Comments on: How to Fix the Harveys

By: Strip News 7-10-9 | Strip News | ArtPatient.com | ArtPatient.com

Strip News 7-10-9 | Strip News | ArtPatient.com | ArtPatient.com — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:06:10 +0000

[...] The Comics Reporter, Broken Frontier, The Beat and Seitler, along with Robot Six and their links to Comics Worth Reading and ComixTalk. There are probably other places, too but the point is that some adjustment is [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:33:14 +0000

Oh, I wouldn’t require the creator to be there, necessarily — but if Grant Morrison, say, won for writing All-Star Superman, I would expect his DC editor or at the least, a marketing rep, to attend.

By: Chris Schweizer

Chris Schweizer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:14:24 +0000

The present to win thing is problematic for a few reasons. Should “Three Shadows” be excluded from best graphic album (which it was, which again brings the question of validity to the table) if Pedrosa is not able to travel to the states for a medium-sized con? Also, folks early in their career may only have the budget for one or two shows per year.

The “present to win” thing is what’s done at SPACE, and for me that award feels as though it loses legitimacy for it. It’s as if you’re being considered for the award simply for paying to exhibit. As notoriously troublesome as the Harvey nominations have become, there’s still (in my mind) a prestige to them, and if it felt like an award-for-exhibitors rather than an industry award, it would lose all of that.

I agree with most every other point, though.

By: Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:37:28 +0000

[...] looks at the positive — webcomics and works that began online are well-represented — as Johanna Draper Carlson considers how to fix a nomination process that many agree is broken. She also labels accusations of [...]

By: How Gemstone Got Their Harvey Nominations » Comics Worth Reading

How Gemstone Got Their Harvey Nominations » Comics Worth Reading — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:24:58 +0000

[...] a followup to the various Harvey Award discussions, former Gemstone employee Travis Seitler has posted a story of how the company provided pre-filled [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:10:22 +0000

Chris, I agree with you, but I’m also thinking about ways to encourage more participation and support. I don’t necessarily think all of these ideas are good ones, but I wanted to encourage discussion about what changes should be made.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:20:07 +0000

So basically you kind of want to run it like the Squiddy Awards were run?:)

The suggestions thing is a pretty good idea. I know it cane be hard to sit there with a blank page, wondering who or what to nominate even if you know what’s eligible or not. (which isn’t often easy, as I’ve talked to some creators who are just like readers, who have switched to collections)

Of course the hard part is, and likely will long be, getting people to care. An Oscar win (hell a nomination) is a big deal that can be good for business. How can you make the Harvey Awards (or comic awards in general, given that I see little impact from even Eisners) mean anything?

By: Chris Arrant

Chris Arrant — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:04:17 +0000

I’ve always had a big problem with awards committees requiring the creators/publishers of the work to submit it to be considered.

While it makes the job easier for the judges, it also leaves open the possibility that greater works might be left out because they didn’t submit.

If awards are about the best work out there, then judge them on the best books out there.. not the best books out there that were sent in to us.