We love Danish comics (so much so that we co-published an anthology of them, From Wonderland with Love, with Danish publisher Aben Maler, and our Scandinavian comics anthology Kolor Klimax: Nordic Comics Now is coming soon), so we're especially pleased to learn that the Danish Comics Council and comics website Nummer 9 have announced the nominees for the 2012 Ping Prisen (Prisen = Prize) and that they include:
"Nostalgia" by Johan F. Krarup, from Kolor Klimax: Nordic Comics Now: Best Danish Comic
Mellem dyrene (Congress of the Animals) by Jim Woodring: Best International Comic in Danish
Speedy Ortiz dør (The Death of Speedy) by Jaime Hernandez: Best International Comic in Danish
We're also pleased to see Eisner-nominated From Wonderland with Love contributor Nikoline Werdelin nominated for Best Danish Comic for "Homo Metropolis."
UPDATE: For English-speakers, Matthias Wivel provides some background on the awards at The Metabunker.