Friends of Lulu announced last week the winners of the 2009 Lulu Awards!

These awards go to recognize and celebrate people who have “helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women.”

Want to know who won? Check it out, right here:

Kim Yale Award For Best New Talent: Kate Beaton for Hark, a Vagrant

Lulu of the Year: Danielle Corsetto for Girls with Slingshots

Woman of Distinction: Joanne Carter Siegel

Leah Adezio Award for Best Kid-Friendly Work: Rapunzel’s Revenge, by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and Nathan Hale

Female Comic Creator’s Hall of Fame: Gail Simone

Best Female Character: Monica Villarreal, from Wapsi Square by Paul Taylor

Volunteer of The Year: Marion Vitus

For profiles of all the winners, you should give Friends of Lulu a look, by clicking here.

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