‘Monstress,’ ‘Barrier’ and more win at the 2018 Harvey Awards

Streamlined awards featuring six categories presented during the New York Comic Con Friday night; Dave Gibbons and Roz Chast inducted into Hall of Fame.

The Harvey Awards returned last night in a new venue in conjunction with the New York Comic Con. The streamlined awards presented winners in six categories, as well as four other related awards and Hall of Fame inductions.

Joining the Hall of Fame this year were Roz Chast and Dave Gibbons. Harold Sakuishi received the 2018 International Spotlight Award, while Jackie Estrada (who runs the Eisner Awards) received the Comics Industry Pioneer award.

You can find the complete list of winners below.

Book Of The Year

Black Hammer: Secret Origins By Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston and Dave Stewart (Dark Horse)
Boundless By Jillian Tamaki (Drawn And Quarterly)
Everything Is Flammable By Gabrielle Bell (Uncivilized Books)
Hostage By Guy Delisle (Drawn And Quarterly)
Kindred By Octavia E. Butler, Adapted By Damian Duffy And Illustrated By John Jennings (Abrams Comicarts)
Lighter Than My Shadow By Katie Green (Lion Forge)
Monstress By Marjorie Liu And Sana Takeda (Image)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters By Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
Roughneck By Jeff Lemire (Gallery 13)
Shade The Changing Girl By Cecil Castellucci And Marley Zarcone (Dc Comics)
Spinning By Tillie Walden (First Second)
The Best We Could Do By Thi Bui (Abrams Books)
The Customer Is Always Wrong By Mimi Pond (Drawn And Quarterly)
The Flintstones By Mark Russell And Steve Pugh (Dc Comics)
The Prince And The Dressmaker By Jen Wang (First Second)

Digital Book Of The Year

Bandette By Paul Tobin And Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
Barrier By Brian K. Vaughn, Marcos Martin And Muntsa Vicente (Panel Syndicate)
Check, Please!: #hockey By Ngozi Ukazu (Checkpleasecomic.com)
Not Drunk Enough By Tessa Stone (Ndecomic.com)
The Tea Dragon Society By Katie O’Neill (Teadragonsociety.com)

Best Children Or Young Adult Book

Note: There was a tie in this category.

Brave By Svetlana Chmakova (Jy)
Real Friends By Shannon Hale And Leuyeun Pham (First Second)
Spinning By Tillie Walden (First Second)
The Prince And The Dressmaker By Jen Wang (First Second)
The Tea Dragon Society By Katie O’Neill (Oni Press)

Best Adaptation From A Comic Book/graphic Novel

Atomic Blonde (Focus Features) – Directed By David Leitch. Adapted From “The Coldest City” (Oni Press)
Black Panther (Walt Disney Pictures) – Directed By Ryan Coogler. Adapted From “Black Panther” (Marvel Comics)
The Lego Batman Movie (Warner Bros.) – Directed By Chris Mckay. Adapted From “Batman” (Dc Comics)
Logan (20th Century Fox) – Directed By James Mangold. Adapted From “Wolverine” (Marvel Comics)
My Friend Dahmer (Filmrise) – Directed By Marc Meyers. Adapted From “My Friend Dahmer” (Abrams Comicarts)
Preacher (AMC) – Developed By Sam Catlin, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg. Adapted From “Preacher” (Dc/vertigo)
Riverdale (The CW) – Developed By Roberto Aguirre-sacasa. Adapted From “Archie” (Archie Comics)
The End Of The F***ing World (Netflix) – Written By Charlie Covell. Adapted From “The End Of The F***ing World” (Fantagraphics)
Thor: Ragnarok (Walt Disney Pictures) – Directed By Taika Waititi. Adapted From “Thor” (Marvel Comics)
Wonder Woman (Warner Bros.) – Directed By Patty Jenkins. Adapted From “Wonder Woman” (Dc Comics)

Best Manga

My Brother’s Husband By Gengoroh Tagame Anne Ishii (Pantheon Graphic Library)
My Hero Academia By Kohei Horikoshi (Viz Media)
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness By Nagata Kabi (Seven Seas)
Tokyo Ghoul By Sui Ishida (Viz Media)
Your Name By Makoto Shinkai And Ranmaru Kotone (Yen Press)

Best European Book

Audubon: On The Wings Of The World by Fabien Grolleau And Jerémie Royer (Nobrow)
California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before The Mamas & The Papas by Pénélope Bagieu (First Second)
Flight Of The Raven by Jean-Pierre Gibrat (IDW)
The Ghost Of Gaudi by El Torres And Jesús Alonso Iglesias (Magnetic Press)
The Ladies In Waiting by Santiago García And Javier Olivares (Fantagraphics)

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