Billy Bat Manga Wins Harvey Award for Best Manga
The Harvey Awards announced their winners on Friday during New York Comic Con, with Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s Billy Bat manga taking home the prize for Best Manga. Published in English by Abrams ComicArts’ Kana imprint, the series beat out several other nominees in the category.
Other contenders included works such as Land by Kazumi Yamashita and My Gorilla Family by Ichiro Iijima. The award was added to the ceremony in 2018, following years where manga competed in different categories.
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- Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki
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- Abrams ComicArts' Kana imprint
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