2004 Harvey Award Winners Announced!
On June 26, the winners of the 2004 Harvey Awards (a.k.a. the
Harveys) were announced at the Puck Building in New York, NY, spotlighting a
wide range of comics industry creators, titles, and publishers -- and Diamond
has products you can use to capitalize on them!
According to the Harvey Awards website, the Harveys are "one of the comics industry's oldest and most respected awards," and they "recognize outstanding achievements in 24 categories, ranging from Best Artist to the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame." Launched in 1988, the Harveys are also "the only industry awards both nominated by and selected by the full body of comics professionals."
The 2004 Harvey Award winners are (specifically honored, available titles denoted with provided item codes or linked in-stock lists):
• Best Writer: Chester Brown, Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography HC (STAR20071H) (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Best Artist: Craig Thompson, Blankets GN (STAR19060F) (Top Shelf Productions)
• Best Cartoonist: Craig Thompson, Blankets GN (STAR19060F) (Top Shelf Productions)
• Special Award for Humor: Tony Millionaire, Sock Monkey (Dark Horse Comics)
• Special Award for Excellence in Presentation: Acme Novelty Datebook (STAR19353H), Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Best New Series: Plastic Man, Kyle Baker (DC Comics)
• Best Continuing or Limited Series: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume II, Allan Moore and Kevin O'Neill (America's Best Comics)
• Best Single Issue or Story: (tie)
Gotham Central #6-#10, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark (DC Comics)
Love & Rockets #9, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
• Best Graphic Album of Original Work: • Best Artist: Craig Thompson, Blankets GN (STAR19060F) (Top Shelf Productions)
• Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work: Chester Brown, Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography HC (STAR20071H) (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Best Anthology: Drawn & Quarterly #5 (STAR20442H), edited by Chris Oliveros (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Best Inker: Charles Burns, Black Hole (#11: OCT032445F) (Fantagraphics Books)
• Best Letterer: Dave Sim, Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
• Best Colorist: Acme Novelty Datebook (STAR19353H), Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Best Syndicated Strip or Panel: Maakies, Tony Millionaire (Tony Millionaire)
• Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: Comic Art Magazine (#6: MAY043053H) (Comic Art)
• Best American Presentation of Foreign Material: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (HC: STAR18457H, SC: APR042840H), Marjane Satrapi (Random House/Pantheon Books)
• Best Domestic Reprint Project: Krazy and Ignatz, edited by Bill Blackbeard (Fantagraphics Books)
• Best New Talent: Derek Kirk Kim, Same Difference and Other Stories GN (MAR042839F) (Alternative Comics/Top Shelf Productions)
• Best Cover Artist: Charles Burns, Black Hole (#11: OCT032445F) (Fantagraphics Books)
For more information on the Harvey Awards, click here.
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According to the Harvey Awards website, the Harveys are "one of the comics industry's oldest and most respected awards," and they "recognize outstanding achievements in 24 categories, ranging from Best Artist to the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame." Launched in 1988, the Harveys are also "the only industry awards both nominated by and selected by the full body of comics professionals."
The 2004 Harvey Award winners are (specifically honored, available titles denoted with provided item codes or linked in-stock lists):
• Best Writer: Chester Brown, Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography HC (STAR20071H) (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Best Artist: Craig Thompson, Blankets GN (STAR19060F) (Top Shelf Productions)
• Best Cartoonist: Craig Thompson, Blankets GN (STAR19060F) (Top Shelf Productions)
• Special Award for Humor: Tony Millionaire, Sock Monkey (Dark Horse Comics)
• Special Award for Excellence in Presentation: Acme Novelty Datebook (STAR19353H), Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Best New Series: Plastic Man, Kyle Baker (DC Comics)
• Best Continuing or Limited Series: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume II, Allan Moore and Kevin O'Neill (America's Best Comics)
• Best Single Issue or Story: (tie)
Gotham Central #6-#10, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark (DC Comics)
Love & Rockets #9, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
• Best Graphic Album of Original Work: • Best Artist: Craig Thompson, Blankets GN (STAR19060F) (Top Shelf Productions)
• Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work: Chester Brown, Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography HC (STAR20071H) (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Best Anthology: Drawn & Quarterly #5 (STAR20442H), edited by Chris Oliveros (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Best Inker: Charles Burns, Black Hole (#11: OCT032445F) (Fantagraphics Books)
• Best Letterer: Dave Sim, Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
• Best Colorist: Acme Novelty Datebook (STAR19353H), Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Best Syndicated Strip or Panel: Maakies, Tony Millionaire (Tony Millionaire)
• Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: Comic Art Magazine (#6: MAY043053H) (Comic Art)
• Best American Presentation of Foreign Material: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (HC: STAR18457H, SC: APR042840H), Marjane Satrapi (Random House/Pantheon Books)
• Best Domestic Reprint Project: Krazy and Ignatz, edited by Bill Blackbeard (Fantagraphics Books)
• Best New Talent: Derek Kirk Kim, Same Difference and Other Stories GN (MAR042839F) (Alternative Comics/Top Shelf Productions)
• Best Cover Artist: Charles Burns, Black Hole (#11: OCT032445F) (Fantagraphics Books)
For more information on the Harvey Awards, click here.
Order Now!
By Phone: 800-45-COMIC
By Fax: 800-329-2878 or 410-560-3875
By E-Mail: Click here!
Reorders Online: Click here!
