Artist / Dessinateur

• Chris Bachalo Age of X: Alpha 1, Avengers 13, 15, Wolverine and the X-Men 1-3, X-Men 7-10 (Marvel Comics)
• Marc Delafontaine Les Nombrils T.5: Un Couple D’enfer (Delcourt)
• Stuart Immonen Fear Itself 1-7, “Queen, King, Off-Suit“/X-Men: To Serve and Protect 4 (Marvel Comics), “Say You’re Dead“/Outlaw Territory Vol.2 (Image)
• Fred Jourdain Le Dragon Bleu / The Blue Dragon (Éditions Alto/Ex Machina/House of Anansi Press)
• Jeff Lemire  Jonah Hex 69 (DC Comics), “A Coffin for Mrs. Bishell”/ Outlaw Territory Vol. 2 (Image)
• Yanick Paquette, Nathan FairbairnSwamp Thing 1-3, Batman Incorporated 3, 5 (with Michel Lacombe) (DC Comics)
• Cameron Stewart “Chapter 1: The School of Night“/Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! 1 (DC Comics), Suicide Girls 1-4 (IDW)

Cartoonist / Créateur

• Chester Brown Paying For It: A Comic Strip Memoir About Being A John (D+Q)
• Darwyn Cooke  ”The Seventh“/Parker: The Martini Edition, “Betty Saves the Day“/Rocketeer Adventures 2 (IDW)
• Guy Delisle  Chroniques de Jerusalem (Delcourt)
• Ray Fawkes  One Soul, Possessions Book Two (Oni Press)
• Francois Lapierre Chroniques Sauvages (Glenat Quebec)
• Jeff Lemire  Sweet Tooth 17-25 (DC/Vertigo)
• Ramon Perez Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand (Archaia Press)
• Michel Rabagliati Paul au Parc (La Pasteque)

Cover Artist / Dessinateur Couvertures

• Kalman Andrasofszky  X-23 5-19, X-Men: Earth’s Mutant Heroes 1 (Marvel Comics), Stan Lee’s Soldier Zero 6-10 (Boom!)
• Kaare Andrews  Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis 5, Ultimate Comics Hawkeye 1-4, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man 156, 1-5,  Ultimate Comics X-Men 1-5, Ultimate Comics Ultimates 1-5 (Marvel Comics)
• Fred Jourdain  Le Dragon Bleu / The Blue Dragon (Éditions Alto/Ex Machina/House of Anansi Press)
• Francois Lapierre Chroniques Sauvages (Glenat Quebec)
• Jeff Lemire  Jonah Hex 69 (DC Comics), Sweet Tooth 18-28 (DC/Vertigo)
• Francis Manapul  The Flash Vol.4 9-12, The Flash Vol. 5 1-4, Flashpoint: Grodd of War 1, Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost 1-3, Green Lantern 4, Green Lantern Corps 62, Superboy 5, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents 5 (DC Comics) 7 Warriors (Boom!)
• Yanick Paquette Batman Incorporated 3-5, Knight and Squire 1-6, Swamp Thing 1-4  (DC Comics)

Webcomics Creator / Créateur de Bandes Dessinées Web

• Jayd Ait-Kaci  The Fox Sister, Sfeer Theory
• Emily Carroll  Comics 2011 (Anu-Anulan and Yir’s Daughter, Dream Journal Mar 30th, Margot’s Room, The Prince and The Sea)
• Tony Cliff  Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
• Kate Craig Heart of Ice
• Iris and Zviane  L’ostie d’chat – Leblog de Jasmin et Jean-Seb
• Drazen Kozjan The Happy Undertaker
• Ty Templeton Bun Toons

Writer / Écrivain

• Anthony Del Col, Connor McCreery  Kill Shakespeare 9-12 (IDW)
• Francis Desharnais Motel Galactic (Editions Pow Pow)
• Maryse Dubuc, Marc Delafontaine Les Nombrils T.5: Un Couple D’enfer (Dupuis)
• Kathryn Immonen Avengers: Origins – Thor 1, Captain America and the First Thirteen 1, Wolverine and Jubilee 1-4, “Queen, King, Off-Suit“/X-Men: To Serve and Protect 4 (Marvel Comics), “Say You’re Dead“/Outlaw Territory Vol.2 (Image)
• Jeff Lemire Animal Man 1-4, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown 1-3, Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. 1-4, Giant Size Atom 1, Superboy 3-11 (DC Comics), Sweet Tooth 26-28 (DC/Vertigo), “-“/Brilliant! Tragic! The Comic Book 1 (Art Brut)
• Tristan Roulot  Le Testament de Capitaine Crown T.1: Cinq Enfants du Putain, Goblins T.5: La Fleur au Canon, Psykoparis T.1 (Soleil)
• Kurtis J. Wiebe Green Wake 1-8, The Intrepids 1-6 (Image), “Logan‘s Lost Lesson“/Marvel Holiday Special 2011 (Marvel Comics)
• Jim Zubkavich Skull Kickers 5, 7-11 (Image

The Dragon Award (Comics for Kids) / Prix Dragon (Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants)

• Ariane et Nicolas Tome 6: Les Toiles Mysterieuses  Paul Roux (Les 400 Coups)
• Big City Otto Vol.1 Bill Slavin (Kids Can Press)
• Hyena in Petticoats: The Story of Suffragette Nellie McClung  Willow Dawson (Puffin Books)
• L’Agent Jean Tome 1: Le Cerveau de l’Apocalypse Alex A. (Presses Aventure)
• Lone Hawk: The Story of Air Ace Billy Bishop John Lang (Puffin Books)
• Luz Sees the Light  Claudia Davila (Kids Can Press)
• Silly Kingdom: Alengrimrickshaw’s 211th Birthday Katie and Steven Shanahan (Self-Published)
• Three Thieves Book 2: The Sign of the Black Rock Scott Chantler (Kids Can Press)

Gene Day Award (Self-Publishers) / Prix Gene Day (Auto-éditeurs)

• Silly Kingdom: Alengrimrickshaw’s 211th Birthday Katie and Steven Shanahan
• Ghost Rabbit by Dakota McFadzean
• Drupe Jeremy Bourgeois Raymonde
• 21 Journeys Cloudscape Comics Collective,
• Fifteen Months Colleen MacIsaac

Harry Kremer Award (Retailers) / Prix Harry Kremer (Détaillants)

• Amazing Stories (Saskatoon, SK)
• Another Dimension (Calgary, AB)
• The Comic Hunter (Moncton, NB)
• Comic Readers (Regina, SK)
• Golden Age Collectables (Vancouver, BC)
• Heroes (London, ON)
• L’Imaginaire (Quebec City, QC)
• Silver Snail (Toronto, ON)
• Studio 9 Comic Shop (Montreal, QC)
• Warp 1 Comics and Games (Edmonton, AB)

UPDATED 09/04/2012:

Finalists /Finalistes:

• Another Dimension (Calgary, AB)
• The Comic Hunter (Moncton, NB)
• Comic Readers (Regina, SK)
• L’Imaginaire (Quebec City, QC)
• Silver Snail (Toronto, ON)