Absolute Batman, Billy Bat and Spider-Noir take top Harvey Awards at NYCC
The 2026 Harvey Awards, announced Friday night at New York Comic Con, named Absolute Batman Vol. 1: The Zoo Book of the Year. Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s Billy Bat won Best Manga; Spider-Noir won Best Adaptation.
Book of the Year: Absolute Batman Vol. 1: The Zoo by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta (DC) won Book of the Year at Friday’s Harvey Awards ceremony at the Javits Center, Comics Beat reported. Nominees in the top category also included Absolute Martian Manhunter, Ben Passmore’s Black Arms to Hold You Up, Lee Lai’s Cannon and Joe Sacco’s The Once and Future Riot.
Manga and adaptation: Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, published by Abrams’ Kana imprint and translated by Kristi Iwashiro, won Best Manga, Anime News Network and Comics Beat reported. Spider-Noir (Prime Video/MGM+), based on Marvel’s Spider-Man Noir comics, won Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel over nominees including The Boys Season 5, Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc and One Piece Season 2.
Other winners: Digital Book of the Year went to The Lycan (Comixology Originals). Faith Erin Hicks’s Inbetweens won Best Children’s Book; Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux’s This Place Kills Me won Best Young Adult Book. Laura Pérez’s Nocturnos won Best International Book. Hall of Fame inductees included David Mazzucchelli, Jenette Kahn, Klaus Janson and Frank Miller, Comics Beat reported.
How they’re chosen: Unlike the Eisners, Harvey Awards nominees and winners are selected by comics professionals, Anime News Network noted. The awards concluded the second full day of New York Comic Con 2026.