• Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein (IDW)
• 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel)
• George Heriman's Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays, edited by Patrick McDonnell and Peter Maresca (Sunday Press Books)
• Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, by Cliff Sterrett, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW)

• Roy Crane's Captain Easy, vol. 1, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics)

• Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
• The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read!, edited by Jim Trombetta (Abrams Comicart)
• The Incal Classic Collection, by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Moebius (Humanoids)
• Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts, edited by Art Spiegelman (The Library of America)
• Thirteen "Going on Eighteen," by John Stanley (Drawn & Quarterly)

• It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
• The Killer: Modus Vivendi, by Matz and Luc Jacamon (Archaia)
• King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave, by Mezzo and Pirus (Fantagraphics)
• The Littlest Pirate King, by David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan (Fantagraphics)
• Salvatore, by Nicolas De Crécy (NBM)

• Ayako, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
• Bunny Drop, by Yumi Unita (Yen Press)

• A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
• House of Five Leaves, by Natsume Ono (VIZ Media)
• Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)

• Ian Boothby, Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book; Futurama Comics #47–50; Simpsons Comics #162, 168; Simpsons Super Spectacular #11–12 (Bongo)
• Joe Hill, Locke & Key (IDW)
• John Layman, Chew (Image)
• Jim McCann, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
• Nick Spencer, Morning Glories, Shuddertown, Forgetless, Existence 3.0(Image)

• Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
• Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 (DC)
• Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Studio)
• James Sturm, Market Day (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys (VIZ Media)

• Richard Corben, Hellboy (Dark Horse)
• Stephen DeStefano, Lucky in Love Book One: A Poor Man's Story(Fantagraphics)
• Rob Guillory, Chew (Image)
• Gabriel Rodriguez, Locke & Key (IDW)
• Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel)

• Lynda Barry, Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Brecht Evens, The Wrong Place (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
• Janet Lee, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
• Eric Liberge, On the Odd Hours (NBM)
• Carol Tyler, You'll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage (Fantagraphics)

• Rodin Esquejo, Morning Glories (Shadowline/Image)
• Dave Johnson, Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain (Dark Horse); Unknown Soldier (Vertigo/DC); Punisher/Max, Deadpool (Marvel)
• Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse)
• David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard (Archaia)
• Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)

• Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
• Metaphrog (Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers), Louis: Night Salad(Metaphrog)
• Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse);Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young's Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC)
• Hilary Sycamore, City of Spies, Resistance, Booth, Brain Camp, Solomon's Thieves (First Second)
• Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)

• Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
• Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
• Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie(Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC);SHIELD (Marvel); Driver for the Dead (Radical)
• Doug TenNapel, Ghostopolis (Scholastic Graphix)
• Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)

• Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
• The Beat, produced by Heidi MacDonald (www.comicsbeat.com)
• ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com)
• ComicsAlliance, produced by Laura Hudson (www.comicsalliance.com)
• The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com)
• USA Today Comics Section, by Life Section Entertainment Editor Dennis Moore; Comics Section Lead, John Geddes (www.usatoday.com/life/comics/index)

• Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau, by Brian Walker (Yale University Press)
• Fire and Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics, by Blake Bell (Fantagraphics)
• The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, by Denis Kitchen and Charles Brownstein, edited by John Lind and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Books)
• Shazam! The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (Abrams Comicarts)
• 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN)

• Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW)
• Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, designed by Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney (IDW)
• Return of the Dapper Men, designed by Todd Klein (Archaia)
• 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, designed by Josh Baker (TASCHEN)
• Two Generals, designed by Jennifer Lum (McClelland & Stewart)

Hall of Fame

• Ernie Bushmiller
• Jack Jackson
• Martin Nodell
• Lynd Ward