The 2006 Harvey Awards were presented last night at the Baltimore Comic-con. The ceremony went off smoothly, although only a few of the winners were present, including Alex Robinson and Vertical’s Anne Ishii, who delivered a saucy joke about LOST GIRLS in her acceptance speech. We’ll have some more observations later, but while we have internet access, here are the winners:

BEST WRITER
Ed Brubaker / CAPTAIN AMERICA / Marvel Comics

BEST ARTIST
J.H. Williams III / PROMETHEA / ABC/WildStorm/DC Comics

BEST CARTOONIST
Chris Ware / ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY # 16 / ACME Novelty Library

BEST LETTERER
Chris Ware / ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY # 16 / ACME Novelty Library

BEST INKER
Charles Burns / BLACK HOLE # 12 / Fantagraphics Books

BEST COLORIST
Laura Martin / ASTONISHING X-MEN / Marvel Comics

BEST COVER ARTIST
James Jean / FABLES / DC/Vertigo

BEST NEW TALENT – TIE
R. Kikuo Johnson / NIGHT FISHER / Fantagraphics Books
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa / MARVEL KNIGHTS FOUR / Marvel Comics

BEST NEW SERIES
YOUNG AVENGERS / Marvel Comics

BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
RUNAWAYS / Marvel Comics

BEST SYNDICATED STRIP OR PANEL
MAAKIES / Tony Millionaire
Self-syndicated

BEST ANTHOLOGY
SOLO / DC Comics

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM – ORIGINAL
TRICKED / Top Shelf

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM – PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED
BLACK HOLE / Pantheon Books

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
LOVE AND ROCKETS, VOLUME 2, # 15 / Fantagraphics Books

BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND: SO MANY SPLENDID SUNDAYS / Sunday Press Books

BEST AMERICAN EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL
BUDDHA / Vertical Books

BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK
AMERICAN ELF / James Kochalka / www.americanelf.com

SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS
Kyle Baker / PLASTIC MAN / DC Comics

SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND: SO MANY SPLENDID SUNDAYS / Sunday Press Books

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL OR JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION
COMICS JOURNAL / Fantagraphics Books

1 COMMENT

  2. BEST ARTIST
    J.H. Williams III / PROMETHEA / ABC/WildStorm/DC Comics

    Wasn’t Promethea finsihed before the last year? I mean, JH has done a bunch of nice work this year, and deserves the award.

    BEST NEW TALENT – TIE
    R. Kikuo Johnson / NIGHT FISHER / Fantagraphics Books
    Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa / MARVEL KNIGHTS FOUR / Marvel Comics

    Hasn’t Aguirre-Sacasa been writing for Marvel for like 3 years now? Not exactly “new”.

    -Steve!

  3. What’s wrong with me? I’ve actually read at least half of these titles! I haven’t felt like this since Clinton was re-elected.

    Congratulations to all the winners!

  4. Nice one, Todd.

    I’ve read most of these books too. Scary. I have a J.H. Williams original piece of art in my bedroom. It’s a two page spread that’s partly colored in with colored pencils. He’s the real deal, and deserves his shiny award.