Best Short Story

• “The Comics Wedding of the Century,” by Simon Hanselmann, in We Told You So: Comics as Art (Fantagraphics)
• “The Dark Nothing,” by Jordan Crane, in Uptight #5 (Fantagraphics)
• “Shrine of the Monkey God!” by Kim Deitch, in Kramers Ergot 9 (Fantagraphics)

 Best Single Issue/One-Shot

• Sir Alfred #3, by Tim Hensley (Pigeon Press)

Best Anthology

• Kramers Ergot 9, edited by Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics)
• Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists, edited by Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics)

 Best Graphic Album—New

• Patience, by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• Meat Cake Bible, by Dame Darcy (Fantagraphics)
• Megg and Mog in Amsterdam and Other Stories, by Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

• Wrinkles, by Paco Roca, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics)

 Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)

• Barnaby, vol. 3, by Crockett Johnson, edited by Philip Nel and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
• The Realist Cartoons, edited by Paul Krassner and Ethan Persoff (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)

• The Complete Neat Stuff, by Peter Bagge, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
• The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, edited by Trina Robbins, Gary Groth and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)

 Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Manuele Fior, 5,000 km per Second (Fantagraphics)

 Best Lettering

• Dan Clowes, Patience (Fantagraphics)

Best Comics-Related Book

• The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood, vol. 1, edited by Bhob Stewart and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)
• More Heroes of the Comics, by Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics)

 Best Publication Design

• The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, designed by Keeli McCarthy (Fantagraphics)
• Frank in the Third Dimension, designed by Jacob Covey, 3D conversions by Charles Barnard (Fantagraphics)
• The Realist Cartoons, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)