The Harvey Awards were presented on Saturday night, September 7, 2013 at the Baltimore Comic-Con. Fables writer Bill Willingham served as the host for the presentation.

This year’s winners included the following:

Best Letterer: Todd Klein, Fables, DC Comics
Best Colorist: Fiona Staples, Saga, Image Comics
Best Inker: Klaus Janson, Captain America, Marvel Comics
Best Writer: Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Image Comics
Best Artist: Fiona Staples, Saga, Image Comics
Best Cartoonist: Jaime Hernandez, Love And Rockets: New Stories
Best Cover Artist: David Aja, Hawkeye, Marvel Comics
Most Promising New Talent: Dennis Hopeless, Avengers Arena, Marvel Comics

Best Syndicated Strip or Panel: Dick Tracy, Joe Staton and Mike Curtis, Tribune Media Services
Best Online Comics Work: Battlepug, Mike Norton
Best New Series: Saga, Image Comics
Special Award for Humor in Comics: Ryan North, Adventure Time, KaBOOM! Studios
Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers: Adventure Time, KaBOOM! Studios
Best Anthology: Dark Horse Presents, various, Dark Horse
Best Single Issue or Story: Saga #1, Image Comics
Best Original Graphic Album: Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score, IDW
Best Continuing or Limited Series: Saga, Image Comics
Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation: Robot 6 website, Comic Book Resources

Best American Edition of Foreign Material: Blacksad: A Silent Hell, Dark Horse
Best Graphic Album Previously Published: Alien: The Illustrated Story, Titan Books
Best Domestic Reprint Project: David Mazzuchelli’s Daredevil Born Again: Artist’s Edition, IDW
Special Award for Excellence in Presentation: Building Stories, Chris Ware, Pantheon Books

Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award: Paul Levitz
Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award: Sal Buscema

The awards show was sponsored by Guinness, the Baltimore Comic-Con, Cards, Comics & Collectibles, BOOM! Studios, DC Entertainment, Third Eye Comics, ComicMix, Comic WOW!, Geppi’s Entertainment Museum, Insight Studios, Steve Conley’s Bloop, Fantastic Forum, Graphitti Designs, Painted Visions Comics, Cards & Games, Abrams ComicArts, Dark Horse, Dynamite Entertainment, Honest Tea, IDW Publishing, Popfun Collectibles, Random House, Scholastic, and Valiant.

Presenters included Joe Staton, Roger Langridge, Mark Buckingham, Ron Frenz, Dinesh Shamdasani, Bob Chapman, Josh Adams, Ramona Fradon, Mark Waid, Steve Geppi, Joe Hill, Dean Haspiel, Terry Moore, Neal Adams, Dan Parent, and Stan Sakai. Mark Wheatley designed the ballots.

The Baltimore Comic will host the Harvey Awards for the ninth year during the 15th annual show, scheduled to take place September 5-7, 2014.

Named in honor of Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the field of comics, and is the only industry award both nominated and selected by comic professionals.