-- Amy Reeder Hadley, MADAME XANADU (Vertigo/DC)
-- James Jean, FABLES (Vertigo/DC); THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY (Dark Horse)
-- Matt Wagner, ZORRO (Dynamite); GRENDEL: BEHOLD THE DEVIL (Dark Horse)

Best Coloring
-- Steve Hamaker, BONE: GHOST CIRCLES, BONE: TREASURE HUNTERS (Scholastic Graphix)
-- Trish Mulvihill, JOKER (DC), 100 BULLETS (Vertigo/DC)
-- Val Staples, CRIMINAL, INCOGNITO (Marvel Icon)
-- Dave Stewart, ABE SAPIEN: THE DROWNING, BPRD, THE GOON, HELLBOY, SOLOMON KANE, THE UNBRELLA ACADEMY (Dark Horse); BODY BAGS (Image); CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE (Marvel)
-- Chris Ware, ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY #19 (Acme)

Best Lettering
-- Farel Dalrymple, OMEGA: THE UNKNOWN (Marvel)
-- Jimmy Gownley, AMELIA RULES! (Renaissance)
-- Scott Morse, TIGER! TIGER! TIGER! (Red Window)
-- Nate Powell, SWALLOW ME WHOLE (Top Shelf)
-- Chris Ware, ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY #19 (Acme)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
-- COMIC BOOK RESOURCES, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com)
-- THE COMICS JOURNAL, edited by Gary Groth, Michael Dean, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
-- THE COMICS REPORTER, produced by Tom Spurgeon and Jordan Raphael (www.comicsreporter.com)
-- COMICS COMICS, edited by Timothy Hodler and Dan Nadel (www.comicscomicsmag.com) (PictureBox)

Best Comics-Related Book
-- BILL MAULDIN: A LIFE UP FRONT, by Todd DePastino (Norton)
-- BRUSH WITH PASSION: THE ART AND LIFE OF DAVE STEVENS, edited by Arnie and Cathy Fenner (Underwood)
-- DRAWING WORDS AND WRITING PICTURES, by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden (First Second)
-- KIRBY: KING OF COMICS, by Mark Evanier (Abrams)
-- THE TEN-CENT PLAGUE: THE GREAT COMIC-BOOK SCARE AND HOW IT CHANGED AMERICA, by David Hajdu (Picador/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Best Publication Design
-- BREAKDOWNS: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG %@&*! designed by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)
-- COMIC BOOK TATTOO, designed by Tom Muller, art direction by Rantz Hoseley (Image)
-- HELLBOY LIBRARY EDITIONS, designed by Cary Grazzini and Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
-- WHAT IT IS, designed by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
-- WILLIE AND JOE, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)