Harvey Awards – the Comics Oscars

Categories: In the News , Award Winners , Local Interest , Graphic Novels

The 2006 winners of the Harvey Awards were announced Saturday during the Baltimore Comic-Con. Named for Harvey Kurtzman, who is best known for founding, writing, and illustrating MAD magazine, the Harveys have great prestige as the only awards voted exclusively by comic book professionals.

Here’s a list of the nominees, with winners in boldface. Congratulations to Carol Tyler, Cincinnati resident and Library program participant, whose Late Bloomer was nominated in the category Best Graphic Album – Previously Published Material.

Best Graphic Album - Original

Combat Zone by Karl Zinsmeister (Marvel Comics)

The Lone and Level Sands by A. David Lewis (Caption Box) – on order

Night Fisher by R. Kikuo Johnson (Fantagraphics Books) – on order

Tricked by Alex Robinson (Top Shelf)

Wimbledon Green by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album - Previously Published Material

Black Hole by Charles Burns (Pantheon Books)

Daisy Kutter by Kazu Kibuishi (Viper Comics) – on order

Late Bloomer by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphic Books)

Runaways, Volume 1, Hardcover by Brian K. Vaughan (Marvel Comics)

Stoker’s Dracula by Roy Thomas (Marvel Comics) – on order

Best Continuing or Limited Series

ACME Novelty Library by Chris Ware (ACME Novelty Library)

Captain America by Ed Brubaker (Marvel Comics)

Elk’s Run (Hoarse and Buggy Productions/Speakeasy Comics)

Runaways by Brian K. Vaughan (Marvel Comics)

Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan (DC/Vertigo)

Best New Series

Baobab by Igort (Fantagraphics Books)

Dramacon by Svetlana Chmakova (Tokyopop)

Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four by multiple writers (Marvel Comics)

The Surrogates by Robert Venditti (Top Shelf) – on order

X-Factor by Peter David (Marvel Comics) – on order

Young Avengers by Allan Heinberg (Marvel Comics)

Best American Edition of Foreign Material

Baobab #1 by Igort (Fantagraphics Books)

Blame! by Tsutomu Nihei (Tokyopop) – on order

Buddha by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical Books)

Epileptic by David B. (Pantheon Books)

The Push Man and Other Stories by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly) – on order

The Best New Talent award was a tie – Roberto Aguirre-Sacas for Marvel Knights 4 and R. Kikuo Johnson for Night Fisher (on order). The other nominees in this category were Joshua Hale Fialkov for Elk’s Run, David Hine for Daredevil: Redemption, and A. David Lewis for The Lone and Level Sands (on order).