The Harvey Awards committee has announced the creators who will be inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame this year: manga creator Osamu Tezuka, known as the "godfather of manga"; artist Jill Thompson, whose work includes Scary Godmother and Beasts of Burden; and the founders of the Milestone Media imprint, Dwayne McDuffie, Derek T. Dingle, Denys Cowan, and Michael Davis.

The inductees will be recognized at the Harvey Awards Ceremony, which will be live-streamed on October 9, during New York Comic Con.

The committee previously announced the nominees for the Harvey Awards:

Book of the Year

  • Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (First Second Books)
  • Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (First Second Books)
  • Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Invisible Kingdom Vol. 1 by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward (Dark Horse Books/Berger Books)
  • Little Bird: The Fight for Elder’s Hope by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (Image Comics)
  • Making Comics by Lynda Barry (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Reincarnation Stories by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Rusty Brown by Chris Ware (Pantheon Graphic Library)
  • Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)

Digital Book of the Year

  • Afterlift by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo (comiXology Originals)
  • The Eyes by Javi De Castro
  • Fried Rice Comic by Erica Eng
  • Harley Quinn: Black White & Red edited by Chris Conroy, Maggie Howell, Andy Khouri, and Amedeo Turturro (DC Comics / DC Digital First)
  • The Nib edited by Matt Bors

Best Children or Young Adult Book

  • Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray)
  • Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (First Second Books)
  • Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
  • Stargazing by Jen Wang (First Second Books)
  • Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC Comics)

Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel

  • Blacksad: Under the Skin video game by Microïds, based on Blacksad (Dark Horse Comics)
  • I Am Not Okay With This by Netflix, based on I Am Not Okay With This (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Joker by Warner Bros. Pictures, based on Batman (DC Comics)
  • Legion: Season 3 by FX Productions and Marvel Television, based on X-Men (Marvel Comics)
  • Locke & Key: Season 1 by Netflix, based on Locke & Key (IDW Publishing)
  • The Old Guard by Netflix, based on The Old Guard (Image Comics)
  • The Sandman audio drama by Audible, based on The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo)
  • Stumptown: Season 1 by ABC, based on Stumptown (Oni Press)
  • The Umbrella Academy: Season 2, by Netflix, based on The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Watchmen by HBO, based on Watchmen (DC Comics)

Best Manga

  • H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness by Gou Tanabe (Dark Horse Manga)
  • The Man Without Talent by Yoshiharu Tsuge (New York Review Comics)
  • The Poe Clan by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics Books)
  • The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono (VIZ Media)
  • Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha Comics)

Best International Book
Note: This category has been reconfigured for 2020 from 2019’s "Best European Book" to be more inclusive of other works.

  • Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • The House by Paco Roca (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Portrait of a Drunk by Olivier Schrauwen, Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Stay by Lewis Trondheim and Hubert Chevillard (Magnetic Press)
  • Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna (Drawn and Quarterly)