Via The Beat, the full lineup of Harvey Award nominations for 2021 have been announced. This year’s ceremony, like last year’s, will be held virtually at New York Comic Con, as part of the ReedPop event’s Metaverse channel. Without further ado, the nominees are as follows:
Book of the Year:
“The Book Tour” by Andi Watson (Top Shelf Productions)
“Cyclopedia Exotica” by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)
“Department of Truth” Vol 1: ‘The End Of The World’ by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds (Image Comics)
“Heaven No Hell” by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)
“Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio” by Derf Backderf (Abrams)
“The Magic Fish” by Trung Le Nguyen (Random House)
“Monsters” by Barry Windsor-Smith (Fantagraphics)
“Stone Fruit” by Lee Lai (Fantagraphics)
“Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen?” by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber (DC Comics)
“Save It For Later: Promises, Protest and Parenthood” by Nate Powell (Abrams)
Digital Book of the Year:
“Adora and The Distance” by Marc Bernardin and Ariela Kristantina (Comixology Originals)
“Crisis Zone” by Simon Hanselmann – Serialized on https://www.instagram.com/simon.hanselmann/
“Cyclopedia Exotica” by Aminder Dhaliwal – Serialized on https://www.instagram.com/aminder_d/
“Friday” by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin – http://panelsyndicate.com/comics/friday
“Lore Olympus” by Rachel Smythe – https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320
Best Children or Young Adult Book:
“Allergic” by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter (Scholastic Graphix)
“Class Act” by Jerry Craft (Quill Tree Books)
“The Magic Fish” by Trung Le Nguyen (Random House)
“Nubia: Real One” by L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smith (DC Comics)
“Twins” by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright (Scholastic Graphix)
Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel:
The Boys by Amazon, based on “The Boys” (DC Comics)
Invincible by Amazon, based on “Invincible” (Image)
Loki by Disney+, based on “The Avengers” (Marvel Comics)
Superman & Lois by The CW, based on “Superman” (DC Comics)
Sweet Tooth by Netflix, based on “Sweet Tooth” (DC/Vertigo)
WandaVision by Disney+, based on “The Avengers” (Marvel Comics)
Best Manga:
“Asadora!” by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
“Boys Run the Riot” by Keito Gaku (Kodansha Comics)
“Chainsaw Man” by Tatsuki Fujimoto (VIZ Media)
“Remina” by Junji Ito (VIZ Media)
“Spy x Family” by Tatsuya Endo (VIZ Media)
Best International Book:
“The City of Belgium” by Brecht Evans, translated by Brecht Evans (Drawn & Quarterly)
“Factory Summers” by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall (Drawn & Quarterly)
“Moms” by Yeong-shin Ma, translated by Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly)
“Paul At Home” by Michel Rabagliati, translated by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall (Drawn & Quarterly)
“The Winter of the Cartoonist” by Paco Roca, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
With the announcement of the nominees comes the opening of the voting period too. The voting period will last until September 6 and is open to industry professionals, professionals in the supporting comic publishing roles, comic book retailers, and librarians. You can vote here. The winners will be announced at an unspecified point during New York Comic Con 2021’s Metaverse event, which itself has not been formally scheduled but is likely to overlap with the primary convention on October 7-10.
