 2009 Harvey Award NomineesWinners Announced in OctoberPublished: 06/30/2009, Last Updated: 07/01/2009 01:31am The Executive Committee of The Harvey Awards -- which awards excellence in the Comic Book industry -- has announced the list of nominees for 2009 awards consideration.
The winners, selected by industry creators, writers, inkers and designers, will be announced October 10th as part of the Baltimore Comic-Con.
Harvey nominations show quality in the product, which generally translates into strong sales and may provide a marketing hook in the form of nominee/winner sales displays.
Best Writer
Kyle Baker, Nat Turner, Abrams Books Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Marvel Comics John Gallagher, Buzzboy, Sky Dog Comics Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books Grant Morrison, All-Star Superman, DC Comics
Best Artist
Gabriel Ba, Umbrella Academy, Dark Horse Comics Kyle Baker, Nat Turner, Abrams Books Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules, Renaissance Press Jason Kruse, World of Quest, Yen Press Frank Quitely, All-Star Superman, DC Comics
Best Cartoonist
Lar deSouza, Least I Could Do, www.leasticoulddo.com John Gallagher, Buzzboy, Sky Dog Comics Al Jaffee, Tall Tales, Abrams Books Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books Thom Zahler, Love & Capes, Maerkle Press
Best Letterer
Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules, Renaissance Press Rob Leigh, The Spirit, DC Comics Doug Sherwood, Local, Oni Press John Workman, Marvel 1985, Marvel Comics Thom Zahler, Buzzboy, Sky Dog Comics
Best Inker
Rich Faber, Buzzboy, Sky Dog Comics Jamie Grant, All-Star Superman, DC Comics Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books Mark Morales, Thor, Marvel Comics Ryan Winn, The Darkness, Image Comics
Best Colorist
Frank Cammuso, Otto’s Orange Day, Raw Junior, LLC Jamie Grant, All-Star Superman, DC Comics Laura Martin, Thor, Marvel Comics Wil Quintana, The Mice Templar, Image Comics
Best Cover Artist
Frank Cho, Buzzboy: Sidekicks Rule!#3, Sky Dog Press James Jean, Fables, Vertigo Comics Jay Lynch, Mindshaft #23, Mindshaft Publishing Ken Rocafort, Pilot Season: Core #1, Top Cow Alex Ross, Justice Society of America, DC Comics
Best New Series
The Dreamer, IDW Echo, Abstract Studios High Moon, www.zudacomics.com Night Owls, www.zudacomics.com Supertron, www.zudacomics.com
Best Continuing or Limited Series
All-Star Superman, DC Comics Captain America, Marvel Comics Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books Mice Templar, Image Comics Umbrella Academy, Dark Horse Comics
Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation
Draw!, edited by Mike Manley, Twomorrows Publishing How to Make Webcomics, Brad Guigar, Dave Kellett, Scott Kurtz, and Kris Straub, Image Comics Kirby: King of Comics, Mark Evanier, Abrams Books Scorchy Smith and the Art of Noel Sickles, edited by Dean Mullaney, IDW Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels, edited by David A. Berona, Abrams Books
Best Syndicated Strip
Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, Tim Rickard, Tribune Media Services Get Fuzzy, Darby Conley, United Features Syndicate Mutts, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate The Norm, Michael Jantze, Uclick Gocomics Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, United Features Syndicate
Best Anthology
Comic Book Tattoo, edited by Rantz Hoseley, Image Comics Flight Volume Five, edited by Kazu Kibuishi, Villard MOME Volume 10, edited by Eric Reynolds, Fantagraphics Books Pixu #1, edited by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon, Self-Published Popgun Volume 2, edited by Joe Keatinge and Mark Andrew Smith, Image Comics
Best Graphic Album--Original
Bottomless Belly Button, Fantagraphics Books Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules, Amulet Books Essex County: The Country Nurse, Top Shelf Skim, Groundwood Books Too Cool to Be Forgotten, Top Shelf World of Quest: Vol. 2, Yen Press
Best Graphic Album—Previously Published
Amelia Rules!: Funny Stories, Renaissance Press M, Abrams Books Nat Turner, Abrams Books The Mice Templar Vol. 1, Image Comics Queen and Country: Volume 3, Oni Press Skyscrapers of the Midwest (Hardcover), Adhouse Books
Best Single Issue or Story
Acme Novelty Library #19, Self-Published First Born: Aftermath #1, Top Cow Love and Rockets, Volume 3 #1, Fantagraphics Books M, Abrams Books Nascar Heroes #5, NASCAR Comics Nat Turner, Abrams Books The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard, First Second Y: The Last Man #60, Vertigo Comics
Best Domestic Reprint Project
Astounding Space Thrills, IDW Complete Peanuts, Fantagraphics Books Complete Terry and the Pirates, IDW Scorchy Smith and the Art of Noel Sickles, IDW Wacky Packages, Abrams Books
Best American Edition of Foreign Material
Gus and His Gang, First Second Pocket Full of Rain, Fantagraphics Books Red Colored Elegy, Drawn and Quarterly Solanin, Viz Witchblade Takeru Manga #'s 11 & 12, Top Cow
Best Online Comics Work
Black Cherry Bombshells, Tony Trovarello and John Zito, www.zudacomics.com High Moon, Scott O. Brown, www.zudacomics.com Least I Could Do, Lar deSouza and Ryan Sohmer, www.leasticoulddo.com Night Owls, Bobby & Peter Timony, www.zudacomics.com PVP, Scott Kurtz, www.pvponline.com
Special Award for Humor in Comics
Lar deSouza, Least I Could Do, www.leasticoulddo.com John Gallagher, Buzzboy, Sky Dog Comics Al Jaffee, Tall Tales, Abrams Books Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books David Malki, Wondermark, www.wondermark.com
Special Award for Excellence in Presentation
Complete Local: Hardcover Edition, Ryan Kelly and Brian Wood, Oni Press Kirby: King of Comics, Mark Evanier, Abrams Books Queen and Country: Volume 3, Greg Rucka, Mike Norton, Steve Rolston, and Chris Samnee, Oni Press Tall Tales, Al Jaffee, Abrams Books Wondermark Volume1: Beards of Our Forefathers, David Malki, Dark Horse Comics
Best New Talent
Matt Cassan, Nascar Heroes, Nascar Comics Bryan J.L. Glass, The Mice Templar, Image Books Laura Innes, The Dreamer, IDW Tim Sievert, That Salty Air, Top Shelf Bobby Timony, Night Owls, www.zudacomics.com
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