The Harvey Awards, which recognize exemplary comic work, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at New York Comic-Con in October. Newly inducted into the Hall of Fame are Neil Gaiman, whose best-selling series ‘The Sandman’ was recently adapted for Netflix, underground cartoonist Gilbert Shelton, and his prolific writer and editor for DC and Marvel Comics. Roy is his Thomas.
Marjorie Henderson Buell, creator of Little Lulu, who died in 1993, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame posthumously. Little Her Lulu debuted in 1935 as a single-panel cartoon in Her Post on Saturday Her Evening. Her character became so popular that she was known as Marge, and Buell, who managed her rights in Little Girl Lulu, spun her into syndicated newspapers, after which she was published in comics, cartoons, and all sorts of merchandise. produced.
“To return to New York Comic-Con for the first in-person Harvey Awards ceremony since 2019 and induct four legendary creators into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame,” said John Lind, chairman of the Harvey Awards Steering Committee. I’m excited about it,” he said. The award is named after Harvey Kurtzman, the cartoonist who created and founded Mad His magazine, who began in 1988 and died in 1993.
of harvey award Comic works will be recognized in six categories, including Book of the Year, Best Manga, and Best Adaptation. Candidates are determined by a survey of approximately 200 industry professionals, librarians, educators and creators who submitted candidates for each category. The selections are tallied and put to a vote, then open to voting by all industry experts, creators and librarians.
Looking back, Gaiman shared fond memories of his experience at Harvey. “The first time I won a Harvey Award was in 1991, 31 years ago. I had a career or two ahead of me, and Harvey Kurtzman was still alive. “It was an honorary award and the most significant award I have ever received,” he said in a statement. I’m just as excited to hear that he’s been named into the Hall of Fame, he’s one of the greats, and many of the people who were inducted into the Hall of Fame are people I’ve looked up to over the years. People, so this is my greatest joy.”