Best Short Story
- “A Birdsong Shatters the Still,” by Jeff Wilson and Ted May, in Injury #4 (Ted May/Alternative)
- “Elmview” by Jon McNaught, in Dockwood (Nobrow)
- “Moon 1969: The True Story of the 1969 Moon Launch,” by Michael Kupperman, in Tales Designed to Thrizzle #8 (Fantagraphics)
- “Moving Forward,” by drewscape, in Monsters, Miracles, & Mayonnaise (Epigram Books)
- “Rainbow Moment,” by Lilli Carré, in Heads or Tails (Fantagraphics)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
- Lose #4: “The Fashion Issue,” by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
- The Mire, by Becky Cloonan (self-published)
- Pope Hats #3, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
- Post York #1, by James Romberger and Crosby (Uncivilized Books)
- Tales Designed to Thrizzle #8, by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics)
Best Continuing Series
- Fatale, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
- Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
- The Manhattan Projects, by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra (Image)
- Prophet, by Brandon Graham and Simon Roy (Image)
- Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
Best New Series
- Adventure Time, by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (kaboom!)
- Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
- Fatale, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
- Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
- Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7)
- Babymouse for President, by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House)
- Benny and Penny in Lights Out, by Geoffrey Hays (Toon Books/Candlewick)
- Kitty & Dino, by Sara Richard (Yen Press/Hachette)
- Maya Makes a Mess, by Rutu Modan (Toon Books/Candlewick)
- Zig and Wikki in The Cow, by Nadja Spiegelman and Trade Loeffler (Toon Books/Candlewick)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12)
- Adventure Time, by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (kaboom!)
- Amulet Book 5: Prince of the Elves, by Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
- Cow Boy: A Boy and His Horse, by Nate Cosby and Chris Eliopoulos (Archaia)
- Crogan’s Loyalty, by Chris Schweizer (Oni)
- Hilda and the Midnight Giant, by Luke Pearson (Nobrow)
- Road to Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
- Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens, by Meredith Gran (kaboom!)
- Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, by Joseph Lambert (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney Hyperion)
- Ichiro, by Ryan Inzana (Houghton Mifflin)
- Spera, vol. 1, by Josh Tierney et al. (Archaia)
- A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted by Hope Larson (FSG)
Best Humour Publication
- Adventure Time, by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (kaboom!)
- BBXX: Baby Blues Decades 1 & 2, by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman (Andrews McMeel)
- Darth Vader and Son, by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)
- Naked Cartoonists, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
Best Digital Comic
Best Anthology
- Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
- No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics, edited by Justin Hall (Fantagraphics)
- Nobrow #7: Brave New World, edited by Alex Spiro and Sam Arthur (Nobrow)
- 2000 AD, edited by Matt Smith (Rebellion)
- Where Is Dead Zero?, edited by Jeff Ranjo (Where Is Dead Zero?)
Best Reality-Based Work
- Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, by Joseph Lambert (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney Hyperion)
- The Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song, by Frank M. Young and David Lasky (Abrams ComicArts)
- A Chinese Life, by Li Kunwu and P. Ôtié (Self Made Hero)
- The Infinite Wait and Other Stories, by Julia Wertz (Koyama Press)
- Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me, by Ellen Forney (Gotham Books)
- You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart, by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics)
Best Graphic Album—New
- Building Stories, by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
- Goliath, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
- The Hive, by Charles Burns (Pantheon)
- Unterzakhn, by Leela Corman (Schocken)
- You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart, by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics)
Best Adaptation from Another Medium
- Chico and Rita, by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal (Self Made Hero)
- Homer’s Odyssey, adapted by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury)
- Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
- Road to Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
- A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted by Hope Larson (FSG)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint
- Cruisin’ with the Hound, by Spain (Fantagraphics)
- Ed the Happy Clown, by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Everything Together: Collected Stories, by Sammy Harkham (PictureBox)
- Heads or Tails, by Lilli Carré (Fantagraphics)
- King City, by Brandon Graham (TokyoPop/Image)
- Sailor Twain, or The Mermaid in the Hudson by Mark Siegel (First Second)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
- Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, vol. 2, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
- Mister Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann’s Sprightly Cousin, by Johnny Gruelle, edited by Rick Marschall (Fantagraphics)
- Percy Crosby’s Skippy, vol. 1, edited by Jared Gardner and Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
- Pogo, vol. 2: Bona Fide Balderdash, by Walt Kelly, edited by Carolyn Kelly and Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
- Roy Crane’s Captain Easy: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
- Crime Does Not Pay Archives, edited by Philip Simon and Kitchen, Lind & Associates (Dark Horse)
- David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil Born Again: Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
- Wally Wood’s EC Stories: Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
- Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge: Only a Poor Old Man, by Carl Barks, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
- Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby’s Romance Comics, edited by Michel Gagné (Fantagraphics)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material
- Abelard, by Régis Hautiere and Renaud Dillies (NBM)
- Athos in America, by Jason (Fantagraphics)
- Blacksad: Silent Hell, by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)
- The Making of, by Brecht Evens (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Monsieur Jean: The Singles Theory, by Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian (Humanoids)
- New York Mon Amour, by Benjamin LeGrand, Dominique Grange, and Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
- Barbara, by Osamu Tezuka (Digital Manga)
- A Chinese Life, by Li Kunwu and P. Ôtié (Self Made Hero)
- Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
- Nonnonba, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Thermae Romae, by Mari Yamazaki (Yen Press/Hachette)
Best Writer
- Ed Brubaker, Fatale (Image)
- Matt Fraction, Hawkeye (Marvel); Casanova: Avaritia (Marvel Icon)
- Brandon Graham, Multiple Warheads, Prophet (Image)
- Jonathan Hickman, The Manhattan Projects (Image)
- Brian K. Vaughan, Saga (Image)
- Frank M. Young, The Carter Family (Abrams ComicArts)
Best Writer/Artist
- Charles Burns, The Hive (Pantheon)
- Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories, vol. 5 (Fantagraphics)
- Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories, vol. 5 (Fantagraphics)
- Luke Pearson, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, Everything We Miss (Nobrow)
- C. Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart (Fantagraphics)
- Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon)
Best Penciller/Inker
- David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)
- Becky Cloonan, Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse); The Muse (self-published)
- Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain)
- Sean Phillips, Fatale (Image)
- Joseph Remnant, Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland (Zip Comics/Top Shelf)
- Chris Samnee, Daredevil (Marvel); Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom (IDW)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
- Brecht Evens, The Making Of (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
- Teddy Kristiansen, The Red Diary/The RE[a]D Diary (MAN OF ACTION/Image)
- Lorenzo Mattotti, The Crackle of the Frost (Fantagraphics)
- Katsuya Terada, The Monkey King vol. 2 (Dark Horse)
Best Cover Artist
- David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)
- Brandon Graham, King City, Multiple Warheads, Elephantmen #43 (Image)
- Sean Phillips, Fatale (Image)
- Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)
- J, H. Williams III, Batwoman (DC)
Best Colouring
- Charles Burns, The Hive (Pantheon)
- Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain)
- Brandon Graham, Multiple Warheads (Image)
- Dave Stewart, Batwoman (DC); Fatale (Image); BPRD, Conan the Barbarian, Hellboy in Hell, Lobster Johnson, The Massive (Dark Horse)
- Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon)
Best Lettering
- Paul Grist, Mudman (Image)
- Troy Little, Angora Napkin 2: Harvest of Revenge (IDW)
- Joseph Remnant, Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland (Zip Comics/Top Shelf)
- C. Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart (Fantagraphics)
- Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
- Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
- ComicsAlliance, edited by Joe Hughes, Caleb Goellner, and Andy Khouri
- The Comics Reporter, edited by Tom Spurgeon
- Robot Six, produced by Comic Book Resources
- tcj.com, edited by Timothy Hodler and Dan Nadel (Fantagraphics)
Best Comics-Related Book
- The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist, edited by Alvin Buenaventura (Abrams ComicArts)
- Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics, by Dewey Cassell (TwoMorrows)
- Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, by Sean Howe (HarperCollins)
- Mastering Comics, by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden (First Second)
- Team Cul De Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson’s, edited by Chris Sparks (Andrews McMeel)
- Woodwork: Wallace Wood 1927–1981, edited by Frédéric Manzano (CasalSolleric/IDW)
Best Educational/Academic Work
- Autobiographical Comics: Life Writing in Pictures, by Elisabeth El Refaie (University Press of Mississippi)
- Comics Versus Art, by Bart Beaty (University of Toronto Press)
- Crockett Johnson & Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children’s Literature, by Philip Nel (University Press of Mississippi)
- Lynda Barry: Girlhood Through the Looking Glass, by Susan E. Kirtley (University Press of Mississippi)
- The Poetics of Slumberland, by Scott Bukatman (University of California Press)
Best Publication Design
- Building Stories, designed by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
- Dal Tokyo, designed by Gary Panter and Family Sohn (Fantagraphics)
- David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil Born Again: Artist’s Edition, designed by Randy Dahlk (IDW)
- Mister Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann’s Sprightly Cousin, designed by Tony Ong (Fantagraphics)
- Wizzywig, designed by Ed Piskor and Chris Ross (Top Shelf)
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