Best Writer
Kurt Busiek for Kurt Busiek’s
Astro City
[ Homage ]
Dan Clowes for Eightball
[ Fantagraphics ]
Garth Ennis for Preacher
[ DC/Vertigo ]
Alan Moore for From Hell
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
James Robinson for Starman
[ DC ]
Best Artist
Charles Burns for Black Hole
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Mike Mignola for Hellboy: Wake the Devil
[ Dark Horse Comics ]
Alex Ross for Kingdom Come
[ DC ]
Steve Rude for Nexus: Executioner’s Song
[ Dark Horse Comics ]
Mark Schultz for Xenozoic Tales
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Best Cartoonist
Charles Burns for Black Hole
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Dan Clowes for Eightball
[ Fantagraphics ]
Frank Miller for Sin City
[ Dark Horse Comics ]
Jeff Smith for Bone
[ Cartoon/Image ]
Chris Ware for Acme Novelty Library
[ Fantagraphics ]
Special Award for Humor
Sergio Aragones
Peter Bagge
Dan Clowes
Jeff Smith
Jay Stephens
Best Inker
Charles Burns for Black Hole
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Dan Clowes for Eightball
[ Fantagraphics ]
Jaime Hernandez for Whoa
Nellie
[ Fantagraphics ]
Mark Schultz for Xenozoic Tales
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Scott Williams for Fantastic
Four
[ Marvel ]
Best Letterer
Dan Clowes for Eightball
[ Fantagraphics ]
Todd Klein for Kingdom Come
[ DC ]
Tom Orzechowski for Spawn
[ Image ]
Dave Sim for Cerebus
[ Aardvark-Vanaheim ]
Richard Starkings & Comicraft for Kurt Busiek’s Astro City
[ Homage ]
Best Colorist
Laura Allred for Madman
Comics
[ Dark Horse Comics ]
Electric Crayon for The Crow:
City of Angels
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Matt Hollingsworth for Preacher
[ DC/Vertigo ]
Chris Ware for Acme Novelty Library
[ Fantagraphics ]
Jim Woodring for Jim
[ Fantagraphics ]
Best Cover Artist
Dan Clowes for Eightball #17
[ Fantagraphics ]
Glenn Fabry for Preacher #17
[ DC/Vertigo ]
Dave McKean for Cages #9
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Alex Ross for Kingdom Come #1
[ DC ]
Mark Schultz for Xenozoic
Tales #14
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Special Award for
Excellence in Presentation
Acme Novelty Library
by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware
[ Fantagraphics ]
Barry Windsor-Smith:
Storyteller by Barry Windsor-Smith, edited by Diana Schutz, art
directed by Mark Cox and Cary Grazzini
[ Dark Horse Comics ]
Fax From Sarajevo by
Joe Kubert, edited by Bob Cooper, art directed by Brian Gogolim and
Mark Cox
[ Dark Horse Comics ]
Kafka by David Zane
Mairowitz and R. Crumb, edited by NC Christopher Couch, art directed by
Amie Brockway
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Kingdom Come by Mark
Waid and Alex Ross, edited by Mike Carlin, art directed by Robbin
Brosterman
[ DC ]
Best New Series
Barry Windsor-Smith:
Storyteller by Barry Windsor-Smith, edited by Diana Schutz
[ Dark Horse Comics ]
Berlin by Jason Lutes
[ Black Eye ]
Leave it to Chance
by James Robinson and Paul Smith, edited by Jonathan Peterson
[ Image ]
New Love by Gilbert
Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth
[ Fantagraphics ]
Terminal City by Dean
Motter and Michael Lark, edited by Shelly Roeberg
[ DC/Vertigo ]
Best Continuing or Limited
Series
Kurt Busiek’s Astro City
by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson, edited by Jonathan Peterson
[ Homage ]
Black Hole by Charles
Burns, edited by Phil Amara and Robert Boyd
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Eightball by Dan
Clowes, edited by Gary Groth
[ Fantagraphics ]
Hellboy: Wake the Devil
by Mike Mignola, edited by Scott Allie
[ Dark Horse Comics ]
Kingdom Come by Mark
Waid and Alex Ross, edited by Mike Carlin
[ DC ]
Best Single Issue or Story
Acme Novelty Library #7
by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson
[ Fantagraphics ]
Black Hole #3 by
Charles Burns, edited by Robert Boyd
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Eightball #17 by Dan
Clowes, edited by Gary Groth
[ Fantagraphics ]
From Hell #10 by Alan
Moore and Eddie Campbell, edited by NC Christopher Couch
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Xenozoic Tales #14 by
Mark Schultz, edited by David Shriner and NC Christopher Couch
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Best Graphic Album of
Original Work
Fax From Sarajevo
by Joe Kubert, edited by Bob Cooper
[ Dark Horse Comics ]
Joyride by Carol Lay,
edited by Phil Amara
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Suckle: The Status of Basil
by Dave Cooper, edited by Gary Groth
[ Fantagraphics ]
Waiting For Food: Restaurant
Placemat Drawings by R. Crumb, edited by Hansje Joustra
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Will Eisner Sketch Book
by Will Eisner, edited by NC Christopher Couch
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Best Graphic Album of
Previously Published Material
Astro City: Life in the
Big City by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson, edited by Ann
Huntington Busiek
[ Homage ]
Aviation Art of Russell
Keaton by Russell Keaton, edited by NC Christopher Couch
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
It’s a Good Life If You
Don’t Weaken by Seth
[ Drawn & Quarterly ]
Life of the Party by
Mary Fleener, edited by Gary Groth
[ Fantagraphics ]
Orgy Bound by Dan
Clowes, edited by Gary Groth
[ Fantagraphics ]
Best Anthology
Dark Horse Presents
, edited by Bob Schreck
[ Dark Horse Comics ]
Death Rattle ,
edited by Phil Amara, NC Christopher Couch and Catherine Garnier
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Drawn & Quarterly
, edited by Chris Oliveros, Marina Lesenko, and Steve Solomos
[ Drawn & Quarterly ]
Negative Burn ,
edited by Joe Pruett
[ Caliber ]
Zero Zero , edited by
Kim Thompson
[ Fantagraphics ]
Best Syndicated Strip
Dilbert by Scott
Adams
[ United Feature ]
Life in Hell by Matt
Groening
[ Acme Features ]
Story Minutes by
Carol Lay
[ Self-syndicated ]
Underworld by Kaz
[ Self-syndicated ]
Zippy by Bill
Griffith
[ King Features ]
Best Biographic,
Historical, or Journalistic Presentation
Comics, Comix, and Graphic
Novels: A History of Comic Art by Roger Sabin
[ Phaidon Press Ltd. ]
The Comics Journal
, edited by Gary Groth and Tom Spurgeon
[ Fantagraphics ]
Graphic Storytelling
by Will Eisner, edited by Dave Schreiner
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
The Great Women Superheroes
by Trina Robbins, edited by NC Christopher Couch
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Jack Kirby Collector ,
edited by John Morrow
[ TwoMorrows ]
Best American Edition of
Foreign Material
Gon by Masashi
Tanaka, edited by Andrew Helfer
[ DC/Paradox ]
Adolf: The Half-Aryan
by Osamu Tezuka, translated by Yuji Oniki, edited by Annette Roman
[ Viz ]
Oh My Goddess by
Kosuke Fujishima, translated by Dana Lewis and Toren Smith, edited by
Dave Chipps
[ Dark Horse/Studio Proteus ]
Gunsmith Cats by
Kenichi Sonoda, translated by Dana Lewis and Toren Smith, edited by
Dave Chips
[ Dark Horse/Studio Proteus ]
Comics Underground Japan
by various, edited by Kevin Quigley
[ Blast Books ]
Best Domestic Reprint
Project
Aviation Art of Russell
Keaton by Russell Keaton, edited by NC Christopher Couch
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Batman: The Dark Knight
Returns — 10th Anniversary Hardcover Edition by Frank
Miller, original series edited by Dick Giordano and Dennis O’Neil,
reprint edition edited by Archie Goodwin and Bob Kahan
[ DC ]
Li’l Abner by Al Capp
edited by James Vance and NC Christopher Couch
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Pogo by Walt Kelly,
edited by Tom Spurgeon and Rebecca Bowen
[ Fantagraphics ]
Yellow Kid Card Set
by R.F. Outcault, edited by NC Christopher Couch
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]
Best New Talent
Jessica Abel (Artbabe, Self-published)
Rodolfo Damaggio (Artist, Green
Arrow , DC)
Walt Holcombe ( King of Persia
, Self-published)
John Mueller ( Oink: Heaven’s
Butcher , Kitchen Sink Press)
Gary Shipman ( Pakkin’s Land
, Caliber/Tapestry)
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