One Of Our Authors Won A HARVEY!!!

This past weekend, all of us here at For Beginners were super psyched when we got the news that FDR and the New Deal For Beginners author, Paul Buhle, was nominated for two Harvey Awards (Unfortunately it wasn't our book that put him on the ballot, but we can dream can't we?)

The bio-comic, Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics, a collaboration between Buhle and underground cartoonist, Denis Kitchen, was nominated for both Special Award For Excellence in Presentation and Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation.

Imagine how excited we all were when we found out he one it for Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation!

For those of you who don't know, the Harvey Awards are one of the comic book industry's oldest and most respected awards. The awards are named for writer/cartoonist, Harvey Kurtzman, the founding editor of MAD magazine and many other acclaimed comics, and are awarded each year to the most outstanding comics, writers, and illustrators in more than 20 categories.

For anyone who has ever read Paul's work, and especially for those who have met and worked with him, his talent is immediately obvious. We are so lucky to have worked with Paul and want to congradulate him on this great honor

The results of the 2010 Harvey Awards can be found here and you can take a look at a list of Paul's books at Amazon.com.