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2007 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners


The nominated creators have been recognized by their peers for having produced some of the outstanding achievements in comics in 2006.
(Winners are in bold and marked with *)

Best Writer

  • Ed Brubaker, for Daredevil (Marvel Comics) *
  • Grant Morrison, for All-Star Superman (DC Comics)
  • Steve Murphy, for Umbra (Image Comics)
  • Don Rosa, for Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)
  • William Van Horn, for Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)
  • Brian K. Vaughn, for Y: The Last Man (DC/Vertigo)

Best Artist

  • Brian Fies, for Mom's Cancer (Abrams)
  • Renee French, for The Ticking (Top Shelf)
  • Stuart Immonen, for Nextwave: Agents Of Hate (Marvel Comics)
  • Frank Quitely, for All-Star Superman (DC Comics) *
  • Don Rosa, for Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)
  • William Van Horn, for Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Cartoonist

  • Jaime Hernandez, for Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics) *
  • Kevin Huizenga, for Curses (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Bryan Lee O'Malley, for Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness (Oni Press)
  • Dan Piraro, for Bizarro (King Features Syndicate)
  • Don Rosa, for Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)
  • William Van Horn, for Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Inker

  • Jaime Hernandez, for Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics)
  • Ryan Kelly, for Local (Oni Press)
  • Steve Leialoha, for Fables (DC/Vertigo)
  • Danny Miki, for Eternals (Marvel Comics) *
  • Joe Weems, for Hunter-Killer (Top Cow / Image)

Best Letterer

  • Jon Babcock, for Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Comics)
  • Chris Eliopoulos, for Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
  • Hope Larson, for Gray Horses (Oni Press)
  • Troy Peteri, for Necromancer (Marvel Comics)
  • Stan Sakai, for Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics) *
  • Willie Schubert, for Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Colorist

  • Susan Daigle-Leach, for Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)
  • Steve Firchow, for Hunter-Killer (Top Cow / Image)
  • Jamison Services, for Will Eisner's The Spirit, Vol. 19 (DC Comics)
  • Lark Pien, for American Born Chinese (First Second) *
  • Scott Rockwell, for Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Cover Artist

  • John Cassaday, for Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)
  • James Jean, for Fables (DC/Vertigo) *
  • J.G. Jones, for 52 (DC Comics)
  • Don Rosa, for Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)
  • Marc Silvestri, for Hunter-Killer (Top Cow/Image)

Best New Series

  • Civil War, by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven (Marvel Comics)
  • 52, by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, and Keith Giffen, et al. (DC Comics)
  • Necromancer, by Joshua Ortega and Francis Manapul (Top Cow/Image)
  • The Spirit, by Darwin Cooke (DC Comics) *
  • Wasteland, by Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten (Oni Press)

Best Continuing or Limited Series

  • Daredevil, by Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark (Marvel Comics) *
  • Local, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly (Oni Press)
  • The Spirit, by Darwyn Cooke (DC Comics)
  • Umbra, by Steve Murphy and Mike Hawthorne (Image Comics)
  • Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Single Issue or Story

  • Civil War #1, by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven (Marvel Comics) *
  • Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
  • Ganges #1, by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics)
  • Mom's Cancer, by Brian Fies (Abrams)
  • Pride of Baghdad, by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon (DC/Vertigo)
  • Schizo #4, by Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics)
  • Solo #11, by Sergio Aragonés with Mark Evanier (DC Comics)

Best Graphic Album of Original Work

  • American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
  • Billy Hazelnuts, by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics)
  • Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
  • Pride of Baghdad, by Brian K. Vaughn & Nino Henrichon (DC/Vertigo) *
  • Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness, by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni Press)

Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work

  • Absolute New Frontier, by Darwyn Cooke (DC) *
  • Castle Waiting, by Linda Medley (Fantagraphics)
  • The EC Archives: Weird Science (Gemstone Publishing)
  • Love & Rockets: Ghost of Hoppers, by Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
  • Polly & the Pirates, by Ted Naifeh (Oni Press)

Best Anthology

  • The Best American Comics, edited by Harvey Pekar and Anne Elizabeth Moore (Houghton Mifflin)
  • Flight, Vol. 3, edited by Kazu Kibuishi (Ballantine Books) *
  • Hotwire Comix & Capers, edited by Glenn Head (Fantagraphics)
  • Mome, designed by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)
  • Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Syndicated Strip or Panel

  • Antiques: The Comic Strip, by J.C. Vaughn, Brendan Fraim & Brian Fraim (Well-Defined Productions)
  • Doonesbury, by Garry Trudeau (Universal Press Syndicate)
  • The K Chronicles, by Keith Knight (United Comics/Salon.com) *
  • Maakies, by Tony Millionaire (Self-syndicated)
  • Mutts, by Patrick McDonnell (King Features Syndicate)

Best American Edition of Foreign Material

  • Abandon the Old in Tokyo, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn and Quarterly) * (tie)
  • Kampung Boy, by Lat (First Second)
  • Klezmer, Book One: Tales of the Wild East, by Joann Sfar (First Second)
  • Moomin, by Tove Jansson (Drawn and Quarterly) * (tie)
  • Ode to Kirihito, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)

Best Domestic Reprint Project

  • Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy (IDW Publishing)
  • Complete Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics) *
  • EC Archives (Gemstone Publishing)
  • Popeye, vol. 1: I Yam What I Yam, by E.C. Segar (Fantagraphics)
  • Walt & Skeezix, by Frank King (Drawn and Quarterly)

Best Online Comics Work

Best New Talent (Representative work listed)

  • Lilli Carré, for Tales of Woodsman Pete (Top Shelf)
  • Brian Fies, for Mom's Cancer (Abrams) *
  • Alexa Kitchen, for Drawing Comics is Easy! (Except When It's Hard) (DKP)
  • Matthew Loux, for Sidescrollers (Oni Press)
  • Stjepan Sejic, for Witchblade (Top Cow/Image)

Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation

  • Art Out of Time: Unknown Comic Visionaries 1900-1969, by Dan Nadel (Abrams) *
  • Comic Art Magazine (Buenaventura Press)
  • The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics)
  • Making Comics, by Scott McCloud (HarperCollins)
  • The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (Gemstone Publishing)

Special Award for Humor in Comics

  • Evan Dorkin, for Dork (SLG Publishing)
  • Michael Kupperman, for Tales Designed to Thrizzle (Fantagraphics)
  • Bryan Lee O'Malley, for Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness (Oni Press) *
  • Dan Piraro, for Bizarro (King Features Syndicate)
  • Don Rosa, for Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)

Special Award for Excellence in Presentation

  • The Absolute Sandman, by Neil Gaiman, edited by Scott Nybakken (DC Comics)
  • Cartoon America: Comic Art in the Library of Congress, edited by Harry Katz (Abrams)
  • The EC Archives: Weird Science, and The EC Archives: Shock SuspenStories (Gemstone Publishing)
  • The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck Companion, by Don Rosa (Gemstone Publishing)
  • Lost Girls, by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie (Top Shelf) *
  • Popeye, vol. 1: I Yam What I Yam, by E.C. Segar (Fantagraphics)