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The nominees for the 2024 Harvey Awards have been announced, with comics from around the world being spotlighted as the best in their their individual arenas as well as the be-all, end-all best of the year. Over 50 comics across seven key categories have been chosen, giving one more reason (as if you needed one) to read some amazing comics. 

This year's Harvey Awards nominees across seven categories cover the gamut of the comics medium, from books to digital offerings, as well as international titles (and specifically manga), and into the categories of children's and young adult work. And unlike most other comics awards, the Harvey also highlights adaptations of comics - be it as live-action movies, animated series, as well as video games and musicals.

This year, there are two books vying for two awards each; Roaming by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki is nominated for both 'Best Young Adult Book' and 'Book of the Year,' while Deena Mohamed's Shubeik Lubeik is up for 'Book of the Year' and 'Best International Book.' 

Fantagraphics and Webtoon garnered the most nominations with six each - with Webtoon taking six of the 10 nominations for 'Digital Book of the Year.'

Ed Brubaker, who has won in the past for work on Marvel's Captain America and Daredevil, has two projects in contention; his and Sean Phillips' Where the Body Was is up for 'Book of the Year,' while Friday by he and Marcos Martin is up for 'Digital Book of the Year.'

Molly Osterag is in similar shape, competing for 'Best Children's Book' with her and Xanthe Bouma's Dungeons & Dragons Club: Time to Party, and 'Best Young Adult Book' with Deep Dark.

Rachel Smythe's Lore Olympus won 'Digital Book of the Year' for the past three years, and is again in contention for this year's award. The seminal Blacksad series is in a similar trajectory, again up for 'Best International' for its seventh volume.

Organized by the Harvey Awards Executive Committee and ReedPop (Popverse's parent company), the nominees for this year's Harvey Awards are being determined by a select group of comics industry professionals, press, publishers, creators, educators, librarians, and retailers. They are currently going through the longboxes, bookshelves, websites, and apps to determine the best comic books, graphic novels, manga, and adaptations of the past year.

The Harvey awards are named for the late writer/artist Harvey Kurtzman, co-creator of the iconic humor comic anthology Mad and a key figure in the North American comics industry and was a mentor to icons such as Robert Crumb, Drew Friedman, and Terry Gillam.  

With the nominees now announced, now is the time to vote. The Harvey Awards welcomes professionals from across the comic book industry to vote on this year’s awards. This means all professional creators – writers, artists, colors, letterers, designers and editors are eligible to vote. In addition to professional creators, publishing professionals (sales, marketing, etc.), comic book retailers and librarians are also eligible to vote. If you fit any of the above criteria or work in the comic book industry, apply to vote on the Harvey Awards website.

The winners will be announced in the annual Harvey Awards ceremony honoring all of the nominees. The event will take place the evening of Friday, October 18 at New York Comic Con 2024.

Here are the nominees for the 2024 Harvey Awards:

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,  (VIZ)
• Soichi: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito (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)
• Ashes by Alvaro Ortiz (Top Shelf Productions)
• A Boy Named Rose by Geniller (Fairsquare Graphics)
• Transitions 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)

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