The nominees have been announced for the 2024 Harvey Awards, the annual awards program given out at the New York Comic Con. The awards recognize graphic novels, manga, digital comics and “adaptations” across seven categories, up from six last year.
This year it looks like the committee decided to break the “Best Children’s or Young Adult Book” category into two separate categories, which feels like the right thing to do, given the number of books in both these categories published every year. Trying to combine the two into a single category was always kind of weird — it would be like pitting monthly comics against graphic novels in the same category, or even TV shows against movies or video games or musicals. It just doesn’t make a lot of sense.
This year’s Harvey Awards presentations will be livestreamed from New York Comic Con, and nominees for their Hall of Fame will be announced at a later date. Congratulations to this year’s nominees:
2024 Harvey Awards’ Book of the Year nominations
- Monica by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
- Roaming by Jilian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- A Guest in the House by EM Carroll (Macmillan Publishers)
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
- Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed (Penguin Random House)
- Watership Down Graphic Novel by James Sturm and Joe Sutphin, based on the novel by Richard Adams (Penguin Random House)
- Tender by Beth Hetland (Fantagraphics)
- Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham (Macmillan Publishers)
- Love Everlasting by Tom King and Elsa Charretier (Image)
- Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips (Image)
- Radiant Black Vol. 5 by Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark, Eduardo Ferigato, and Marcelo Costa (Image)
2024 Harvey Awards’ Digital Book of the Year nominations
- Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe (Webtoon)
- Unordinary by uru-chan (Webtoon)
- Encore by Miles Burks (Webtoon)
- Heir’s Game by suspu (Webtoon)
- Jamie by LD Lapinski (Yellow Jacket)
- A Witch’s Guide to Burning by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Rose Wolves by Natalie Warner (Penguin Random House)
- Of Swamp and Sea by Mia Jay Boulton & Laurel Boulton (Webtoon)
- Boyfriends by Refrainbow (Webtoon)
- Friday by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)
2024 Harvey Awards’ Best Children’s Book nominations
- Lightfall: The Dark Times by Tim Probert (HarperAlley)
- Lunar Boy by Jes & Cin Wibowo (HarperAlley)
- Dungeons & Dragons Club: Time to Party by Molly Ostertag and Xanthe Bouma (HarperAlley)
- Ant Story by Jay Hosler (HarperAlley)
- Mexikid by Pedro Martin (Penguin Random House)
- Dog Man and the Scarlett Shredder by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)
- Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi and Shazleen Khan (First Second)
- Timid by Jonathon Todd (Scholastic)
- Amulet Vol. 9 by Kazu Kibuishi (Graphix)
2024 Harvey Awards’ Best Young Adult Book nominations
- Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu & Mad Rupert (First Second)
- Sunhead by Alex Assan (HarperAlley)
- Brownstone by Samuel Teer and Mar Julia (Versify)
- The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha (HarperAlley)
- Homebody by Theo Parish (HarperAlley)
- Ghost Roast by Shawneé Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, and Emily Cannon (Versify)
- Deep Dark by Molly Ostertag (Graphix)
- Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu (Quill Tree)
- Roaming by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Clementine Book 2 by Tille Walden (Image)
- Prez: Setting a Dangerous President by Mark Russell and Ben Caldwell (DC Comics)
2024 Harvey Awards’ Best Manga nominations
- The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren (Yen Press)
- Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha)
- Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui (Yen Press)
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe (VIZ)
- Soichi: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito (VIZ)
- H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth by Gou Tanabe (Dark Horse)
- Berserk Deluxe Edition Vol 14 by Kentaro Miura (Dark Horse)
- Second Hand Love by Yamada Murasaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- My Picture Diary by Fujiwara Maki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Okinawa by Susumu Higa (Fantagraphics)
2024 Harvey Awards’ Best International Book nominations
- The Great Beyond by Laura Murawiec (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Blacksad Vol. 7 by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido (Europe Comics)
- Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed (Pantheon)
- Ashes by Alvaro Ortiz (Top Shelf Productions)
- A Boy Named Rose by Geniller (Fairsquare Graphics)
- Transitions by Durand (Top Shelf Productions)
- Layers by Pénélope Bagieu (First Second)
- Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes by Cyril Lieron and Benoit Dahan (Titan)
2024 Harvey Awards’ Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel nominations
- Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths by Warner Bros. Animation & DC Studios, based on Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC Comics)
- Deadpool & Wolverine directed by Shawn Levy, based on Wolverine and Deadpool (Marvel)
- Multiverses by Warner Bros Games, based on Warner Bros properties (Warner Bros)
- Demon Slayer –Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles by SEGA, based on Demon Slayer –Kimetsu no Yaiba– (VIZ Media)
- X-Men ‘97 by Marvel Animation & Disney+, based on X-Men (Marvel)
- Invincible by Amazon Prime Video, based on Invincible (Image)
- The Marvels by Marvel Studios, based on Marvel Comics (Marvel)
- Loki by Marvel Studios, based on Loki (Marvel)
- Attack on Titan: The Musical, directed by Gou Ueki, based on Attack on Titan (Kodansha)