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List of Harvey Award winners

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Summary

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The following is a list of winners of the Harvey Award, sorted by category.

In 2017, the Harvey Awards decided to skip the 2017 awards ceremony and to reboot the ceremony for 2018 in order to give fewer awards by focusing on works instead of individuals.

Current awards

Main awards

Book of the Year Award

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Ref.	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
and Sana Takeda	Monstress	Image Comics
	Hey Kiddo	Scholastic Graphix
	Dragon Hoops	First Second Books
	**	Random House
and Alexandre Tefenkgi	**, Vol. 1	Image Comics
	Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands	Drawn & Quarterly	last=Chiu-Tabet	first=Christopher	title=NYCC '23: Harvey Award Winners Announced	url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/2023-harvey-awards/	website=Multiversity Comics	date=October 14, 2023	access-date=October 18, 2023}}
Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki	Roaming	Drawn & Quarterly	last=MacDonald	first=Heidi	title=At the 2024 New York Comic Con, Comics Still Rule	url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/96287-at-the-2024-new-york-comic-con-comics-still-rule.html	website=Publishers Weekly	date=October 22, 2024	access-date=October 24, 2024}}
	Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees	IDW Publishing	title=These Are The 2025 Harvey Award Winners	url=https://bookriot.com/these-are-the-2025-harvey-award-winners/	website=Book Riot	date=October 13, 2025	access-date=October 28, 2025}}

Digital Book of the Year Award

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Ref.	2018	2019	2020
, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente	Barrier	Panel Syndicate
	Check, Please!
(ed.)	**	thenib.com
	Lore Olympus
	title=2022 Harvey Awards Winners	url=https://locusmag.com/2022/10/2022-harvey-awards-winners/	website=Locus Online	date=2022-10-10	access-date=2022-10-11	language=en-US}}
Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin	Friday	Panel Syndicate
Sarah Andersen	Sarah's Scribbles	Simon & Schuster	title=These Are The 2025 Harvey Award Winners	url=https://bookriot.com/these-are-the-2025-harvey-award-winners/	website=Book Riot	date=October 13, 2025	access-date=October 28, 2025}}

Best Children's or Young Adult Book Award

Year	Author	Title	Publisher
	**	First Second Books
	**	Oni Press
and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell	Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me	First Second Books
and Gurihiru	Superman Smashes the Klan	DC Comics
	**	Random House
and Sara Alfageeh	Squire	HarperAlley
	**	First Second Books
Children:	Mexikid	Dial
Young Adult: Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki	Roaming	Drawn & Quarterly
	Children: Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud	The Cartoonists Club	Scholastic Corporation
Young Adult:	Raised by Ghosts	Fantagraphics

Best Adaptation From a Comic

Year	Title	Publisher	Adapted from	Publisher	Ref.	2018	2019	2020
Black Panther	Marvel Studios	Black Panther	Marvel Comics
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation	Spider-Man
Watchmen	HBO	Watchmen	DC Comics
WandaVision	Disney+	**	Marvel Comics
Ms. Marvel	Disney+	Ms. Marvel
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation	Spider-Man
X-Men '97	Marvel Studios Animation and Disney+	X-Men
Superman	DC Studios and Warner Bros.	Superman	DC Comics	title=These Are The 2025 Harvey Award Winners	url=https://bookriot.com/these-are-the-2025-harvey-award-winners/	website=Book Riot	date=October 13, 2025	access-date=October 28, 2025}}

Best Manga Title Award

Year	Author	Title
	My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness	Seven Seas
	My Hero Academia	Viz Media
	Witch Hat Atelier	Kodansha Comics
with Amanda Haley (trans.)	Chainsaw Man	Viz Media
	Delicious in Dungeon	Yen Press
	Witch Hat Atelier	Kodansha Comics

Best International Book Award

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	2020	2021	2022	2023
with Janet Hong (trans.)	Grass	Drawn & Quarterly
with Janet Hong (trans.)	Moms	Drawn & Quarterly
	Sweet Paprika	Image Comics
and with Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (trans.)	Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 1	Dark Horse Books
Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido	Blacksad Vol. 7	Europe Comics
and with Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (trans.)	Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 2	Dark Horse Books	title=These Are The 2025 Harvey Award Winners	url=https://bookriot.com/these-are-the-2025-harvey-award-winners/	website=Book Riot	date=October 13, 2025	access-date=October 28, 2025}}

Special awards

Harvey Awards Hall of Fame

Year	Author	Ref.	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Milestone Media founders: Denys Cowan, Derek T. Dingle, Michael Davis, and Dwayne McDuffie
and

Previous awards

Works

Best New Series

Year	Author	Title
	Concrete	Dark Horse Comics
and Dan Burr	Kings in Disguise	Kitchen Sink Press
	Eightball	Fantagraphics
	Hate
, assisted by Clare Haythornthwaite	Cages	Tundra
	Madman	Tundra
and Shephard Hendrix, edited by Phil Amara	Captain Sternn	Tundra/Kitchen Sink Press
, edited by Kim Thompson	Acme Novelty Library	Fantagraphics
and Brent Anderson	Kurt Busiek's Astro City	Image Comics
and Paul Smith, edited by Jonathan Peterson	Leave It to Chance
, edited by Gary Groth	Penny Century	Fantagraphics
(ed.)	**
, edited by Gary Groth	Weasel	Fantagraphics
, edited by Gary Groth	Luba's Comix and Stories
	La Perdida
	Rubbernecker	Alternative Comics
	Plastic Man	DC Comics
	Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist	Dark Horse Comics
	Young Avengers	Marvel Comics
	Will Eisner's The Spirit	DC Comics
Gerard Way	**	Dark Horse Comics
	Echo	Abstract Studio
	Chew	Image Comics
, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque	American Vampire	Vertigo Comics/DC Comics
and Paolo Rivera	Daredevil	Marvel Comics
and Fiona Staples	Saga	Image Comics
and Chip Zdarsky	Sex Criminals
	Southern Bastards
	Paper Girls

Best Continuing or Limited Series

Year	Author	Title
and Dave Gibbons	Watchmen	DC Comics
and Gilbert Hernandez	Love and Rockets	Fantagraphics
	Eightball
, edited by Gary Groth
et al., edited by Karen Berger	**	DC Comics
and Alex Ross, edited by Marcus McLaurin	Marvels	Marvel Comics
and Eddie Campbell, edited by Phil Amara	From Hell	Kitchen Sink Press
	Sin City	Dark Horse Comics
, edited by Gary Groth	Eightball	Fantagraphics
and Brent Anderson	Kurt Busiek's Astro City	Image/Homage
and Lynn Varley	300	Dark Horse Comics
, edited by Kim Thompson	Acme Novelty Library	Fantagraphics
	100 Bullets	DC Comics
and Kevin O'Neill	**	ABC
ABC/WildStorm/DC Comics
	DC: The New Frontier
	Runaways	Marvel Comics
and Michael Lark	Daredevil	Marvel Comics
	All-Star Superman	DC Comics
	**	Image Comics
and Gilbert Hernandez	Love and Rockets	Fantagraphics
and Paolo Rivera	Daredevil	Marvel Comics
and Fiona Staples	Saga	Image Comics

Best Original Graphic Publication For Younger Readers

Year	Author	Title
	**	BOOM! Studios
and Franco Aureliani	Tiny Titans	DC Comics
	Anya's Ghost	First Second Books
	Adventure Time	KaBOOM! Studios
, Grace Ellis, and ND Stevenson	Lumberjanes	BOOM! Studios

Best Single Issue or Story

Year	Author	Title
and Dave Gibbons	Watchmen #9	DC Comics
, Brian Bolland, and John Higgins	Batman: The Killing Joke
	Eightball #1	Fantagraphics
	Eightball #3
and Steve Stiles, edited by Dave Schreiner	Xenozoic Tales #11	Kitchen Sink Press
and Mark Martin	Tantalizing Stories Presents Frank In The River	Tundra
and Bruce W. Timm, edited by Scott Peterson	Batman: Mad Love	DC Comics
and Alex Ross, edited by Marcus McLaurin	Marvels #4	Marvel Comics
and Brent Anderson	Astro City #1	Image
, edited by Kim Thompson	Acme Novelty Library #7	Fantagraphics
, edited by Gary Groth	Eightball #18
	Penny Century #3: Home School
	Acme Novelty Library #13
et al.	Superman and Batman: World's Funnest	DC Comics
	Eightball #22	Fantagraphics
and Kevin O'Neill	** #1	ABC
	Gotham Central #6-10	DC Comics
and Jaime Hernandez	Love and Rockets #9	Fantagraphics
	Eightball #23
and Jaime Hernandez	Love and Rockets, vol. 2, #15
Mark Millar and Steve McNiven	Civil War #1	Marvel Comics
	All-Star Superman #8	DC Comics
and Pia Guerra	Y: The Last Man #60	Vertigo/DC Comics
	Asterios Polyp	Pantheon
and Gabriel Bá	Daytripper	Vertigo/DC Comics
	Jim Henson's Tale of Sand	Archaia Entertainment
and Fiona Staples	Saga #1	Image Comics
and David Aja	Pizza Is My Business, Hawkeye #11	Marvel Comics
	Breaking Out in Dark Horse Presents #35	Dark Horse Comics
	Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz	BOOM! Studios

Best Graphic Album

Year	Author	Title
and Dave Gibbons	Watchmen	DC Comics
and Brian Bolland	Batman: The Killing Joke
	Ed the Happy Clown	Vortex Comics

Best Graphic Album of Original Work

Year	Author	Title
	Why I Hate Saturn	Piranha Press
, edited by Dave Schreiner	To the Heart of the Storm	Kitchen Sink Press
and P. Craig Russell	Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde	NBM Publishing
, edited by Mark Martin	Understanding Comics	Tundra/Kitchen Sink Press
, Joyce Brabner, and Frank Stack	Our Cancer Year	Four Walls Eight Windows
	Stuck Rubber Baby
, edited by Bob Cooper	Fax from Sarajevo	Dark Horse Comics
, edited by Diana Schutz	Sin City: Family Values
	You Are Here	Paradox
and Alex Ross, edited by Charles Kochman and Joey Cavalieri	Batman: War on Crime	DC Comics
, edited by Diana Schutz	Last Day in Vietnam	Dark Horse Comics/Maverick
	**	Drawn & Quarterly
	**	W. W. Norton & Company
	Blankets	Top Shelf Productions
and Juan Díaz Canales	Blacksad 2	iBooks/Komikwerks
	Tricked	Top Shelf Productions
and Niko Henrichon	Pride of Baghdad	DC Comics/Vertigo
	Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together	Oni Press
	Too Cool to Be Forgotten	Top Shelf Productions
	Asterios Polyp	Pantheon
	Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour	Oni Press
and Jim Henson	Jim Henson's Tale Of Sand	Archaia Entertainment
	Richard Stark's Parker: The Score	IDW Publishing
, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker	**	Dark Horse Comics
and Jim Henson	Jim Henson's The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow	Archaia/BOOM! Studios
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell	March: Book Two	Top Shelf Productions

Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work

Year	Author	Title
and Josh Alan Friedman	Warts and All	Raw/Penguin Books
	Maus II	Pantheon Books
, edited by Dave Schreiner	Hey Look!	Kitchen Sink Press
	**	Scholastic Corporation
and Alex Ross, edited by Marcus McLaurin	Marvels	Graphitti Graphics
, edited by Barbara Kesel and Scott Alley	Hellboy: The Wolves of Saint August	Dark Horse Comics
(ed.), art directed by Robbin Brosterman, Mark Chiarello, and George Brewer	Batman: Black and White	DC Comics
	Cages	Kitchen Sink Press
and Eddie Campbell	From Hell	Eddie Campbell Comics
, edited by Chip Kidd	Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth	Pantheon Books
and Goseki Kojima	Lone Wolf and Cub	Dark Horse Comics
	20th Century Eightball	Fantagraphics
	Louis Riel	Drawn & Quarterly
	Bone: One Volume Edition	Cartoon Books
	Black Hole	Pantheon
	Absolute New Frontier	DC Comics
, Steve Epting, and Mike Perkins	Captain America Omnibus, Volume 1	Marvel Comics
	Nat Turner	Abrams Books
and Michael Avon Oeming	**	Image Comics
and Jill Thompson	Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites	Dark Horse Comics
	**	Drawn & Quarterly
and Walter Simonson	Alien: The Illustrated Story	Titan Books
	Mouse Guard Volume Three: The Black Axe	BOOM! Studios/Archaia
	Mouse Guard Baldwin the Brave and other tales	Archaia/BOOM! Studios
	**	Iron Circus Comics

Best Anthology

Year	Editor(s)	Title
	A1	Atomeka Press
and Françoise Mouly	Raw	Raw/Penguin Books
	Dark Horse Presents	Dark Horse Comics
	Blab!	Kitchen Sink Press
and Randy Stradley	Dark Horse Presents	Dark Horse Comics
	Drawn & Quarterly	Drawn & Quarterly
	Dark Horse Presents	Dark Horse Comics
and Jamie S. Rich
	Oni Double Feature	Oni Press
	Tomorrow Stories	ABC
	Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 3, #1	Drawn & Quarterly
	Bizarro	DC Comics
	Comics Journal Summer Special 2002	Fantagraphics
	Drawn & Quarterly #5	Drawn & Quarterly
	Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist	Dark Horse Comics
	McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13	McSweeney's
	Solo	DC Comics
Kazu Kibuishi	Flight vol. 3	Ballantine Books
and Joe Keatinge	Popgun vol. 1	Image Comics
and Tori Amos	Comic Book Tattoo
	Wednesday Comics	DC Comics
, Anthony Wu, and Adam P. Knave	Popgun #4	Image Comics
	Dark Horse Presents	Dark Horse Comics
	Peanuts: A Tribute To Charles M. Schulz	KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios

Best Syndicated Strip or Panel

Year	Author	Title
	Calvin and Hobbes	Universal Press Syndicate
	Dilbert	United Feature Syndicate
	Mutts	King Features Syndicate
	For Better or For Worse	United Feature Syndicate
	Peanuts
	Mutts	King Features Syndicate
	Maakies
	Mutts	King Features Syndicate
	Maakies	Self-syndicated
	**
	Doonesbury	Universal Press Syndicate
	Mutts	King Features Syndicate
	Doonesbury	Universal Press Syndicate
	Cul De Sac
and Joe Staton	Dick Tracy	Tribune Media Services
	Bloom County	Universal Uclick

Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation

Year	Author	Title
(ed.)	**	Fantagraphics
and Helena Harvilicz (ed.)
, Helena Harvilicz, and Frank Young (ed.)
and Frank Young (ed.)
, edited by Mark Martin	Understanding Comics	Tundra/Kitchen Sink Press
and Frank Young (ed.)	**	Comics Journal Inc.
(dir.), produced by Terry Zwigoff and Lynn O'Donnell	Crumb	Sony Pictures
and Tom Spurgeon (ed.)	**	Fantagraphics
(ed.)
and Tom Spurgeon (ed.)
(ed.)	Jack Cole and Plastic Man	Chronicle Books
	B. Krigstein Vol. 1	Fantagraphics
	Comic Art	Comic Art
(ed.)	Comic Book Artist	Top Shelf Productions
(ed.)	**	Fantagraphics
(ed.)	Art Out of Time	Harry N. Abrams
	Reading Comics: How Graphic Albums Work and What They Mean by	Da Capo Press
	Kirby: King of Comics	Abrams Books
and Paul Buhle	Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics	Abrams ComicArts
(ed.)	**
and Bruce Canwell	Genius Isolated: The Life And Art Of Alex Toth	IDW Publishing
	Robot 6	Comic Book Resources
, Andrew Robinson, and Kyle Baker	**	Dark Horse
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Ultimate Visual History	Insight Editions
	March: Book Two	Top Shelf Productions

Best American Edition of Foreign Material

Year	Author	Title
	Moebius album series	Marvel Comics
and Jean "Moebius" Giraud	**
	Akira
	Lt. Blueberry	Marvel Comics/Epic
	Akira
and Carlos Sampayo; edited by Gary Groth, Robert Boyd, and Kim Thompson	Billie Holiday	Fantagraphics
, edited by Debra Rabas	Druuna: Carnivora	Heavy Metal/Kitchen Sink Press
, trans. by Yoko Umezawa and Jo Duffy, edited by Kochi Yuri, Hisataka Nishitani, and Marie Javins	Akira	Marvel Comics/Epic
, edited by Andrew Helfer	Gon	DC Comics/Paradox Press
, Marina Lesenko, and Steve Solomos (eds.)	Drawn & Quarterly	Drawn & Quarterly
, edited by Terry Nantier, translated by Joe Johnson	**	NBM Publishing
and Shin-Ichi Hiromoto, edited by David Land	Star Wars: The Manga	Dark Horse Comics
and Goseki Kojima, edited by Mike Hansen	Lone Wolf and Cub
	Persepolis	Pantheon Books
	Buddha	Vertical Inc.
	Moomin	Drawn & Quarterly
	Abandon the Old in Tokyo
	Eduardo Risso's Tales of Terror	Dynamite Entertainment
	Gus and His Gang	First Second Books
	**	Abrams ComicArts
and Juanjo Guarnido	Blacksad	Dark Horse Comics
	**
and Juanjo Guarnido	Blacksad: A Silent Hell
	Attack on Titan	Kodansha USA
and Juanjo Guarnido	Blacksad: Amarillo	Dark Horse Comics
	Two Brothers
	Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles	IDW Publishing

Best Domestic Reprint Project

Year	Author	Title
	**	Kitchen Sink Press
	**	Fantagraphics
	Complete Little Nemo In Slumberland
	**
, edited by Bill Blackbeard, packaged by Dale Crain	Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, Vol. 6
, edited by Gary Groth and Robert Boyd, art direction by Mark Thompson	**
, edited by Mark Thompson	, Vol. II
, original series co-edited by Dick Giordano and Dennis O'Neil, reprint edited by Archie Goodwin and Bob Kahan	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, 10th Anniversary Hardcover Edition	DC Comics
, edited by Bob Kahan	New Gods
, edited by Bob Kahan and Rick Taylor	DC Archives: Plastic Man
(ed.)	DC Archive Series
, edited by Dale Crain	Spirit Archives
	Krazy and Ignatz	Fantagraphics
, edited by Bill Blackbeard
	* 1950-52*
	Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays	Sunday Press Books
	**	Fantagraphics
, edited by Scott Dunbier	: The Complete Adventures	IDW Publishing
(designer), edited by Scott Dunbier	Dave Stevens' Rocketeer: Artist's Edition
	Walt Simonson's The Mighty Thor, Artist's Edition
(ed.)	David Mazzucchelli's Daredevil Born Again: Artist's Edition
and John Lind (eds.)	The Best of Comix Book: When Marvel Comics Went Underground	Kitchen Sink Books/Dark Horse Comics
	Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Artist's Edition	IDW Publishing
	Crimson Vol. 1	Boom! Studios

Best Online Comics Work

Year	Author	Title
	American Elf	American Elf
	**	PBF comics
	High Moon	High Moon
, Steve Ellis, and Scott O. Brown	PvP	PvP
	Hark! A Vagrant	Hark! A Vagrant
	Battlepug	Battlepug
, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente	**	Panel Syndicate
	Battlepug	Battlepug

Best European Book Award

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	2018	2019
	California Dreamin': Cass Elliot Before the Mamas & the Papas	First Second Books
and Carole Maurel	Waves	Archaia

People

Best Writer

Year	Writer	Title
	Watchmen	DC Comics
	Love and Rockets	Fantagraphics
	**	DC Comics
	Invisible People	Kitchen Sink Press
	Understanding Comics	Tundra/Kitchen Sink Press
	From Hell	Kitchen Sink Press
	Eightball	Fantagraphics
	Astro City	Image Comics/Homage Comics
Avengers	Marvel Comics
Thunderbolts
	From Hell	Kitchen Sink Press
Supreme	Awesome
**	ABC
Promethea
	100 Bullets	DC Comics
	Promethea	ABC
	Louis Riel	Drawn & Quarterly
	Eightball	Fantagraphics
	Captain America	Marvel Comics
Daredevil
	Y: The Last Man	DC Comics/Vertigo Comics
	All-Star Superman	DC Comics
	**	Image Comics
	Thor: The Mighty Avenger	Marvel Comics
	Daredevil
	Saga	Image Comics
	Daredevil	Marvel Comics
	Saga	Image Comics

Best Artist or Penciller

Year	Artist	Title	Publisher	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	Watchmen	DC Comics
	Batman: The Killing Joke
	Xenozoic Tales	Kitchen Sink Press
	World's Finest Comics	DC Comics
	Xenozoic Tales	Kitchen Sink Press
	Marvels	Marvel Comics
	Hellboy	Dark Horse Comics
	Kingdom Come	DC Comics
	Elric: Stormbringer	Dark Horse Comics/Topps Comics
	Dr. Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen?	Marvel Comics
	Penny Century	Fantagraphics
	Hellboy: Box Full of Evil	Dark Horse Comics/Maverick
	Penny Century	Fantagraphics
	100 Bullets	DC Comics
	Blankets	Top Shelf Productions
	DC: The New Frontier	DC Comics
	Promethea	DC Comics/ABC/WildStorm
	All-Star Superman	DC Comics
	The Umbrella Academy	Dark Horse Comics
	**
	Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit	IDW Publishing
	Batwoman	DC Comics
	Saga	Image Comics

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

Year	Cartoonist	Title
	Concrete	Dark Horse Comics
	Yummy Fur	Vortex Comics
	Hate	Fantagraphics
	Cerebus	Aardvark-Vanaheim
	Invisible People	Kitchen Sink Press
	Bone	Cartoon Books
Cartoon Books/Image Comics
	Louder than Words	Dark Horse Comics
	Bone	Cartoon Books
	Mad Magazine	E.C. Publications
	Eightball	Fantagraphics
	Bone	Cartoon Books
	Blankets	Top Shelf Productions
	Bone	Cartoon Books
	Acme Novelty Library	Acme Novelty Library
	Love and Rockets	Fantagraphics
	**	DC Comics
	Tall Tales	Abrams Books
	Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter	IDW Publishing
Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit
	Hark! A Vagrant	Drawn & Quarterly
	Love and Rockets: New Stories	Fantagraphics
	Battling Boy	First Second Books
	Rachel Rising	Abstract Studio
	Usagi Yojimbo

Best Inker

Year	Inker	Title
	Daredevil	Marvel Comics
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser	Marvel Comics/Epic
	Love and Rockets	Fantagraphics
	Spider-Man 2099	Marvel Comics
	Superman vs. Aliens	DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics
	Xenozoic Tales	Kitchen Sink Press
	Black Hole	Kitchen Sink Press
Fantagraphics
	Penny Century
Charles Burns	Black Hole
	Love and Rockets
Charles Burns	Black Hole
	Eternals	Marvel Comics
	Witchblade	Top Cow Productions/Image Comics
	Thor	Marvel Comics
	**
	Thor
	Daredevil
	Captain America
	All New X-Men
	Batman	DC Comics
	**

Best Letterer

Year	Letterer	Work
	American Flagg!	First
	Mr. Monster	Dark Horse Comics
	Black Kiss	Vortex Comics
	Eightball	Fantagraphics
	**	DC Comics
	Spawn	Image Comics
	**	DC Comics
	Acme Novelty Library	Fantagraphics
	Eightball
	Ka-Zar
Castle Waiting
Uncle Sam
House of Secrets
Captain America
	Acme Novelty Library	Fantagraphics
	Castle Waiting	Cartoon Books
	Acme Novelty Library	Fantagraphics
	Promethea	ABC
	Cerebus	Aardvark-Vanaheim
	Wonder Woman	DC Comics
	Acme Novelty Library	ACME Novelty Library
	Usagi Yojimbo	Dark Horse Comics
	Daredevil	Marvel Comics
	Marvel 1985
	Asterios Polyp	Pantheon Books
	Thor	Marvel Comics
	Fear Itself
	Fables	DC Comics/Vertigo Comics
	Rachel Rising	Abstract Studio
	Afterlife with Archie	Archie Comics
	Ragnarok	IDW Publishing

Best Colorist

1988 John Higgins, for Watchmen (DC)
1989 John Higgins, for Batman: The Killing Joke (DC)
1990 Steve Oliff, for Akira (Marvel Comics)
1991 Steve Oliff, for Akira (Marvel Comics/Epic Comics)
1992 Steve Oliff, for Akira (Marvel Comics/Epic Comics)
1993 Jim Woodring, for Tantalizing Stories Presents Frank In The River (Tundra)
1994 Steve Oliff, for Spawn (Image)
1995 Steve Oliff/Olyoptics, for Spawn (Image)
1996 Chris Ware, for Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)
1997 Chris Ware, for Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)
1998 Chris Ware, for his body of work in 1997, including Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)
1999 Lynn Varley, for 300 (Dark Horse Comics)
2000 Chris Ware, for Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)
2001 Laura DePuy, for The Authority (WildStorm/DC)
2002 Chris Ware, for Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)
2003 Dave Stewart, for Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics)
2004 Chris Ware, for Acme Novelty Datebook (Drawn & Quarterly Publishing)
2005 Dave Stewart, for DC: The New Frontier (DC)
2006 Laura Martin, for Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)
2007 Lark Pien, for American Born Chinese (First Second Books)
2008 Laura Martin, for Thor (Marvel Comics)
2009 Dave Stewart, for The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics)
2010 Laura Martin, for The Rocketeer: the Complete Adventures (IDW)
2011 José Villarrubia, for Cuba: My Revolution (Vertigo/DC)
2012 Dave Stewart, for Hellboy: The Fury (Dark Horse Comics)
2013 Fiona Staples, for Saga (Image Comics)
2014 Dave Stewart, for Hellboy: The Midnight Circus (Dark Horse Comics)
2015 Dave Stewart, for Hellboy in Hell (Dark Horse Comics)
2016 Laura Allred, for Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)

Best Cover Artist

1996 Alex Ross, for Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1 (Image)
1997 Alex Ross, for Kingdom Come #1 (DC)
1998 Alex Ross, for Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Image/Homage), Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #100 (DC), Squadron Supreme (Marvel Comics)
1999 Alex Ross, for Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Image/Homage), Superman Forever (DC), Superman: Peace on Earth (DC)
2000 Chris Ware, for Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)
2001 Adam Hughes, for Wonder Woman (DC)
2002 Adam Hughes, for Wonder Woman (DC)
2003 Adam Hughes, for Wonder Woman (DC)
2004 Charles Burns, for Black Hole (Fantagraphics Books)
2005 James Jean, for Fables (DC/Vertigo)
2006 James Jean, for Fables (DC/Vertigo)
2007 James Jean, for Fables (DC/Vertigo)
2008 Mike Mignola, for Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics)
2009 James Jean, for Fables (DC/Vertigo)
2010 Mike Mignola, for Hellboy: The Bride of Hell (Dark Horse Comics)
2011 Mike Mignola, for Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics)
2012 J. H. Williams, for Batwoman (DC Comics)
2013 David Aja, for Hawkeye (Marvel Comics)
2014 Fiona Staples, for Saga (Image Comics)
2015 Fiona Staples, for Saga (Image Comics)
2016 Fiona Staples, for Saga (Image Comics)

Best New Talent

1990 Jim Lee
1991 Julie Doucet
1992 Joe Quesada
1996 Adrian Tomine
1997 Jessica Abel, for Artbabe (self-published)
1998 Steven Weissman, for Yikes (Alternative Press, Inc.)
1999 Kevin Smith, for Clerks (Oni), Daredevil (Marvel Comics), Jay and Silent Bob (Oni)
2000 Craig Thompson, for Good-bye, Chunky Rice, etc.
2001 Michel Rabagliati, for Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 3, #1, Paul in the Country, etc.
2002 Jason, for Hey Wait
2003 Nick Bertozzi, for Rubber Necker
2004 Derek Kirk Kim, for Same Difference and Other Stories (Alternative Comics)
2005 Andy Runton, for Owly (Top Shelf)
2006 (tie) Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, for Marvel Knights 4 (Marvel Comics); R. Kikuo Johnson, for Night Fisher (Fantagraphics Books)
2007 Brian Fies
2008 Vasilis Lolos, for Last Call (Oni Press)
2009 Bryan J. L. Glass, for The Mice Templar (Image Comics)
2010 Rob Guillory, for Chew (Image Comics)
2011 Chris Samnee, for Thor: The Mighty Avenger (Marvel Comics)
2012 Sara Pichelli, for Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)

Most Promising New Talent

2013 Dennis Hopeless, for Avengers Arena (Marvel Comics)
2014 Chip Zdarsky, for Sex Criminals (Image Comics)
2015 Chad Lambert, for "Kill Me" from Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse Comics)
2016 Tom King, for The Vision (Marvel Comics)

Special awards

Special Award for Humor

1989 Bill Watterson, for Calvin and Hobbes (Universal Press Syndicate/Andrews McMeel Publishing)
1990 Sergio Aragonés
1991 Sergio Aragonés
1992 Sergio Aragonés
1993 Sergio Aragonés
1994 Jeff Smith
1995 Sergio Aragonés
1996 Evan Dorkin
1997 Sergio Aragonés
1998 Sergio Aragonés
1999 Sergio Aragonés
2000 Sergio Aragonés, for Groo, etc.
2001 Sergio Aragonés, for Groo, etc.
2002 Evan Dorkin, for Dork (Slave Labor Graphics)
2003 Evan Dorkin, for Dork (Slave Labor Graphics)
2004 Tony Millionaire, Sock Monkey (Dark Horse Comics)
2005 Kyle Baker, for Plastic Man (DC)
2006 Kyle Baker, for Plastic Man (DC)
2007 Bryan Lee O'Malley, for Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness (Oni Press)
2008 Nicholas Gurewitch, The Perry Bible Fellowship
2009 Al Jaffee for Tall Tales (Abrams Books)
2010 Bryan Lee O'Malley, for Scott Pilgrim #5 (Oni Press)
2011 Roger Langridge, for The Muppet Show Comic Book (BOOM! Studios)
2012 Kate Beaton, for Hark! A Vagrant (harkavagrant.com; printed edition published by Drawn & Quarterly)
2013 Ryan North, for Adventure Time (KaBOOM! Studios)
2014 Ryan North, for Adventure Time (KaBOOM! Studios)
2015 Chip Zdarsky, for Sex Criminals (Image Comics)
2016 Chip Zdarsky, for Howard the Duck (Marvel Comics)

Special Award for Excellence in Presentation

1988 Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, (DC)
1989 Hardboiled Defective Stories, by Charles Burns, design by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly (Raw/Pantheon)
1990 Arkham Asylum, by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean (DC)
1991 Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, by Winsor McCay, edited by Richard Marschall, designed by Dale Crain (Fantagraphics Books)
1992 Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, by Winsor McCay, edited by Richard Marschall, art directed by Dale Crain (Fantagraphics Books)
1993 Batman: Night Cries, by Archie Goodwin and Scott Hampton, edited by Denny O'Neil, art direction by Robbin Brosterman (DC)
1994 Marvels, by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross; edited by Marcus McLaurin; design by Joe Kaufman and Comicraft (Marvel Comics)
1995 Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware; edited by Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics Books)
1996 Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware; edited by Kim Thompson; art directed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics Books)
1997 Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware; edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics Books)
1998 Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware; edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics Books)
1999 Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware; edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics Books)
2000 Acme Novelty Library #13, by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics Books)
2001 Jimmy Corrigan, by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
2002 Spirit Archives designed by Amie Brockway-Metcalf (DC)
2003 Krazy and Ignatz, designed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics Books)
2004 Acme Novelty Datebook, by Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly Publishing)
2005 The Complete Peanuts 1950-52, by Charles Schulz, designed by Seth (Fantagraphics Books)
2006 Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays, by Winsor McCay (Sunday Press Books)
2007 Lost Girls, art directed by Brett Warnock and Matt Kindt (Top Shelf Productions)
2008 EC Archives, Various, edited by Russ Cochran (Gemstone Comics)
2009 Kirby: King of Comics, by Mark Evanier (Abrams Books)
2010 The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures by Dave Stevens; edited by Scott Dunbier(IDW)
2011 Dave Stevens' Rocketeer: Artist's Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk and edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
2012 Walt Simonson's The Mighty Thor, Artist's Edition (IDW)
2013 Building Stories, by Chris Ware (Pantheon Books)
2014 The Best Of Comix Book: When Marvel Comics Went Underground, John Lind, Kitchen Sink Books/(Dark Horse Comics)
2015 Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream by Andrew Carl, Josh O'Neill and Chris Stevens (Locust Moon Press)
2016 Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz by Scott Newman (Kaboom!/Boom! Studios)

The Jack Kirby Hall of Fame

Held through 2001.

1989 Wally Wood
1990 Steve Ditko, Alex Toth
1991 Jack Cole, Basil Wolverton
1992 Walt Kelly, Bernard Krigstein
1993 Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
1994 Bill Finger, Bob Kane
1995 Bill Everett, Stan Lee
1996 Carl Burgos, Sheldon Mayer, Julius Schwartz
1997 Retroactive: C. C. Beck, William Gaines
1997 Lifetime Achievement: Gil Kane, Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino
1997 International: Jean Giraud, also known as Moebius
1998 Retroactive: Reed Crandall, Gardner F. Fox
1998 Lifetime Achievement: Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson
1998 International: Milo Manara
1999 Retroactive: Otto Binder, Mort Meskin
1999 Lifetime Achievement: Neal Adams, Frank Frazetta, John Romita, Sr.
1999 International; Georges Remi, also known as Hergé
2000 No award
2001 Retroactive: Mort Weisinger
2001 Lifetime Achievement: Sheldon Moldoff
2001 International: Guido Crepax

The Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award

2006 George Pérez, John Romita, Sr.
2007 Joe Kubert
2011 Stan Lee
2016 Joe Giella

International Spotlight Award

2017 Hiro Mashima
2018 Harold Sakuishi

Comics Industry Pioneer Award

2018 Jackie Estrada
2019 Maggie Thompson

Sources

1988-2007 Awards: Harvey Kurtzman Awards 1988-2007, Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018.
2008 Nominations:
2008 Awards: Millikin, Eric and staff. "Journal Datebook: August, 2008 — October, 2008", p. 25, The Comics Journal Seattle, January 2009.
2010 Nominations:
2010 Awards:
2011 Nominations:
2011 Awards:
2016 Awards:
2018 Awards:
2019 Awards:
2020 Awards:
2021 Awards:
2022 Awards: Chiu-Tabet, Christopher (October 8, 2022). "2022 Harvey Awards Winners Announced. Multiversity Comics. Retrieved October 10, 2022*.*

References

"Harvey Awards official website".
Swapna, Krishna. (August 2, 2017). ""The Harvey Awards are Moving to New York Comic Con"".
(June 22, 2021). "Marjorie Liu: Embracing the Monster Within".
Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. (October 14, 2023). "NYCC '23: Harvey Award Winners Announced".
MacDonald, Heidi. (October 22, 2024). "At the 2024 New York Comic Con, Comics Still Rule".
(October 13, 2025). "These Are The 2025 Harvey Award Winners".
(2022-10-10). "2022 Harvey Awards Winners".
[[Gustines, George Gene]]. (October 11, 2024). "Harvey Awards Inducts 5 Comic Creators to Hall of Fame". [[The New York Times]].
Hahn, Joel. "Harvey Award Winners Summary". Comic Book Awards Almanac.

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