Have you been paying attention to the Eisner Awards?
On Friday night, July 10 at San Diego Comic Con, the winners of the Eisner Awards were announced, and you can expect the best to have been picked! It was a great night for soo many people, especially the women in comics.
You have Emily Carroll and Lumberjanes winning two awards for their amazingly gorgeous graphic novels; Saga continuing to dominate the continuing series category for the third year in a row; Fiona Staples winning her first award for best penciller/inker; Little Nemo winning multiple awards; and many more!
Check out the winners over here!
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| BEST SHORT STORY |
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“When the Darkness Presses”
by Emily Carroll
- “Beginning’s End” by Rina Ayuyang
- “Corpse on the Imjin!” by Peter Kuper, in Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Simon & Schuster)
- “Rule Number One” by Lee Bermejo, in Batman Black and White #3 (DC)
- “The Sound of One Hand Clapping” by Max Landis & Jock, in Adventures of Superman #41-42 (DC)
| BEST SINGLE ISSUE (OR ONE-SHOT) |
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Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers by Evan Dorkin & Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
- Astro City #16: “Wish I May” by Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC)
- Madman in Your Face 3D Special by Mike Allred (Image)
- Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration #1 (Marvel)
- The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1 by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely (DC)
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| BEST CONTINUING SERIES |
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Saga by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Image)
- Astro City by Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson (Vertigo)
- Bandette by Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
- Hawkeye by Matt Fraction, David Aja, & Annie Wu (Marvel)
- Southern Bastards by Jason Aaron & Jason Latour (Image)
- The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, & Stefano Gaudiano (Image/Skybound)
| BEST LIMITED SERIES |
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Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland by Eric Shanower & Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
- Daredevil: Road Warrior by Mark Waid & Peter Krause (Marvel Infinite Comics)
- The Multiversity by Grant Morrison et al. (DC)
- The Private Eye by Brian K. Vaughan & Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)
- The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman & J. H. Williams III (Vertigo/DC)
| BEST NEW SERIES |
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Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)
- The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips (Image)
- Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona (Marvel)
- Rocket Raccoon by Skottie Young (Marvel)
- The Wicked + The Divine by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)
| BEST PUBLICATION FOR EARLY READERS (UP TO AGE 7) |
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The Zoo Box by Ariel Cohn & Aron Nels Steinke (First Second)
- BirdCatDog by Lee Nordling & Meritxell Bosch (Lerner/Graphic Universe)
- A Cat Named Tim And Other Stories by John Martz (Koyama Press)
- Hello Kitty, Hello 40: A Celebration in 40 Stories, edited by Traci N. Todd & Elizabeth Kawasaki (VIZ)
- Mermin, Book 3: Deep Dives by Joey Weiser (Oni)
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST PUBLICATION FOR KIDS (AGES 8-12) |
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El Deafo by Cece Bell (Amulet/Abrams)
- Batman Li’l Gotham: Vol. 2,by Derek Fridolfs & Dustin Nguyen (DC)
- I Was the Cat by Paul Tobin & Benjamin Dewey (Oni)
- Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland by Eric Shanower & Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
- Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse by Art Baltazar & Franco (DC)
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| BEST PUBLICATION FOR TEENS (AGES 13-17) |
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Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)
- Doomboy by Tony Sandoval (Magnetic Press)
- The Dumbest Idea Ever by Jimmy Gownley (Graphix/Scholastic)
- Meteor Men by Jeff Parker & Sandy Jarrell (Oni)
- The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang & Sonny Liew (First Second)
- The Wrenchies by Farel Dalrymple (First Second)
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST HUMOR PUBLICATION |
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The Complete Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson (Andrews McMeel)
- Dog Butts and Love. And Stuff Like That. And Cats. by Jim Benton (NBM)
- Groo vs. Conan by Sergio Aragonés, Mark Evanier, & Tom Yeates (Dark Horse)
- Rocket Raccoon, by Skottie Young (Marvel)
- Superior Foes of Spider-Man, by Nick Spencer & Steve Lieber (Marvel)
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| BEST DIGITAL/WEB COMIC |
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The Private Eye by Brian Vaughan & Marcos Martin
- Bandette by Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover
- Failing Sky by Dax Tran-Caffee
- The Last Mechanical Monster by Brian Fies
- Nimona by Noelle Stephens
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST ANTHOLOGY |
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Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, edited by Josh O’Neill, Andrew Carl, & Chris Stevens (Locust Moon)
- In the Dark: A Horror Anthology, edited by Rachel Deering (Tiny Behemoth Press/IDW)
- Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It, edited by Ann Ishii, Chip Kidd, & Graham Kolbeins (Fantagraphics)
- Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World, edited by Monte Beauchamp (Simon & Schuster)
- To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of The First World War, edited by Jonathan Clode & John Stuart Clark (Soaring Penguin)
| BEST REALITY-BASED WORK |
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Hip Hop Family Tree: Vol. 2 by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
- Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast (Bloomsbury)
- Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories by MariNaomi (2d Cloud/Uncivilized Books)
- El Deafo, by Cece Bell (Amulet/Abrams)
- Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood by Nathan Hale (Abrams)
- To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of The First World War, edited by Jonathan Clode & John Stuart Clark (Soaring Penguin)
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM—NEW |
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This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (First Second)
- The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins (Picador)
- Here by Richard McGuire (Pantheon)
- Kill My Mother by Jules Feiffer (Liveright)
- The Motherless Oven, by Rob Davis (SelfMadeHero)
- Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Ballantine Books)
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| BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM—REPRINT |
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Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (McElderry Books)
- Dave Dorman’s Wasted Lands Omnibus (Magnetic Press)
- How to Be Happy by Eleanor Davis (Fantagraphics)
- Jim by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
- Sock Monkey Treasury by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics)
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT—STRIPS (AT LEAST 20 YEARS OLD) |
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Winsor McCay’s Complete Little Nemo, edited by Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan: The Sunday Comics, 1933–1935 by Hal Foster, edited by Brendan Wright (Dark Horse)
- Moomin: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition by Tove Jansson, edited by Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Pogo, Vol. 3: Evidence to the Contrary by Walt Kelly, edited by Carolyn Kelly & Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
- Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse, Vols. 5-6 by Floyd Gottfredson, edited by David Gerstein & Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
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| BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT—COMIC BOOKS (AT LEAST 20 YEARS OLD) |
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Steranko Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
- The Complete ZAP Comix Box Set, edited by Gary Groth, with Mike Catron (Fantagraphics)
- Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: Trail of the Unicorn by Carl Barks, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
- Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Son of the Son by Don Rosa, edited by David Gerstein (Fantagraphics)
- Walt Kelly’s Pogo: The Complete Dell Comics, vols. 1–2, edited by Daniel Herman (Hermes)
- Witzend by Wallace Wood et al., edited by Gary Groth, with Mike Catron (Fantagraphics)
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST U.S. EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL |
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Blacksad: Amarillo by Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)
- Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoët (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn by Hugo Pratt (IDW/Euro Comics)
- Jaybird by Lauri & Jaakko Ahonen (Dark Horse/SAF)
- The Leaning Girl by Benoît Peeters & François Schuiten (Alaxis Press)
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| BEST U.S. EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL—ASIA |
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Showa 1939–1944 and Showa 1944–1953: A History of Japan by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Takeshi Obata & yoshitoshi ABe (VIZ)
- In Clothes Called Fat by Moyoco Anno (Vertical)
- Master Keaton: Vol 1 by Naoki Urasawa, Hokusei Katsushika, & Takashi Nagasaki (VIZ)
- One-Punch Man by One & Yusuke Murata (VIZ)
- Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki by Mamoru Hosada & Yu (Yen Press)
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST WRITER |
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Avatar: The Last Airbender (Dark Horse); The Shadow Hero (First Second)
- Jason Aaron – Original Sin, Thor, Men of Wrath (Marvel); Southern Bastards (Image)
- Kelly Sue DeConnick – Captain Marvel (Marvel); Pretty Deadly (Image)
- Grant Morrison – The Multiversity (DC); Annihilator (Legendary Comics)
- Brian K. Vaughan – Saga (Image); Private Eye (Panel Syndicate)
- G. Willow Wilson– Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
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| BEST WRITER/ARTIST |
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Sisters (Graphix/Scholastic)
- Sergio Aragonés — Sergio Aragonés Funnies (Bongo); Groo vs. Conan (Dark Horse)
- Charles Burns — Sugar Skull (Pantheon)
- Stephen Collins — The Giant Beard That Was Evil (Picador)
- Richard McGuire — Here (Pantheon)
- Stan Sakai — Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: The Artist (Dark Horse)
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST PENCILLER/INKER |
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Saga (Image)
- Adrian Alphona — Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
- Mike Allred — Silver Surfer (Marvel); Madman in Your Face 3D Special (Image)
- Frank Quitely — Multiversity (DC)
- François Schuiten — The Leaning Girl (Alaxis Press)
- Babs Tarr — Batgirl (DC)
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| BEST PAINTER/MULTIMEDIA ART (INTERIOR ART) |
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The Sandman: Overture (Vertigo/DC)
- Lauri & Jaakko Ahonen — Jaybird (Dark Horse)
- Colleen Coover — Bandette (Monkeybrain)
- Mike Del Mundo — Elektra (Marvel)
- Juanjo Guarnido — Blacksad: Amarillo (Dark Horse)
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST COVER ARTIST |
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DC Comics Darwyn Cooke Month Variant Covers (DC)
- Mike Del Mundo — Elektra, X-Men: Legacy, A+X, Dexter, Dexter Down Under (Marvel)
- Francesco Francavilla — Afterlife with Archie (Archie); Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight (Dark Horse); The Twilight Zone, Django/Zorro (Dynamite); X-Files (IDW)
- Jamie McKelvie/Matthew Wilson — The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
- Phil Noto — Black Widow (Marvel)
- Alex Ross — Astro City (Vertigo/DC); Batman 66: The Lost Episode, Batman 66 Meets Green Hornet (DC/Dynamite)
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| BEST COLORING |
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Hellboy in Hell, BPRD, Abe Sapien, Baltimore, Lobster Johnson, Witchfinder, Shaolin Cowboy, Aliens: Fire and Stone, DHP (Dark Horse)
- Laura Allred — Silver Surfer (Marvel); Madman in Your Face 3D Special (Image)
- Nelson Daniel — Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, Judge Dredd, Wild Blue Yonder (IDW)
- Lovern Kindzierski — The Graveyard Book, vols. 1-2 (Harper)
- Matthew Petz — The Leg (Top Shelf)
- Matthew Wilson — Adventures of Superman (DC); The Wicked + The Divine (Image), Daredevil, Thor (Marvel)
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST LETTERING |
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Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: The Artist (Dark Horse)
- Joe Caramagna — Ms. Marvel, Daredevil (Marvel)
- Todd Klein — Fables, The Sandman: Overture, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC); Nemo: The Roses of Berlin (Top Shelf)
- Max — Vapor (Fantagraphics)
- Jack Morelli — Afterlife with Archie, Archie, Betty and Veronica, etc. (Archie)
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| BEST COMICS-RELATED PERIODICAL/JOURNALISM |
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Edited by Andy Khouri, Caleb Goellner, Andrew Wheeler, Joe Hughes
- Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
- Comic Book Creator, edited by Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)
- Comic Book Resources, edited by Jonah Weiland
- The Comics Journal, edited by Dan Nadel & Timothy Hodler (Fantagraphics)
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST COMICS-RELATED BOOK |
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Genius Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth, vol. 3, by Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell (IDW/LOAC)
- Comics Through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas (4 vols.), edited by M. Keith Booker (ABC-CLIO)
- Creeping Death from Neptune: The Life and Comics of Basil Wolverton by Greg Sadowski (Fantagraphics)
- What Fools These Mortals Be: The Story of Puck by Michael Alexander Kahn & Richard Samuel West (IDW/LOAC)
- 75 Years of Marvel Comics: From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen by Roy Thomas & Josh Baker (TASCHEN)
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| BEST SCHOLARLY/ACADEMIC WORK |
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Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews, edited by Sarah Lightman (McFarland)
- American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife by A. David Lewis (Palgrave Macmillan)
- Considering Watchmen: Poetics, Property, Politics by Andrew Hoberek (Rutgers University Press)
- Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books by Michael Barrier (University of California Press)
- The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay by Thierry Smolderen, tr. by Bart Beaty & Nick Nguyen (University Press of Mississippi)
- Wide Awake in Slumberland: Fantasy, Mass Culture, and Modernism in the Art of Winsor McCay by Katherine Roeder (University Press of Mississippi)
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[row][column size=”1/2″]| BEST PUBLICATION DESIGN |
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Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, designed by Jim Rugg (Locust Moon)
- Batman: Kelley Jones Gallery Edition, designed by Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios (Graphitti/DC)
- The Complete ZAP Comix Box Set, designed by Tony Ong (Fantagraphics)
- Street View, designed by Pascal Rabate (NBM/Comics Lit)
- Winsor McCay’s Complete Little Nemo, designed by Anna Tina Kessler (TASCHEN)
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| HALL OF FAME |
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EISNER HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES (by popular vote):
John Byrne
Chris Claremont
Denis Kitchen
Frank Miller
EISNER HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES (by judges’ vote):
Marjorie Henderson Buell (Little Lulu)
Bill Woggon (Katy Keene, the Pinup Queen)
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I was disappointed to see The Wicked + The Divine not winning any awards for its amazing art, but it’s a winner in my heart! I’m so proud of all the women who won this year. It’s really an amazing year for them, and I hope it continues in the future.
I want to check out Saga so bad! It sounds really good and I’ve heard tons of great things about it. This One Summer sounds great too. I’ve really been into reading graphic novels lately.
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
I hadn’t been paying attention at all! Thanks for the update. :) So many good books!!!!
Wow I can’t believe I haven’t read any of these books, but I’m still new to the whole graphic novel / comic world so I guess it’s okay I haven’t read any of them lol. I do plan on reading Saga! I think I’ll start off with Locke & Key first because I love scary / horror books.