2006 Harvey Award Winners
The 2006 Harvey Awards were presented last night at the Baltimore Comic-con. The ceremony went off smoothly, although only a few of the winners were present, including Alex Robinson and Vertical’s Anne Ishii, who delivered a saucy joke about LOST GIRLS in her acceptance speech. We’ll have some more observations later, but while we have internet access, here are the winners:
BEST WRITER
Ed Brubaker / CAPTAIN AMERICA / Marvel Comics
BEST ARTIST
J.H. Williams III / PROMETHEA / ABC/WildStorm/DC Comics
BEST CARTOONIST
Chris Ware / ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY # 16 / ACME Novelty Library
BEST LETTERER
Chris Ware / ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY # 16 / ACME Novelty Library
BEST INKER
Charles Burns / BLACK HOLE # 12 / Fantagraphics Books
BEST COLORIST
Laura Martin / ASTONISHING X-MEN / Marvel Comics
BEST COVER ARTIST
James Jean / FABLES / DC/Vertigo
BEST NEW TALENT - TIE
R. Kikuo Johnson / NIGHT FISHER / Fantagraphics Books
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa / MARVEL KNIGHTS FOUR / Marvel Comics
BEST NEW SERIES
YOUNG AVENGERS / Marvel Comics
BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
RUNAWAYS / Marvel Comics
BEST SYNDICATED STRIP OR PANEL
MAAKIES / Tony Millionaire
Self-syndicated
BEST ANTHOLOGY
SOLO / DC Comics
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM - ORIGINAL
TRICKED / Top Shelf
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM - PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED
BLACK HOLE / Pantheon Books
BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
LOVE AND ROCKETS, VOLUME 2, # 15 / Fantagraphics Books
BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND: SO MANY SPLENDID SUNDAYS / Sunday Press Books
BEST AMERICAN EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL
BUDDHA / Vertical Books
BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK
AMERICAN ELF / James Kochalka / www.americanelf.com
SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS
Kyle Baker / PLASTIC MAN / DC Comics
SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND: SO MANY SPLENDID SUNDAYS / Sunday Press Books
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL OR JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION
COMICS JOURNAL / Fantagraphics Books

09/10/06 at 12:37 pm
My apologies to Comic Art editor Todd Hignite, for taking something that rightfully belongs to him.
09/10/06 at 7:20 pm
BEST ARTIST
J.H. Williams III / PROMETHEA / ABC/WildStorm/DC Comics
Wasn’t Promethea finsihed before the last year? I mean, JH has done a bunch of nice work this year, and deserves the award.
BEST NEW TALENT - TIE
R. Kikuo Johnson / NIGHT FISHER / Fantagraphics Books
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa / MARVEL KNIGHTS FOUR / Marvel Comics
Hasn’t Aguirre-Sacasa been writing for Marvel for like 3 years now? Not exactly “new”.
-Steve!
09/11/06 at 12:02 am
What’s wrong with me? I’ve actually read at least half of these titles! I haven’t felt like this since Clinton was re-elected.
Congratulations to all the winners!
09/11/06 at 9:13 am
Nice one, Todd.
I’ve read most of these books too. Scary. I have a J.H. Williams original piece of art in my bedroom. It’s a two page spread that’s partly colored in with colored pencils. He’s the real deal, and deserves his shiny award.
09/11/06 at 10:05 am
[…] Am I being passive-aggressive? I don’t know. My first reaction upon hearing the news was to apologize to Hignite in the comment section of Heidi MacDonald’s blog, to be sure, but I must confess that my second reaction was to call my mother and share the good news — she loves stuff like this. And if you pressed me, I’d probably confess that I had a hand in assembling at least one issue of the Journal last year that probably matched Comic Art in quality, TCJ #269’s issue-length focus on girls’ manga. Maybe I’m just spending too much time thinking about all of this. Maybe I should just shut up. […]
09/11/06 at 12:53 pm
Don’t beat yourself up, Dirk — you deserve your award.
09/12/06 at 8:29 am
[…] The Beat has the Harvey award winners, and it’s official: Buddha won the award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material. […]
09/12/06 at 8:54 am
2006 Harvey Award Winners…
The Beat has a list of the winners of the 2006 Harvey Award, and Buddah (published by Vertical) is the winner of the Best American Edition of Forein Material category.
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09/12/06 at 11:54 am
[…] Buddha won its second Harvey Award for Best US Edition of Foreign Material, yo! […]
10/8/06 at 2:46 pm
Autor, Respect!
10/10/06 at 2:57 pm
!!! It is class to itself
10/11/06 at 2:57 pm
Abnormal program termination.