Rosarium Publishing Wins Glyph Pioneer Award

Indie comic book and scifi novel publisher Bill Campbell, founder of Rosarium Publishing was honored with a Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award by the East Coast Black Age of Comic Convention (ECBACC) in Philadelphia on Friday, May 20th at the African American Museum of Philadelphia.

Campbell received the award for his publication APB: Artists Against Police Brutality. A benefit comic book anthology that focuses on hot-button issues including police brutality, the justice system, and civil rights, with one primary goal: show pictures and tell stories that get people talking. The proceeds of the book go to The Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people. APB was co-edited by Jason Rodriguez and John Jennings who also won a Glyph Award himself that night for Best Comic Book Cover for his graphic novel Blue Hand Mojo #1.

The Glyph Comic Awards were created by and held in conjunction with The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention in Philadelphia, PA. The Glyph Awards goal is to recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the previous calendar year. The Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Awards started in 2004, and are meant to honor men and women who have made “innovative, lasting and dynamic contributions to the industry”. Winners are nominated by independent submission from comic book historians, writers, and artists affiliated with the ECBACC community.