The nominees for this year’s Harvey Awards have been announced; the annual awards named for MAD Magazine founding editor Harvey Kurtzman are presented every autumn at the New York Comic-Con.
The awards recognize graphic novels, manga, digital comics and “adaptations” across seven categories.
Congrats to this year’s nominees:
Digital Book of the Year
- In the Real Dark Night by Jimmy Gownley (Webcomic)
- The Keluarga Cable Ship Company by Mereida Fajardo (UK Digital)
- The Lycan by Mike Carey, Thomas Jane, David James Kelly, and Diego Yapur (Comixology Originals)
- Nap Comix by Rachael Smith (WEBTOON)
- Practical Defense Against Piracy by Tony Cliff (Webcomic)
- Terran Omega: The Ghosts of War by PJ Holden (Webcomic)
- The World of Lublu by Charbak Dipta (The Charbax Store)
Best Children’s Book
- A Fishboy Named . . . Sashimi by Dan Santat (Roaring Brook Press)
- Inbetweens by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
- The New Girl: First Crush by Cassandra Calin (Scholastic)
- Night Chef by Mika Song (Random House Graphic)
- Young Shadow & the Watchdogs by Ben Sears (Fantagraphics)
Best Young Adult Book
- Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen (Random House Graphic)
- Flip by Ngozi Ukazu (First Second)
- Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit: A Graphic Novel by Kim Hyun Sook & Ryan Estrada (Penguin Workshop)
- Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young (Little, Brown Ink)
- This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki & Nicole Goux (Abrams Fanfare)
Best Manga
- Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki (Kana/Abrams)
- He Rolled Me Up Like a Grilled Squid by Yoshiharu Tsuge (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Land by Kazumi Yamashita (Yen Press)
- Miss Ruki by Fumiko Takano (NYR Comics)
- My Gorilla Family by Iijima Ichiro (Living the Line)
- My Life in 24 Frames Per Second by Rintaro (Kana/Abrams ComicArts)
Best International Book
- Animan by Anouk Ricard (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Buff Soul by Moa Romanova (Fantagraphics)
- Mary Pain by Lola Lorente (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Nocturnos by Laura Perez (Fantagraphics)
- Tiodora’s Letters: An Enslaved Woman’s Fight for Family and Freedom by Marcelo D’Salete (Fantagraphics)
- Witchcraft by Sole Otero (Fantagraphics)
Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel
- The Boys — Season 5 (Prime Video). Based on The Boys by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson (Dynamite)
- Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (Theatrical — Crunchyroll/Sony). Based on Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto (VIZ Media)
- Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle (Theatrical — Crunchyroll/Sony). Based on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge (VIZ Media)
- Invincible — Season 4 (Prime Video). Based on Invincible by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker & Ryan Ottley (Image/Skybound)
- LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Games — PS5/Xbox/Switch/PC). Based on Batman (DC Comics), created by Bob Kane & Bill Finger
- My Hero Academia — Final Season (Crunchyroll). Based on My Hero Academia by Kōhei Horikoshi (VIZ Media)
- One Piece — Season 2 (Netflix). Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda (VIZ Media)
- Peacemaker — Season 2 (HBO Max). Based on Peacemaker (DC Comics, orig. Charlton), created by Joe Gill & Pat Boyette
- Spider-Noir (Prime Video/MGM+). Based on Spider-Man Noir (Marvel Comics) by David Hine, Fabrice Sapolsky & Carmine Di Giandomenico
- Your Letter (Netflix). Based on Your Letter by Hyeon A. Cho (WEBTOON/Naver)
Book of the Year
- Absolute Batman Volume 1: The Zoo by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta (DC)
- Absolute Martian Manhunter Vol 1: Martian Vision by Deniz Camp & Javier Rodriguez (DC)
- Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance by Ben Passmore (Pantheon)
- Cannon by Lee Lai (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Drome by Jesse Lonergan (23rd Street Books/Macmillan)
- The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
- A Garden of Spheres by Linnea Sterte (Peow2)
- More Weight: A Salem Story by Ben Wickey (Top Shelf/IDW)
- The Once and Future Riot by Joe Sacco (Metropolitan/Holt)
- The Weight by Melissa Mendes (Drawn & Quarterly)