Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No Webby Awards Nominations

April 22, 2010 - PRLog -- New York, NY – No Mas and James Blagden announced today their nominations for Best Sports Video and Best Animation Video in the 14th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.

In celebration of the greatest athletic achievement by a man on a psychedelic journey, Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No tells the epic tale of former Pittsburgh Pirate Dock Ellis, who pitched a no-hitter on June 12, 1970 while high on LSD.

Thanks to a creative partnership between entertainment and apparel brand No Mas, artist-turned-animator James Blagden, sports culture guru Chris Isenberg and journalists Donnell Alexander and Neille Ilel – who interviewed Ellis before his untimely death in 2008 – the film combines Ellis’  own account of the game with Blagden's dynamic visual storytelling. The Blagdendirected, No Mas-produced short premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, where it received a Juror’s Prize Honorable Mention for Short Filmmaking.

"Nominees like No Mas and James Blagden are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of the Webby Awards. "It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 10,000 entries we received this year."

As nominees, No Mas and Blagden are also eligible to win a Webby People's Voice Award, which is voted online by the global Web community. From now until April 29th, fans can cast their votes in The Webby People's Voice Awards at webby.aol.com.

Winners will be announced on May 4, 2010 and honored at a star-studded ceremony in New York City on June 14 2010.



About No Mas
No Mas makes apparel, art and media dedicated to “the thrill of victory and the ecstasy of defeat.” Founded in 2004 by childhood sports freak and former magazine journalist Chris Isenberg, No Mas is known for exploring sport’s secret histories through its products as well as original content. The No Mas brand is carried at independent and major retailers including Bloomingdales, Fred Segal, Collette (Paris), United Arrows (Japan) and online at http://www.nomas-nyc.com. With partners Aaron Amaro and Kimou Meyer, Isenberg recently established the creative agency Doubleday + Cartwright (formerly Office of AIR), with a client list that includes Nike and Everlast, among many others. No Mas recently produced three animated vignettes—drawn and animated by James Blagden—for Straight Outta L.A., a new Ice Cube directed ESPN 30 for 30 doc about the rise and fall of the LA Raiders and the birth of West Coast Hip Hop, which debuts 4/23/2010 at the Tribeca Film Festival.


About James Blagden
James Blagden was born in 1982 in Denver, Colorado and was raised on comic books for adults and regular books for children. From 2004-2009 he worked as a professional illustrator with an international client list including The London Financial Times, Esquire Russia, Annabelle (Switzerland), and Japanese clothing imprint Uniqlo. His drawings have been featured domestically in several publications including The New York Times, Esquire, Nylon, Flaunt, Arkitip, King, Spin, Wax Poetics, and Mass Appeal. Since the release of Dock Ellis last November, he has focused on animation, working with No Mas on The Godfather of Soul vs. The Greatest of All Time an animated celebration of the Rumble In The Jungle’s 35th anniversary and bringing visual life to four minutes of Ice Cube narration for Straight Outta L.A.


About The Webby Awards:
Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 13th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences


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