The 2011 Harvey Awards, which are named in honor of the legendary cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman, were presented at the Baltimore Comic Con on Saturday night. Among the key winners were Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafeael Albuquerque whose American Vampire published by Vertigo, won “Best New Series,” Darwyn Cooke, who won “Best Artist” and “Best Cartoonist” for Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit published by IDW, Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, who won “Best Continuing or Limited Series” for Love & Rockets, Vol.3 published by Fantagraphics, and Bryan Lee O’Malley who won “Best Original Graphic Album” for Scott Pilgrim Vol.6: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour published by Oni Press.
 
Like Darwyn Cooke, Roger Landridge was a double winner. He won “Best Writer” for his work on Marvel’s Thor: The Mighty Avenger and also received a “Special Award for Humor in Comics” for his work on Boom! Studios’ The Muppet Show comics. IDW’s Dave Steven’s The Rocketeer: Artists Edition was a double winner garnering the “Best Domestic Reprint Project” award and a “Special Excellence in Presentation” nod. Dark Horse nabbed “Best Edition of Foreign Material” for Blacksad and “Best Graphic Album Previously Published” for Jill Thompson and Evan Dorkin’s Beasts of Burden. Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba won the “Best Single Issue” award for Daytripper published by Vertigo, and Stan Lee took home a “Lifetime Achievement Award.”
For a complete list of all the worthy nominees for the 2011 Harveys, see “2011 Harvey Nominations.” Here is a list of the 2011 Harvey Award winners:
 
Best Syndicated Strip or Panel: Doonesbury, Garry Trudeau, Universal Press Syndicate
Best Online Comics Work: Hark! A Vagrant, Kate Beaton
Best Artist: Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit, IDW
Best Cartoonist: Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit, IDW
Best Colorist: Jose Villarrubia, Cuba : My Revolution, Vertigo/DC Comics
Best Inker: Mark Morales, Thor, Marvel Comics
Best Letterer: John Workman, Thor, Marvel Comics
Best Writer: Roger Langridge, Thor: The Mighty Avenger, Marvel Comics
Best Cover Artist: Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Dark Horse Comics
Most Promising New Talent: Chris Samnee, Thor: The Mighty Avenger, Marvel Comics
Best New Series: American Vampire, Scott Snyder, Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque, Vertigo/DC Comics
Best American Edition of Foreign Material: Blacksad, Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, Dark Horse Comics
Special Award for Humor in Comics: Roger Langridge, The Muppet Show, BOOM! Studios
Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers: Tiny Titans, Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani, DC Comics
Best Graphic Album, Previously Published: Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson, Dark Horse Comics
Best Anthology: Popgun # 4, edited by D.J. Kirkbride, Anthony Wu and Adam P. Knave, Image Comics
Best Domestic Reprint Project: Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk & edited by Scott Dunbier, IDW
Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation: The Art Of Jaime Hernandez: The Secrets Of Life and Death, edited by Todd Hignite, Abrams ComicArts
Special Award, Excellence in Presentation: Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition designed by Randall Dahlk & edited by Scott Dunbier, IDW
Best Original Graphic Album: Scott Pilgrim Vol.6: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Oni Press
Best Continuing or Limited Series: Love and Rockets: Volume 3 Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, Fantagraphics
Best Single Issue or Story: Daytripper, Fabio Moon and Gabiel Ba, Vertigo/DC Comics
Special Award: to Paul McSpadden, Harvey Award Administrator, presented by Denis Kitchen.
Hero Initiative Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year: Mike Gold, presented by Mark Wheatley
Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award: Stan Lee, presented by Mark Waid