Sunday, July 11, 2010

Holy Moley!

The final ballot for the 2009 Harvey Awards, named in honor of the great MAD co-founder Harvey Kurtzman and given at the Baltimore Comic-Con this August, has been announced. Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow and I are nominated for Best Artist, Best Letterer, Best Colorist, Best Original Graphic Album, and Best Single Issue or Story.

No one could find that embarrassment of riches more inexplicable than I.

Congratulations to my pal Jeff Kinney for the several Harvey nominations he and his most recent book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw earned, as well as others going to some excellent books by my publisher Abrams. And many thanks to all the comics pros who voted to put me on the final ballot.

Holy Moley.
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10 comments:

Mike said...

Damn. Now I'm gonna have to start locking up my signed first edition.

Namowal (Jennifer Bourne) said...

Great news!
You certainly deserve these nominations. I know you've put a lot of effort into WHTWOT from research to craftsmanship to subtle details. Ad to that the fact that the book is an informative and fun.
Congrats.

Dottie! said...

Yay! Congrats Brian! You put lots of heart in your work and it shows. :)

Comic Nurse said...

Awesome - certainly well deserved! Congrats, Brian!

Marion said...

AWESOME!!! No surprise, but awesome.

L said...

Congratulations! :)

Anonymous said...

Wow x 5! Celebrate the Nominations Brian!!
Congrats from Nurse Sis
xoxo

Sandra said...

Congratulations, Brian and good luck!!

sligo said...

i've said it over and over, and now it's nice to see that someone else (besides all of your erudite blog posters) 'get' it.

you da' man.

ronnie said...

Awesome news. You totally deserve all nominations.

Rooting for you!

ronnie