he 2016 Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot representing the input of the voters, presented by the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry's most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. They will be presented September 3, 2016 in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con.
The Harvey Awards may be voted on exclusively by Comic-Book creators, those who write, draw, ink, color, letter, design, edit, or are otherwise professionally involved in the creative aspect of comics, online or in print. The Harvey Awards are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. Thank you to all that have already participated by submitting a nomination ballot. Final ballots are due to the Harvey Awards by Monday, August 8, 2016. Full submission instructions can be found on the final ballot.
Voting is open to anyone professionally involved in a creative capacity within the comics field. Final ballots are available at www.harveyawards.org. Those who prefer paper ballots may e-mail [email protected].
This will be the eleventh year for the Harvey Awards in Baltimore, MD. Look for more details soon as to how you can attend the Harvey Awards dinner.
This year's Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 2-4, 2016. The ceremony and banquet for the 2016 Harvey Awards will be held Saturday night, September 3rd.
BEST LETTERER
____ Aubrey Aiese, LUMBERJANES, BOOM! Box/BOOM! Studios
____ Dave Lanphear, DIVINITY, Valiant Entertainment
____ Patricia Martin, WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR, Valiant Entertainment
____ Dave Sharpe, NINJAK, Valiant Entertainment
____ John Workman, RAGNAROK, IDW Publishing
BEST COLORIST
____ Laura Allred, SILVER SURFER, Marvel Comics
____ Ulises Arreola, NINJAK, Valiant Entertainment
____ David Baron, DIVINITY, Valiant Entertainment
____ Jordie Bellaire, INJECTION, Image Comics
____ Laura Martin, RAGNAROK, IDW Publishing
____ Brian Reber, X-O MANOWAR, Valiant Entertainment
BEST SYNDICATED STRIP or PANEL
____ BIZARRO, Dan Piraro, King Features Syndicate
____ BLOOM COUNTY, Berkeley Breathed, Universal Uclick
____ DICK TRACY, Joe Staton and Mike Curtis, Tribune Content Agency
____ MUTTS, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate
____ PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, Stephan Pastis, Universal Uclick
____ PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN, Dana Simpson, Universal Uclick
____ ZIPPY THE PINHEAD, Bill Griffith, King Features Syndicate
BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK
____ ALBERT THE ALIEN, Trevor Mueller and Gabriel Bautista, albertthealien.com
____ BATTLEPUG, Mike Norton, battlepug.com
____ BLOOM COUNTY 2015, Berkeley Breathed, gocomics.com/bloom-county
____ OH JOY SEX TOY, Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, ohjoysextoy.com
____ ZOMBIE BOY, Mark Stokes, zombieboycomics.com
BEST AMERICAN EDITION of FOREIGN MATERIAL
____ CORTO MALTESE: BEYOND THE WINDY ISLES, IDW Publishing
____ ONE PUNCH MAN, Viz
____ THE REALIST, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
____ SHOWA 1953-1989: A HISTORY OF JAPAN, Drawn & Quarterly
____ TWO BROTHERS, Dark Horse Books
BEST INKER
____ Klaus Janson, DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE, DC Comics
____ Seth Mann, NINJAK, Valiant Entertainment
____ Danny Miki, BATMAN, DC Comics
____ Tom Palmer, BLOODSHOT REBORN, Valiant Entertainment
____ Joe Rivera, THE VALIANT, Valiant Entertainment
____ Ryan Winn, DIVINITY, Valiant Entertainment
>BEST NEW SERIES
____ ARCHIE, Archie Comics
____ BLOODSHOT REBORN, Valiant Entertainment
____ GIANT DAYS, BOOM! Box/BOOM! Studios
____ PAPER GIRLS, Image Comics
____ THE VISION, Marvel Comics
>MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT
____ Raul Allen, WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR, Valiant Entertainment
____ Robert Gill, BOOK OF DEATH, Valiant Entertainment
____ Tom King, THE VISION, Marvel Comics
____ Dan Mora, KLAUS, BOOM! Studios
____ Lissa Treiman, GIANT DAYS, BOOM! Studios
>SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS
____ James Asmus, QUANTUM AND WOODY MUST DIE!, Valiant Entertainment
____ Elliott Kalan, UNITY #25, Valiant Entertainment
____ Michael Kupperman, UNITY #25, Valiant Entertainment
____ Rafer Roberts, X-O MANOWAR #38, Valiant Entertainment
____ Fred Van Lente, IVAR, TIMEWALKER, Valiant Entertainment
____ Chip Zdarsky, HOWARD THE DUCK, Marvel Comics
>BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC PUBLICATION FOR YOUNGER READERS
____ GIANT DAYS, BOOM! Box/BOOM! Studios
____ LUMBERJANES, BOOM! Box/BOOM! Studios
____ THE ONLY LIVING BOY, Bottled Lightning
____ OVER THE GARDEN WALL, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios
____ SPACE DUMPLINS, Scholastic Graphix
>BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED
____ BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 1: COLORADO TP, Valiant Entertainment
____ DIVINITY DELUXE EDITION HC, Valiant Entertainment
____ IVAR, TIMEWALKER VOL. 1: MAKING HISTORY TP, Valiant Entertainment
____ THE LESS THAN EPIC ADVENTURES OF TJ AND AMAL, Iron Circus Comics
____ NINJAK VOL. 1: WEAPONEER TP, Valiant Entertainment
____ THE VALIANT DELUXE EDITION HC, Valiant Entertainment
>SPECIAL AWARD for EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
____ BLOODSHOT REBORN, Rian Hughes, Jeff Lemire, Warren Simons, and Kyle Andrukiewicz, Valiant Entertainment
____ BOOK OF DEATH, Tom Muller, Dylan Todd, Warren Simons, and Travis Escarfullery, Valiant Entertainment
____ DIVINITY, Tom Muller, Warren Simons, Dylan Todd, and Matt Kindt, Valiant Entertainment
____ NINJAK, Rian Hughes, Tom Muller, Matt Kindt, Warren Simons, and Tom Brennan, Valiant Entertainment
____ PEANUTS: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. SCHULZ, Scott Newman, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios
____ THE VALIANT, Rian Hughes, Paolo Rivera, Dylan Todd, Warren Simons, and Kyle Andrukiewicz, Valiant Entertainment
>BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT
____ ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: THE COMPLETE CLASSIC OMNIBUS HC, Valiant Entertainment
____ CRIMSON VOL. 1, BOOM! Studios
____ QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST & BRIGHT VOL. 1: KLANG TP, Valiant Entertainment
____ QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST & BRIGHT VOL. 2: SWITCH TP, Valiant Entertainment
____ QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST & BRIGHT VOL. 3: AND SO... TP, Valiant Entertainment
>BEST COVER ARTIST
____ David Aja, HAWKEYE, Marvel Comics
____ Raul Allen, IVAR, TIMEWALKER, Valiant Entertainment
____ Mike Del Mundo, ELEKTRA, Marvel Comics
____ Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, DIVINITY, Valiant Entertainment
____ David Lafuente, WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR, Valiant Entertainment
____ Lewis LaRosa, NINJAK, Valiant Entertainment
____ Paolo Rivera, THE VALIANT, Valiant Entertainment
____ Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics
____ Matt Taylor, ARCADIA, BOOM! Studios
>BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, or JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION
____ THE ART OF MOUSE GUARD: 2005-2015, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
____ THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SELF-PUBLISHING COMICS, Random House/Watson Guptill
____ MARCH: BOOK TWO, Top Shelf Productions
____ PEANUTS: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. SCHULZ, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios
____ THE REALIST, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
>BEST ANTHOLOGY
___ DARK HORSE PRESENTS, Dark Horse Comics
___ FRESH ROMANCE, Rosy Press
___ ISLAND, Image Comics
___ PEANUTS: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. SCHULZ, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios
___ THE 27 CLUB, A COMIC ANTHOLOGY, Red Stylo Media
>BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM ORIGINAL
___ CAPTIVE OF FRIENDLY COVE, Fulcrum Publishing
___ FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, Top Shelf/IDW Publishing
___ LONG WALK TO VALHALLA, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
___ MARCH: BOOK TWO, Top Shelf Productions
___ NANJING: THE BURNING CITY, Dark Horse Comics
___ THE NEW DEAL, Dark Horse Books
___ TWO BROTHERS, Dark Horse Books
>BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
___ BITCH PLANET, Image Comics
___ BLOODSHOT REBORN, Valiant Entertainment
___ BOOK OF DEATH, Valiant Entertainment
___ DIVINITY, Valiant Entertainment
___ GIANT DAYS, BOOM! Studios/BOOM! Box
___ NINJAK, Valiant Entertainment
___ SAGA, Image Comics
___ SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Image Comics
___ THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL, Marvel Comics
>BEST WRITER
___ Jason Aaron, SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Image Comics
___ Jeff Lemire, BLOODSHOT REBORN, Valiant Entertainment
___ Brian K. Vaughan, SAGA, Image Comics
___ Mark Waid, ARCHIE, Archie Comics
___ G. Willow Wilson, MS. MARVEL, Marvel Comics
>BEST ARTIST
___ Greg Capullo, BATMAN, DC Comics
___ Jason Latour, SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Image Comics
___ Chris Samnee, DAREDEVIL, Marvel Comics
___ Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics
___ Mico Suayan, BLOODSHOT REBORN, Valiant Entertainment
>BEST CARTOONIST
___ Asaf Hanuka, THE REALIST
___ Matt Kindt, UNITY #25
___ Michael Kupperman, UNITY #25
___ Terry Moore, RACHEL RISING
___ Rafer Roberts, X-O MANOWAR #38
___ Stan Sakai, USAGI YOJIMBO
>BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
___ BLOODSHOT REBORN #1, Valiant Entertainment
___ BOOK OF DEATH #1, Valiant Entertainment
___ PEANUTS: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. SCHULZ, BOOM! Studios
___ SILVER SURFER #11, Marvel Comics
___ THE VALIANT #4, Valiant Entertainment
___ WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #1, Valiant Entertainment
Too much Valiant desu
>>84274804
>THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL, Marvel Comics
This makes me question a lot of things.
>BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
>Silver Surfer #11
>Valiant Crap
I'm sorry but did I miss something?
>>84274804
>BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
___ THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL, Marvel Comics
/co/ will like this
>>84274833
I like Valiant, but all these nominations for them ae complete bullshit. Especially in the best single issue category.
>>84274853
Yeah, it feels weird. Is Valiant really that good? I mean, I read some of them and I'm gonna be honest they didn't really catch my attention much, they're pretty much still just capeshit, except smaller. Also, is IDW just not a regular contender for these? Shame since I like most of their stuff
>>84274833
Comic book awards are shit, and just popularity awards.
>>84274804
As much as I like Ms Marvel, it's not award worthy, and then there's the unreadable squirrel girl nominated.
>>84274776
>Nominating King's weakest series just because it's Marvel.
>>84274897
Anyone from the comic industry can nominate, so it's more likely that Valiant staff give more fucks for Harvey award than other publishers.
BLOODSHOT REBORN popping up all over the place.
I've never seen anything about it on /co/ or heard anything about it from anyone.
Am I missing something?
>>84274804
It's surprising to see Valiant nominated for so much. That is one horrid list of continuing or limited series nominees though. Southern Bastards is the only one I'd give it to. Bitch Planet is a contender for worst comic of the year and I don't have anything against DeConnick.
>>84274942
ah yeah, I think I remember a smaller scale example on how nearly everyone on the Valiant Forums cooperate to always vote Valiant whenever a website hosts a poll that features a Valiant Title/Employee.
>>84274814
This
Valiant is fine but it's not THAT good, it's like half the nominees in this thing
>>84274804
>___ THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL, Marvel Comics
>>84274949
>implying /co/ reads comics
>>84274897
>Is Valiant really that good?
No, they are not.
Good to see Battle Pug nominated.
>>84274949
It's a decent comic but nothing amazing or anything. Definitely not worthy of the nom. Maybe if it had tighter pacing and was less decompressed
>>84274742
Damn, Valiant cleaned the fuck up on the nod front
>BLOODSHOT REBORN
>BLOODSHOT REBORN
>BLOODSHOT REBORN
Come the fuck on, it can't be that good. Nothing I've read from Valiant is anything above mediocre at best. I know they're a good company to work for but this stinks of shit
I'm glad ISLAND is at least getting the recognition it deserves.
Outside of that most of the main votes are fucking awful and the same shit you always see getting nominated. Like seriously, why are Staples and Vaughn even in this anymore? Staples is seriously overrated to begin with
>all those Valiant comics
>not a single Imperium nom
This is so fucking wrong.
>>84274776
>King
>New talent
He's been around for a while.
>>84274776
>Best new series
>No mention of Omega Men or Sheriff
Fuck off
>Best new talent
>no mention of Steve Orlando or Mark Russell
>only writers
These 2 need to do more work. DC is thankfully fixing that.
>special award for humor
>no mention of Prez
Lel
>>>84274788
>best cover
>no mention of Omega Men
Also
>This much Valiant dicksucking
For what reason?
>>84275989
DC work doesn't count, anon.
Dat Valiant ballot stuffing
>>84276131
>>84276166
Valiant pay THE best rates across the board out of any mainstream publishers at the moment, so it's not surprising that people are doing favours for them now.
>Best new talent
>only writers
Holy fuck well spotted. That is a bit of a joke
>>84274949
It's strongest Lemire capeshit by a mile desu. Not that that's saying much but it's good.
>>84276240
>Valiant pay THE best rates
Source?
>>84274804
Every year I'm reminded why no one gives a shit about the Harveys. I don't know where the flaw is in their voting process but they're even worse than the Eisners.
>>84276131
>>84276240
>Best new talent
>only writers
But that's wrong. Tom King is the only writer nominated.
>>84276342
http://sktchd.com/longform/whats-the-life-of-a-comic-artist-like/
Also I'm getting intro the industry myself and know people who have done work for them
>>84276240
Desu it's suspicious amount of Valiant
>Boom - 17
>Dark Horse - 6
>DC - 3
>IDW - 4
>Image - 11
>Marvel - 10
>Valiant - 50
Do fans vote on these? Because Valiantfags definitely rig fan voted awards.
>>84276535
No it's just professionals in the industry
BOOM also got a lot of votes, but they are putting out some great younger audience's material so I'll give em that
>>84276433
>Now, you may be surprised who came out on top. You may be, but I’m not. As someone who has spoken to Valiant creators and the Valiant team, it has become clear that (a) creators enjoy their experience at Valiant and (b) Valiant believes creators do better work when they are well compensated. Crazy idea, right? The numbers back it up as Valiant had more artists rate them as a 5 than anything else. In fact, they weren’t rated any lower than a 4. That’s impressive, and as a publisher it’s clear they value artists, especially in relation to their peers.
MAKE CAPESHIT GREAT AGAIN!
Their best writer list looks like a joke.
>>84274804
>>84274788
I would really like to see Mike Del Mundo win best cover artist and Chris Samnee win best artist.
>>84276535
>DC's nominations are all on Batman titles and are artistic
>>84276716
This
>>84274814
This year's nominees list is a joke. Even more so than usual. On the bright side, at least the Harvey people didn't nominate a veteran comics creator for "Most Promising New Talent" the way they did last year, when Jen Van Meter (an Eisner-nominated creator with about 15 years in the industry) somehow landed on the Most Promising New Talent ballot for her work on a Valiant miniseries. I'm not going to suggest that Valiant PR is paying off the Harveys, but the recent record just looks suspicious to me.
>>84277678
>This year's major comic book awards are a joke.
ftfy
Valiant deserves to play a little dirty.
I mean, they are loved by fans AND by the creators (they are paying more than DC).
As shit as it was, I can confidently say that the /co/ awards were still better than this or the Eisners.
>>84277953
>As shit as it was, I can confidently say that the /co/ awards were still better
No, they weren't. Awards shows were a mistake.
>>84277716
True.
The irony of all this is that all these wonky nominee lists that seem to be motivated by industry politics and glad-handing instead of creative merit erode what little critical relevance the Eisners and the Harveys have left.
I mean, these bullshit awards can't even fulfill the very basic function of being "popularity awards," as I think it's a stretch to say that a company with less than 1% of the direct market share (Valiant) qualifies as anything close to being popular.
>>84274804
>>84274762
>John Allison not nominated for web comics, only the spin off he doesn't draw.
I mean yeah, there's been an overabundance of Winters Sisters in Bar Machinery lately, but still.
>>84274742
Pretty shit. I thought Sammy Harkham would be in there somewhere, his Crickets Blood of the Virgin arc is killing it. Just fantastic cartooning on every level and a brilliant story.
Also the last Houghton Mifflin America's Best Comics was really good,usually I've either read or own at least half of the stuff in there, this one actually introduced me to cartoonists I'd never heard of and was fucking bleeding edge to fuck.
too much valiant
but it's still better than the eisner nominees
> best colorist
> Dave Stewart not nominated
Wow the Harvey Awards are garbage
