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| founded = 1976

| founder = Gary Groth
Michael Catron

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| headquarters = Seattle, Washington

| distribution = W. W. Norton & Company (United States)
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Kim Thompson
Eric Reynolds

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| imprints = Eros Comix
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Redbeard Inc.

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Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and (formerly) the erotic Eros Comix imprint. They have managed several awards for achievement in comic books.

History

= Founding =

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Fantagraphics was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Michael Catron in College Park, Maryland. The company took over an adzine named The Nostalgia Journal, which it renamed The Comics Journal.{{cite web|quote=...transforming it from an adzine into a magazine of news and criticism that just happened to carry advertisements|url=http://www.tcj.com/messboard/viewtopic.php?t=1340&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20|website=The Comics Journal Message Board|title=The Comics Journal #32 (January 1977)}}{{dead|date=February 2024}}

As comics journalist (and former Fantagraphics employee) Michael Dean writes, "the publisher has alternated between flourishing and nearly perishing over the years." Kim Thompson joined the company in 1977, using his inheritance to keep the company afloat.{{cite news|last=Dean|first= Michael|url=http://www.tcj.com/254/n_fanta.html|title=Comics Community Comes to Fantagraphics' Rescue|work=The Comics Journal|date=July 11, 2003}} (He soon became a co-owner.){{cite book|author-link=Tom Spurgeon|last1=Spurgeon|first1= Tom|first2=Jacob |last2=Covey|title=Comics As Art: We Told You So|location= Seattle, WA|publisher=Fantagraphics|date=2016|isbn=978-1606999332}}

The company moved from Washington, D.C., to Stamford, Connecticut, to Los Angeles over its early years, before settling in Seattle in 1989.{{cite news|last=Matos|first= Michelangelo|url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2004-09-15/arts/saved-by-the-beagle/|title=Saved by the Beagle|work=Seattle Arts|date=September 15, 2004}}

Beginning in 1981 Fantagraphics (under its Redbeard Inc. imprint){{cite magazine|magazine=Amazing Heroes|number=7|date=December 1981|page=5|title=Indicia}} published Amazing Heroes, a magazine which examined comics from a hobbyist's point of view,Spurgeon and Dean, "'Everything was in Season.'" Kim Thompson: "We decided to do a magazine that would cover the mainstream in a more fannish manner." as another income stream to supplement The Comics Journal.Spurgeon and Dean, "'Everything was in Season.'" Kim Thompson: "If you want to look at it cynically, we set out to steal The Comic Reader{{'}}s cheese. Which we did." Amazing Heroes ran for 204 issues (plus a number of specials and annuals), folding with its July 1992 issue.{{cite news|department=Newswatch|title=Amazing Heroes Folding|work=The Comics Journal|number=149 |date=March 1992|page= 22}}

= Comics publisher =

Beginning in 1979, Fantagraphics began publishing comics, starting with Jay Disbrow's The Flames of Gyro.{{cite web|url=http://www.comics.org/issue/854466/|title=GCD :: Issue :: The Flames of Gyro|access-date=February 6, 2016}} They gained wider recognition in 1982 by publishing the Hernandez brothers' Love and Rockets,{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/6-alternative-comics-publishers-you-need-to-know-and-read-8975315|title=6 Alternative Comics Publishers You Need to Know — And Read|last=Schmidt|first=Joseph|date=January 18, 2017|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=August 17, 2017}} and moved on to such critically acclaimed and award-winning series as Acme Novelty Library, Eightball, and Hate.

The company moved operations to Greater Los Angeles in 1984.

Catron acted as Fantagraphics' co-publisher until 1985 (also handling advertising and circulation for The Comics Journal from 1982 to 1985), when he left the company.{{cite web|url=http://www.bailsprojects.com/%28S%28euvopi45ji5gunarjfrdourx%29%29/bio.aspx?Name=CATRON%2c+MIKE|title=Mike Catron|work=Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999 |access-date=January 10, 2021}}

= The Kirby Awards and the Harvey Awards =

From 1985 to 1987, Fantagraphics coordinated and presented (through their magazine Amazing Heroes) The Jack Kirby Award for achievement in comic books, voted on by comic-book professionals. The Kirby Award was managed by Dave Olbrich, a Fantagraphics employee (and later publisher of Malibu Comics). In 1987, a dispute arose when Olbrich and Fantagraphics each claimed ownership of the awards.{{cite web | url = https://funnybookfanatic.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-the-jack-kirby-comics-industry-awards-a-lesson-in-honesty/ | first=Dave|last= Olbrich | date= December 17, 2008 | title= The End of the Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards: A Lesson in Honesty | publisher= Funny Book Fanatic (Dave Olbrich official blog) | access-date= August 22, 2015 | archive-date=June 24, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130624035429/http://funnybookfanatic.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-the-jack-kirby-comics-industry-awards-a-lesson-in-honesty/ | url-status=live}} A compromise was reached, and, starting in 1988, the Kirby Award was discontinued and two new awards were created:"Newswatch: Kirby Awards End In Controversy," The Comics Journal #122 (June 1988), pp. 19–20. the Eisner Awards, managed by Olbrich; and the Fantagraphics-managed Harvey Awards, named for cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman.

= Relocation to Seattle =

In 1989, Fantagraphics relocated from Los Angeles to its current location in the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.

In 1990, the publisher introduced Eros Comix, a lucrative line of erotic comics that provided a replacement revenue stream for Amazing Heroes and which helped the company again avoid bankruptcy.

Longtime employee Eric Reynolds joined Fantagraphics in 1993, first as news editor for The Comics Journal from 1993, before moving to marketing and promotion in 1996.{{Cite web |url = http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_5/ |title = CR Holiday Interview #9: Eric Reynolds |last=Spurgeon |first= Tom|author-link=Tom Spurgeon|work = The Comics Reporter |date = January 4, 2008 |access-date = June 3, 2011}} Groth and Thompson acknowledged Reynolds was key to the company's rise to profitability.{{cite news|first=Sean T. |last=Collins|url=https://seantcollins.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FantaSTC.pdf |title=Armed and Dangerous|work=Wizard|number=138 |date=March 2003|page=43|quote=Kim Thompson: 'By any standard, Eric's the stabilizing third wheel on the erratic Groth-Thompson bicycle.'}}

Tom Spurgeon, later known as the publisher of The Comics Reporter, was editor of The Comics Journal from 1994 to 1999.{{cite news|title=Comics Reporter Blog Reaches Anniversary|date=October 10, 2007|publisher=Editor & Publisher}}

= Financial ups and downs =

In 1998, Fantagraphics was forced into a round of layoffs; and in 2003 the company almost went out of business, losing over $60,000 in the wake of the 2002 bankruptcy of debtor and book trade distributor Seven Hills Distribution.{{cite news|last=Dean|first=Michael|url=http://www.tcj.com/246/n_booktrade.html |title=Seven Hills Follows LPC into Limbo, Marvel Abandons Diamond for CDS|work=The Comics Journal|date=August 30, 2002}} One employee quit during the subsequent downsizing while denouncing Fantagraphics' "disorganization and poor management." Fantagraphics was saved by a restructuring and a successful appeal to comic book fandom that resulted in a huge number of orders. After restructuring, the company has had greater success with such hardcover collections as The Complete Peanuts, distributed by W. W. Norton & Company.

In 2009, Fantagraphics ceased publishing the print edition of The Comics Journal,{{cite news|url=http://archives.tcj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=9&Itemid=48 |title=The 300th and final magazine-sized issue of the Comics Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430083410/http://archives.tcj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=9&Itemid=48 |archive-date=April 30, 2012 |work=The Comics Journal|number=300}} shifting from an eight-times a year publishing schedule to a larger, more elaborate, semi-annual format supported by a new website.{{cite news|last=Phegley|first= Kiel|url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23532 |title=Rethinking 'The Comics Journal'|work=Comic Book Resources|date=October 30, 2009}}{{cite web|author-link=Tom Spurgeon|last=Spurgeon|first= Tom|url=http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/subscriber_letter_tcj_moves_more_dramatically_on_line_semi_annual_in_print/ |title=TCJ Moves More Dramatically On-Line; Print Version To Come Out Two Times A Year|work= The Comics Reporter|date=October 27, 2009}}

= European line =

Starting in 2005, Fantagraphics began a European graphic novel line,Kozinn, Allan. [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/fantagraphics-seeks-support-with-a-kickstarter-campaign/ "Fantagraphics Seeks Support With a Kickstarter Campaign,"] New York Times (November 6, 2013) starting with the co-publication of the Ignatz Series, edited and produced by the Italian artist Igort. The publisher announced a deal with Jacques Tardi in March 2009 that would see co-publisher Thompson translate a large number of his books.{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Spurgeon |author-link=Tom Spurgeon |url=http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_newsmaker_kim_thompson_on_fantagraphics_publishing_jacques_tardi/ |title=CR Newsmaker: Kim Thompson On Fantagraphics Publishing Jacques Tardi |publisher=The Comics Reporter |date=March 9, 2009 |access-date=March 15, 2010 }}

= New challenges =

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In 2006, Fantagraphics opened its own retail store, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood.

In 2009 Jacq Cohen started as the publicist for Fantagraphics.{{Cite web |title=The Comics Reporter |url=https://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/jacq_cohen_moves_from_dark_horse_to_fantagraphics_as_new_publicist |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=www.comicsreporter.com}}

Co-publisher Kim Thompson left Fantagraphics due to illness in March 2013,Ulin, David L. [http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-fantagraphics-copublisher-kim-thompson-has-lung-cancer-20130307,0,638466.story "Jacket Copy: Fantagraphics' co-publisher Kim Thompson has lung cancer,"] Los Angeles Times (March 7, 2013). and died of lung cancer a few months later.{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/obituaries/article/57891-obituary-kim-thompson-1956-2013.html|title=Obituary: Kim Thompson, 1956-2013|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=August 23, 2015}} His absence left the company without a number of titles it had been counting on for the summer and fall of 2013; and, in November, Fantagraphics started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $150,000, which it surpassed in four days.Melrose, Kevin. [http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/11/fantagraphics-surpasses-its-150000-kickstarter-goal/ "Fantagraphics surpasses its $150,000 Kickstarter goal,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124223930/http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/11/fantagraphics-surpasses-its-150000-kickstarter-goal/ |date=November 24, 2014 }} Robot6 (November 12, 2013).

In August 2020 the company rebranded, from Fantagraphics Books to just Fantagraphics. At the same time it introduced a more compact logo featuring a stylized ink pen nib and a torch.{{Cite web|date=August 18, 2020|title=Fantagraphic Books Rebrands With a New Logo and Shortened Name|url=https://www.cbr.com/fantagraphic-books-rebrands-shortened-name/|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=CBR|language=en-US|archive-date=October 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013112420/https://www.cbr.com/fantagraphic-books-rebrands-shortened-name/|url-status=dead}}

Imprints

=Ignatz Series=

The Ignatz Series is an international comic imprint. It is published by Fantagraphics (U.S.), Avant Verlag (Germany), Vertige Graphic (France), Oog & Blik (Holland), Coconino Press (Italy), and Sinsentido (Spain). It is named for Ignatz Mouse, a character in the comic strip Krazy Kat.

The books in the Ignatz Series are designed midway between standard North American comic book pamphlet-size and graphic novel-size. Each title is 32 pages, two-color, saddle stitched, 8{{frac|1|2}}″ × 11″, with jacket, priced at $7.95.

The Ignatz collection is edited and produced by Italian artist Igort. Fantagraphics editor Kim Thompson frequently provided translations.

=Eros Comix=

Eros Comix was an adult-oriented imprint of Fantagraphics,{{cite news|title=40 Years Later, Fantagraphics Is Still the Most Progressive Force in Comics: Shut out from the DC & Marvel Universe, alternative comics find a home at Fantagraphics|first=Alex |last=Wong|date=Dec 13, 2016|work=Complex|url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/alex-wong/fantagraphics-comic-books}} established in 1990 to publish pornographic comic books like Gilbert Hernandez' Birdland and reprints of work by Wally Wood and Frank Thorne.{{cite magazine|date=June 1990|title=Newsline|magazine=Amazing Heroes|publisher=Fantagraphics Books|number=180}}{{cite magazine|title=Confessions of a Smut Peddler: On the Creation of Eros Comix|author-link=Gary Groth|first=Gary|last=Groth|pages=5–7|magazine=The Comics Journal|number=143 |date=Apr 1991}} Eventually, Eros added to its catalogue dozens of comics titles, over 40 collected editions, anime videos, DVDs, and books of erotic art and photography. The 2006 Eros Comix print catalog sold over 470 items, including adult comic books and humorous cheesecake-style comics often featuring pin-up girls like Bettie Page. The Eros Comix imprint was popular enough that it is credited with making Fantagraphics financially solvent.{{cite book|title=Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas|editor-first=M. Keith |editor-last=Booker|isbn=978-0313397516|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2014}}

Notable Eros titles include Bill Willingham's Ironwood, SS Crompton's Demi the Demoness, Howard Chaykin's Black Kiss, Domino Lady; and the Italian series Djustine, Ramba, and Adult Frankenstein.

Writer-artist Tom Sutton contributed work to Eros titles under the pseudonym "Dementia".{{cite news | url = http://www.tcj.com/an-odd-man-out-tom-sutton/ | title = An Odd Man Out: Tom Sutton | work = The Comics Journal | issue = 230 | interviewer = Gary Groth| publisher = Fantagraphics Books | date = February 2001 | location = Seattle, Washington | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121126133041/http://www.tcj.com/an-odd-man-out-tom-sutton/7/ | archive-date = November 26, 2012 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }} Other contributors to Eros titles included Eric Stanton, Mary Fleener, Mikael Oskarsson, Bill Pearson, Malachy Coney, Richard Bassford, Gary Dumm, Frank Stack, Bob Fingerman, Molly Kiely, Yanick Paquette, Robert Peters, John Workman, Colleen Coover,{{cite news |last=JOHNSON |first=CHELSEY |author-link=Chelsey Johnson |date=Feb 2002 |title=From the Vaults: A Toon Temptress in a Male Dominated Comics World: Chelsey Johnson talks with Colleen Coover about her lesbian porn comic Small Favors |url=https://www.out.com/vaults/2017/7/26/vaults-toon-temptress-male-dominated-comics-world |work=Out}} Marc Andreyko, Raulo Cáceres, Larry Fuller, Dennis Eichhorn, Dennis Cramer/Justine Mara Andersen,{{cite news|title=Mara Pitches In to Help CBLDF|page=26|work=The Comics Journal|number=185|date=Mar 1996|department=Newswatch}} Jon Macy, John Blackburn, and Greg Budgett.

Eros' MangErotica line featured translated hentai manga{{cite web|title=Big in Japan: How Fantagraphics Started Publishing Manga and What It Means|first=Shea |last=Hennum | date= February 24, 2015 |work=Paste|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/japan/big-in-japan-how-fantagraphics-started-publishing}} by the likes of Isutoshi, Oh! great, Toshiki Yui, Teruo Kakuta, and Benkyo Tamaoki; and titles like Bondage Fairies, Hatsuinu, Hot Tails, A Strange Kind of Woman, Slut Girl, and Super Taboo.

In the beginning, there was some controversy over Eros titles featuring back cover ads with phone sex numbers.{{cite news|title=1-900-Condemn|page=26|work=The Comics Journal|number=149|date=Mar 1992|department=Newswatch}} In 1994, Eros editor Tom Verre was replaced by Jeremy Pinkham.{{cite news|title=New Eros Comics Editor|page=39|work=The Comics Journal|number=168|date=May 1994}}

By the late 1990s, the imprint was no longer profitable, and the publication of new material diminished rapidly.{{Cite book|last1=Dallas|first1=Keith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5x9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA259|title=American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1990s|last2=Sacks|first2=Jason|date=2018-12-05|publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing|isbn=978-1-60549-084-7|language=en}} The Eros Comix website was no longer being maintained by 2017; its titles no longer appear on the Fantagraphics website under that label.

Titles

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: 0: Babel #1 by David B. [France]

  1. Baobab #1 by Igort [Italy]
  2. Insomnia #1 by Matt Broersma [U.K./U.S.A.]
  3. Wish You Were Here #1: The Innocents by Gipi [Italy]
  4. Interiorae #1 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy]
  5. Ganges #1 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.A.]
  6. Chimera #1 by Lorenzo Mattotti [Italy]
  7. Insomnia #2 by Matt Broersma [U.K./U.S.A.]
  8. Babel #2 by David B. [France]
  9. Wish You Were Here #2: They Found the Car by Gipi [Italy]
  10. Reflections #1 by Marco Corona [Italy]
  11. Baobab #2 by Igort [Italy]
  12. Niger #1 by Leila Marzocchi [Italy]
  13. Delphine #1 by Richard Sala [U.S.]
  14. New Tales of Old Palomar #1 by Gilbert Hernandez [U.S.]
  15. Interiorae #2 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy]
  16. Calvario Hills #1 by Marti [Spain]
  17. The End #1 by Anders Nilsen [U.S.]
  18. Reflections #2 by Marco Corona [Italy]
  19. New Tales of Old Palomar #2 by Gilbert Hernandez [U.S.]
  20. Delphine #2 by Richard Sala [U.S.]
  21. Sammy the Mouse #1 by Zak Sally [U.S.]
  22. Grotesque #1 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy]
  23. Niger #2 by Leila Marzocchi [Italy]
  24. Reflections #3 by Marco Corona [Italy]
  25. Insomnia #3 by Matt Broersma [U.K./U.S.A.]
  26. New Tales of Old Palomar #3 by Gilbert Hernandez [U.S.]
  27. Ganges #2 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.]
  28. Baobab #3 by Igort [Italy]
  29. Delphine #3 by Richard Sala [U.S.]
  30. Grotesque #2 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy]
  31. Interiorae #3 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy]
  32. Sammy the Mouse #2 by Zak Sally [U.S.]
  33. Grotesque #3 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy]
  34. Delphine #4 by Richard Sala [U.S.]
  35. Ganges #3 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.]
  36. Niger #3 by Leila Marzocchi [Italy]
  37. Grotesque #4 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy]
  38. Interiorae #4 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy]
  39. Sammy the Mouse #3 by Zak Sally [U.S.]
  40. Ganges #4 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.]

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  1. XX: Babel #3 by David B.
  2. XX: Baobab #4 by Igort [Italy]
  3. XX: Calvario Hills #2 by Marti
  4. XX: The End #2 by Anders Nilsen
  5. XX: Wish You Were Here #3 by Gipi [Italy]

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Recognition

=Kirby Awards=

1986

  • Best Black-and-White Comic: Love and Rockets, by Jaime Hernandez and Gilbert Hernandez{{cite web|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/1980s-recipients|title=1980s Recipients|date=December 2, 2012|website=Comic-Con International: San Diego|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=July 4, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130704001351/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/1980s-recipients|url-status=dead}}

Note: In 1988, the Kirby Awards was disbanded and replaced by the Harvey and the Eisner Awards.

= Eisner Awards =

List of won Eisner Awards:{{cite web|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/1990s-recipients|title=1990s Recipients|date=December 2, 2012|website=Comic-Con International: San Diego|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131029200617/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/1990s-recipients|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s|title=2000s|date=December 2, 2012|website=Comic-Con International: San Diego|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141006153947/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2010s|title=2010-Present|date=December 2, 2012|website=Comic-Con International: San Diego}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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1994

  • Best Archival Collection: Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland Vol. 6
    by Winsor McCay

1995

  • Best Publication Design: The Acme Novelty Library, designed by Chris Ware

1996

  • Best Continuing Series: Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware
  • Best Archival Collection: The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 11, by Robert Crumb
  • Best Coloring: Chris Ware - The Acme Novelty Library
  • Best Comics-Related Publication - Periodical: The Comics Journal
  • Best Publication Design: The Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware

1997

  • Best Comics-Related Periodical: The Comics Journal
  • Best Publication Design: Acme Novelty Library Vol. 7

1998

  • Best Coloring: Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library
  • Best Comics-Related Periodical: The Comics Journal
  • Best Comics-Related Product: Acme Novelty Library display stand, designed by Chris Ware

1999

  • Best Comics-Related Periodical: The Comics Journal

2000

  • Best Continuing Series: Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware
  • Best Graphic Album - New: Acme Novelty Library Vol. 13, by Chris Ware
  • Best Writer/Artist: Dan Clowes, Eightball

2001

  • Best Writer/Artist - Humor: Tony Millionaire, Maakies
  • Best Coloring: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #14

2002

  • Best Single Issue: Eightball #22, by Dan Clowes
  • Best Writer/Artist: Dan Clowes, Eightball
  • Best Publication Design: Acme Novelty Library #15, designed by Chris Ware

2003

  • Best Single Issue or One-Shot: The Stuff of Dreams by Kim Deitch
  • Best Archival Collection/Project: Krazy & Ignatz by George Herriman
  • Best Writer/Artist- Humor: Tony Millionaire, The House at Maakies Corner
  • Best Comics-Related Publication (Periodical or Book): B. Krigstein Vol. 1, by Greg Sadowski

2004

  • Best Archival Collection/Project: Krazy & Ignatz: 1929–1930, by George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard

2005

  • Best Single Issue or One-Shot: Eightball #23: "The Death Ray", by Dan Clowes
  • Best Archival Collection/Project: The Complete Peanuts edited by Gary Groth
  • Best Publication Design: The Complete Peanuts, designed by Seth

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2007

2008

  • Best Archival Collection/Project - Comic Books: I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!, by Fletcher Hanks
  • Best U.S. Edition of International Material: I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason

2009

  • Best U.S. Edition of International Material:The Last Musketeer by Jason

2011

  • Best Reality-Based Work: It Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques Tardi
  • Best U.S. Edition of International Material: It Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques Tardi

2012

2013

2014

  • Best Short Story: Untitled by Gilbert Hernandez, in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6
  • Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Goddam This War!,
    by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney
  • Best Writer/Artist: Jamie Hernandez, Love and Rockets: New Stories #6

2015

2016

2017

  • Best Archival Collection/Project - Comic Books (at least 20 years old): The Complete Wimmen's Comix,
    edited by Trina Robbins, Gary Groth and J. Michael Catron

2018

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= Harvey Awards =

List of won Harvey Awards:{{cite web|url=https://www.harveyawards.com/Winners/Previous-Winners/|title=Previous Winners|date=October 5, 2018|website=Harvey Awards|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129184153/https://www.harveyawards.com/Winners/Previous-Winners/|url-status=dead}}

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1989

  • Best Writer: Gilbert Hernandez - Love and Rockets
  • Best Continuing or Limited Series: Love and Rockets by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: The Complete Crumb Comics, by Robert Crumb

1990

  • Best Writer: Gilbert Hernandez - Love and Rockets
  • Best New Series: Eightball by Dan Clowes
  • Best Continuing or Limited Series: Love and Rockets by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez
  • Best Single Issue or Story: Eightball #1, by Dan Clowes
  • Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, by Winsor McCay

1991

  • Best Cartoonist (writer/artist): Peter Bagge, Hate
  • Best Letterer: Dan Clowes, Eightball
  • Best New Series: Hate by Peter Bagge
  • Best Continuing or Limited Series: Eightball by Dan Clowes
  • Best Single Issue or Story: Eightball #3, by Dan Clowes
  • Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth and Helena Harvilicz
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: The Complete Crumb Comics, by Robert Crumb
  • Special Award Excellence in Presentation: The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, by Winsor McCay, edited by Richard Marschall, designed by Dale Crain

1992

  • Best Inker: Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets
  • Best Continuing or Limited Series: Eightball by Dan Clowes, edited by Gary Groth
  • Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, Helena Harvilicz and Frank Young
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: The Complete Crumb Comics, by Robert Crumb
  • Special Award Excellence in Presentation: The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, by Winsor McCay, edited by Richard Marschall, art directed by Dale Crain

1993

  • Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth and Frank Young
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: The Complete Crumb Comics, by Robert Crumb

1994

  • Best American Edition of Foreign Material: Billie Holiday by José Antonio Muñoz and Carlos Sampayo, edited by Gary Grot, Robert Boyd and Kim Thompson
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: The Complete Little Nemo In Slumberland Vol. 6 by Winsor McCay, edited by Bill Blackbeard, packaged by Dale Crain

1995

  • Best New Series: Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: The Complete Crumb Comics, by Robert Crumb, edited by Gary Groth and Robert Boyd, art direction by Mark Thompson
  • Special Award Excellence in Presentation: Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson

1996

  • Best Letterer: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library
  • Best Colorist: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. II, by Robert Crumb, edited by Mark Thompson
  • Special Award Excellence in Presentation: Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware

1997

  • Best Writer: Daniel Clowes, Eightball
  • Best Letterer: Dan Clowes, Eightball
  • Best Colorist: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library
  • Best Continuing or Limited Series: Eightball by Dan Clowes, edited by Gary Groth
  • Best Single Issue or Story: Acme Novelty Library #13, by Chris Ware
  • Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth and Tom Spurgeon
  • Special Award Excellence in Presentation: Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware

1998

  • Best Colorist: Chris Ware, his body of work in 1997, including Acme Novelty Library
  • Best New Series: Penny Century by Janime Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth
  • Best Single Issue or Story:Eightball #18, by Dan Clowes, edited by Gary Groth
  • Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth
  • Special Award Excellence in Presentation: Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware

1999

  • Best Artist or Penciller: Jaime Hernandez, his body of work in 1998, including Penny Century
  • Best Inker: Charles Burns, Black Hole
  • Best Single Issue or Story: Penny Century #3 "Home School", by Jaime Hernandez
  • Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth and Tom Spurgeon
  • Special Award Excellence in Presentation: Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware

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2000

  • Best Inker: Jaime Hernandez, Penny Century
  • Best Letterer: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library
  • Best Colorist: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library
  • Best Cover Artist: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library
  • Best New Series: Weasel by Dave Cooper, edited by Gary Groth
  • Best Continuing or Limited Series: Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson
  • Best Single Issue or Story: Acme Novelty Library #13 by Chris Ware
  • Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: The Comics Journal
  • Special Award Excellence in Presentation: Acme Novelty Library #13 by Chris Ware

2001

  • Best Artist or Penciller: Jaime Hernandez, Penny Century
  • Best Inker: Charles Burns, Black Hole
  • Best New Series: Luba's Comix and Stories by Gilbert Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth
  • Best Continuing or Limited Series: Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson
  • Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: The Comics Journal

2002

  • Best Cartoonist (writer/artist): Daniel Clowes, Eightball
  • Best Inker: Charles Burns, Black Hole
  • Best Letterer: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library
  • Best Colorist: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library
  • Best New Series: La Perida, by Jessica Abel
  • Best Single Issue or Story: Eightball #22 by Dan Clowes

2003

  • Best Inker: Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets
  • Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work: 20th Century Eightball by Daniel Clowes
  • Best Anthology: Comics Journal Summer Special 2002
  • Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: B. Krigstein Vol. 1
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: Krazy and Ignatz
  • Special Award Excellence in Presentation: Krazy and Ignatz, designed by Chris Ware

2004

  • Best Inker: Charles Burns, Black Hole
  • Best Cover Artist: Charles Burns, Black Hole
  • Best Single Issue or Story: Love and Rockets #9 by Jamie and Gilbert Hernandez (tied with Gotham Central # 6-10 by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark)
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: Krazy and Ignatz by George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard

2005

  • Best Writer: Daniel Clowes - Eightball
  • Best Inker: Charles Burns, Black Hole
  • Best Single Issue or Story: Eightball #23 by Daniel Clowes - 2006, Love and Rockets (vol. 2) #15, by Hernandez
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: The Complete Peanuts 1950–1952 by Charles Schulz
  • Special Award Excellence in Presentation: The Complete Peanuts 1950–1952, by Charles Schulz, designed by Seth

2006

  • Best Inker: Charles Burns, Black Hole
  • Best New Talent: R. Kikuo Johnson, Night Fisher (split award with tied Marvel Knights 4 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)
  • Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth

2007

  • Best Cartoonist (writer/artist): Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets
  • Best Domestic Reprint Project: The Complete Peanuts

2008

2009

2011

  • Best Continuing or Limited Series: Love and Rockets Vol. 3 by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez

2013

  • Best Cartoonist (writer/artist): Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets

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References

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