Many creators awoke this morning to discover they had been nominated for the 2009 Harvey Awards. Some were already awake, still inking away at another great page. Others were watching DVR'd episodes of Burn Notice. The nominees were selected by industry professionals who will also vote for the winners. Those will be announced in August at the Baltimore Comic Con.
Of note on this list, a strong showing for DC's Bat titles, Naoki Urasawa, IDW's Rocketeer, Wednesday Comics, Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp and Jeff Kiney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the inclusion of the incredible Jonah Hex #50 in the best single issue or story category (after not making the cut for the Eisner's comparable category); a noticeable shortage of Marvel Comics nominees.
Here's the list:
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 ROBIN", DC Comics
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 I", Image Comics
Frank Quitely, "BATMAN AND ROBIN", DC Comics
JH Williams III, "DETECTIVE COMICS", DC Comics
BEST NEW TALENT
Kevin Cannon, "FAR ARDEN", Top Shelf
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, "NEW BRIGHTON ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY", Image Comics
BEST NEW SERIES
"BATMAN AND ROBIN", DC Comics
"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
"GANGES", Fantagraphics Books
"INVINCIBLE", Image Comics
"SCALPED", Vertigo/DC Comics
"THE WALKING DEAD", Image Comics
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC PUBLICATION FOR YOUNGER READERS
"AMULET: STOREKEEPER'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
"NEW BRIGHTON ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY", Image Comics
"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 GAZA", by Joe Sacco, Metropolitan Books
"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.: NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE DELUGE", by Josh Neufeld, Pantheon
"COLLECTED ESSEX COUNTY", by Jeff Lemire, Top Shelf
"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 ON-LINE COMICS WORK
"HARK! A VAGRANT", by Kate Beaton
"HIGH MOON", by Steve Ellis, David Gallaher and Scott O. Brown
"Power Out" by Nathan Schreiber
"PVP" by Scott Kurtz
"SIN TITULO" by Cameron Stewart
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
"GANGES #3", by Kevin Huizenga, Fantagraphics Books
"GEORGE SPROTT (1894-1975)", by Seth, Drawn and Quarterly
"JONAH HEX #50", written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, artwork by Darwyn Cooke, DC Comics
"RICHARD STARK'S PARKER: THE HUNTER", by Darwyn Cooke, IDW
"WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW?", by Brian Fies, Abrams ComicArts
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No Ivan Reis. (Sigh)
No love for Afrodisiac?
@jackietam: I second that sigh and add an angry "Horseshit!". How you can ignore a phenom like Ivan Reis is beyond me. That guy delivered on every page on BN.
Nice to see Williams and Quitely get their props. Glad to see the Walking Dead love too.
I expected to see Morrison on here but it’s enough to see B&R in the Best New Series category.
Jason Aaron all the way!!! I want Scalped to win as many prizes as possible! The Gnawing was so AMAZING!!!
@jestr Afrodisiac came out in 2010, so it doesn’t apply for the 2009 awards.
The Best New Series Category is a perfect storm. They’re all pretty awesome.
how on Earth did Geoff Johns get another nomination for Best Writer for Blackest Night when each issue of Batman and Robin was drastically better than that entire series.
Morrison and Reis are obvious absences that really should be included. Other than that it seems like a very solid list.
Is Iredeemable really a "new series"?
I’m kind of conflicted between Quitely and Williams on best artist
Williams. Done.
Man, I’m mad at that Wimpy Kid. http://www.thisisknutz.com/
JH Williams. Every page was a gorgeous work of art, not to mention the transition work from past to present in the flashback issues. Everything about his run on detective was perfect.
Reis may have been passed over for his Blackest Night work in 2009, but he did finish the series in 2010. He will most probably be nominated next year.
Wait? where is Nascar Heroes? THOSE BASTARDS! :O
Glad to see Kirkman with a few nods.
One minor quibble that I have is: why the breakout between artist and cartioonist?
The paintball episode of Community is one of my favorite episodes of anything ever.
Anyone else notice Marvel’s relitivly low number of nominations?
Nominations Overal : Seperate Titles
15 : 9 DC Comics
13 : 8 Abrams ComicArts
11 : 7 Image Comics
8 : 5 IDW
7 : 2 Amulet Books (all but 1 for Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
6 : 4 Dark Horse Comics
6 : 2 Pantheon
5 : 4 Fantagraphics Books
5 : 2 BOOM! Studios
5 : 2 Drawn and Quarterly
4 : 4 Marvel
3 : 3 Top Shelf
3 : 2 W.W. Norton
2 : 2 Graphix
2 : 2 Viz Media
2 : 1 Titan Books
1 : 1 ComicMix, First Second, Hyperion Books, Metropolitan Books, Oni Press, TwoMorrows & Villard
Glad that scalped got some love this year, but amazed that jock receives no love for his covers. Every one of his covers could potentially be cover of the year. Even if you are not a fan of the series, I find it hard to disagree with that. Take a look at his covers from the past year and please tell me if I’m wrong.
Rooting for Scapled, Jonah Hex and The Walking Dead.
Geoff Johns really doesn’t deserve that nomination, in my opinion. This was easily his worst year to date. On the other hand, I’m glad Scalped is getting some much deserved love.
Nice list of nominations. Can’t think of a single thing wrong with them.
Dark Reign. Whaddya gonna do?
I don’t think Johns or Kirkman deserve nods for those books in 2009. Johns because Blackest Night was not that great, and Walking Dead had a weak year (and if you don’t think so, think about how fucking good it is now). And if Johns got a nom, then Reis should’ve got one as well. And not to not see Sinclair with a best colorist nomination is also weak. I mean Hamaker is pretty much coloring the same book for a while, does he need a nomination for each volume?
I also agree that Jock needed a nomination for his covers.
And honestly, I’m sick of Dear Billy getting passed over. It’s the best Ennis work in a long fucking time.
Well i hope jason aaron gets something he deserves it. But i do love robert kirkman and geoff johns.I am very happy steve hamaker got a nomination because i was not wanting to see bone in color but guess what it was beautifull.
Jonah Hex, very cool. Let’s go Scalped
I hope Scalped picks up many awards.