Sono stati annunciati i candidati all’Harvey Awards 2010, il premio nord americano che vede “al voto” soltanto chi fa parte di questo settore. Le nomination e i vincitori sono decisi da scrittori, disegnatori,e tutti coloro che sono impegnati nnella realizzazzione dei comics. I vincitori saranno annunciati durante il Baltimora Comic-Con del prossimo 28 agosto.
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: STOREKEEPER’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; “
STRANGE TALES”, Marvel Comics; “
WEDNESDAY COMICS”, DC Comics;
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC ALBUM : “
ASTERIOS POLYP”, by David Mazucchelli, Pantheon; “
BOOK OF GENESIS”, by Robert Crumb, W.W. Norton; “
GEORGE SPROTT (1894-1975)”, by Seth, Drawn and Quarterly; “
FOOTNOTES IN GAZA”, by Joe Sacco, Metropolitan Books; “
STITCHES”, by David Small, W.W. Norton; “
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW?”, by Brian Fies, Abrams ComicArts
BEST PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED GRAPHIC ALBUM : “
A.D.: NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE DELUGE”, by Josh Neufeld, Pantheon; “
COLLECTED ESSEX COUNTY”, by Jeff Lemire, Top Shelf; “
GRAVESLINGER”, by Shannon Denton, Jeff Mariotte, John Cboins & Nina Sorat, IDW; “
MASTERPIECE COMICS”, by R. Sikoryak, Drawn and Quarterly; “
MICE TEMPLAR VOLUME 1″, by Bryan J.L. Glass and Michael Avon Oeming, Image Comics
BEST SYNDICATED STRIP OR PANEL : “
CUL-DE-SAC”, by Richard Thompson, Universal Press Syndicate; “
FOXTROT”, by Bill Amend, Universal Press Syndicate; “
GET FUZZY”, by Darby Conley, United Feature Syndicate; “
MUTTS”, by Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate; “
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE”, by Stephan Pastis, United Feature Syndicate
BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT : “
THE BEST OF SIMON AND KIRBY”, by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; edited by Steve Saffel, Titan Books; “
HUMBUG”, conceived and edited by Harvey Kurtzman and created by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee and Arnold Roth; edited by Gary Groth, Fantagraphics Books; “
RIP KIRBY”, by Alex Raymond; edited by Dean Mullaney, IDW; “
THE ROCKETEER: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES”, by Dave Stevens; edited by Scott Dunbier, IDW; “
THE TOON TREASURY OF CLASSIC CHILDREN’S COMICS”, edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly, Abrams ComicsArt
BEST AMERICAN EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL : “
THE ART OF OSAMU TEZUKA: GOD OF MANGA”, by Helen McCarthy, Abrams ComicArts; “
MANGA KAMISHIBAI”, by Eric P. Nash, Abrams ComicArts; “
THE PHOTOGRAPHER”, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier LeFevre and Frederic Lemercier, First Second; “
PLUTO: URASAWA X TEZUKA”, by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, Viz Media; “
20TH CENTURY BOYS”, by Naoki Urasawa, Viz Media
BEST ON-LINE COMICS WORK : “
HARK! A VAGRANT”, by Kate Beaton,
http://harkavagrant.com; “
HIGH MOON”, by Steve Ellis, David Gallaher and Scott O. Brown,
http://www.zudacomics.com/high_moon; “
POWER OUT”, by Nathan Schreiber,
http://act-i-vate.com; “
PVP”, by Scott Kurtz,
http://www.pvponline.com ; “
SIN TITULO”, by Cameron Stewart,
http://www.sintitulocomic.comSPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS : Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson, “BEASTS OF BURDEN”, Dark Horse Books;
Jeff Kinney, “DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #3: THE LAST STRAW”, Amulet Books;
Roger Landridge, “THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK”, BOOM! Studios;
Bryan Lee O’Malley, “SCOTT PILGRIM #5″, Oni Press;
Andrew Pepoy, “THE ADVENTURES OF SIMONE & AJAX: A CHRISTMAS CAPER”, ComicMix
SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION : “
ART OF HARVEY KURTZMAN: THE MAD GENIUS OF COMICS”, by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle, Abrams ComicArts; “
THE BRINKLEY GIRLS: THE BEST OF NELL BRINKLEY’S CARTOONS FROM 1913-1940″, edited by Trina Robbins, Fantagraphics Books; “
GEORGE SPROTT (1894-1975)”, by Seth, Drawn and Quarterly; “
THE ROCKETEER: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES”, by Dave Stevens, edited by Scott Dunbier, IDW; “
SECRET IDENTITY: THE FETISH ART OF SUPERMAN’S CO-CREATOR JOE SHUSTER”, edited by Craig Yoe, Abrams ComicArts; “
WEDNESDAY COMICS”, edited by Mark Chiarello, DC Comics
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL OR JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION : “
ALTER-EGO”, edited by Roy Thomas, TwoMorrows; “
ART OF HARVEY KURTZMAN: THE MAD GENIUS OF COMICS”, by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle, Abrams ComicArts; “
THE BEST OF SIMON AND KIRBY”, by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; edited by Steve Saffel, Titan Books; “
THE COMICS JOURNAL”, edited by Gary Groth, Michael Dean and Kristy Valenti, Fantagraphics Books; “
UNDERGROUND CLASSICS”, by James Danky and Denis Kitchen, Abrams ComicArts
BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY : “
ALEC: THE YEARS HAVE PANTS”, by Eddie Campbell, Top Shelf; “
ASTERIOS POLYP”, by David Mazucchelli, Pantheon; “
GANGES #3″, by Kevin Huizenga, Fantagraphics Books; “
GEORGE SPROTT (1894-1975)”, by Seth, Drawn and Quarterly; “
JONAH HEX #50″, written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, artwork by Darwyn Cooke, DC Comics; “
RICHARD STARK’S PARKER: THE HUNTER”, by Darwyn Cooke, IDW; “
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW?”, by Brian Fies, Abrams ComicArts