Conheça os indicados ao importante prêmio Harvey Awards das HQs

O Harvey Awards, segundo prêmio mais importante dos quadrinhos nos EUA, anunciou seus indicados à premiação de 2008 recentemente. Numa tendência que se acentua nas últimas edições, o Harvey está cada vez mais pop.

Tanto que Captain America 25, a edição com a morte do Capitão América, sucesso de vendas no ano passado, está indicada na categoria "Melhor edição ou história". Os prêmios dos quadrinhos, assim como o Oscar, costumam fazer a separação entre sucessos de bilheteria e sucesso de crítica. Esta divisão está desaparecendo.

O prêmio continua seu caso de amor com os quadrinhos Disney – que são pouco notados por outros prêmios e pelo mercado, mas no Harvey estão presentes em quase todas as categorias. William Van Horn, desenhista do Tio Patinhas, recebeu nada menos que cinco indicações.

No mais, o prêmio repete indicados do Eisner Awards, inegáveis destaques de 2007, como All Star Superman, Astonishing X-Men, Umbrella Academy, o escritor Ed Brubaker, o capista James Jean...

Confira abaixo a relação completa de categorias e indicados:

MELHOR ESCRITOR

• Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Marvel Comics
• Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
• Grant Morrison, All Star Superman, DC Comics
• William Van Horn, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone
• Brian K. Vaughan, Y: The Last Man, Vertigo/DC Comics

MELHOR ARTISTA

• Gabriel Ba, Umbrella Academy, Dark Horse Comics
• John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men, Marvel Comics
• Guy Davis, BPRD, Dark Horse Comics
• Frank Quitely, All Star Superman, DC Comics
• William Van Horn, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone

MELHOR CARTUNISTA

• Darwyn Cooke, The Spirit, DC Comics
• Matt Kindt, Super Spy, Top Shelf
• Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
• Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, Oni Press
• Vasilis Lolos, Last Call, Oni Press
• William Van Horn, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone

MELHOR GRAPHIC NOVEL ORIGINAL

• The Arrival, Scholastic Books
• Donald Duck: The Case of the Missing Mummy, Gemstone
• Exit Wounds, Drawn & Quarterly
• Laika, First Second
• Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, Oni Press

MELHOR GRAPHIC NOVEL – REEDIÇÃO DE MATERIAL

• The Annotated Northwest Passage, Oni Press
• Antiques, Volume 1, Gemstone
• Captain America Omnibus, Volume 1, Marvel Comics
• Damned, Volume 1, Oni Press
• Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, Marvel Comics

MELHOR REPUBLICAÇÃO DE MATERIAL NACIONAL

• Complete Peanuts, Fantagraphics Books
• Complete Terry and the Pirates, IDW
• EC Archives, Gemstone
• Popeye, Fantagraphics Books
• Walt and Skeezix, Drawn & Quarterly

MELHOR EDIÇÃO AMERICANA DE MATERIAL ESTRANGEIRO

• Eduardo Risso's Tales of Terror, Dynamite Entertainment
• Exit Wounds, Drawn & Quarterly
• Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Abrams
• Moomin, Volume 2, Drawn & Quarterly
• Witchblade Manga, Top Cow/Image

PRÊMIO ESPECIAL DE HUMOR

• Chris Eliopoulos, Franklin Richards series, Marvel Comics
• Nicholas Gurewitch, Perry Bible Fellowship, www.pbfcomics.com
• Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
• Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, Oni Press
• William Van Horn, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone

MELHOR HQ ONLINE

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney
• EZ Street, Robert Tinnell and Mark Wheatley
• Penny Arcade, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik
• Perry Bible Fellowship, Nicholas Gurewitch
• Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo, Dwight L. Macpherson, Thomas Boatwright and Thomas Mauer

PRÊMIO ESPECIAL POR DESTAQUE EM APRESENTAÇÃO

• The Annotated Northwest Passage, Scott Chantler, Oni Press
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books
• EC Archives, Various, edited by John Clark, Gemstone
• Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened, edited by Jason Rodriguez, Villard
• Super Spy, Matt Kindt, Top Shelf

MELHOR EDIÇÃO OU HISTÓRIA

• Alice in Sunderland, Dark Horse Comics
• All Star Superman # 8, DC Comics
• Captain America # 25, Marvel Comics
• Donald Duck: The Case of the Missing Mummy, Gemstone
• I Killed Adolf Hitler, Fantagraphics Books
• Immortal Iron Fist # 7, Marvel Comics
• Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen # 1, Oni Press

MELHOR APRESENTAÇÃO BIOGRÁFICA, HISTÓRICA OU JORNALÍSTICA

• Blah Blah Blog, Tom Brevoort, http://www.marvel.com/blogs/Tom%20Brevoort/
• The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth and Michael Dean, Fantagraphics Books
• Meanwhile...Comics!, John, Jason and Scott, http://www.meanwhilecomics.com
• The Naked Artist: Comic Book Legends, Bryan Talbot and Hunt Emerson, Moonstone Books
• Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, edited by J.C. Vaughn, Gemstone
• Reading Comics: How Graphic Albums Work and What They Mean, Douglas Wolk, Da Capo Press

MELHOR CAPISTA

• John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men, Marvel Comics
• Marko Djurdjevic, Daredevil, Marvel Comics
• James Jean, Fables, Vertigo/DC Comics
• Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Dark Horse Comics
• William Van Horn, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone

MELHOR LETRISTA

• Chris Eliopoulos, Daredevil, Marvel Comics
• Jared K. Fletcher, The Spirit, DC Comics
• Willie Schubert, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Gemstone
• Douglas E. Sherwood, Local, Oni Books
• Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library, Acme Novelty

MELHOR COLORISTA

• Susan Daigle-Leach, Uncle Scrooge, Gemstone
• Jamie Grant, All Star Superman, DC Comics
• Matt Hollingsworth, Daredevil, Marvel Comics
• Matt Kindt, Super Spy, Top Shelf
• Laura Martin, Thor, Marvel Comics

MELHOR ARTE-FINALISTA

• Stefano Gaudiano, Daredevil, Marvel Comics
• Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
• Steve Leialoha, Fables, DC Comics
• Mark Morales, Thor, Marvel Comics
• Kevin Nowlan, Witchblade, Top Cow/Image

MELHOR CARTUM OU TIRA

• Doonesbury, Garry Trudeau, Universal Press Syndicate
• Get Fuzzy, Darby Conley, United Feature Syndicate
• The K Chronicles, Keith Knight, Self-Syndicated
• The Mighty Motor-Sapiens, Mark Wheatley, Daniel Krall, Robert Tinnell, MJ Butler,
• Craig Taillerfer, Matthew Plog, and Jerry Carr, Self-Syndicated
• Mutts, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate

MELHOR MINISSÉRIE OU SÉRIE

• All Star Superman, DC Comics
• Captain America, Marvel Comics
• Damned, Oni Press
• Daredevil, Marvel Comics
• Umbrella Academy, Dark Horse Comics
• Uncle Scrooge, Gemstone Comics

MELHOR NOVA SÉRIE

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
• The Order, Marvel Comics
• Resurrection, Oni Press
• Thor, Marvel Comics
• Umbrella Academy, Dark Horse Comics

MELHOR NOVO TALENTO

• Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books
• Jeff Lemire, Essex County, Top Shelf
• Vasilis Lolos, Last Call, Oni Press
• Robbi Rodriguez, Maintenance, Oni Press
• Christian Slade, Korgi #1: Sprouting Wings, Top Shelf

MELHOR ANTOLOGIA

• Flight Volume 4, editada por Kazu Kibuishi, Ballantine Books
• Mome Volume 8, editada por Gary Groth and Eric Reynolds, Fantagraphics Books
• Popgun Volume 1, editada por Joe Keatinge and Mark Andrew Smith, Image Books
• Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened, editada por Jason Rodriquez, Villard
• Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, editada por John Clark, Gemstone