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1996 Harvey Award Winners
The nominated creators have been recognized by their peers for having
produced some of the outstanding achievements in comics in 1995.
(Winners are in bold and marked with *)
Best Writer
- Kurt Busiek, for Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Image)
- Dan Clowes, for Eightball (Fantagraphics)
- Garth Ennis, for Preacher (DC/Vertigo)
- Neil Gaiman, for Sandman (DC/Vertigo)
- Alan Moore, for From Hell (Kitchen Sink
Press) *
Best Artist
- Charles Burns, for Black Hole (Kitchen Sink Press)
- Mike Mignola, for Hellboy (Dark Horse
Comics) *
- Frank Miller, for Sin City (Dark Horse)
- Bill Sienkiewicz, for Voodoo Child (Kitchen Sink Press)
- Chris Ware, for ACME Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
Best Cartoonist
- Charles Burns, for Black Hole (Kitchen Sink Press)
- Dan Clowes, for Eightball (Fantagraphics)
- Frank Miller, for Sin City (Dark Horse)
- Jeff Smith, for Bone (Cartoon Books/Image
Comics) *
- Chris Ware, for ACME Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
Special Award for Humor
- Doug Allen
- Peter Bagge
- Dan Clowes
- Evan Dorkin *
- Jeff Smith
Best Inker
- Gerhard, for Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
- Kevin Nowlan, for Superman vs. Aliens (DC
Comics/Dark Horse Comics) *
- Jimmy Palmiotti, for Ash (Image)
- Wade Von Grawbadger, for Starman (DC)
- Jim Woodring, for Jim (Fantagraphics)
Best Letterer
- Dan Clowes, for Eightball (Fantagraphics)
- Todd Klein, for Sandman (DC)
- Tom Orzechowski, for Spawn (Image)
- Dave Sim, for Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
- Richard Starkings & Comicraft, for Astro City (Image)
- Chris Ware, for Acme Novelty Library
(Fantagraphics Books) *
Best Colorist
- Laura Allred, for Madman (Dark Horse)
- Mark Chiarello, for Vigilante (DC)
- Matt Hollingsworth, for Grendel Tales: Devil's Choice (Dark
Horse)
- Angus McKie for Martha Washington Goes to War (Dark Horse)
- Chris Ware, for Acme Novelty Library
(Fantagraphics Books) *
Best Cover Artist
- Dan Clowes, for Eightball #16 (Fantagraphics)
- Tony Harris, for Starman #10 (DC)
- Adam Hughes, for Ghost #1 (Dark Horse)
- Dave McKean, for Sandman #71 (DC)
- Alex Ross, for Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1
(Image Comics) *
Special Award for Excellence in Presentation
- Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware;
edited by Kim Thompson; art directed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics Books)
*
- Blab! #8, by various artists; edited and art directed by Monte
Beauchamp (Kitchen Sink Press)
- Jar Of Fools, Vol. 2, by Jason Lutes; edited by Michel Vrana
(Black Eye)
- Narrative Corpse, by various artists; edited by art spiegelman
and R. Sikoryak; art directed by art spiegelman (RAW Books/Gates of
Heck)
- Yellow Kid, by R. F. Outcault; edited by Christopher Couch; art
direction by Tamara Sibert and Amie Brockway (Kitchen Sink Press)
Best New Series
- Black Hole, by Charles Burns; edited by Phil Amara (Kitchen
Sink Press)
- Kurt Busiek's Astro City, by Kurt Busiek
and Brent Anderson (Image Comics) *
- Optic Nerve, by Adrian Tomine; edited by Chris Oliveros
(Drawn & Quarterly)
- Preacher, by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon; edited by Axel
Alonso (DC/Vertigo)
- Stray Bullets, by David Lapham (El Capitan)
Best Continuing or Limited Series
- Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware; edited by Kim Thompson
(Fantagraphics)
- Bone, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books/Image Comics)
- Eightball, by Dan Clowes; edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
- From Hell, by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell; edited by Phil
Amara (Kitchen Sink Press)
- Sin City, by Frank Miller (Dark Horse
Comics) *
- Stray Bullets, by David Lapham (El Capitan)
Best Single Issue or Story
- Blab! #8, by various; edited by Monte Beauchamp (Kitchen
Sink Press)
- Black Hole #1, by Charles Burns; edited by Phil Amara
(Kitchen Sink Press)
- Eightball #15, by Dan Clowes; edited by Gary Groth
(Fantagraphics)
- Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1, by Kurt
Busiek and Brent Anderson (Image Comics) *
- Sandman #69, by Neil Gaiman and Marc Hempel; edited by
Karen Berger (DC)
- Self-Loathing #1, by Robert Crumb and Aline-Kominsky
Crumb; edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
- Sin City: Silent Night, by Frank Miller; edited by Bob
Schreck (Dark Horse)
Best Graphic Album of Original Material
- Confessions Of A Cereal Eater, by Rob Maisch and Scott Hampton,
Bo Hampton, Rand Holmes and Sandy Plunkett; edited by Scott Hampton and
Letitia Glozer (NBM)
- Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood, by Will Eisner; edited by
Chris Couch (Kitchen Sink Press)
- Jar Of Fools, Vol. 2, by Jason Lutes; edited by Michel Vrana
(Black Eye)
- Stuck Rubber Baby, by Howard Cruse; edited by
Bronwyn Carlton Taggart (DC Comics/Paradox) *
- Voodoo Child, by Marty Green and Bill Sienkiewicz; edited by
Phil Amara (Kitchen Sink Press)
Best Graphic Album of Previously Released Material
- Best of Negative Burn, by various; edited by Joe Pruett and
Charles Moore (Caliber)
- Hellboy: The Wolves of St. August, by
Mike Mignola; edited by Barbara Kesel and Scott Alley (Dark Horse
Comics) *
- Madman Adventures Collection, by Michael Allred; edited by Phil
Amara (Kitchen Sink Press)
- Pussey!, by Dan Clowes; edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
- Tale Of One Bad Rat, by Bryan Talbot; series edited by Randy
Stradley; collection edited by Lynn Adair (Dark Horse)
Best Anthology
- Blab!, edited by Monte Beauchamp (Kitchen Sink Press)
- Dark Horse Presents, edited by Bob Schreck (Dark Horse)
- Drawn & Quarterly, edited by Marina
Lesenko (Drawn & Quarterly) *
- Negative Burn, edited by Joe Pruett and Charles Moore (Caliber)
- Zero Zero, edited by Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
Best Syndicated Strip
- Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson
(Universal Press Syndicate) *
- Dilbert, by Scott Adams (United Features)
- For Better Or Worse, by Lynn Johnston (Universal Press)
- Underworld, by Kaz (self-syndicated)
- Zippy, by Bill Griffith (King Features)
Best Biographic, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation
contributing to the understanding of comics as an artform
- Comic Buyer's Guide, edited by Don and Maggie Thompson (Krause)
- The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth and Frank Young
(Comics Journal Inc.)
- Comic Strip Century, edited by Bill Blackbeard and Dale Crain
(Kitchen Sink Press)
- Crumb, directed by Terry Zwigoff,
produced by Terry Zwigoff and Lynn O'Donnell (Sony Pictures)
*
- Yellow Kid, by R. F. Outcault; edited by Christopher Couch; art
direction by Tamara Sibert and Amie Brockway (Kitchen Sink Press)
Best American Edition of Foreign Material
- Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo; translated by
Yoko Umezawa and Jo Duffy; edited by Kochi Yuri, Hisataka Nishitani and
Marie Javins (Marvel Comics/Epic) *
- Button Man: The Killing Game, by John Wagner and Arthur Ranson;
edited by Phil Amara (Kitchen Sink Press)
- Ghost in the Shell, by Masamune Shirow; translated by Frederick
Schodt and Toren Smith; edited by Lynn Adair, Peet Janes, Greg Vest and
Marilee Hord (Dark Horse Comics)
- Heavy Metal, by various artists; edited by Kevin Eastman (Heavy
Metal)
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, by Hayao Miyazkai;
translated by Matt Thorn; edited by Annette Roman (Viz)
Best Domestic Reprint
- Alley Oop Vol. 3, by V.T. Hamlin; edited by Frank Stack, Lee
Castro, Dave Schreiner and Chris Couch (Kitchen Sink Press)
- The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. II, by
Robert Crumb; edited by Mark Thompson (Fantagraphics Books) *
- Li'l Abner, by Al Capp; edited by Chris Couch (Kitchen Sink
Press)
- Pogo, by Walt Kelly; edited by Tom Spurgeon and Rebecca Bowen
(Fantagraphics)
- Yellow Kid, by R. F. Outcault; edited by Christopher Couch
(Kitchen Sink Press)
Best New Talent
- Ivan Brunetti (Schizo, Antarctic Press)
- Zandar Cannon (Replacement God, Slave Labor)
- Joe Chiapetta (Silly Daddy, Spit and a Half)
- David Mack (Kabuki, Caliber)
- Adrian Tomine (Optic Nerve/Drawn &
Quarterly) *
Jack Kirby Hall of Fame Award
- Carl Burgos *
- Sheldon Mayer *
- Julius Schwartz *
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