conroy, who added. "There
has been a Conroy behind the Eagle Awards since their inception in 1976. I'm delighted
that such a legendary creator as Stan has been willing to help me build on my father's
legacy."
The 2014 prizes will be handed out as part of this year's London Film & Comic Con with the
inaugural ceremony being held at Earls Court on Saturday, July 12th.
STAN LEE
It is almost impossible to summarise Stan Lee's contributions to the US comic book
industry. A writer and editor who began his career in 1939 at the age of 16, he almost
single-handedly ran Timely and Atlas – the precursors to Marvel Comics – writing a
significant percentage of the stories for a line that consisted primarily of war, western,
romance and fantasy/monster anthologies from 1941 until 1961 when he partnered with
artist Jack Kirby to create Marvel's first superheroes in almost a decade. The Fantastic
Four revived the fortunes of what had been a moribund company, and the collaboration
between Lee and the legendary King of Comics continued as they followed that runaway
success with a wave of other well-receivedcharacters: Ant-Man (in Tales to Astonish), The
Incredible Hulk, Thor (in Journey into Mystery), Iron Man (in Tales of Suspense), Sgt
Fury and his Howling Commandos, The Avengers and X-Men among them.
Stan Lee's attendance at London Film and Comic Con, July 11th - 13th 2014 will be his last
ever official European convention appearance.
CASSANDRA CONROY
GROWING UP surrounded by comics and immersed in the British comics scene thanks to
her father, Mike Conroy, it was all but inevitable that Conroy would develop her own love for
the medium. A face on the UK convention circuit since her early teens, Conroy took over
the running of the original Eagle Awards from her father in 2008 when she was only 16.
Determined to reinvent for the 21st century what were originally envisaged as fan awards,
in 2014 she teamed up with legendary Marvel Universe co-creator Stan Lee to create a new
worldwide brand in The Stan Lee Eagle Awards. Since 2012, Conroy has been coproducing
the Comic Zone element of Showmasters' various UK-based multimedia events
with her father.
MIKE CONROY
ONE OF the UK’s leading comics journalists, Mike Conroy is currently publisher/editor of
Multiverse, Britain’s leading comics news magazine. He writes the bonus features for all
the titles in Hachette’s hugely successful Ultimate Marvel Graphic Novel Collection line,
as well as co-producing Comics Zone, the event-within-an-event at Showmasters’ massive
nationwide multimedia extravaganzas, with his daughter Cassandra. A veteran comics
journalist, historian, author and biographer, Mike Conroy is also the founder of the Eagle
Awards. Established in 1976, the Eagle Awards are one of the comics industry’s oldest and
most coveted international prizes.
More detailed bios at www.stanleeeagleawards.com
London Film and Comic Con (www.londonfilmandcomiccon.com) will run from Friday 11th
July to Sunday 13th July 2014 in Earls Court 2. The Stan Lee Eagle Awards takes place
during the evening of the event on Saturday 12th July, doors open from 7pm.
2 comments:
I voted for YOU
Thanks! I've never won an award.
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