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Harvey Award Nominees 2026
Posted by Brigid Alverson on July 7, 2026 @ 4:29 pm CT

The Harvey Awards Committee has announced the slate of nominees for the 2026 awards, and it’s a bigger slate than ever, with 49 nominees across seven categories, including 10 nominees for the Book of the Year alone.Voting for the awards is open to comics industry professionals, including creators, publishing professionals, comics retailers, and librarians, and runs from July 7 through August 28, 2026.  Selected professionals have already been registered and will receive an email, while others can apply at theHarvey Awards Apply to Votepage.The winners will be announced at the Harvey Awards Ceremony on October 9, during New York Comic Con. Brad and Lisa Gullickson of the Comic Book Couples Counseling podcast will host the ceremony. Book of the Year 

• Absolute BatmanVol. 1: The Zoo by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta (DC Comics)
• Absolute Martian Manhunter Vol. 1: Martian Vision by Deniz Camp & Javier Rodriguez (DC Comics)
• Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistanceby Ben Passmore (Pantheon)
• Cannonby Lee Lai (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Dromeby Jesse Lonergan (23rd Street Books/Macmillan)
• The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Griefby Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
• A Garden of Spheresby Linnea Sterte (Peow2)
• More Weight: A Salem Storyby Ben Wickey (Top Shelf/IDW Publishing)
• The Once and Future Riotby Joe Sacco (Metropolitan/Holt)
• The Weightby Melissa Mendes (Drawn & Quarterly)

• In the Real Dark Nightby Jimmy Gownley (Webcomic)
• The Keluarga Cable Ship Companyby Mereida Fajardo (UK Digital)
• The Lycanby Mike Carey, Thomas Jane, David James Kelly, and Diego Yapur (Comixology Originals)
• Nap Comixby Rachael Smith (WEBTOON)
• Practical Defense Against Piracyby Tony Cliff (Webcomic)
• Terran Omega: The Ghosts of Warby PJ Holden (Webcomic)
• The World of Lublu by Charbak Dipta(The Charbax Store)

Best Children’s Book

• A Fishboy Named . . . Sashimiby Dan Santat (Roaring Brook Press)
• Inbetweensby Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
• The New Girl: First Crushby Cassandra Calin (Scholastic)
• Night Chefby Mika Song (Random House Graphic)
• Young Shadow & the Watchdogsby Ben Sears (Fantagraphics)

Best Young Adult Book

• Angelica and the Bear Princeby Trung Le Nguyen (Random House Graphic)
• Flipby Ngozi Ukazu (First Second)
• Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit: A Graphic Novelby Kim Hyun Sook & Ryan Estrada (Penguin Workshop)
• Hello Sunshineby Keezy Young (Little, Brown Ink)
• This Place Kills Meby Mariko Tamaki & Nicole Goux (Abrams Fanfare)

Best Manga 

• Billy Batby Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki (Kana/Abrams)
• He Rolled Me Up Like a Grilled Squidby Yoshiharu Tsuge (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Landby Kazumi Yamashita (Yen Press)
• Miss Rukiby Fumiko Takano (NYR Comics)
• My Gorilla Familyby Iijima Ichiro (Living the Line)
• My Life in 24 Frames Per Secondby Rintaro (Kana/Abrams ComicArts)

Best International Book

• Animanby Anouk Ricard (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Buff Soulby Moa Romanova (Fantagraphics)
• Mary Painby Lola Lorente (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Nocturnosby Laura Perez (Fantagraphics)
• Tiodora’s Letters: An Enslaved Woman’s Fight for Family and Freedomby Marcelo D’Salete (Fantagraphics)
• Witchcraftby Sole Otero (Fantagraphics)

Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel

• The Boys — Season 5(Prime Video). Based onThe Boysby Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson (Dynamite Entertainment)
• Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc(Theatrical — Crunchyroll/Sony). Based onChainsaw Manby Tatsuki Fujimoto (VIZ Media)
• Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle(Theatrical — Crunchyroll/Sony). Based onDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaibaby Koyoharu Gotouge (VIZ Media)
• Invincible — Season 4(Prime Video). Based onInvincibleby Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker & Ryan Ottley (Image Comics/Skybound)
• LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight(Warner Bros. Games — PS5/Xbox/Switch/PC). Based onBatman(DC Comics), created by Bob Kane & Bill Finger
• My Hero Academia — Final Season(Crunchyroll). Based onMy Hero Academiaby Kōhei Horikoshi (VIZ Media)
• One Piece — Season 2(Netflix). Based onOne Pieceby Eiichiro Oda (VIZ Media)
• Peacemaker — Season 2(HBO Max). Based onPeacemaker(DC Comics, orig. Charlton), created by Joe Gill & Pat Boyette
• Spider-Noir(Prime Video/MGM+). Based onSpider-Man Noir(Marvel Comics) by David Hine, Fabrice Sapolsky & Carmine Di Giandomenico
• Your Letter(Netflix). Based onYour Letterby Hyeon A. Cho (WEBTOON/Naver)

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Brigid Alverson
Contributing Editor. Alverson has been writing about comics since she launched MangaBlog in 2005. She wrote the Comics A.M. column for Robot 6 (now part of CBR), and currently edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. In her earlier life, she had roles at magazine and book publishers.
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