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2022 Harvey Award Winners Announced

By | October 8th, 2022
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'The Good Asian' #1
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The 2022 Harvey Awards, honoring the year’s best comic books and associated media, were held at New York Comic Con last night. Image Comics racked up two wins, with Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi’s historical thriller “The Good Asian” winning Book of the Year, and Mirka Andolfo’s demonic sex comedy “Sweet Paprika” being named Best International Book.

For the second year in a row, Rachel Smythe’s “Lore Olympus” won Digital Book of the Year, Tatsuki Fujimoto’s “Chainsaw Man” won Best Manga, and Marvel Studios won Best Adaptation, this time for Ms. Marvel. Best Children’s or Young Adult Book went to Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh’s Middle East and North Africa-inspired fantasy “Squire.”

As was previously announced, this year’s Harvey Awards Hall of Fame inductees consisted of “The Sandman” writer Neil Gaiman, former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas, “The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers” creator Gilbert Shelton, and Marge Buell (1904-1993), the creator of the original “Little Lulu” comic strip.

Here is the year’s full list of nominees, with the winners highlighted in bold:

Book of the Year:

– “Ballad for Sophie” by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia, translated by Gabriela Soares (Top Shelf Productions)
– “Crisis Zone” by Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics)
– “Department of Truth, Vol 3: Free Country” by James Tynion IV, Jorge Fornes, David Romero, John J. Pearson, Tyler Boss, Elsa Charretier and Alison Sampson (Image Comics)
– “Far Sector” by N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell (DC Comics)
– “The Good Asian, Vol. 1” by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi (Image Comics)
– “The Many Deaths of Laila Starr” by Ram V, Filipe Andrade, & Ines Amaro (BOOM! Studios)
– “Lightfall Book 2: Shadow of the Bird” by Tim Probert (HarperAlley)
– “Nice House on the Lake” by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez Bueno (DC Comics)
– “Run: Book One” by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury and Nate Powell (Abrams Books)
– “Sisters of the Mist” by Marlyn Spaaij (Flying Eye Books)

Digital Book of the Year:

– “Everything is Fine” by Mike Birchall
– “I’m Fine I’m Fine Just Understand” by ND Stevenson
– “Lore Olympus” by Rachel Smythe
– “Love Everlasting” by Tom King and Elsa Charretier
– “Snow Angels” by Jeff Lemire and Jock (Comixology Originals)

Best Children’s or Young Adult Book:

– “The Aquanaut” by Dan Santat (Scholastic Graphix)
– “Lightfall Book 2: Shadow of the Bird” by Tim Probert (HarperAlley)
– “Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American” by Laura Gao (HarperAlley)
– “Squire” by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh (HarperAlley)
– “Swim Team” by Johnnie Christmas (HarperAlley)

Best Manga:

– “Blood on the Tracks” by Shuzo Oshimi, translated by Daniel Komen (Vertical Comics)
– “Blue Lock” by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, translated by Nate Derr (Kodansha Comics)
– “Cat + Gamer” by Wataru Nadatani, translated by Zack Davission (Dark Horse Comics)
– “Chainsaw Man” by Tatsuki Fujimoto, translated by Amanda Haley (VIZ Media)
– “Red Flowers” by Yoshiharu Tsuge, translated by Ryan Holmberg (Drawn & Quarterly)
– “Spy x Family” by Tatsua Endo, translated by Casey Loe (VIZ Media)

Best International Book:

– “Ballad for Sophie” by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia, translated by Gabriela Soares (Top Shelf Productions)
– “Castaways” by Pablo Monforte and Laura Perez, translated by Silvia Perea Labayen (Dark Horse Comics)
– “Sweet Paprika” by Mirka Andolfo (Image Comics)
– “This is How I Disappear” by Mirion Malle, translated by Aleshia Jensen and Bronwyn Haslam (Drawn & Quarterly)
– “The Waiting” by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translated by Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly)
– “Yellow Cab” by Benoît Cohen and Christophe Chabouté, translated by Edward Gauvin (IDW Publishing)

Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel:

The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, based on Batman (DC Comics)
El Deafo (Apple TV+), based on “El Deafo” by CeCe Bell (Abrams Books)
Heartstopper (Netflix), based on “Heartstopper” by Alice Oseman (Hachette Children’s Group)
– Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game” board game based on “Mind MGMT” by Matt Kindt (Dark Horse Comics)
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Ms. Marvel (Disney+) based on “Ms. Marvel” (Marvel Comics)
Paper Girls (Amazon Prime Video), based on “Paper Girls” by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image Comics)
Paris, 13th District directed by Jacques Audiard, based on ‘Amber Sweet,’ ‘Hawaiian Getaway,’ and ‘Killing and Dying’ by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)
Peacemaker (HBO Max), based on The Peacemaker (DC Comics)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, based on Shang-Chi (Marvel Comics)


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Christopher Chiu-Tabet

Chris is the news manager of Multiversity Comics. A writer from London on the autistic spectrum, he enjoys tweeting and blogging on Medium about his favourite films, TV shows, books, music, and games, plus history and religion. He is Lebanese/Chinese, although he can't speak Cantonese or Arabic.

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