2025 Harvey Award Nominations Announced

Aug 13, 2025

The Harvey Awards have announced this year’s 41 nominated authors and illustrators across seven categories, including Book of the Year, Best Children’s Book, and Best Manga. Winners will be announced this October during New York Comic Con at Manhattan’s Javits Center.

The nominees are:

Book of the Year

Final Cut by Charles Burns (Pantheon)
Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto (Marvel Comics)
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath (IDW Publishing)
Helen of Wyndhorn by Tom King and Bilquis Evely (Dark Horse)
Precious Metal: From the World of Little Bird by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (Image Comics)

Digital Book of the Year

Sarah’s Scribbles by Sarah Anderson (Go Comics)
Castle Swimmer by Wendy Lian Martin (Webtoon)
Morgana and Oz by Miyuli (Webtoon)
Resenter by Gigi Murakami (VIZ Manga)
The Mafia Nanny by SH00 and Violet Matter (Webtoon)

Best Children’s Book

Mixed-Up by Kami Garcia and Brittney Williams (First Second)
Free Piano (Not Haunted) by Whitney Gardner (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Chickenpox by Remy Lai (Allen & Unwin)
Song for You and I by Kay O’Neil (RH Graphic)
The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud (Graphix)
Weirdo by Tony Weaver Jr., Jess Wibowo, and Cin Wibowo (First Second)

Best Young Adult Book

How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger (Greenwillow Books)
Raised by Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn (Fantagraphics)
Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries (HarperAlley)
Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang (First Second)
Navigating with You by Jeremy Whitley, Cassio Ribeiro, and Nikki Foxrobot (Maverick/Mad Cave)

Best Manga

The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All by Sumiko Arai, trans. by Ajani Oloye (Yen Press)
Tokyo These Days by Taiyo Matsumoto, trans. by Michael Arias (Viz Media)
The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren, trans. by Ajani Oloye (Yen Press)
Wind Breaker by Satoru Nii, trans. by Jacqueline Fung (Kodansha Comics)
Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama, trans. by Stephen Kohler (Kodansha Comics)

Best International Book

Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 2 by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, trans. by Diana Schutz & Brandon Kaner (Dark Horse Books)
Muybridge by Guy Delisle, trans. by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet, from the novel by Cormac McCarthy (Abrams)
Mothballs by Sole Otero, trans. by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
Sunday by Olivier Schrauwen (Fantagraphics)

Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel

Agatha All Along (Disney+), showrun by Jac Schaeffer. Based on Agatha Harkness (Marvel Comics), created by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby
Berlin: The Play (Court Theatre), adapted by Mickle Maher and directed by Charles Newell. Based on Berlin by Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly)
Boop! The Musical with music by David Foster, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, and book by Bob Martin. Based on Betty Boop created by Max Fleischer and Grim Natwick
Cat Kid Comic Club!: The Musical with music by Brad Alexander, book and lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila. Based on Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey (Graphix)
Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+), showrun by Dario Scardapane. Inspired by Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. Daredevil created by Stan Lee & Bill Everett
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Marvel Studios), directed by Matt Shakman. Based on The Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics), created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Paying For It, directed by Sook-Yin Lee. Based on Paying For It by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Penguin (Max Original), showrun by Lauren LeFranc. Based on The Penguin (DC Comics), created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger
Superman (DC Studios), directed by James Gunn. Based on Superman (DC Comics), created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster
Thunderbolts (Marvel Studios), directed by Jake Schreier. Based on Thunderbolts (Marvel Comics), created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley

Voting is open to select industry professionals until September 2.