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.com

SPECIAL 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