Harvey Award nominations for Kansas City creators

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Scalped writer Jason Aaron has been nominated for a Harvey Award.

Two Kansas City creators have been announced as nominees for the 2009 Harvey Awards.

Comic book writer Jason Aaron received two nods. His series  Scalped (Vertigo) is up for Best Continuing or Limited Series and Aaron himself is nominated in the Best Writer category.

Cartoonist Bill Amend’s comic strip Foxtrot is in the running for Best Syndicated Strip or Panel.

The Harvey Award winners  will be announced August 28, 2010 in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con. Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by comics creators – those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field.