Lighthouse at the end of the tunnel: Ninth Art rolls out the third annual Lighthouse Awards for the best comics and most innovative creators of the year. I'm pleased to see that Ted Naifeh's "Courtney Crumrin" (Oni Press) was named Best Continuing Series:

"The sense of fun infused in this title is undeniable, and if there was one horror story we all wish we could be trapped in, it's one in which school bullies are eaten by goblins wearing hooded training tops."