Tezuka and the 2010 Eisner Awards

The Comic Book industry's highest honor, The Eisner Awards, take place on Friday, July 23rd as part of the San Diego Comic Con. There are a number of Osamu Tezuka-related works in this year's batch of nominees. The Art of Osamu Tezuka has been nominated for Best Comics-Related Book and Naoki Urasawa's Pluto is up for several awards.

You can read the complete listing of nominees on the Comic Con website, and a list of all manga-related nominees thanks to The Manga Curmudgeon.

Also, Art of Osamu Tezuka author Helen McCarthy has posted her thoughts on her book's nomination on her blog.