Best Writer

Kurt Busiek for Astro City
[ Image ]

Dan Clowes for Eightball
[ Fantagraphics ]

Garth Ennis for Preacher
[ DC/Vertigo ]

Neil Gaiman for Sandman
[ DC/Vertigo ]

Alan Moore for From Hell
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Best Artist

Charles Burns for Black Hole
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Mike Mignola for Hellboy
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Frank Miller for Sin City
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Bill Sienkiewicz for Voodoo Child
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Chris Ware for Acme Novelty Library
[ Fantagraphics ]

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 Books/Image ]

Chris Ware for Acme Novelty Library
[ Fantagraphics ]

Special Award for Humor

Doug Allen

Peter Bagge

Dan Clowes

Evan Dorkin

Jeff Smith

Best Inker

Gerhard for Cerebus
[ Aardvark-Vanaheim ]

Kevin Nowlan for Superman vs. Aliens
[ DC /Dark Horse ]

Jimmy Palmiotti for Ash
[ Image ]

Wade Von Grawbadger for Starman
[ DC ]

Jim Woodring for Jim
[ Fantagraphics ]

Best Cover Artist

Dan Clowes for Eightball #16
[ Fantagraphics ]

Tony Harris for Starman #10
[ DC ]

Adam Hughes for Ghost #1
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Dave McKean for Sandman #71
[ DC ]

Alex Ross for Astro City #1
[ Image ]

Best Letterer

Dan Clowes for Eightball
[ Fantagraphics ]

Todd Klein for Sandman
[ DC ]

Tom Orzechowski for Spawn
[ Image ]

Dave Sim for Cerebus
[ Aardvark-Vanaheim ]

Richard Starkings & Comicraft for Astro City
[ Image ]

Chris Ware for Acme Novelty Library
[ Fantagraphics ]

Best Colorist

Laura Allred for Madman
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Mark Chiarello for Vigilante
[ DC ]

Matt Hollingsworth for Grendel Tales: Devil’s Choice
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Angus McKie for Martha Washington Goes to War
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Chris Ware for Acme Novelty Library
[ Fantagraphics ]

Best Continuing or Limited Series

Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware; edited by Kim Thompson
[ Fantagraphics ]

Bone by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books/Image Comics)

Eightball by Dan Clowes; edited by Gary Groth
[ Fantagraphics ]

From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell; edited by Phil Amara
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Sin City by Frank Miller
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Stray Bullets by David Lapham
[ El Capitan ]

Best New Series

Astro City by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
[ Image ]

Black Hole by Charles Burns; edited by Phil Amara
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Optic Nerve by Adrian Tomine; edited by Chris Oliveros
[ Drawn & Quarterly ]

Preacher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon; edited by Axel Alonso
[ DC/Vertigo ]

Stray Bullets by David Lapham
[ El Capitan ]

Best Single Issue or Story

Astro City #1 by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
[ Image ]

Blab! #8 by various; edited by Monte Beauchamp
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Black Hole #1 by Charles Burns; edited by Phil Amara
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Eightball #15 by Dan Clowes; edited by Gary Groth
[ Fantagraphics ]

Sandman #69 by Neil Gaiman and Marc Hempel; edited by Karen Berger
[ DC ]

Self-Loathing #1 by Robert Crumb and Aline-Kominsky Crumb; edited by Gary Groth
[ Fantagraphics ]

Sin City: Silent Night by Frank Miller; edited by Bob Schreck
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Best New Talent

Ivan Brunetti
[ Schizo /Antarctic Press ]

Zandar Cannon
[ Replacement God /Slave Labor ]

Joe Chiapetta
[ Silly Daddy /Spit and a Half ]

David Mack
[ Kabuki /Caliber ]

Adrian Tomine
[ Optic Nerve /Drawn & Quarterly ]

Best Anthology

Blab! edited by Monte Beauchamp
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Dark Horse Presents edited by Bob Schreck
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Drawn & Quarterly edited by Marina Lesenko
[ Drawn & Quarterly ]

Negative Burn edited by Joe Pruett and Charles Moore
[ Caliber ]

Zero Zero edited by Kim Thompson
[ Fantagraphics ]

Best Graphic Album of Original Material

Confessions Of A Cereal Eater by Rob Maisch and Scott Hampton, Bo Hampton, Rand Holmes and Sandy Plunkett; edited by Scott Hampton and Letitia Glozer
[ NBM ]

Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood by Will Eisner; edited by Chris Couch
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Jar Of Fools,Vol. 2 by Jason Lutes; edited by Michel Vrana
[ Black Eye ]

Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse; edited by Bronwyn Carlton Taggart
[ Paradox ]

Voodoo Child by Marty Green and Bill Sienkiewicz; edited by Phil Amara
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Best Graphic Album of Preivously Released Material

Best Of Negative Burn by various; edited by Joe Pruett and Charles Moore
[ Caliber ]

Hellboy: The Wolves Of St. August by Mike Mignola; edited by Barbara Kesel and Scott Alley
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Madman Adventures Collection by Michael Allred; edited by Phil Amara
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Pussey! by Dan Clowes; edited by Gary Groth
[ Fantagraphics ]

Tale Of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot; series edited by Randy Stradley; collection edited by Lynn Adair
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Best Amercian Edition of Foreign Material

Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo; translated by Yoko Umezawa and Jo Duffy; edited by Kochi Yuri, Hisataka Nishitani and Marie Javins
[ Marvel/Epic ]

Button Man: The Killing Game by John Wagner and Arthur Ranson; edited by Phil Amara
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Ghost In The Shell by Masamune Shirow; translated by Frederick Schodt and Toren Smith; edited by Lynn Adair, Peet Janes, Greg Vest and Marilee Hord
[ Dark Horse Comics ]

Heavy Metal by various artists; edited by Kevin Eastman
[ Heavy Metal ]

Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind by Hayao Miyazkai; translated by Matt Thorn; edited by Annette Roman
[ Viz ]

Best Domestic Reprint

Alley Oop Vol. 3 by V. T. Hamlin; edited by Frank Stack, Lee Castro, Dave Schreiner and Chris Couch
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

The Complete Crumb Comics by Robert Crumb; edited by Mark Thompson
[ Fantagraphics ]

Li'l Abner by Al Capp; edited by Chris Couch
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Pogo by Walt Kelly; edited by Tom Spurgeon and Rebecca Bowen
[ Fantagraphics ]

Yellow Kid by R. F. Outcault; edited by Christopher Couch
[ 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 ]

Blab! #8 by various artists; edited and art directed by Monte Beauchamp
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Jar Of Fools,Vol. 2 by Jason Lutes; edited by Michel Vrana
[ Black Eye ]

Narrative Corpse by various artists; edited by Art Spiegelman and R. Sikoryak; art directed by Art Spiegelman
[ RAW Books/Gates of Heck ]

Yellow Kid by R. F. Outcault; edited by Christopher Couch; art direction by Tamara Sibert and Amie Brockway
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation

Comic Buyer's Guide edited by Don and Maggie Thompson
[ Krause ]

The Comics Journal edited by Gary Groth and Frank Young
[ Comics Journal Inc. ]

Comic Strip Century edited by Bill Blackbeard and Dale Crain
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Crumb directed by Terry Zwigoff (Superior Pictures)

Yellow Kid by R. F. Outcault; edited by Christopher Couch; art direction by Tamara Sibert and Amie Brockway
[ Kitchen Sink Press ]

Best Syndicated Strip

Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson
[ Universal Press ]

Dilbert by Scott Adams
[ United Features ]

For Better Or Worse by Lynn Johnston
[ Universal Press ]

Underworld by Kaz
[ Self-syndicated ]

Zippy by Bill Griffith
[ King Features ]