The Executive Committees of Baltimore Comic-Con and the Harvey Awards have released the ballot for the 2009 Harvey Awards, which will be presented August 28th in conjunction with Baltimore Comic-Con. Both nominees and the final Harvey Awards are selected by comics professionals.
The nomination of Diary of a Wimpy Kid in six categories (Best Writer, Best Cartoonist, Best Inker, Best Continuing Series, Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers, and Special Award for Humor in Comics) is drawing considerable attention, including criticism from those who do not consider the books’ combination of text and comic panels comics.
BEST WRITER
Jason Aaron, Scalped, Vertigo/DC Comics
Geoff Johns, Blackest Night, DC Comics
Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, Image Comics
Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3: The Last Straw, Amulet Books
Mark Waid, Irredeemable, BOOM! Studios
BEST ARTIST
Robert Crumb, Book of Genesis, W.W. Norton
Guy Davis, BPRD: Black Goddess, Dark Horse Comics
Brian Fies, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, Abrams ComicArts
David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, Archaia Studios Press
Frank Quitely, Batman and
JH Williams III, Detective Comics, DC Comics
BEST CARTOONIST
Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter, IDW
Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3: The Last Straw, Amulet Books
Roger Langridge, The Muppet Show Comic Book, BOOM! Studios
David Mazzucchelli, Asterios Polyp, Pantheon
Seth, George Sprott (1894-1975), Drawn and Quarterly
BEST LETTERER
Chris Eliopoulos, Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius stories, Marvel Comics
Brian Fies, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow, Abrams ComicArts
Thomas Mauer, Rapture, Dark Horse Comics
David Mazzucchelli, Asterios Polyp, Pantheon
Richard Starkings, Elephantmen, Image Comics
BEST INKER
Oclair Albert, Blackest Night, DC Comics
Steve Ellis, High Moon, Zuda/DC Comics
Klaus Janson, Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Comics
Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3: The Last Straw, Amulet Books
Mark Morales, Thor, Marvel Comics
BEST COLORIST
Brian Fies, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, Abrams ComicArts
Steve Hamaker, Bone: Crown of Horns, Graphix
Laura Martin, The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures, IDW
David Mazzucchelli, Asterios Polyp, Pantheon
Dave Stewart, BPRD: Black Goddess, Dark Horse Comics
BEST COVER ARTIST
Jenny Frison, The Dreamer, IDW
Mike Mignola, Hellboy: The Bride of Hell, Dark Horse Comics
Michael Avon Oeming, Mice Templar: Destiny, Part 1, Image Comics
Frank Quitely, Batman and
JH Williams III, Detective Comics, DC Comics
BEST NEW TALENT
Kevin Cannon, Far
Rob Guillory, Chew, Image Comics
Reinhard Kleist, Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, Abrams ComicArts
Nathan Schreiber, ACT-I-VATE: Power Out, http://act-i-vate.com
Matthew Weldon,
BEST NEW SERIES
Batman and
Chew, Image Comics
Irredeemable, BOOM! Studios
Sweet Tooth, Vertigo/DC Comics
Unwritten, Vertigo/DC Comics
BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
Beasts of Burden, Dark Horse Comics
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
Invincible, Image Comics
Scalped, Vertigo/DC Comics
The Walking Dead, Image Comics
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC PUBLICATION FOR YOUNGER READERS
Amulet: The Stonekeeper’s Curse, Graphix
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3: The Last Straw, Amulet Books
Grown-Ups Are Dumb, Hyperion Books
The Muppet Show Comic Book, BOOM! Studios
3-2-3 Detective Agency, Amulet Books
BEST ANTHOLOGY
ACT-I-VATE, http://act-i-vate.com
Flight #6, Villard
Popgun #3, Image Comics
Strange Tales, Marvel Comics
Wednesday Comics, DC Comics
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC ALBUM
Asterios Polyp, by David Mazucchelli, Pantheon
Book of Genesis, by Robert Crumb, W.W. Norton
George Sprott (1894-1975), by Seth, Drawn and Quarterly
Footnotes in
Stitches, by David Small, W.W. Norton
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, by Brian Fies, Abrams ComicArts
BEST PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED GRAPHIC ALBUM
A.D.:
Collected
Graveslinger, by Shannon Denton, Jeff Mariotte, John Cboins & Nina Sorat, IDW
Masterpiece Comics, by R. Sikoryak, Drawn and Quarterly
Mice Templar Volume 1, by Bryan J.L. Glass and Michael Avon Oeming, Image Comics
BEST SYNDICATED STRIP OR PANEL
Cul-de-sac, by Richard Thompson, Universal Press Syndicate
Foxtrot, by Bill Amend, Universal Press Syndicate
Get Fuzzy, by Darby Conley, United Feature Syndicate
Mutts, by Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate
Pearls before Swine, by Stephan Pastis, United Feature Syndicate
BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT
The Best of Simon and Kirby, by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; edited by Steve Saffel, Titan Books
Humbug, conceived and edited by Harvey Kurtzman and created by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee and Arnold Roth; edited by Gary Groth, Fantagraphics Books
Rip Kirby, by Alex Raymond; edited by Dean Mullaney, IDW
The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures, by Dave Stevens; edited by Scott Dunbier, IDW
The Toon Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics, edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly, Abrams ComicsArt
BEST AMERICAN EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL
The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, by Helen McCarthy, Abrams ComicArts
Manga Kamishibai, by Eric P. Nash, Abrams ComicArts
The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier LeFevre and Frederic Lemercier, First Second
Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka, by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, Viz Media
20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa, Viz Media
BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK
Hark! A Vagrant, by Kate Beaton, http://harkavagrant.com
High Moon, by Steve Ellis, David Gallaher and Scott O. Brown, http://www.zudacomics.com/high moon ,
Power Out, by Nathan Schreiber, http://act-i-vate.com ,
PVP, by Scott Kurtz, http://www.pvponline.com
Sin Titulo, by Cameron Stewart, http://www.sintitulocomic.com
SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS
Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson, Beasts of Burden, Dark Horse Books
Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3: The Last Straw, Amulet Books
Roger Landridge, The Muppet Show Comic Book, BOOM! Studios
Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim #5", Oni Press
Andrew Pepoy, The Adventures of Simone & Ajax: A Christmas Caper, ComicMix
SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics, by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle, Abrams ComicArts
The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons from 1913-1940, edited by Trina Robbins, Fantagraphics Books
George Sprott (1894-1975), by Seth, Drawn and Quarterly
The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures, by Dave Stevens, edited by Scott Dunbier, IDW
Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-creator Joe Shuster, edited by Craig Yoe, Abrams ComicArts
Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello, DC Comics
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL OR JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION
Alter-Ego, edited by Roy Thomas, TwoMorrows
Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics, by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle, Abrams ComicArts
The Best of Simon and Kirby, by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; edited by Steve Saffel, Titan Books
The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, Michael Dean and Kristy Valenti, Fantagraphics Books
Underground Classics, by James Danky and Denis Kitchen, Abrams ComicArts
BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
Alec: The Years Have Pants, by Eddie Campbell, Top Shelf
Asterios Polyp, by David Mazucchelli, Pantheon
George Sprott (1894-1975), by Seth, Drawn and Quarterly
Jonah Hex #50", written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, artwork by
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter, by Darwyn Cooke, IDW
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, by Brian Fies, Abrams ComicArts