The Harvey Award winners for works published in 2002 were announced August 2nd at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City. LXG, Rubber Necker, and Krazy and Ignatz were the only titles to win multiple awards in an eclectic group of high quality comics chosen by industry professionals. The recipients were:
Best Artist: Eduardo Risso for 100 Bullets
Best Writer: Alan Moore for Promethea
Best Cartoonist: Jeff Smith for Bone
Special Award for Excellence in Presentation: Krazy and Ignatz, Fantagraphics
Best New Series: Rubber Necker by Nick Bertozzi, Alternative Comics
Best Continuing or Limited Series: the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, ABC
Best Single Issue or Story: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II, #1 by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, ABC
Best Graphic Album of Original Work: The Cartoon History of Universe, Volume III by Larry Gonick, W.W. Norton
Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work: 20th Century Eightball by Daniel Clowes, Fantagraphics
Best Anthology: Comics Journal Summer Special, Fantagraphics
Best Inker: Jaime Hernandez for Love and Rockets
Best Letterer: Todd Klein for Promethea
Best Colorist: Dave Steward for Hellboy
Best Syndicated Strip: Mutts by Patrick O'Donnell
Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: B. Krigstein, Volume 1, Fantagraphics
Best Presentation of Foreign Material: Lone Wolf and Cub, Dark Horse
Best Domestic Reprint Project: Krazy and Ignatz, Fantagraphics
Best New Talent: Nick Bertozzi for Rubber Necker
Best Cover Artist: Adam Hughes for Wonder Woman
The Harveys, one of comic cartoon art's oldest and most prestigious awards, officially paired with the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York's only physical museum devoted to the appreciation of the comic art form, for the first time this year making the awards a groundbreaking occasion.
Along with the recent Eisner Awards (see 'DC, Fantagraphics Dominate Eisner Awards'), the Harvey Awards provide a great opportunity for retailers to build a display of some of the best of last year's releases in their stores.
