Harvey Awards Winners to be Announced this Friday - Let's Speculate

October 16, 2024 9:50 AM

"The Harvey Awards are an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the best & brightest, helping new readers, current fans, booksellers, retailers and librarians distinguish the best comics of the year as voted on by their peers.” And the nominees are...

2024 Harvey Awards' Book of the Year nominations
Monica by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
Roaming by Jillian 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)

2024 Harvey Awards' Digital Book of the Year nominations
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 (Top Shelf Productions)
Of Swamp and Sea by Mia Jay Boulton & Laurel Boulton (Webtoon)
Boyfriends by Refrainbow (Webtoon)
Friday by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)

2024 Harvey Awards' Best Children's Book nominations
Lightfall: The Dark Times by Tim Probert (HarperAlley)
Lunar Boy by Jes & Cin Wibowo (HarperAlley)
Dungeons & Dragons Club: Time to Party by Molly Ostertag and Xanthe Bouma (HarperAlley)
Ant Story by Jay Hosler (HarperAlley)
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)

2024 Harvey Awards' Best Young Adult Book nominations
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)

2024 Harvey Awards' Best Manga nominations
The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren, translated by Ajani Oloye (Yen Press)
Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama, translated by Stephen Kohler (Kodansha)
Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui, translated by Taylor Engel (Yen Press)
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe, translated by Misa 'Japanese Ammo' (VIZ)
Soichi: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito, translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ)
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth by Gou Tanabe, translated by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse)
Berserk Deluxe Edition Vol 14 by Kentaro Miura, translated by Duane Johnson (Dark Horse)
Second Hand Love by Yamada Murasaki, translated by Ryan Holmberg (Drawn & Quarterly)
My Picture Diary by Fujiwara Maki, translated by Ryan Holmberg (Drawn & Quarterly)
Okinawa by Susumu Higa, translated by Jocelyne Allen (Fantagraphics)

2024 Harvey Awards' Best International Book nominations
The Great Beyond by Léa Murawiec, translated by Aleshia Jensen (Drawn & Quarterly)
Blacksad Vol. 7 by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (Europe Comics)
Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed (Pantheon)
A Boy Named Rose by Gaëlle Geniller, translated by Fabrice Sapolsky (Fairsquare Graphics)
Transitions: A Mother's Journey by Élodie Durand, translated by Evan McGorray (Top Shelf Productions)
Layers by Pénélope Bagieu, translated by Montana Kane (First Second)
Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes by Cyril Lieron and Benoit Dahan (Titan)

2024 Harvey Awards' Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel nominations
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)

On October 11th, the Harvey's named their Five Hall of Fame Inductees: Akira Toriyama (Instagram Link) (Dragon Ball, Sand Land), Arthur Adams (Uncanny X-Men), Larry Hama (AMA link on Reddit) (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), Sergio Aragonés (MAD), and John Buscema (The Avengers).

Let's speculate on who we think will win and who we want to win!

posted by CMcG (12 comments total)

E.M. Carroll is a Canadian treasure of spooky creepy comic goodness.

Rachel Smythe's Lore Olympus is one of the best comic series I've read in a long time (I've purchased the trades) and highly recommended for all my fellow Greek mythology nerds.
posted by Kitteh at 9:54 AM on October 16 [3 favorites]

I definitely don't know who is going to win, but here are my thoughts on some of the categories:
2024 Harvey Awards' Book of the Year nominations: I added A Guest in the House, Radiant Black and Shubeik Lubeik to my "to read" list and think all look stellar. I read and enjoyed Lunar New Year Love Story. A very nice PG romance.

2024 Harvey Awards' Best Children's Book nominations: Can't keep Scarlett Shredder on the shelf at school library. I bet Amulet #9 will be very popular as well. I thought Mexikid was so funny and well done, wish more folks would discover it. I've added Timid to my list. (Quick plug: over on fanfare I'm running a YA/Middle Grade book club and we will vote on what to read for May. Maybe one of theses?)

2024 Harvey Awards' Best Young Adult Book nominations: I think Deep Dark has a lot of appeal for it's gothic romance tone. I've added both Brownstone and Homebody to my to-read list.

2024 Harvey Awards' Best Manga nominations: The Summer Hikaru Died sounds so good.


2024 Harvey Awards' Best International Book nominations: Intrigued by My Picture Diary and the description of the drawings of going inside Sherlock's head sound cool from Inside the Mind of Sherlock Homles.
posted by CMcG at 10:00 AM on October 16

The manga nominations are all top notch, and I expect it to be a fantasy four way fight - that said, I expect that it being the final chapter with Miura's work will give Berserk an edge.
posted by NoxAeternum at 10:11 AM on October 16 [2 favorites]

This is a very thorough FPP!
posted by GenjiandProust at 12:03 PM on October 16 [2 favorites]

I'm happy to see Sergio Aragonés (finally?) get his hall of fame nod. I met him at a launch event for Groo the Wanderer [40 years ago!] and have a signed #1 still; I was a fan of his MAD marginalia long before that.
posted by chavenet at 12:14 PM on October 16 [4 favorites]

Thanks, GenjiandProust! I worked hard on it.
posted by CMcG at 12:24 PM on October 16 [1 favorite]

Oooh, thanks for this post!

I loved Shubeik Lubeik. The worldbuilding was inventive and thorough, there was an energy to the art that I really enjoyed, and the stories broke my heart and patched it back up in turn. It was one of my favorite books of 2023, and I like seeing it being recognized!
posted by mixedmetaphors at 1:25 PM on October 16 [1 favorite]

It's also good to see Hama get the recognition as well - though saying that he worked on G.I. Joe is an understatement - a lot of the series mythos came from his mind. He's also a quite the character (for example, he was known for carrying an Uzi in his briefcase back in the 80s),as well as a fierce fighter for minority creators in comics stemming from his own struggles.
posted by NoxAeternum at 6:05 PM on October 16 [2 favorites]

I'm in the sad category of only recognizing manga from this list, but seconding NoxArednum that most of these titles have had good press. The Summer Hikaru Died is on my to-read list.
posted by subdee at 7:20 PM on October 16 [1 favorite]

The book of the year category is pretty top-notch. Monica and My Favorite Thing Is Monsters are both pretty monumental works, I think, by two geniuses of the form. I'm a die-hard Dan Clowes fan, and Monica is really good, but I think I'd give the award to Monsters if it were up to me. I liked A Guest in the House a lot too, and I've heard good things about Roaming and Shubeik Lubeik.
posted by whir at 7:55 PM on October 16 [1 favorite]

Harvey Awards 2024 winners!

(Full disclosure: I was one of the coordinators for these during 2019-2023. I can't speak to anything that happened this year because I don't know. I'm still a huge fan of these awards and the current steering committee and I'd love to be involved again. They know that.)
posted by edencosmic at 8:30 PM on October 19 [1 favorite]

Delicious in Dungeon absolutely deserved the win (and I am so looking forward to getting the box set for the manga in December.)
posted by NoxAeternum at 8:39 PM on October 19