Harvey Award Nominees Announced
The nominations for the Harvey Awards, which are nominated and voted on by comics professionals, have been announced, and a number of works for younger readers have made the cut. Here are the nominations for works that are good choices for readers 16 and under. (Giant Days, which is nominated in the best graphic novels for younger readers category, is really an older-teen book, but since it’s there, I have included its other nominations as well.) It’s interesting to note that, in keeping with the trend of increased quality and quantity of graphic novels for children and teens, that a number of works were nominated in general-interest categories such as “Best Writer” and “Best Letterer.”
Best Writer: Mark Waid for Archie #1 and G. Willow Wilson for Ms. Marvel
Best Continuing or Limited Series: Giant Days and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
Best Graphic Album Original: Captive of Friendly Cove and March: Book Two
Best Anthology: Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz
Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: The Art of Mouse Guard: 2005-2015, The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics, March: Book Two, and Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz
Special Award for Excellence in Presentation: Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz
Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers: Giant Days, Lumberjanes, The Only Living Boy, Over the Garden Wall, and Space Dumplins
Most Promising New Talent: Lissa Treiman, Giant Days
Best New Series: Archie, Giant Days
Best American Edition of Foreign Material: One-Punch Man
Best Syndicated Strip or Panel: Mutts and Phoebe and Her Unicorn
Best Letterer: Aubrey Aiese, Lumberjanes
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About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor and a newspaper reporter; now she is assistant to the mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts. In addition to editing GC4K, she writes about comics and graphic novels at MangaBlog, SLJTeen, Publishers Weekly Comics World, Comic Book Resources, MTV Geek, and Good E-Reader.com. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters in college, which is why she writes so much. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.
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