Best Writer

Peter Bagge, Hate, Fantagraphics
Dan Clowes, Eightball, Fantagraphics
Neil Gaiman, Sandman, DC
Alan Moore, From Hell, SpiderBaby/Tundra
Dave Sim, Cerebus, Aardvark-Vanaheim

Best Artist

Simon Bisley, Batman: Judgement on Gotham, DC
Dan Clowes, Eightball, Fantagraphics
Jim Lee, X-Men, Marvel
Dave McKean, Cages, Tundra
Mark Schultz, Xenozoic Tales, Kitchen Sink Press

Best Cartoonist

Peter Bagge, Hate, Fantagraphics
Chester Brown, Yummy Fur, Drawn & Quarterly
Dan Clowes, Eightball, Fantagraphics
Julie Doucet, Dirty Plotte, Drawn & Quarterly
Dave Sim, Cerebus, Aardvark-Vanaheim

Special Award for Humor

Doug Allen
Sergio Aragones
Peter Bagge
Dan Clowes
Joe Matt

Best Continuing or Limited Series

Cerebus, Dave Sim and Gerhard, Aardvark-Vanaheim
Doom Patrol, Grant Morrison, Richard Case and various artists; edited by Tom Peyer, DC
Eightball, Dan Clowes; edited by Gary Groth, Fantagraphics
Hate, Peter Bagge; edited by Kim Thompson, Fantagraphics
Sandman, Neil Gaiman and various artists; edited by Karen Berger, DC

Best New Series

Cages,Dave McKean assisted by Clare Haythornthwaite, Tundra
Grateful Dead Comix, various; edited by Jeff Tamarkin, Kitchen Sink Press
Lowlife, Ed Brubaker, Caliber
Naughty Bits, Roberta Gregory, Fantagraphics
Palookaville, Seth, Drawn & Quarterly

Best Single Issue or Story

Batman: Judgement on Gotham, Alan Grant, John Wagner and Simon Bisley, DC
Eightball #6, Dan Clowes, Fantagraphics
Hate #6, Peter Bagge, Fantagraphics
Sandman Special #1, Neil Gaiman, Bryan Talbot and Mark Buckingham, DC
Xenozoic Tales #11 featuring “Primeval”, Mark Schultz and “Report form the Resistance” by Mark Schultz and Steve Stiles, Kitchen Sink Press
Zot! #35, Scott McCloud, Eclipse

Best Graphic Album of Original Material

Abraham Stone, Joe Kubert, Platinum/Malibu
Batman: Judgement on Gotham, Alan Grant, John Wagner and Simon Bisley; edited by Denny O’Neil and Steve McManus, DC
Batman: Red Rain, Doug Moench, Kelley Jones and Malcolm Jones III, edited by Denny O’Neil, DC
To the Heart of the Storm, Will Eisner; edited by Dave Schreiner, Kitchen Sink Press
Viking Prince, Lee Marrs and Bo Hampton; edited by Mike Gold, DC

Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Material

Lout Rampage, Dan Clowes, edited by Gary Groth, Fantagraphics
Maus II, Art Spiegelmen, edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly, RAW Books/Penguin
Violent Cases, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, Tundra
Sandman: Dream Country, Neil Gaiman; edited by Karen Berger, DC
Twisted Sisters by various, edited Diane Noomin, Penguin

Most Promising New Talent

Sarah Byam ( Shadow , Billi 99 )
David Chelsea ( David Chelsea in Love )
David Collier ( Collier’s )
Frank Gresham ( Grateful Dead Comix )
* Nina Paley ( Grateful Dead Comix )
Joe Quesada (various Marvel and DC titles)
* Shannon Wheeler ( Children with Glue , Too Much Coffee Man )

* had some material published prior to 1990

Best Anthology

Blab!, edited by Monte Beauchamp, Kitchen Sink Press
Dark Horse Presents, edited by Randy Stradley, Dark Horse Comics
Drawn & Quarterly, edited by Chris Oliveros, Drawn & Quarterly
RAW, edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly, RAW/Penguin
Taboo, edited by Steve Bissette, SpiderBaby/Tundra

Special Award for Excellence in Presentation

Blab!, edited and art directed by Monte Beauchamp, Kitchen Sink Press
Cages, Dave McKean, assisted by Clare Haythornthwaite, Tundra
The Complete Little Nemo, Winsor McKay, edited by Richard Marschall, art directed by Dale Crain, Fantagraphics
Maus II, edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly, art directed by Art Spiegelman and Louise Filli, RAW Books/Penguin
RAW, edited and art directed by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly, RAW/Penguin

Best Inker

Mark Farmer, Incredible Hulk, Marvel
Gerhard, Cerebus, Aardvark-Vanaheim
Jaime Hernandez, Love & Rockets, Fantagraphics
Scott Williams, X-Men, Marvel
Al Williamson, Daredevil, Marvel

Best Letter

Dan Clowes, Eightball, Fantagraphics
Todd Klein, Sandman, DC
Tom Orzechowski, X-Men, Marvel
Denise Powell, Xenozoic Tales, Kitchen Sink Press
Dave Sim, Cerebus, Aardvark-Vanaheim

Best Colorist

Charles Burns and Mike Newhall, Curse of the Molemen, Kitchen Sink Press
Ted McKeever,  Metropol, Marvel/Epic
Paul Mounts, Adventures of Captain America, Marvel
Steve Oliff, Akira, Marvel/Epic
Greg Wright, Spider-Man, Marvel

Best American Edition of Foreign Material

Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Margaret Clark and Marcus McLaurin, translated by Jo Duffy, lettered by Michaiel Higgins, colored by Steve Oliff, Marvel/Epic
Billy Budd, K.G.B. by Jerome Charyn and Francois Boucq; edited by Bernd Metz, Catalan
Goldberry by Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean (Moebius) Giraud, edited by Margaret Clark and Marie Javins, translated by Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier, lettering and coloring by various, Marvel/Epic
Cheval Noir by various, edited by Mike Richardson, translated and lettered by various, Dark Horse Comics
Crying Freeman by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami, edited by Saturo Fujii, Gerard Jones and Will Jacobs, lettering and touch-up by Wayne Truman, Viz
Violent Cases by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, Tundra

Best Domestic Reprint

The Complete Crumb Comics, Robert Crumb; edited by Gary Groth and Robert Boyd; art direction by Mark Thompson, Fantagraphics
The Complete Little Nemo, Winsor McCay; edited by Richard Marschall; art direction by Dale Crain, Fantagraphics
Flash Gordon, Alex Raymond; edtied and art directed by Pete Poplaski, Kitchen Sink Press
The Komplete Krazy Kat, George Herriman; edited by Richard Marschall; art directed by Dale Crain, REMCO/Kitchen Sink Press
Li’l Abner, Al Capp; edited by Dave Schreiner, art direction by Ray Fehrenbach, Kitchen Sink Press
Polly and Her Pals by Cliff Sterrett; edited by Richard Marschall; art directed by Dale Crain, REMCO/Kitchen Sink Press

Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation

Blab!, edited and art directed by Monte Beauchamp,  Kitchen Sink Press
Comic Buyer’s Guide, edited by Don and Maggie Thompson, Krause
The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth and Helena Harvilicz; art directed by Dale Yarger, Comics Journal Inc.
Completely Mad,  by Maria Reidelbach, edited by Pat Mulcahy, Little, Brown & Co
From Aargh! to Zap!: Harvey Kurtzman’s Visual History of Comics, Harvey Kurtzman, Kitchen Sink Press/Prentice Hall

Best Syndicated Strip

Big Baby, Charles Burns
Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson, Universal Press Syndicate
Doonesbury, Garry Trudeau,  Universal Press Syndicate
Ernie Pook’s Comeek, Lynda Barry, Self-syndicated
The Far Side, Gary Larson

Jack Kirby Hall of Fame

Jack Davis
Will Elder
Gil Kane
Bernie Krigstein
Walt Kelly
Joe Kubert
Stan Lee
Sheldon Mayer
Gilbert Shelton
John Stanley
Al Williamson