Chester Brown | Louis Riel
Drawn & Quarterly Publishing

Gilbert Hernandez | Love & Rockets
Fantagraphics Books

Alan Moore | Promethea
America's Best Comics / Wildstorm / DC Comics

Brian Vaughn | Y: The Last Man
DC Comics

Mark Waid | Fantastic Four
Marvel Comics

Best Artist

Charles Burns | Black Hole
Fantagraphics Books

Jaime Hernandez | Love & Rockets
Fantagraphics Books

George Perez | Avengers / JLA
DC Comics / Marvel Comics

Craig Thompson | Blankets
Top Shelf Productions

Ashley Wood | Popbot
IDW Publishing

Best Cartoonist

Chester Brown | Louis Riel
Drawn & Quarterly Publishing

Charles Burns | Black Hole
Fantagraphics Books

Jaime Hernandez | Love & Rockets
Fantagraphics Books

Jeff Smith | Bone
Cartoon Books

Craig Thompson | Blankets
Top Shelf Productions

Special Award for Humor in Comics

Jimmy Gownley | Amelia Rules
Renaissance Books

Sam Henderson | Magic Whistle
Alternative Comics

Batton Lash | Supernatural Law
Exhibit A Press

Tony Millionaire | Sock Monkey
Dark Horse Comics

Johnny Ryan | Angry Youth Comix
Fantagraphics Books

Special Award for Excellence in Presentation

Acme Novelty Datebook | Chris Ware
Drawn & Quarterly Publishing

Popbot | Ashley Wood
IDW Publishing

Project Telstar
AdHouse Books

Quimby the Mouse | Chris Ware
Fantagraphics Books

Yossel | Joe Kubert
edited by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
ibooks

Best New Series

Belly Button | Sophie Crumb
Fantagraphics Books

Human Target | Peter Milligan and Javier Pulido
DC Comics

Love Fights | Andi Watson
Oni Press

Plastic Man | Kyle Baker
DC Comics

The Pogostick | Al Columbia and Ethan Persoff
Fantagraphics Books

Best Continuing or Limited Series

Black Hole | Charles Burns
Fantagraphics Books

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume II | Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
America's Best Comics / Wildstorm / DC Comics

Love & Rockets | Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez
edited by Gary Groth
Fantagraphics Books

Promethea | Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III
America's Best Comics / Wildstorm / DC Comics

Supernatural Law | Batton Lash
Exhibit A Press

Best Single Issue or Story

Astro City Vol. 3, #2 | Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
Homage / Wildstorm / DC Comics

Black Hole #11 | Charles Burns
Fantagraphics Books

CSI: Serial #1-5 | Max Allan Collins, Gabriel Rodriguez and Ashley Wood
IDW Publishing

Gotham Central #6-10 | Greg Rucka and Michael Lark
DC Comics

Love & Rockets #9 | Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez
Fantagraphics Books

Quicken Forbidden #12 | Dave Roman and John Green
Cryptic Press

Supernatural Law #38 | Batton Lash
Exhibit A Press

Best Graphic Album of Original Work

Blankets | Craig Thompson
Top Shelf Productions

The Fixer | Joe Sacco
Drawn & Quarterly Publishing

Nightmare Alley | Spain Rodriguez
Fantagraphics Books

Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and a Hard Place | Brian Azzarello and Joe Kubert
DC Comics

Yossel | Joe Kubert
ibooks

Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work

Louis Riel | Chester Brown
Drawn & Quarterly Publishing

Palomar | Gilbert Hernandez
Fantagraphics Books

Quimby the Mouse | Chris Ware
Fantagraphics Books

Summer of Love | Debbie Drechsler
Drawn & Quarterly Publishing

Vic & Blood | Harlan Ellison with Richard Corben
ibooks

Best Anthology

Comics Journal 2003 Winter Special
edited by Gary Groth
Fantagraphics Books

Drawn & Quarterly #5
edited by Chris Oliveros
Drawn & Quarterly Publishing

Kramer’s Ergot #4
edited by Sammy Harkham
Avodah Books *

Nickelodeon Magazine: "The Comic Book" section
edited by Chris Duffy & Dave Roman
Nickelodeon Magazines, Inc.

Project Telstar
edited by Chris Pitzer
AdHouse Books

Best Inker

Charles Burns | Black Hole
Fantagraphics Books

Mick Gray | Promethea
America's Best Comics / Wildstorm / DC Comics

Jaime Hernandez | Love & Rockets
Fantagraphics Books

Jimmy Palmiotti | Two-Step
Cliffhanger / Wildstorm / DC Comics

Scott Williams | Batman
DC Comics

Best Letterer

Todd Klein | Promethea
America's Best Comics / Wildstorm / DC Comics

Clem Robins | 100 Bullets
Vertigo / DC Comics

Robbie Robbins | Dark Days
IDW Publishing

Dave Sim | Cerebus
Aardvark-Vanaheim

Richard Starkings | Superman / Batman
DC Comics

Best Colorist

Jeromy Cox | Promethea
America's Best Comics / Wildstorm / DC Comics

Bill Crabtree | Invincible
Image Comics

Alex Sinclair | Arrowsmith
Cliffhanger / Wildstorm / DC Comics

Dave Stewart | Beware The Creeper!
DC Comics

Chris Ware | Acme Novelty Datebook
Drawn & Quarterly Publishing

Best Syndicated Strip or Panel

Doonesbury | G.B. Trudeau
Syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate

Maakies | Tony Millionaire
Syndicated by the Artist

Mutts | Patrick McDonnell
Syndicated by King Features Syndicate

Underworld | Kaz
Syndicated by the Artist

Zippy | Bill Griffith
Syndicated by King Features Syndicate

Best Biographical, Historical Or Journalistic Presentation

Comic Art Magazine
Comic Art

Comic Book Artist
TwoMorrows / Top Shelf

The Comics Journal
Fantagraphics Books

Stan Lee: And the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book
Chicago Review Press

Will Elder: The Mad Playboy of Art
Fantagraphics Books

Best American Edition of Foreign Material

The Bloody Streets of Paris | Jacques Tardi
edited by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
ibooks

5 is the Perfect Number | Igort
Drawn & Quarterly Publishing

Icaro | Jiro Taniguchi and Moebius
edited by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
ibooks

The Iron Wagon | Jason
edited by Kim Thompson
Fantagraphics Books

Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi
Pantheon Books

Best Domestic Reprint Project

Cat on a Hot Thin Groove | Gene Deitch
edited by Gary Groth
Fantagraphics Books

Honour Among Punks | Gary Reed and Guy Davis
ibooks

Krazy and Ignatz | George Herrimann
edited by Bill Blackbeard
Fantagraphics Books

Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years
edited by Denis Kitchen
Dark Horse Comics

Spirit Archives | Will Eisner
edited by Dale Crain
DC Comics

Vietnam Journal | Don Lomax
edited by Hilary Hughes and Dwight Jon Zimmerman
ibooks

Best New Talent

Teratoid Heights | Mat Brinkman
Highwater Books *

Unlikely | Jeffrey Brown
Top Shelf Productions

Belly Button Comix | Sophie Crumb
Fantagraphics Books

Same Difference and Other Stories | Derek Kirk Kim
Alternative Comics *

Sweaterweather | Sara Varon
Alternative Comics *

Best Cover Artist

Charles Burns | Black Hole
Fantagraphics Books

Tomer Hanuka | Bipolar
Alternative Comics

Adam Hughes | Wonder Woman
DC Comics

Dave Johnson | 100 Bullets
Vertigo / DC Comics

Alex Ross | Astro City
Homage / DC Comics