2020 Winners & Nominees

• Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (First Second) - WINNER
• Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (First Second)
• Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Drawn and Quarterly)
• The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis (Drawn and Quarterly)
• Invisible Kingdom Vol. 1 by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward (Dark Horse Books/Berger Books)
• Little Bird: The Fight for Elder’s Hope by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (Image Comics)
• Making Comics by Lynda Barry (Drawn and Quarterly)
• Reincarnation Stories by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)
• Rusty Brown by Chris Ware (Pantheon Graphic Library)
• Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)

• The Nib edited by Matt Bors https://www.thenib.com - WINNER
• Afterlift by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo (comiXology Originals)
• The Eyes by Javi De Castro https://www.javidecastro.com/theeyes
• Fried Rice Comic by Erica Eng https://friedricecomic.com/
• Harley Quinn: Black White & Red edited by Chris Conroy, Maggie Howell, Andy Khouri, and Amedeo Turturro (DC Comics / DC Digital First)

• ·Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC Comics) - WINNER
• Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha (HarperCollins / Balzer + Bray)
• Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
• Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
• Stargazing by Jen Wang (First Second)

• Watchmen by HBO, based on Watchmen (DC Comics) - WINNER
• Blacksad: Under the Skin video game by Microïds, based on Blacksad (Dark Horse Comics)
• I Am Not Okay With This by Netlfix, based on I Am Not Okay With This (Fantagraphics)
• Joker by Warner Bros. Pictures, based on Batman (DC Comics)
• Legion: Season 3 by FX Productions and Marvel Television, based on X-Men (Marvel Comics0
• Locke & Key: Season 1 by Netflix, based on Locke & Key (IDW Publishing)
• The Old Guard by Netflix, based on The Old Guard (Image Comics)
• The Sandman audio drama by Audible, based on The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo)
• Stumptown: Season 1 by ABC, based on Stumptown (Oni Press)
• The Umbrella Academy: Season 2, by Netflix, based on The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics)

• Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha Comics) - WINNER
• H.P. Lovecraft’s At Mountains of Madness by Gou Tanabe (Dark Horse Manga)
• The Man Without Talent by Yoshiharu Tsuge (New York Review Comics)
• The Poe Clan by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
• The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono (VIZ Media)

Note: This category has been reconfigured for 2020 from 2019’s “Best European Book” to be more inclusive of other works.

• Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Drawn and Quarterly) - WINNER
• The House Paco Roca (Fantagraphics)
• Portrait of a Drunk by Olivier Schrauwen, Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot (Fantagraphics)
• Stay by Lewis Trondheim and Hubert Chevillard (Magnetic Press)
• Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna (Drawn and Quarterly)