2008 Harvey Award Nominees

BEST WRITER
 
    Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Marvel Comics
    Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
    Grant Morrison, All Star Superman, DC Comics
    William Van Horn, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone
    Brian K. Vaughan, Y: The Last Man, Vertigo/DC Comics
 
BEST ARTIST
 
    Gabriel Ba, Umbrella Academy, Dark Horse Comics
    John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men, Marvel Comics
    Guy Davis, BPRD, Dark Horse Comics
    Frank Quitely, All Star Superman, DC Comics
    William Van Horn, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone
 
BEST CARTOONIST
 
    Darwyn Cooke, The Spirit, DC Comics
    Matt Kindt, Super Spy, Top Shelf
    Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
    Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, Oni Press
    Vasilis Lolos, Last Call, Oni Press
    William Van Horn, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone
 
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM - ORIGINAL 
 
    The Arrival, Scholastic Books
    Donald Duck: The Case of the Missing Mummy, Gemstone
    Exit Wounds, Drawn & Quarterly
    Laika, First Second
    Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, Oni Press

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM - PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED
 
    The Annotated Northwest Passage, Oni Press
    Antiques, Volume 1, Gemstone
    Captain America Omnibus, Volume 1, Marvel Comics
    Damned, Volume 1, Oni Press
    Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, Marvel Comics
 
BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT
 
    Complete Peanuts, Fantagraphics Books
    Complete Terry and the Pirates, IDW
    EC Archives, Gemstone
    Popeye, Fantagraphics Books
    Walt and Skeezix, Drawn & Quarterly
 
BEST AMERICAN EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL
 
    Eduardo Risso's Tales of Terror, Dynamite Entertainment
    Exit Wounds, Drawn & Quarterly
    Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Abrams
    Moomin, Volume 2, Drawn & Quarterly
    Witchblade Manga, Top Cow/Image
 
SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR
 
    Chris Eliopoulos, Franklin Richards series, Marvel Comics
    Nicholas Gurewitch, Perry Bible Fellowship, www.pbfcomics.com
    Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
    Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, Oni Press
    William Van Horn, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone
 
BEST ON-LINE COMIC
 
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, www.wimpykid.com
    EZ Street, Robert Tinnell and Mark Wheatley,
         www.comicmix.com/title/ez-street/
    Penny Arcade, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik,
         www.penny-arcade.com
    Perry Bible Fellowship, Nicholas Gurewitch, www.pbfcomics.com
    Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo, Dwight L. Macpherson,
         Thomas Boatwright and Thomas Mauer,
         www.drunkduck.com/
         The_Surreal_Adventures_of_Edgar_Allan_Poo
 
SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
 
    The Annotated Northwest Passage, Scott Chantler, Oni Press
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books
    EC Archives, Various, edited by Russ Cochran, Gemstone
    Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened, edited by Jason
         Rodriguez, Villard
    Super Spy, Matt Kindt, Top Shelf
 
BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
 
    Alice in Sunderland, Dark Horse Comics
    All Star Superman # 8, DC Comics
    Captain America # 25, Marvel Comics
    Donald Duck: The Case of the Missing Mummy, Gemstone
    I Killed Adolf Hitler, Fantagraphics Books
    Immortal Iron Fist # 7, Marvel Comics
    Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen # 1, Oni Press

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL OR JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION
 
    Blah Blah Blog, Tom Brevoort,
          http://www.marvel.com/blogs/Tom%20Brevoort/
    The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth and Michael Dean,
          Fantagraphics Books
    Meanwhile...: A Biography of Milton Caniff, R.C. Harvey,
          Fantagraphics Books
    The Naked Artist: Comic Book Legends, Bryan Talbot and Hunt
          Emerson, Moonstone Books
    Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, edited by J.C. Vaughn,
          Gemstone
    Reading Comics: How Graphic Albums Work and What They
          Mean, Douglas Wolk, Da Capo Press
 
BEST COVER ARTIST
 
    John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men, Marvel Comics
    Marko Djurdjevic, Daredevil, Marvel Comics
    James Jean, Fables, Vertigo/DC Comics
    Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Dark Horse Comics
    William Van Horn, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone
 
BEST LETTERER
 
    Chris Eliopoulos, Daredevil, Marvel Comics
    Jared K. Fletcher, The Spirit, DC Comics
    Willie Schubert, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone
    Douglas E. Sherwood, Local, Oni Books
    Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library, Acme Novelty
 
BEST COLORIST
 
    Susan Daigle-Leach, Uncle Scrooge, Gemstone
    Jamie Grant, All Star Superman, DC Comics
    Matt Hollingsworth, Daredevil, Marvel Comics
    Matt Kindt, Super Spy, Top Shelf
    Laura Martin, Thor, Marvel Comics
 
BEST  INKER
 
    Stefano Gaudiano, Daredevil, Marvel Comics
    Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
    Steve Leialoha, Fables, DC Comics
    Mark Morales, Thor, Marvel Comics
    Kevin Nowlan, Witchblade, Top Cow/Image
 
BEST SYNDICATED STRIP OR PANEL
 
    Doonesbury, Garry Trudeau, Universal Press Syndicate
    Get Fuzzy, Darby Conley, United Feature Syndicate
    The K Chronicles, Keith Knight, Self-Syndicated
    The Mighty Motor-Sapiens, Mark Wheatley, Daniel Krall, Robert
         Tinnell, MJ Butler, Craig Taillerfer, Matthew Plog, and Jerry
         Carr, Self-Syndicated
    Mutts, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate
 
BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
 
    All Star Superman, DC Comics
    Captain America, Marvel Comics
    Damned, Oni Press
    Daredevil, Marvel Comics
    Umbrella Academy, Dark Horse Comics
    Uncle Scrooge, Gemstone Comics
 
BEST NEW SERIES
 
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
    The Order, Marvel Comics
    Resurrection, Oni Press
    Thor, Marvel Comics
    Umbrella Academy, Dark Horse Comics
 
BEST NEW TALENT
 
    Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
    Jeff Lemire, Essex County, Top Shelf
    Vasilis Lolos, Last Call, Oni Press
    Robbi Rodriguez, Maintenance, Oni Press
    Christian Slade, Korgi #1: Sprouting Wings, Top Shelf
 
BEST ANTHOLOGY
 
    Flight Volume 4, edited by Kazu Kibuishi, Ballantine Books
    Mome Volume 8, edited by Gary Groth and Eric Reynolds,
         Fantagraphics Books
    Popgun Volume 1, edited by Joe Keatinge and Mark Andrew
         Smith, Image Books
    Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened, edited by Jason
         Rodriquez, Villard
    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, edited by John Clark,
         Gemstone

Congratulations to all of the 2008 Harvey Award Nominees!