The five finalists for the Gene Day Award for Self-Publishing have been selected and will be announced alongside the rest of the Joe Shuster Award finalists.
This was a very strong year for work produced and I would like to profile some of these creators in the coming months.
In the meantime, the complete list of Gene Day submissions (alphabetically by title):
Battle of Alberta by Jason Ask & Devon Jopling
Black Mass #4 by Patrick Kyle
Bok Choy Bash & The Sashimi Adventures by Dirchansky and Koyar
Bok Choy Bash & The Sashimi Adventures AGAIN by Dirchansky and Koyar
Boredom Pays #2 by Jason Bradshaw
Boris and the Open House by Katharine Miller
Calamity Gin – adventures in misfortune #5 by Bev Calder
Diary Excerpts from the Saddest Man Alive # 1, 2 & 3 by Joren Cull
Don River by Brian Evinou
Dreadful #1 by Mark Slater (with Lance Sawyer)
Exploded View (anthology) by the Cloudscape comics group featuring various stories.
Expired Seafood (anthology) by various creators of the evilsmile.net crew
Feelings by Joren Cull
Freelance Blues #2 & #3 by Ian Daffern & Mike Leong (art by US citizen Vicky Tierney)
Frequently Asked Question about threesome by Hyein Lee
Front Froid #3 (anthology) featuring Alice by Dominique Carrier & Jeik Dion; Collabo by Hicham Absa; Jack Rackham & Katie Cruel by Martin Hebert & Jean-Philippe Marcotte; Joyeux Noel, Salauds! Usurpation by Olivier Carpentier; L’Evasion Narrative by Plivier Jobin & Jeremie Caron-Mackenzie
genevieve vol. 1 by Efehan Elbi
Happenstance (anthology) featuring Pendulum by Tim Carpenter & Dorian Lang; Set To by Coleen MacIsaac & Dorian Lang; Happenstance by Jordyn Bochon & Tim Carpenter
Hell, Inc. by Jeff Martin
hello orange, hello squirrel by Mary Huang
Histoires d’escaliers / Stairway stories by Danièle Archambault
Horrible Little Boy by Chris Lawson & Marco Brunelleschi
I Hope You Never Disappear by Mike Ellis
ᐱᖃᓗᔭᖅ (Iceberg) by Michel Hellman
Lere in: Shadow of the Batjerk by Jordyn Bochon
Life Is Long by Evan Moore
Look Straight Ahead #1 & #2 by Elaine Will
Lynchpin #1 by William Brian MacLean
Magic Teeth Dailies #33, #35, #37, #38 & #39 by Gareth Gaudin
Manifest Destiny by Craig Ferguson
Maxim’s Hot 100 by Michael DeForge
Medicine #3 by Brian Hoang
Not Funny by Joren Cull & Mike Ellis
Paperbag Comics (gag puzzle comics) by Matthew Rooney
Peter’s Muscle by Michael DeForge
Prepared Pianos by Laura Kenins
Pumbum by Laurel Kamps
Saints and Warriors by Mark Slater (with Stephen Lindsay)
SM by Michael DeForge
Streakers by Nick Maandag
Too Many Monsters (Team Society League #1) by Team Society (made up of Aaron Costain, John Martz & Zach Worton)
Free Puppies!!! (Team Society League #2) by Team Society (made up of Aaron Costain, John Martz & Zach Worton)
Teuton #1 by Fred Kennedy & Adam Gorham
The Book Of Irrational Fears by Juhyun Daniel Lee
The Gentlemen by Kristi McConnel & S.J. Romm
This Tactile Earth by Patrick Kyle
Three Girls by Hyeine Lee
Trigger Happy #1 by Frances Lee
The Worst In Everything by Jason Bradshaw
True Vibes #1 by CK Leach & David Edwards
Yes, Yes … No – the story of one of many virgins by Sophie Laplante
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 
There were a lot of great comics submitted. Narrowing it down to just five was extremely difficult. Kudos to everyone that sent in an entry for consideration. Keep up the good work!