2024 Harvey Award Nominees Announced

Aug 14, 2024

The nominees for this year’s Harvey Awards, which celebrate the best comics of the prior publishing year, have been announced. More than 50 comics have been chosen across seven categories. The winners will be announced at the annual Harvey Awards ceremony, to be held on Friday, Oct. 18, at New York Comic Con 2024.

The nominees in each category are as follows:

Book of the Year

  • Monica by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
  • Roaming by Jilian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • A Guest in the House by EM Carroll (Macmillan Publishers)
  • My Favorite Thing is Monsters Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
  • Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed (Penguin Random House)
  • Watership Down Graphic Novel by James Sturm and Joe Sutphin, based on the novel by Richard Adams (Penguin Random House)
  • Tender by Beth Hetland (Fantagraphics)
  • Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham (Macmillan Publishers)
  • Love Everlasting by Tom King and Elsa Charretier (Image)
  • Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips (Image)
  • Radiant Black Vol. 5 by Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark, Eduardo Ferigato, and Marcelo Costa (Image)

Digital Book of the Year

  • Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe (Webtoon)
  • Unordinary by uru-chan (Webtoon)
  • Encore by Miles Burks (Webtoon)
  • Heir’s Game by suspu (Webtoon)
  • Jamie by LD Lapinski (Yellow Jacket)
  • A Witch’s Guide to Burning by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Rose Wolves by Natalie Warner (Penguin Random House)
  • Of Swamp and Sea by Mia Jay Boulton & Laurel Boulton (Webtoon)
  • Boyfriends by Refrainbow (Webtoon)
  • Friday by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)

Best Children's Book

  • Lightfall: The Dark Times by Tim Probert ( HarperCollins)
  • Lunar Boy by Jes & Cin Wibowo (HarperCollins)
  • Dungeons & Dragons Club: Time to Party by Molly Ostertag and Xanthe Bouma (HarperCollins)
  • Ant Story by Jay Hosler (HarperCollins)
  • Mexikid by Pedro Martin (Penguin Random House)
  • Dog Man and the Scarlett Shredder by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)
  • Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi and Shazleen Khan (First Second)
  • Timid by Jonathon Todd (Scholastic)
  • Amulet Vol. 9 by Kazu Kibuishi (Graphix)

Best Young Adult Book

  • Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu & Mad Rupert (First Second)
  • Sunhead by Alex Assan (HarperAlley)
  • Brownstone by Samuel Teer and Mar Julia (Versify)
  • The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha (HarperAlley)
  • Homebody by Theo Parish (HarperAlley)
  • Ghost Roast by Shawneé Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, and Emily Cannon (Versify)
  • Deep Dark by Molly Ostertag (Graphix)
  • Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu (Quill Tree)
  • Roaming by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Clementine Book 2 by Tille Walden (Image)
  • Prez: Setting a Dangerous President by Mark Russell and Ben Caldwell (DC Comics)

Best Manga

  • The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren (Yen Press)
  • Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha)
  • Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui (Yen Press)
  • Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe (VIZ)
  • Soichi: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito (VIZ)
  • H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth by Gou Tanabe (Dark Horse)
  • Berserk Deluxe Edition Vol 14 by Kentaro Miura (Dark Horse)
  • Second Hand Love by Yamada Murasaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • My Picture Diary by Fujiwara Maki (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Okinawa by Susumu Higa (Fantagraphics)

Best International Book

  • The Great Beyond by Laura Murawiec (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Blacksad Vol. 7 by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido (Europe Comics)
  • Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed (Pantheon)
  • Ashes by Alvaro Ortiz (Top Shelf Productions)
  • A Boy Named Rose by Geniller (Fairsquare Graphics)
  • Transitions by Durand (Top Shelf Productions)
  • Layers by Pénélope Bagieu (First Second)
  • Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes by Cyril Lieron and Benoit Dahan (Titan)

 Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel

  • Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths by Warner Bros. Animation & DC Studios, based on Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC Comics)
  • Deadpool & Wolverine directed by Shawn Levy, based on Wolverine and Deadpool (Marvel)
  • Multiverses by Warner Bros Games, based on Warner Bros properties (Warner Bros)
  • Demon Slayer –Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles by SEGA, based on Demon Slayer –Kimetsu no Yaiba- (VIZ Media)
  • X-Men ‘97 by Marvel Animation & Disney+, based on X-Men (Marvel)
  • Invincible by Amazon Prime Video, based on Invincible (Image)
  • The Marvels by Marvel Studios, based on Marvel Comics (Marvel)
  • Loki by Marvel Studios, based on Loki (Marvel)
  • Attack on Titan: The Musical, directed by Gou Ueki, based on Attack on Titan (Kodansha)

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