The Executive Committee of The Harvey Awards -- which awards excellence in the Comic Book industry -- has announced the list of nominees for 2007 awards consideration.

 

The winners, selected by industry creators, writers, inkers and designers, will be announced September 8th as part of the Boston 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

Ed Brubaker / Daredevil / Marvel Comics

Grant Morrison / All-Star Superman / DC Comics

Steve Murphy / Umbra / Image Comics

Don Rosa / Uncle Scrooge / Gemstone Publishing

William Van Horn / Walt Disney Comics & Stories / Gemstone Publishing

Brian K. Vaughn / Y: The Last Man / DC/Vertigo

 

Best Artist

Brian Fies / Mom's Cancer / Abrams

Renee French / The Ticking / Top Shelf

Stuart Immonen / Nextwave: Agents Of Hate / Marvel Comics

Frank Quitely / All-Star Superman / DC Comics

Don Rosa / Uncle Scrooge / Gemstone Publishing

William Van Horn / Walt Disney Comics & Stories / Gemstone Publishing

 

Best Cartoonist

Jaime Hernandez / Love & Rockets / Fantagraphics

Kevin Huizenga / Curses / Drawn & Quarterly

Bryan Lee O'Malley / Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness / Oni Press

Don Piraro / Bizarro / King Features Syndicate

Don Rosa / Uncle Scrooge / Gemstone Publishing

William Van Horn / Walt Disney Comics & Stories / Gemstone Publishing

 

Best Letterer

Jon Babcock / Uncle Scrooge / Gemstone Comics

Chris Eliopoulos / Franklin Richards / Marvel Comics

Hope Larson / Gray Horses / Oni Press

Troy Peteri / Necromancer / Marvel Comics

Stan Sakai / Usagi Yojimbo / Dark Horse Comics

Willie Schubert / Walt Disney Comics & Stories / Gemstone Publishing

 

Best Inker

Jaime Hernandez / Love & Rockets / Fantagraphics

Ryan Kelly / Local / Oni Press

Steve Leialoha / Fables / DC/Vertigo

Danny Miki / Eternals / Marvel Comics

Joe Weems / Hunter-Killer / Top Cow / Image

 

Best Colorist

Susan Daigle-Leach / Walt Disney Comics & Stories / Gemstone Publishing

Steve Firchow / Hunter-Killer / Top Cow / Image

Jamison Services / Will Eisner's The Spirit, Volume 19 / DC Comics

Lark Pien / American Born Chinese / First Second

Scott Rockwell / Uncle Scrooge / Gemstone Publishing

 

Best Cover Artist

John Cassaday / Astonishing X-Men / Marvel Comics

James Jean / Fables / DC/Vertigo

J.G. Jones / 52 / DC Comics

Don Rosa / Uncle Scrooge / Gemstone Publishing

Marc Silvestri / Hunter-Killer / Top Cow / Image

 

Best New Talent (Representative Work Listed)

Lilli Carre / Tales Of Woodsman Pete / Top Shelf

Brian Fies / Mom's Cancer / Abrams

Alexa Kitchen / Drawing Comics Is Easy! (Except When it's Hard) / DKP

Matthew Loux / Sidescrollers / Oni Press

Stjepan Sejic / Witchblade / Top Cow / Image

 

Best New Series

Civil War / Marvel Comics

52 / DC Comics

Necromancer / Top Cow / Image

The Spirit / DC Comics

Wasteland / Oni Press

 

Best Continuing or Limited Series

Daredevil / Marvel Comics

Local / Oni Press

The Spirit / DC Comics

Umbra / Image Comics

Walt Disney Comics & Stories / Gemstone Publishing

 

Best Syndicated Strip or Panel

Antiques: The Comic Strip / J.C. Vaughn, Brendan Fraim & Brian Fraim / Well-Defined Productions

Doonesbury / Garry Trudeau / Universal Press Syndicate

The K Chronicles / Keith Knight / United Comics / Salon.Com

Maakies / Tony Millionaire / Self-Syndicated

Mutts / Patrick McDonnell / King Features Syndicate

 

Best Anthology

The Best American Comics / Houghton Mifflin

Flight, Vol. 3 / Ballantine Books

Hotwire Comix and Capers / Fantagraphics

Mome / Fantagraphics

Walt Disney Comics & Stories / Gemstone Publishing

 

Best Graphic Album - Previously Published

Absolute New Frontier / Dc

Castle Waiting / Fantagraphics

The EC Archives: Weird Science / Gemstone Publishing

Ghost of Hoppers / Fantagraphics

Polly & the Pirates / Oni Press

 

Best Single Issue or Story

Civil War # 1 / Marvel Comics

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic / Houghton Mifflin

Ganges # 1 / Fantagraphics

Mom's Cancer / Abrams

Pride Of Baghdad / DC/Vertigo

Schizo #4 / Fantagraphics

Solo #11 / DC Comics

 

Best American Edition of Foreign Material

Abandon The Old In Tokyo / Yoshihiro Tatsumi / Drawn and Quarterly

Kampung Boy / Lat / First Second

Klezmer: Book One: Tales Of The Wild East /  Joann Sfar / First Second

Moomin / Tove Jansson /  

Ode to Kirihito / Osamu Tezuka / Vertical

 

Best Online Comics Work

American Elf / James Kochalka / www.americanelf.com

The Chelation Kid / Robert Tinnell & Craig A. Taillefer / www.thechelationkid.com

Girl Genius / Phil & Kaja Foglio / www.girlgeniusonline.com

Perry Bible Fellowship / Nicholas Gurewitch / www.thepbf.com

PvP / Scott Kurtz / www.pvponline.com

 

Special Award For Excellence In Presentation

The Absolute Sandman / DC Comics

Cartoon America: Comic Art in the Library of Congress / Abrams

The EC Archives: Weird Science and Shock Suspenstories / Gemstone Publishing

The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion / Gemstone Publishing

Lost Girls / Top Shelf

Popeye : I Yam What I Yam / Fantagraphics

 

Best Graphic Album - Original

American Born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang / First Second

Billy Hazelnuts / Tony Millionaire / Fantagraphics

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic / Alison Bechdel / Houghton Mifflin

Pride of Baghdad / Brian K. Vaughn & Nino Henrichon / DC/Vertigo

Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness / Bryan Lee O'Malley / Oni Press

 

Best Domestic Reprint Project

Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy / IDW Publishing

Complete Peanuts / Fantagraphics

EC Archives / Gemstone Publishing

Popeye: I Yam What I Yam / Fantagraphics

Walt & Skeezix / Drawn and Quarterly

 

Special Award for Humor in Comics

Evan Dorkin / Dork / SLG Publishing

Michael Kupperman / Tales Designed to Thrizzle / Fantagraphics

Bryan Lee O'Malley / Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness / Oni Press

Don Piraro / Bizarro / King Features Syndicate

Don Rosa / Uncle Scrooge / Gemstone Publishing

 

Best Biographical, Historical, Or Journalistic Presentation

Art out of Time: Unknown Comic Visionaries 1900-1969 / Abrams 

Comic Art / Buenaventura Press

The Comics Journal / Fantagraphics

Making Comics / HarperCollins

The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide / Gemstone Publishing