Stuff wisely

So the Harvey Awards nomination process is underway, and creative types can make a bid to recognize their favorite peers and works in a wide variety of categories. You may remember me keening and gnashing my teeth over some of last year’s nominations.

For a change of pace, I thought I’d go the Force Works/Extreme Justice proactive route this year. Instead of recoiling in horror at the prospect of ever seeing the phrase “Harvey Award winner Witchblade Manga,” I’ve decided to take a stab at prevention. Toward that end, here are some books from 2008 that you might consider for the Best American Edition of Foreign Material category:

Aya of Yop City, written by Marguerite Abouet and illustrated by Clément Oubrerie, published by Drawn & Quarterly

Disappearance Diary, written and illustrated by Hideo Azuma, published by Fanfare/Ponent Mon

Dororo, written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka, published by Vertical

Fluffy, written and illustrated by Simone Lia, published by Dark Horse

Little Nothings: The Curse of the Umbrella, written and illustrated by Lewis Trondheim, published by NBM

Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip – Book Three, written and illustrated by Jansson, published by Drawn & Quarterly

Real, written and illustrated by Takehiko Inou, published by Viz

Seduce Me after the Show, written and illustrated by est em, published by Deux Press

Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro, written and illustrated by Satoko Kiyuduki, published by Yen Press

solanin, written and illustrated by , published by Viz

There. Ten perfectly respectable potential nominations for your consideration. (And everyone should feel free to contribute their own suggestions in the comments.) I should also note that several of these books are also eligible for other awards.