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Best Academic/Scholarly Work:
- Comic Art in Korea, by John A. Lent (University Press of Mississippi)
Comics of the Anthropocene: Graphic Narrative at the End of Nature, by José Alaniz (University Press of Mississippi)
Graphic Narratives of Resistance, by Jennifer Boum Make and Charly Verstraet (Edinburgh University Press)
- Latinx Comics Studies: Critical and Creative Crossings, edited by Fernanda Díaz-Basteris and Maite Urcaregui (Rutgers University Press)
- Manga’s First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905–1989, by Andrea Horbinski (University of California Press)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism:
- CANON, by Colin Blanchette and Alex Eklund
- Comic Book Creator, edited by Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)
- Dummy, edited by John Kelly (The Dummy Corporation)
- Shelfdust, edited by Steve Morris, http://www.shelfdust.com
- SKTCHD, by David Harper, http://www.sktchd.com
- SOLRAD: The Online Literary Magazine for Comics, edited by Daniel Elkin, http://www.solrad.co (Fieldmouse Press)
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Best Comics-Related Book:
- Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life, by Dan Nadel (Scribner)
- Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)
- How Comics Are Made, by Glenn Fleishman (Andrews McMeel)
- Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide to Graphic Narrative, by Eleri Harris and Shay Mirk (Abrams ComicArts)
- Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, by Chip Kidd (Abrams ComicArts)
- Ooops…I Just Catharted!: Fifty Years of Cathartic Comics, by Rupert Kinnard, edited by William O. Tyler (Stacked Deck Press)
Best Publications Design:
- The Art of Manga, designed by Tessa Lee (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco/VIZ Media)
- The Essential Peanuts, designed by Shawn Dahl with Chip Kidd (Abrams ComicArts)
- Fruits Basket: The Complete Box Set (Collector’s Edition #13), designed by Wendy Chan (Yen Press)
- Red Light Properties: Unfinished Business, designed by Dan Goldman (Kinjin Storylab)
- The Marvel Art of Michael Allred Slipcase Edition, designed by Kurtis Findlay (Clover Press)
- Weird Science Vol. 1 XXL, designed by Anna-Tina Kessler (TASCHEN)
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Best Webcomic:
- The Accidental Undergrad by Christian Giroux (Fieldmouse Press)
- Keeping Time by Kody Okamoto (keepingtimecomic.com)
- The Legend of Parvaterra by Raúl Arnáiz (WEBTOON)
- Sable: A Ghost Story, by Ethan M. Aldridge (sablecomic.com)
- Superfish, by Peglo (WEBTOON)
- Terran Omega: The Ghosts of War, by PJ Holden (pauljholden.com)
- Tiger, Tiger by Petra Erika Nordlund (tigertigercomic.com)
Best Digital Comic:
- DeadAss, by hakei (VIZ Media)
- In the Real Dark Night, by Jimmy Gownley (G-Ville Comics)
- The Lycan, by Mike Carey, Thomas Jane, David James Kelly, and Diego Yapur (Comixology Originals)
- Overwatch 2: Against the Tide, by Brandon Chen and Velinxi (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Practical Defense Against Piracy, by Tony Cliff (delilahdirk.com)
- The World of Lublu, by Charbak Dipta (The Charbax Store)
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Best Writer:
- Deniz Camp, Absolute Martian Manhunter (DC); Assorted Crisis Events (Image); The Ultimates (Marvel)
- Scott Snyder, Absolute Batman, Batman/Deadpool (DC); By a Thread: Book 2 (Comixology Originals), You Won’t Feel a Thing (DSTLRY)
- Mariko Tamaki, This Place Kills Me (Abrams Fanfare)
- Kelly Thompson, Absolute Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey (DC); Jeff the Land Shark (Marvel)
- Stephanie Williams, Street Sharks (IDW); Roots of Madness (Ignition Press); Temporal (Mad Cave)
- James Tynion IV, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd: The Power of the Blood (BOOM! Studios); Let This One Be a Devil, Red Book (Dark Horse); The City Beneath Her Feet (DSTLRY); The Department of Truth, Exquisite Corpses, W0RLDTR33 (Image); Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man (Image Skybound)
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