– Outstanding Graphic Novel: “ No One Else” by R.

As she grows, she becomes accustomed to it but knows, too, that she must one day finally confront it. The comic follows Olivia, a girl who has the ability to see a headless knight invisible to everyone else. – Outstanding Comic: “ I See A Knight” by Xulia Vicente (Shortbox). A cartoonist from Senegal and France, Ba’s recent work includes the anthology series “Monkey Meat” (Image Comics) and “Djeliya” (TKO Studios), which tells the tale of Prince Mansour and his royal storyteller Awa, as they journey to reach the mysterious Wizard Soumaoro, who guards a fearsome power that he once used to destroy the world. – Outstanding Online Comic: “ Ride or Die” by Mars Heyward features demon cars, street racing, fumbling romance and revenge, and is described as “ Christine meets Ghost Rider meets Fast and Furious but gayer!” – Outstanding Series: “The Many Deaths of Laila Starr” by Ram V & Filipe Andrade with Inês Amaro and AndWorld Design (BOOM! Studios), a five-issue mini-series exploring the fine line between living and dying through the lens of magical realism. This 112-page collection features the tagline “Read comics or go to hell.” ‘Nuff said. – Outstanding Anthology: “ Good Boy Magazine” #1, edited by Michael Sweater and Benji Nate (Silver Sprocket). This is the complete collection of the absurdist and romantic tale of author Alec Robbins being in love with his wife Betty Boop, the 1930s cartoon superstar, presented in a beautiful, deluxe package. A throwback to ’60s underground comics with a title that you just can’t help but love to say.

– Outstanding Minicomic: “Pee Pee Poo Poo” #69 by Caroline Cash (self-published). The collection was possible thanks to a generous grant from Koyama Provides. Originally drawn for Popula, ‘The Lover’ joins three other stories about being loved by everyone, and no one, in Urkowitz’s first graphic novella of the same name.

– Outstanding Story: ‘The Lover of Everyone in the World’ by Beatrix Urkowitz (Parsifal Press).

I See a Knight by Xulia Vicente