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1998 Good Taste Awards

(for work done in 1997)
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Best Writer: Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library #8-9)

Best Artist: Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library #8-9)

Best Cartoonist: Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library #8-9)

Best Publisher: Fantagraphics

Best Continuing Series: Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)

Best New Series: Artbabe, by Jessica Abel (Fantagraphics)

Best Finite Series: Dear Julia, by Biggs (Black Eye)

Best Mini-Comic: Coober Skeber, by various

Best Foreign Language Comic: L'Ascension du Haut Mal t. 2, by David B. (L'Association)

Best Anthology: Drawn and Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Short Piece: "Christmas with Karadzic", by Joe Sacco, Zero Zero #15

Best Single Issue of an Ongoing Series: Drawn and Quarterly #6, by various, (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Ongoing Serialized Story: "Berlin", by Jason Lutes (Berlin)

Best One Shot: American Splendor: Music Comics, by Harvey Pekar and Joe Sacco, (Dark Horse)

Best Graphic Novel: Why Did Pete Duel Kill Himself?, by Kalesniko (Fantagraphics)

Best Reprint Collection: Ghost World, by Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics)

Best Strip: Mutts, by McDonnell

Best Guilty Pleasure: Bone, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)

Best Publication About Comics: The Comics Journal

Best [comix@] Poster: Bart Beaty