Harvey Awards nominations announced

The nominees have been announced for the 2007 Harvey Awards, which recognize outstanding work in comics. The winners, who are selected by fellow creators, will be announced Sept. 8 at Baltimore Comic-Con.

The Harvey Awards are named in honor of the late cartoonist and editor Harvey Kurtzman.

Ballots, which can be downloaded at the awards website, are due by Aug. 3. Voting is open to anyone involved in the creation of comics.

The nominees for the 2007 Harvey Awards are:

Best Writer

• Ed Brubaker, Daredevil (Marvel Comics)

• Grant Morrison, All-Star Superman (DC Comics)

• Steve Murphy, Umbra (Image Comics)

• Don Rosa, Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)

• William Van Horn, Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

• Brian K. Vaughan, Y: The Last Man (DC/Vertigo)

Best Artist

• Brian Fies, Mom’s Cancer (Abrams)

• Renee French, The Ticking (Top Shelf)

• Stuart Immonen, Nextwave: Agents of HATE (Marvel Comics)

• Frank Quitely, All-Star Superman (DC Comics)

• Don Rosa, Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)

• William Van Horn, Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Cartoonist

• Jaime Hernandez, Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics)

• Kevin Huizenga, Curses (Drawn & Quarterly)

• Bryan Lee O’Malley, Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness (Oni Press)

• Don Piraro, Bizarro (King Features Syndicate)

• Don Rosa, Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)

• William Van Horn, Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Letterer

• Jon Babcock, Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Comics)

• Chris Eliopoulos, Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)

• Hope Larson, Gray Horses (Oni Press)

• Troy Peteri, Necromancer (Top Cow/Image)

• Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics)

• Willie Schubert, Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Inker

• Jaime Hernandez, Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics)

• Ryan Kelly, Local (Oni Press)

• Steve Leialoha, Fables (DC/Vertigo)

• Danny Miki, Eternals (Marvel Comics)

• Joe Weems, Hunter-Killer (Top Cow/Image)

Best Colorist

• Susan Daigle-Leach, Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

• Steve Firchow, Hunter-Killer (Top Cow/Image)

• Jamison Services, Will Eisner’s The Spirit, Vol. 19 (DC Comics)

• Lark Pien, American Born Chinese (First Second)

• Scott Rockwell, Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Cover Artist

• John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)

• James Jean, Fables (DC/Vertigo)

• J.G. Jones, 52 (DC Comics)

• Don Rosa, Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)

• Marc Silvestri, Hunter-Killer (Top Cow/Image)

Best New Talent (representative work listed)

• Lilli Carré, Tales of Woodsman Pete (Top Shelf)

• Brian Fies, Mom’s Cancer (Abrams)

• Alexa Kitchen, Drawing Comics Is Easy! (Except When It’s Hard) (DKP)

• Matthew Loux, SideScrollers (Oni Press)

• Stjepan Sejic, Witchblade (Top Cow/Image)

Best New Series

• Civil War (Marvel Comics)

• 52 (DC Comics)

• Necromancer (Top Cow/Image)

• The Spirit (DC Comics)

• Wasteland (Oni Press)

Best Continuing or Limited Series

• Daredevil (Marvel Comics)

• Local (Oni Press)

• The Spirit (DC Comics)

• Umbra (Image Comics)

• Walt Disney Comics & Other Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Syndicated Strip or Panel

• Antiques: The Comic Strip, J.C. Vaughn, Brendan Fraim & Brian Fraim (Hero Initiative)

• Doonesbury, Garry Trudeau (Universal Press Syndicate)

• The K Chronicles, Keith Knight (United Comics/Salon.com)

• Maakies, Tony Millionaire (Self-syndicated)

• Mutts, Patrick McDonnell (King Features Syndicate)

Best Anthology

• The Best American Comics (Houghton Mifflin)

• Flight, Vol. 3 (Ballantine Books)

• Hotwire Comix and Capers (Fantagraphics)

• MOME (Fantagraphics)

• Walt Disney Comics & Stories (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Graphic Album — Previously Published

• Absolute New Frontier (DC Comics)

• Castle Waiting (Fantagraphics)

• The EC Archives: Weird Science (Gemstone Publishing)

• Ghost of Hoppers (Fantagraphics)

• Polly & the Pirates (Oni Press)

Best Single Issue or Story

• Civil War #1 (Marvel Comics)

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Houghton Mifflin)

• Ganges # 1 (Fantagraphics)

• Mom’s Cancer (Abrams)

• Pride of Baghdad (DC/Vertigo)

• Schizo #4 (Fantagraphics)

• Solo #11 (DC Comics)

Best American Edition of Foreign Material

• Abandon the Old in Tokyo, Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn and Quarterly)

• Kampung Boy, Lat (First Second)

• Klezmer: Book One: Tales of the Wild East, Joann Sfar (First Second)

• Moomin, Tove Jansson (Drawn and Quarterly)

• Ode to Kirihito, Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)

Best Online Comics Work

• American Elf, James Kochalka

• The Chelation Kid, Robert Tinnell & Craig A. Taillefer

• Girl Genius, Phil & Kaja Foglio

• Perry Bible Fellowship, Nicholas Gurewitch

• PVP, Scott Kurtz

Special Award for Excellence in Presentation

• The Absolute Sandman (DC Comics)

• Cartoon America: Comic Art in the Library of Congress (Abrams)

• The EC Archives: Weird Science and Shock Suspenstories (Gemstone Publishing)

• The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion (Gemstone Publishing)

• Lost Girls (Top Shelf)

• Popeye: I Yam What I Yam (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album — Original

• American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang (First Second)

• Billy Hazelnuts, Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics)

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)

• Pride of Baghdad, Brian K. Vaughan and Nino Henrichon (DC/Vertigo)

• Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni Press)

Best Domestic Reprint Project

• Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy (IDW Publishing)

• Complete Peanuts (Fantagraphics)

• EC Archives (Gemstone Publishing)

• Popeye: I Yam What I Yam (Fantagraphics)

• Walt & Skeezix (Drawn and Quarterly)

Special Award for Humor in Comics

• Evan Dorkin, Dork (SLG Publishing)

• Michael Kupperman, Tales Designed to Thrizzle (Fantagraphics)

• Bryan Lee O’Malley, Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness (Oni Press)

• Don Piraro, Bizarro (King Features Syndicate)

• Don Rosa, Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone Publishing)

Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation

• Art Out of Time: Unknown Comic Visionaries 1900-1969 (Abrams)

• Comic Art (Buenaventura Press)

• The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics)

• Making Comics (HarperCollins)

• Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (Gemstone Publishing)