The class 2023 marks the 35th day of remembrance of theHarvey Awards , one of the mostprestigious ceremonial occasion in comics — and a celebration of the myriad forms they ’ve inspire across the world and across culture medium . To punctuate the occasion , io9 has team up with the organisation to hook the lid on this yr ’s campaigner , ahead of the annual jamboree and laurels ceremony atNew York Comic Con .
“ The Harvey Awards continues to distinguish itself by honoring the unequalled talents ask to make the very good graphic novels , ” Harvey Awards co - chair John Lind said in a insistency release provide to io9 . “ This year is specially impressive given the range of diversity among authors , illustrators , and content being created in the domain and we are thrilled to recognize these accomplishments . ”
“ The candidates for this year ’s Harvey Awards represent the amazing spectrum of excellence in the comics battleground , ” co - chair Nellie Kurtzman added . “ We ca n’t wait to honor the creators who filled these past 12 month with such glorious reading . ”
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Highlights from this class ’s nominee include Kate Beaton ’s Ducks : Two Years in the Oil Sands for Book of the Year;Lore Olympus , the wildly pop webseries by Rachel Smythe , up for Digital Book of the Year ; and a stacked Best Manga class — admit two nods for Tatsuki Fujimoto and translator Amanda Haley for bothChainsaw Manand Goodbye , Eri . Beyond the realm of books and into adaptations , Marvel and DC dominate the Best Adaptation from Comic Book / Graphic Novel class with the likes of The Sandman , She - Hulk , Sweet Tooth , andSpider - world : Across the Spider - Verseall make nods alongside the likes ofNimona , Wednesday , and more . condition out the full list of nominees for Book and Digital Book of the Year , Best Children ’s or Young Adult Book , Best Manga , Best International Book , and Best Adaptation from Comic Book / Graphic Novel below , making their debut here on io9 !
Book of the Year
• Acting Class by Nick Drnaso ( Drawn and Quarterly )
• Ducks : Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton ( Drawn and Quarterly )
• Girl Juice by Benji Nate ( Drawn and Quarterly )
• It ’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood ( Image Comics )
• Little Monsters Vol . 1 by Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen ( Image Comics )
• The Man in the McIntosh Suit by Rina Ayuyang ( Drawn and Quarterly )
• Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni ( Abrams ComicArts / Surely )
• Public Domain Vol . 1 by Chip Zdarsky ( Image Comics )
• Who Will Make The Pancakes by Megan Kelso ( Fantagraphics )
Digital Book of the Year
• Barnstormers by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay ( Comixology master )
• Deeply Dave by Grover
• Everything is Fine by Mike Birchall ( WEBTOON )
• Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe ( WEBTOON )
• Ripple Effects by Jordan Hart , Bruno Chiroleu , Justin Harder , and Shane Kadlecik
Best Children’s or Young Adult Book
• Clementine Fox and the Great Island Adventure by Leigh Luna ( Graphix / Scholastic )
• Dungeons & Dragons : Dungeon Club : Roll Call by Molly Knox Ostertag and Xanthe Bouma ( HarperAlley )
• Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra ( First Second )
• Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying ( First Second )
• In Limbo : A Graphic Memoir by Deb JJ Lee ( First Second )
• Northranger by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo ( HarperAlley )
Best Manga
• Cat + Gamer by Wataru Nadatani , translated by Zack Davisson ( Dark Horse Manga )
• Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto , translated by Amanda Haley ( VIZ Media )
• Goodbye , Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto , translate by Amanda Haley ( VIZ Media )
• Shuna ’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki , translate by Alex Dudok de Wit ( First Second )
• Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo , translated by Casey Loe ( VIZ Media )
Best International Book
• Alice on the discharge : One Child ’s journeying Through the Rwandan Civil War by Gaspard Talmasse , translated by Nanette McGuinness ( Life Drawn )
• Always Never by Jordi Lafebre and Clemence Sapin , interpret by Montana Kane ( Dark Horse Books )
• Ashes by Álvaro Ortiz , translated by Eva Ibarzabal ( Top Shelf Productions )
• Blacksad : They All Fall Down Part 1 by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido , translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander ( Dark Horse Books )
• The Extraordinary Part : Book One : Orsay ’s Hands by Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot , transform by M.B. Valente ( Fantagraphics )
• Tiki : A Very Ruff Year by David Azencot , Fred Leclerc and Lucie Firou , translated by Nanette McGuinness ( Life Drawn )
Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel
• American Born Chinese ( Disney+ ) , based on American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang ( First Second )
• Drops of God ( Apple TV+ ) , based on Drops of God by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto ( Vertical )
• Moon Knight ( Disney+ ) , free-base on Moon Knight ( Marvel Comics )
• Nimona ( Netflix ) , point by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane , based on Nimona by ND Stevenson ( Quill Tree Books )
• The Sandman ( Netflix ) , ground on The Sandman ( DC Comics )
• She - Hulk ( Disney+ ) base on She - Hulk ( Marvel Comics )
• Spider - Man : Across the Spider - Verse , directed by Joaquim Dos Santos , Kemp Powers , and Justin K. Thompson , based on Spider - Man ( Marvel Comics )
• The Stuff of Legend – The Board Game , found on The Stuff of Legend by Mike Raicht Brian Smith and Charles Paul Wilson III ( Th3rd World Studios )
• Sweet Tooth Season 2 ( Netflix ) base on Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire ( DC Comics )
• Wednesday ( Netflix ) , based on The Addams Family by Charles Addams
The Harvey Awards Gala will take spot at New York Comic Con , which runs this twelvemonth from October 12 - 15 . More details about the ceremony and the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame nominees will be revealed at a posterior date .
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