Finalists for the Harvey Awards, honoring the life and work of comics creator Harvey Kurtzman,(1924-1993), cartoonist, writer, editor and founder of Mad Magazine, have been revealed. Voting is now open to eligible industry professionals.

The awards are presented under the auspices of New York Comic-Con. The winners will be announced October 4.

The nominees are:

Book of the Year

• 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)
• Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Scholastic Graphix)
• 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 Sunbeam by 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

• Check, Please by Ngozi Ukazu: www.checkpleasecomic.com
• Space Boy by Stephen McCranie: www.webtoons.com/en/drama/space-boy/list?title_no=400&page=1
• The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow: www.thecontradictions.com
• The Nib edited 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

• Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Scholastic Graphix)
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (First Second)
• 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

• Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito (VIZ Media)
• Mob Psycho 100 by ONE (Dark Horse Manga)
• My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi (VIZ Media)
• 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

• 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)
• Waves by Ingrid Chabbert and Carole Maurel (Archaia)

Best Comics Adaptation Award

• 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)
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, based on Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
• The Umbrella Academy by Netflix, based on The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics)

The 2019 Harvey Awards nominations were selected by polling a hand-picked committee of diverse industry professionals who submitted their choices in all categories. The Harvey Awards ballot will be voted on by eligible industry professionals including creators, in-house professionals, librarians, and retailers.