Zum gestrigen Freitag wurden in New York im Zuge der Comic Con wie üblich auch die Harvey Awards verliehen.
Gehostet wurde die Veranstaltung von Craig Baldo, wobei das große Highlight die Aufnahme von Mike Mignola (u.a. „Hellboy“), Alison Bechdel („Fun Home“, „Dykes to Watch Out For“) sowie die Mad Magazine Kreativen Will Elder, Jack Davis, John Severin, Marie Severin und Ben Oda in die Hall of Fame der Harvey Awards war.
Doch natürlich wurden auch reguläre Preise verliehen. Lange Rede... hier die Nominierten und GewinnerInnen der jeweiligen Kategorien des vergangenen Abends.
Book of the Year
WINNER: Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Scholastic Graphix)
Nominees:
- Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug (Scribner)
- Berlin by Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly)
- BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore (Fantagraphics)
- Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley (First Second)
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (First Second)
- My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
- On a Sunbeamby Tillie Walden (First Second)
- Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels (Lion Forge)
- When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll (Koyama Press)
Digital Book of the Year
WINNER: Check, Please by Ngozi Ukazu: www.checkpleasecomic.com
Nominees:
- Space Boyby Stephen McCranie: www.webtoons.com/en/drama/space-boy/list?title_no=400&page=1
- The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow: www.thecontradictions.com
- The Nibedited by Matt Bors: www.thenib.com
- Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal: www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/woman-world/list?title_no=100912&page=1
Best Children’s or Young Adult Book
WINNER: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (First Second)
Nominees:
- Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Scholastic Graphix)
- Mr. Wolf’s Class #2: Mystery Club by Aron Nels Steinke (Scholastic Graphix)
- New Kid by Jerry Craft (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
- On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden (First Second)
Best Manga
WINNER: My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi (VIZ Media)
Nominees:
- Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito (VIZ Media)
- Mob Psycho 100 by ONE (Dark Horse Manga)
- Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani (Seven Seas)
- Smashed by Junji Ito (VIZ Media)
- Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha Comics)
Best European Book
WINNER: Waves by Ingrid Chabbert and Carole Maurel (Archaia)
Nominees:
- Corto Maltese by Hugo Pratt (IDW Publishing)
- O Josephine by Jason (Fantagraphics)
- Radiant by Tony Valente (VIZ Media)
- Red Ultramarine by Manuele Fior, translated by Jamie Richards (Fantagraphics)
Best Comics Adaptation Award
WINNER: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, based on Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
Nominees:
- Alita: Battle Angel, by 20th Century Fox, based on Battle Angel Alita (Kodansha USA)
- Avengers: Endgame by Marvel Studios, based on The Avengers (Marvel Comics)
- The Boys by Amazon Studios, based on The Boys (Dynamite Entertainment)
- Captain Marvel by Marvel Studios, based on Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, by Netflix, based on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Archie Comics)
- Doom Patrol by DC Universe, based on Doom Patrol (DC Comics)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man by Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive, based on Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- The Snagglepuss Chronicles, by Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival and Die-Cast, based on Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles (DC Comics)
- The Umbrella Academy by Netflix, based on The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics)
Passionierter Fanboy & Comic-Nerd. Ist seit vielen Jahren im Netz als Blogger unterwegs und fungiert als Betreiber und Autor von bizzaroworldcomics.de.
Zudem wirkt er als Autor für Fachmagazine wie Comic.de und stellt 1/3 Sprechblase bei POW! - Ein ComicPodcast. Er lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen Kindern im Harz.
Freue mich so für Hey Kiddo! Die Story ist wirklich fantastisch.