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 nominees are:

Book of the Year

• Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (First Second)
• Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
• Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Drawn and Quarterly)
• The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis (Drawn and Quarterly)
• Invisible Kingdom Vol. 1 by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward (Dark Horse Books/Berger Books)
• Little Bird: The Fight for Elder’s Hope by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (Image Comics)
• Making Comics by Lynda Barry (Drawn and Quarterly)
• Reincarnation Stories by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)
• Rusty Brown by Chris Ware (Pantheon Graphic Library)
• Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)

Digital Book of the Year

• Afterlift by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo (comiXology Originals)
• The Eyes by Javi De Castro https://www.javidecastro.com/theeyes
• Fried Rice  by Erica Eng https://friedricecomic.com/
• Harley Quinn: Black White & Red edited by Chris Conroy, Maggie Howell, Andy Khouri, and Amedeo Turturro (DC Comics / DC Digital First)
• The Nib edited by Matt Bors https://www.thenib.com

Best Children or Young Adult Book

• Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha (HarperCollins / Balzer + Bray)
• Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
• Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
• Stargazing by Jen Wang (First Second)
• Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC Comics)

Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel

• Blacksad: Under the Skin video game by Microïds, based on Blacksad (Dark Horse Comics)
• I Am Not Okay With This by Netlfix, based on I Am Not Okay With This (Fantagraphics)
• Joker by Warner Bros. Pictures, based on Batman (DC Comics)
• Legion: Season 3 by FX Productions and Marvel Television, based on X-Men (Marvel Comics0
• Locke & Key: Season 1 by Netflix, based on Locke & Key (IDW Publishing)
• The Old Guard by Netflix, based on The Old Guard (Image Comics)
• The Sandman audio drama by Audible, based on The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo)
• Stumptown: Season 1 by ABC, based on Stumptown (Oni Press)
• The Umbrella Academy: Season 2, by Netflix, based on The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics)
• Watchmen by HBO, based on Watchmen (DC Comics)

Best Manga

• H.P. Lovecraft’s At Mountains of Madness by Gou Tanabe (Dark Horse Manga)
• The Man Without Talent by Yoshiharu Tsuge (New York Review Comics)
• The Poe Clan by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
• The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono (VIZ Media)
• Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha Comics)

Best International Book

Note: This category has been reconfigured for 2020 from 2019’s “Best European Book” to be more inclusive of other works.

• Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Drawn and Quarterly)
• The House Paco Roca (Fantagraphics)
• Portrait of a Drunk by Olivier Schrauwen, Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot (Fantagraphics)
• Stay by Lewis Trondheim and Hubert Chevillard (Magnetic Press)
• Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna (Drawn and Quarterly)

Nominees for this year’s awards were once again selected by a committee of diverse industry voices including creators, publishing professionals, retailers, educators, and librarians. This nominating committee was curated by this year’s Harvey Award’s coordinators: Eden Miller along with Camilla Di Persia and Chris D’Lando of ReedPop.

The annual gala celebrating the Harvey Awards will be going digital this year and livestreamed during New York Comic Con’s Metaverse.  More information about this year’s Harvey Awards ceremony event and an announcement regarding this year’s Harvey Awards Hall of Fame class will be released at a later date.