A few days ago the nominees for the Harvey Awards this year ... how? Don't you know what the Harvey Awards are? Well, they are one of the most important along with the Eisner, those if they sound clear to you. I've always wanted to say this ... the nominees are:
BEST SCRIPTWRITER
• 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 DRAWER
• 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 AUTHOR
• Jaime Hernandez | LOVE & ROCKETS | Fantagraphics
• Kevin Huizenga | COURSES | 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 MARKER
• 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 PORTADIST
• John Cassaday | ASTONISHING X-MEN | Marvel comics
• James Jean | FABLES | DC / Vertigo
• JG Jones | 52 | Dc comics
• Don Rosa | UNCLE SCROOGE | Gemstone Publishing
• Marc Silvestri | HUNTER-KILLER | Top Cow / Image
BEST NEW TALENT
• Lilli Carré | 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 CONTINUED OR LIMITED SERIES
• DAREDEVIL | Marvel comics
• LOCAL | Oni Press
• THE SPIRIT | Dc comics
• UMBRA | Image Comics
• WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES | Gemstone Publishing
BEST STRIP OR CARTOON
• ANTIQUES: THE COMIC STRIP | JC 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 ALBUM - (PRE-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 UNIQUE NUMBER OR HISTORY
• 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 | Drawn and Quarterly
• ODE TO KIRIHITO | Osamu Tezuka | Vertical
BEST ONLINE COMIC
• AMERICAN ELF | James Kochalka | americanelf.com
• THE CHELATION KID | Robert Tinnell & Craig A. Taillefer | 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 AWARDS 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 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 NATIONAL MATERIAL REPROJECT 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 PRIZE FOR HUMOR IN THE COMIC
• 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 BIOGRAPHIC, HISTORICAL OR NEWSPAPER 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