The nominees for the 2023 Harvey Awards, one of America’s most prestigious comic book awards, have been announced in memory of cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman. As usual, the awards ceremony will take place in October during New York Comic Con and will also be broadcast live.
CARTOON OF THE YEAR
- acting classNick Drnaso (drawn and quarterly. In Italy: Acting courseCoconino Press)
- Ducks: two years in the oil sandsKeith Beaton (drawn and quarterly)
- Follow Me Down: A Reckless BookEd Brubaker, Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips (Image Comics)
- girl juiceBenji Nate (drawn and quarterly)
- Lonely at the center of the earthZoe Thorogood (Image Comics)
- Little Monsters Volume 1Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen (Image Comics)
- Man in mackintosh suitRina Ayuyan (drawn and quarterly)
- MimosaArchie Bongiovanni (Abrams ComicArts/Surely)
- Public Domain Volume 1Chip Zdarsky (Image Comics)
- Who will make pancakesMegan Kelso (Fantagraphics)
DIGITAL CARTOON OF THE YEAR
BEST COMICS FOR ADULTS OR CHILDREN
BEST MANGA
- Cat + GamerWataru Nadatani, translated by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse Manga)
- ChainsawTatsuki Fujimoto, translated by Amanda Hailey (VIZ Media. In Italy: ChainsawPanini comics)
- Goodbye EriTatsuki Fujimoto, translated by Amanda Hailey (VIZ Media. In Italy: Goodbye Eristar comics)
- Shuna’s JourneyHayao Miyazaki, translated by Alex Dudok de Wit (First second)
- Spy family XTatsuya Endo, translated by Casey Lowe (VIZ Media. In Italy: Spy family XPanini comics)
BEST INTERNATIONAL COMICS
- Alice on the Run: One Child’s Journey Through the Rwandan Civil WarGaspard Talmass, translated by Nanette McGuinness (Life Drawn)
- Always NeverJordi Lafebre and Clemence Sapin, translated by Montana Kane (Dark Horse Books. In Italy: Despite all thisBao publishing house)
- AshAlvaro Ortiz, translated by Eva Ibarzabaal (Top Shelf Productions)
- Blacksad: They All Fall, Part 1Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (Dark Horse Books. In Italy: And then there was nothing left part 1Lizard Rizzoli)
- The Extraordinary Part: Book One: Hands of OrsayFlorent Rupper and Jérôme Mulot, translated by M.B. Valente (Fantagraphics. In Italy: The wonderful part 1, Coconino Press)
- Tiki: a very rough yearDavid Azencot, Fred Leclerc and Lucy Fearow, translated by Nanette McGuinness (Life Drawn)
BEST COMIC ADAPTATION
- American, born Chinese (Disney+), based on American, born Chinese Jin Luen Yang (first second)
- Nectar of the gods (Apple TV+), based on Drops of God Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto (Vertical)
- Nimona (Netflix), based on Nimona N. D. Stevenson (Quill Tree Books)
- Sandman (Netflix), based on Sandman (DC Comics)
- She-Hulk (Disney+) based on the novel She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versebased on Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- The Stuff of Legend – board gamebased Legendary items Mike Reicht, Brian Smith and Charles Paul Wilson III (Th3rd World Studios)
- Wednesday (Netflix), based on The Addams Family Charles Addams
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