BEST WRITER

•  Ed Brubaker | DAREDEVIL | Marvel Comics

•  Grant Morrison | ALL-STAR SUPERMAN | DC Comics

•  Steve Murphy | UMBRA | Image Comics

•  Don Rosa | UNCLE SCROOGE | Gemstone Publishing

•  William Van Horn | WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES | Gemstone Publishing

•  Brian K. Vaughn | Y: THE LAST MAN | DC/Vertigo

BEST ARTIST

•  Brian Fies | MOM'S CANCER | Abrams

•  Renee French | THE TICKING | Top Shelf

•  Stuart Immonen | NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF HATE | Marvel Comics

•  Frank Quitely | ALL-STAR SUPERMAN | DC Comics

•  Don Rosa | UNCLE SCROOGE | Gemstone Publishing

•  William Van Horn | WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES | Gemstone Publishing

BEST CARTOONIST

•  Jaime Hernandez | LOVE & ROCKETS | Fantagraphics

•  Kevin Huizenga | CURSES | Drawn & Quarterly

•  Bryan Lee O'Malley | SCOTT PILGRIM & THE INFINITE SADNESS | Oni Press

•  Dan Piraro | BIZARRO | King Features Syndicate

•  Don Rosa | UNCLE SCROOGE | Gemstone Publishing

• William Van Horn | WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES | Gemstone Publishing

BEST LETTERER

•  Jon Babcock | UNCLE SCROOGE | Gemstone Comics

•  Chris Eliopoulos | FRANKLIN RICHARDS | Marvel Comics

•  Hope Larson | GRAY HORSES | Oni Press

•  Troy Peteri | NECROMANCER | Marvel Comics

•  Stan Sakai | USAGI YOJIMBO | Dark Horse Comics

•  Willie Schubert | WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES | Gemstone Publishing

BEST INKER

•  Jaime Hernandez | LOVE & ROCKETS | Fantagraphics

•  Ryan Kelly | LOCAL | Oni Press

•  Steve Leialoha | FABLES | DC/Vertigo

•  Danny Miki | ETERNALS | Marvel Comics

•  Joe Weems | HUNTER-KILLER | Top Cow / Image

BEST COLORIST

•  Susan Daigle-Leach | WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES | Gemstone Publishing

•  Steve Firchow | HUNTER-KILLER | Top Cow / Image

•  Jamison Services | WILL EISNER'S THE SPIRIT, VOLUME 19 | DC Comics

•  Lark Pien | AMERICAN BORN CHINESE | First Second

•  Scott Rockwell | UNCLE SCROOGE | Gemstone Publishing

BEST COVER ARTIST

•  John Cassaday | ASTONISHING X-MEN | Marvel Comics

•  James Jean | FABLES | DC/Vertigo

•  J.G. Jones | 52 | DC Comics

•  Don Rosa | UNCLE SCROOGE | Gemstone Publishing

•  Marc Silvestri | HUNTER-KILLER | Top Cow / Image

BEST NEW TALENT (Representative work listed)

•  Lilli Carr é | TALES OF WOODSMAN PETE | Top Shelf

•  Brian Fies | MOM'S CANCER | Abrams

•  Alexa Kitchen | DRAWING COMICS IS EASY! (EXCEPT WHEN IT'S HARD) | DKP

•  Matthew Loux | SIDESCROLLERS | Oni Press

•  Stjepan Sejic | WITCHBLADE | Top Cow / Image

BEST NEW SERIES

•  CIVIL WAR | Marvel Comics

•  52 | DC Comics

•  NECROMANCER | Top Cow / Image

•  THE SPIRIT | DC Comics

•  WASTELAND | Oni Press

BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES

•  DAREDEVIL | Marvel Comics

•  LOCAL | Oni Press

•  THE SPIRIT | DC Comics

•  UMBRA | Image Comics

•  WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES | Gemstone Publishing

BEST SYNDICATED STRIP OR PANEL

•  ANTIQUES: THE COMIC STRIP | J.C. Vaughn, Brendan Fraim & Brian Fraim | Well-Defined Productions

•  DOONESBURY | Garry Trudeau | Universal Press Syndicate

•  THE K CHRONICLES | Keith Knight | United Comics / Salon.com

•  MAAKIES | Tony Millionaire | Self-syndicated

•  MUTTS | Patrick McDonnell | King Features Syndicate

BEST ANTHOLOGY

•  THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS | Houghton Mifflin

•  FLIGHT, VOL. 3 | Ballantine Books

•  HOTWIRE COMIX AND CAPERS | Fantagraphics

•  MOME | Fantagraphics

•  WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES | Gemstone Publishing

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM - PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED

•  ABSOLUTE NEW FRONTIER | DC

•  CASTLE WAITING | Fantagraphics

•  THE EC ARCHIVES: WEIRD SCIENCE | Gemstone Publishing

•  GHOST OF HOPPERS | Fantagraphics

•  POLLY & THE PIRATES | Oni Press

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY

•  CIVIL WAR # 1 | Marvel Comics

•  FUN HOME : A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC | Houghton Mifflin

•  GANGES # 1 | Fantagraphics

•  MOM'S CANCER | Abrams

•  PRIDE OF BAGHDAD | DC/Vertigo

•  SCHIZO #4 | Fantagraphics

•  SOLO #11 | DC Comics

BEST AMERICAN EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL

•  ABANDON THE OLD IN TOKYO | Yoshihiro Tatsumi | Drawn and Quarterly

•  KAMPUNG BOY | Lat | First Second

•  KLEZMER: BOOK ONE: TALES OF THE WILD EAST | Joann Sfar | First Second

•  MOOMIN | Tove Jansson | Drawn and Quarterly

•  ODE TO KIRIHITO | Osamu Tezuka | Vertical

BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK

•  AMERICAN ELF | James Kochalka | americanelf.com

•  THE CHELATION KID | Robert Tinnell & Craig A. Taillefer | thechelationkid.com

•  GIRL GENIUS | Phil & Kaja Foglio | www.girlgeniusonline.com

•  PERRY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP | Nicholas Gurewitch | www.thepbf.com

•  PVP | Scott Kurtz | www.pvponline.com

SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION

•  THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN | DC Comics

•  CARTOON AMERICA : COMIC ART IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS | Abrams

•  THE EC ARCHIVES: WEIRD SCIENCE and SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES | Gemstone Publishing

•  THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SCROOGE MCDUCK COMPANION | Gemstone Publishing

•  LOST GIRLS | Top Shelf

•  POPEYE : I YAM WHAT I YAM | Fantagraphics

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM - ORIGINAL

•  AMERICAN BORN CHINESE | Gene Luen Yang | First Second

•  BILLY HAZELNUTS | Tony Millionaire | Fantagraphics

•  FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC | Alison Bechdel | Houghton Mifflin

•  PRIDE OF BAGHDAD | Brian K. Vaughn & Nino Henrichon | DC/Vertigo

•  SCOTT PILGRIM & THE INFINITE SADNESS | Bryan Lee O'Malley | Oni Press

BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT

•  COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD'S DICK TRACY | IDW Publishing

•  COMPLETE PEANUTS | Fantagraphics

•  EC ARCHIVES | Gemstone Publishing

•  POPEYE: I YAM WHAT I YAM | Fantagraphics

•  WALT & SKEEZIX | Drawn and Quarterly

SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS

•  Evan Dorkin | DORK | SLG Publishing

•  Michael Kupperman | TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE | Fantagraphics

•  Bryan Lee O'Malley | SCOTT PILGRIM & THE INFINITE SADNESS | Oni Press

•  Dan Piraro | BIZARRO | King Features Syndicate

•  Don Rosa | UNCLE SCROOGE | Gemstone Publishing

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, OR JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION

•  ART OUT OF TIME: UNKNOWN COMIC VISIONARIES 1900-1969 | Abrams

•  COMIC ART | Buenaventura Press

•  THE COMICS JOURNAL | Fantagraphics

•  MAKING COMICS | HarperCollins

•  THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE | Gemstone Publishing