Patrick Horvath's Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees (IDW Publishing) and Briana Loewinsohn's Raised by Ghosts (Fantagraphics) were among the top winners at the 37th annual Harvey Awards, presented on October 10 at New York Comic Con.
Named after cartoonist and editor Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards honor the best print, digital, and international graphic works of the year across six categories. Winners were selected by industry professionals, including writers, artists, editors, publishers, comic book retailers, and librarians, via popular vote. The Harvey Awards Steering Committee is co-chaired by Nellie Kurtzman, John Lind, and Chip Mosher.
This year's podium represented a true melange of publishers, most of which, as with this year's Eisner Awards, are indie houses. IDW and Fantagraphics, which took home some of the the highest honors, also dominated at this year's Harveys, and Go Comics beat out digital comics giant Webtoon for the Digital Book category.
The full list of winners is included below.
- Book of the Year: Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath (IDW Publishing)
- Digital Book of the Year: Sarah’s Scribbles by Sarah Andersen (Go Comics)
- Best Children’s Book: The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud (Graphix)
- Best Young Adult Book: Raised by Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn (Fantagraphics)
- Best Manga: Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama, translated by Stephen Kohler (Kodansha Comics)
- Best International Book: Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 2 by Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido; translated by Diana Schutz & Brandon Kaner (Dark Horse Books)
- Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel: Superman (DC Studios), directed by James Gunn; based on Superman (DC Comics), created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Schuster
