Los Angeles Times Book Prize
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Edition 33 (2012) Winner
Sammy Harkham
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Sammy Harkham
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1980-05-21 （Los Angeles, California, United States）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Los Angeles (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- cartoonist, editor, publisher, bookseller
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Affiliations
- Family Bookstore (co-owner), Cinefamily / Fairfax Cinema (co-founder)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Ignatz Award | — | Promising New Talent | Ignatz Awards | nominated |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Everything Together: Collected Stories | — | Los Angeles Times | winner |
Ignatz Award
2002
Category:
Promising New Talent
Organization:
Ignatz Awards
Result:
nominated
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
2012
Work:
Everything Together: Collected Stories
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Poor Sailor
2005 Comic / Graphic NovelA near-short-story collection from Harkham's early period, featuring quiet everyday scenes mixed with symbolic imagery.
everyday lifelonelinesscoming of age
Everything Together: Collected Stories
2012 Short stories / ComicsA collection of Harkham's short and mid-length comics, showcasing his narrative sensibility and quiet linework.
familymemorynostalgia
Blood of the Virgin
2023 Graphic NovelA long-form work collected after years of serialization; it explores religious symbolism and family relationships.
religiosityfamily dynamicsforgiveness
Bibliography
- Poor Sailor. Ginko Press. 2005.
- Everything Together: Collected Stories. Picturebox. 2012.
- Blood of the Virgin. Pantheon. 2023.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- detailed, delicate lineworkquiet psychological depictionindirect narrative voice
- Recurring Motifs
- religious symbolismfamilyLos Angeles and suburban landscapes
Legacy
Known as an important figure in alternative comics as both a creator and editor; influential through his collected works and anthology editing. Also active in Los Angeles's bookselling and film communities.
Trivia
- His father is developer Uri Harkham.
- Co-owner of the Family Bookstore in Los Angeles.
- Co-founder of Cinefamily (now Fairfax Cinema).
- Long-form work 'Blood of the Virgin' was serialized over many years and collected in 2023.