Every year the Freelance Talents community organize the Indian Comics Fandom Awards to celebrate the works of emerging freelance artists and contributors to the Indian comics industry. The 4th edition of the ICF Awards 2016 saw a tremendous response from the fans and community this year. The voting was incredibly close, proving that all the nominees have produced outstanding works representing the brilliant talents in the country today.
List of winners and Runner Ups from 8 main categories this year are:
Best Cartoonist
Mrinal Rai (Winner, Gold)
Jazyl Homavazir (Silver), Neerad (Bronze)
Best Fan Artist
Anuj Kumar (Winner, Gold)
Amitabh Singh (Silver), Anand Singh (Bronze)
Best Blogger-Reviewer
Youdhveer Singh (Winner, Gold)
Jagmeet Sidhu (Silver), Ashwani Dwivedi (Bronze)
Best Fan Work
Doga Song: Warwan Band (Winner, Gold)
Shaktimaan is Back Video: DK Films, 60 Hertz Studios (Silver),
Comics Memories Podcast Series: Mohit Trendster (Bronze) & Roar of Indian Superheores Series: PK Brothers (Bronze)
Best Fan Fiction Writer
Adesh Sharma (Winner, Gold)
Bramha Patel (Silver), Navneet Singh (Bronze)
Best Comic Collector
Sagar Jung Rana (Winner, Gold)
Manoj Pandey (Silver), Heera Lal Bhardwaj (Bronze)
Best Webcomic
The Beast Legion by Jazyl Homavazir (Winner, Gold)
Kavya Comics by Mohit Trendster (Silver), The Last Ancients by Akshay Katnaur (Bronze)
Best Colorist
Naval Thanawala (Winner, Gold), Nishant Maurya (Winner, Gold)
Harendra Saini (Silver), Manabendra Majumder (Bronze)
Hall of Fame
Raj Singh Sindal (RFN)
Kapil Chandak (SCD Yahoo Group)
Mandaar Gangele (RC Forums)
Sumit Kumar
Sagar Jung Rana
Congratulations again to all the winners and a huge thanks to the community and fans for their time, votes and considerations without whom none of this would be possible. We will be covering some of the winners and their works during this month. Stay tuned!