The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were presented Friday night at Comic-Con International at the Hilton Bayfront in San Diego. Considered the “Oscars of Comics,” the Eisner Awards honor the best and brightest of the comics industry and are presented annually at Comic-Con, which is the world’s biggest and most prestigious comic book industry event in the world.
Over 30 awards were presented and the complete list of winners is as follows:
Best Graphic Album (New) - Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia) and Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Writer - Joe Hill, Lock & Key (IDW)
Best Cover Artist - Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships, pictured above, (Dark Horse)
Best Comics-Related Book - 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN)
Best Graphic Album (Reprint) - Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)
Best Short Story - "Post Mortem," by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) - Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
Best Continuing Series - Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
Best Limited Series - Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
Best New Series - American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
Best Publication for Kids - Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC)
Best Publication for Teens - Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
Best Humor Publication - I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!)
Best Anthology - Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen (Archaia)
Best Digital Comic - Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl, www.abominable.cc
Best Reality-Based Work - It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
Best Adaptation from Another Work - The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
Best Archival Collection/Project (Strips) - Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein (IDW)
Best Archival Collection/Project (Comic Books) - Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material - It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia) - Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
Best Writer/Artist - Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team - Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art) - Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
Best Coloring - Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young's Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC)
Best Lettering - Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC); SHIELD (Marvel); Driver for the Dead (Radical)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism - ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com)
Best Publication Design - Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW)
HALL OF FAME
Judges' Choices: Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Jackson, Martin Nodell, Lynd Ward
Elected: Mort Drucker, Harvey Pekar, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Nate Simpson
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Patrick McDonnell
Bill Finger Excellence in Comic Book Writing Award: Del Connell, Bob Haney
Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Comics & Vegetables, Tel Aviv, Israel - Yuval Sharon, Danny Amitai
In the end, what do you think of this year’s slate of winners? Which of these comics and graphic novels have you had a chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend and why? Let us know in the comments section below.
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