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2002 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners


The nominated creators have been recognized by their peers for having produced some of the outstanding achievements in comics in 2001.
(Winners are in bold and marked with *)

Best Writer

  • Brian Azzarello, 100 Bullets (DC Comics) *
  • Dan Clowes, Eightball (Fantagraphics)
  • Ron Marz, Scion (CrossGen)
  • Alan Moore, Top 10 (ABC)
  • Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)

Best Artist

  • Jim Cheung, Scion (CrossGen)
  • Dave Cooper, Weasel (Fantagraphics)
  • Butch Guice, Ruse (CrossGen)
  • Ed Risso, 100 Bullets (DC Comics) *
  • Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)

Best Cartoonist

  • Frank Cho
  • Dan Clowes *
  • Dave Cooper
  • Jeff Smith
  • Chris Ware

Special Award for Humor

  • Ivan Brunetti, for Haw!
  • Evan Dorkin, for Dork *
  • Sam Henderson, for Magic Whistle
  • Tony Millionaire, for Sock Monkey
  • Johnny Ryan, for Angry Youth Comix

Best Inker

  • Charles Burns, Black Hole *
  • John Dell, Mystic
  • Dave Cooper, Weasel
  • Digital Chameleon, Violent Messiahs
  • Andrew Hennessey, Sigil

Best Letterer

  • Dan Clowes, Eightball
  • Digital Chameleon, Akira
  • Dave Lamphear, Ruse
  • Dave Sim, Cerebus
  • Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library *

Best Colorist
(Two colorists received the same number of votes for this category, resulting in six nominees.)

  • Dan Clowes, Eightball
  • Frank D'Armata, Crux
  • Laura DePuy, Ruse
  • Lovern Kindzierski, Ring of the Nibelung
  • Frank Ponsar, Scion
  • Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library *

Best Cover Artist

  • Charles Burns, Black Hole
  • Adam Hughes, Wonder Woman *
  • Dave Johnson, 100 Bullets
  • Phil Noto, Birds of Prey
  • Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library

Special Award for Excellence in Production

  • Acme Novelty #15 (Fantagraphics)
  • Drawn & Quarterly, Vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Jack Cole and Plastic Man (Chronicle Books)
  • Peanuts: Art of Charles Schulz (Pantheon Books)
  • Spirit Archives (DC Comics) *

Best New Series

  • Alias (Marvel)
  • La Perdida (Fantagraphics) *
  • Legion (DC Comics)
  • Negation (CrossGen)
  • Ruse (CrossGen)

Best Continuing or Limited Series

  • Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
  • Eightball (Fantagraphics)
  • Hellboy, Dark Horse Comics
  • 100 Bullets (DC Comics) *
  • Scion (CrossGen)

Best Single Issue or Story
(Three titles received the same number of votes for this category, resulting in seven nominees.)

  • Acme Novelty Library No.15 (Fantagraphics)
  • Atlas #1 (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Eightball #22 (Fantagraphics) *
  • Ring of the Nibelung: "Sigfried," Dark Horse Comics
  • Ruse #1 (CrossGen)
  • Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth (DC Comics)

Best Graphic Album of Original Work

  • Golem's Mighty Swing (Drawn & Quarterly) *
  • Mail Order Bride (Fantagraphics)
  • Name of the Game (DC Comics)
  • Pistolwhip (Top Shelf)
  • Soap Lady (Top Shelf)

Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work
(Two titles received the same number of votes for this category, resulting in six nominees.)

  • Akira (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Alec: How to be an Artist (Eddie Campbell)
  • Box Office Poison (Top Shelf)
  • Berlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Lone Wolf and Cub (Dark Horse Comics) *
  • Palestine (Fantagraphics)

Best Anthology

  • Bizarro (DC Comics) *
  • Expo 2001 (Small Press Expo)
  • Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 4, (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • NON 5 (Red Ink)
  • The Comics Journal Winter Special 2002 (Fantagraphics)

Best Syndicated Strip

  • For Better or for Worse, by Lynn Johnston
  • Liberty Meadows, by Frank Cho
  • Maakies, by Tony Millionaire
  • Mutts, by Patrick McDonnell *
  • Underworld, by Kaz

Best Biographical/Historical Presentation

  • Comic Book Artist
  • The Comics Journal
  • Jack Cole and Plastic Man *
  • Jack Kirby Collection
  • Peanuts: Art of Charles Schulz

Best Presentation of Foreign Material

  • Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Hey Wait, by Jason (Fantagraphics)
  • Lone Wolf and Cub, by Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima (Dark Horse Comics) *
  • Nimrod (Fantagraphics)
  • Super Manga Blast (Dark Horse Comics)

Best Domestic Reprint Project

  • Complete Crumb (Fantagraphics)
  • Grasshopper and the Ant (Denis Kitchen Publishing)
  • Little Annie Fanny, Vol. 2 (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Plastic Man Archives (DC Comics)
  • Spirit Archives (DC Comics) *

Best New Talent

  • Graham Annable, for Grickle
  • Jason Hall & Matt Kindt, for Pistolwhip
  • Jason, for Hey Wait *
  • Steve McNiven, for Meridian
  • Carl Moline, for Fray