Best Short Story
“Untitled,” by Gilbert Hernandez, in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Hawkeye #11: “Pizza Is My Business,” by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7)
Itty Bitty Hellboy, by Art Baltazar and Franco (Dark Horse)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12)
The Adventures of Superhero Girl, by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
Battling Boy, by Paul Pope (First Second)
Best Anthology
Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
Best Digital/Webcomic
The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman, theoatmeal.com
Best Adaptation from Another Medium
Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground, by Donald Westlake, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
Best Lettering
Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground (IDW)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
Comic Book Resources, produced by Jonah Weiland
Best Scholarly/Academic Work
Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation, edited by Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II (Bloomsbury)
Hall of Hame
Judges' Choices: Irwin Hasen, Sheldon Moldoff, Orrin C. Evans.
The Wake, by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image)
Vader's Little Princess, by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)
The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker (M Press/Dark Horse)
The Property, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
RASL, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, vol. 1, edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)
The Mysterious Underground Men, by Osamu Tezuka (PictureBox)
Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, designed by Dean Mullaney (The Library of American Comics/IDW)
Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell (The Library of American Comics)
Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)