Best Writer
Brian Azzarello, 100 Bullets, DC
Dan Clowes, Eightball, Fantagraphics
Ron Marz, Scion, CrossGen
Alan Moore, Top 10, ABC
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library, Fantagraphics
Best Artist
Jim Cheung, Scion, CrossGen
Dave Cooper, Weasel, Fantagraphics
Guice, Butch, Ruse, CrossGen
Eduardo Risso, 100 Bullets, DC
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library, Fantagraphics
Best Cartoonist
Frank Cho
Dan Clowes
Dave Cooper
Jeff Smith
Chris Ware
Special Award for Humor
Ivan Brunetti , Haw!
Evan Dorkin, Dork
Sam Henderson, Magic Whistle
Tony Millionaire, Sock Monkey
Johnny Ryan, Angry Youth Comix
Special Award for Excellence in Presentation
Acme Novelty #15, Fantagraphics
Drawn & Quarterly, Vol. 4, Drawn & Quarterly
Jack Cole and Plastic Man, Chronicle Books
Peanuts: Art of Charles Schulz, Pantheon
Spirit Archives, DC
Best New Series
Alias, Marvel
La Perdida, Fantagraphics
Legion, DC
Negation, CrossGen
Ruse, CrossGen
Best Continuing or Limited Series
Acme Novelty Library, Fantagraphics
Eightball, Fantagraphics
Hellboy, Dark Horse Comics
100 Bullets, DC
Scion, CrossGen
Best Single Issue or Story
Acme Novelty Library No.15, Fantagraphics
Atlas No. 1, Drawn & Quarterly
Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 4, Drawn & Quarterly
Eightball No. 22, Fantagraphics
Ring of the Nibelung: “Sigfried”, Dark Horse Comics
Ruse No. 1, CrossGen
Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth, DC
Three titles received the same number of votes for this category, resulting in seven nominees.
Best Graphic Album of Original Work
Golem’s Mighty Swing, Drawn & Quarterly
Mail Order Bride, Fantagraphics
Name of the Game, DC
Pistolwhip, Top Shelf Comics
Soap Lady, Top Shelf Comics
Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work
Akira, Dark Horse Comics
Alec: How to be an Artist, Eddie Campbell Comics
Box Office Poison, Top Shelf Comics
Berlin, Drawn & Quarterly
Lone Wolf & Cub, Dark Horse Comics
Palestine, Fantagraphics
Two titles received the same number of votes for this category, resulting in six nominees.
Best Anthology
Bizarro, DC
Expo 2001, Small Press Expo
Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 4, Drawn & Quarterly
NON 5, Red Ink
The Comics Journal Winter Special 2002, Fantagraphics
Best Inker
Charles Burns, Black Hole
John Dell, Mystic
Dave Cooper, Weasel
Digital Chameleon, Violent Messiahs
Andrew Hennessey, Sigil
Best Letterer
Dan Clowes, Eightball
Digital Chameleon, Akira
Dave Lamphear, Ruse
Dave Sim, Cerebus
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library
Best Colorist
Dan Clowes, Eightball
Frank D’Armata, Crux
Laura Depuy, Ruse
Lovern Kindzierski, The Ring of the Nibelung
Frank Ponsar, Scion
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library
Two colorists received the same number of votes for this category, resulting in six nominees.
Best Syndicated Strip or Panel
For Better or for Worse
Liberty Meadows
Maakies
Mutts
Underworld
Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation
Comic Book Artist
Comics Journal
Jack Cole and Plastic Man
Jack Kirby Collection
Peanuts: Art of Charles Schulz
Best Presentation of Foreign Material
Akira, Dark Horse Comics
Hey Wait!, Fantagraphics
Lone Wolf & Cub, Dark Horse Comics
The Nimrod, Fantagraphics
Super Manga Blast, Dark Horse Comics
Best Domestic Reprint Project
Complete Crumb, Fantagraphics
The Grasshopper and the Ant, Denis Kitchen Publishing
Little Annie Fanny, Vol. 2, Dark Horse Comics
Plastic Man Archives, DC
Spirit Archives, DC
Best New Talent
Graham Annable, Grickle
Jason Hall & Matt Kindt, Pistolwhip
Jason, Hey Wait!
Steve McNiven, Meridian
Carl Moline, Fray
Best Cover Artist
Charles Burns, Black Hole
Adam Hughes, Wonder Woman
Dave Johnson, 100 Bullets
Phil Noto, Birds of Prey
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library