Harvey Awards nominations 2009

The 2009 Harvey Award Nominees:

BEST WRITER

____ Jason Aaron, “SCALPED”, Vertigo/DC Comics

____ Geoff Johns, “BLACKEST NIGHT”, DC Comics

____ Robert Kirkman, “THE WALKING DEAD”, Image Comics

____ Jeff Kinney, “DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #3: THE LAST STRAW”, Amulet Books

____ Mark Waid, “IRREDEEMABLE”, BOOM! Studios

BEST ARTIST

____ Robert Crumb, “BOOK OF GENESIS”, W.W. Norton

____ Guy Davis, “BPRD: BLACK GODDESS”, Dark Horse Comics

____ Brian Fies, “WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW?”,

Abrams ComicArts

____ David Petersen, “MOUSE GUARD : WINTER 1152″, Archaia Studios Press

____ Frank Quitely, “BATMAN AND ROBIN”, DC Comics

____ JH Williams III, “DETECTIVE COMICS”, DC Comics

BEST CARTOONIST

____ Darwyn Cooke, “RICHARD STARK’S PARKER: THE HUNTER”, IDW

____ Jeff Kinney, “DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #3: THE LAST STRAW”, Amulet Books

____ Roger Langridge, “THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK”, BOOM! Studios

____ David Mazzucchelli, “ASTERIOS POLYP”, Pantheon

____ Seth, “GEORGE SPROTT (1894-1975)”, Drawn and Quarterly

BEST LETTERER

____ Chris Eliopoulos, “FRANKLIN RICHARDS: SON OF A GENIUS” stories, Marvel Comics

____ Brian Fies, “WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW?”,

Abrams ComicArts

____ Thomas Mauer, “RAPTURE”, Dark Horse Comics

____ David Mazzucchelli, “ASTERIOS POLYP”, Pantheon

____ Richard Starkings, “ELEPHANTMEN”, Image Comics

BEST INKER

____ Oclair Albert, “BLACKEST NIGHT”, DC Comics

____ Steve Ellis, “HIGH MOON”, Zuda/DC Comics

____ Klaus Janson, “AMAZING SPIDER-MAN”, Marvel Comics

____ Jeff Kinney, “DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #3: THE LAST STRAW”, Amulet Books

____ Mark Morales, “THOR”, Marvel Comics

BEST COLORIST

____ Brian Fies, “WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW?”,

Abrams ComicArts

____ Steve Hamaker, “BONE: CROWN OF HORNS”, Graphix

____ Laura Martin, “THE ROCKETEER: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES”, IDW

____ David Mazzucchelli, “ASTERIOS POLYP”, Pantheon

____ Dave Stewart, “BPRD: BLACK GODDESS”, Dark Horse Comics

BEST COVER ARTIST

____ Jenny Frison, “THE DREAMER”, IDW

____ Mike Mignola, “HELLBOY: THE BRIDE OF HELL”, Dark Horse Comics

____ Michael Avon Oeming, “MICE TEMPLAR: DESTINY, PART I”, Image Comics

____ Frank Quitely, “BATMAN AND ROBIN”, DC Comics

____ JH Williams III, “DETECTIVE COMICS”, DC Comics

BEST NEW TALENT

____ Kevin Cannon, “FAR ARDEN”, Top Shelf

____ Rob Guillory, “CHEW”, Image Comics

____ Reinhard Kleist,”JOHNNY CASH: I SEE A DARKNESS”, Abrams ComicArts

____ Nathan Schreiber, “ACT-I-VATE: POWER OUT”, http://act-i-vate.com

____ Matthew Weldon, “NEW BRIGHTON ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY”, Image Comics

BEST NEW SERIES

____ “BATMAN AND ROBIN”, DC Comics

____ “CHEW”, Image Comics

____ “IRREDEEMABLE”, BOOM! Studios

____ “SWEET TOOTH”, Vertigo/DC Comics

____ “UNWRITTEN”, Vertigo/DC Comics

BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES

____ “BEASTS OF BURDEN”, Dark Horse Comics

____ “DIARY OF A WIMPY KID”, Amulet Books

____ “GANGES”, Fantagraphics Books

____ “INVINCIBLE”, Image Comics

____ “SCALPED”, Vertigo/DC Comics

____ “THE WALKING DEAD”, Image Comics

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC PUBLICATION FOR YOUNGER READERS

____ “AMULET: THE STONEKEEPER’S CURSE”, Graphix

____ “DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #3: THE LAST STRAW”, Amulet Books

____ “GROWN-UPS ARE DUMB”, Hyperion Books

____ “THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK”, BOOM! Studios

____ “NEW BRIGHTON ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY”, Image Comics

____ “3-2-3 DETECTIVE AGENCY”, Amulet Books

BEST ANTHOLOGY

____ “ACT-I-VATE”, http://act-i-vate.com

____ “FLIGHT # 6″, Villard

____ “POPGUN # 3″, Image Comics