Tuesday, July 17, 2012

What's your take on this year's slate of Eisner Award winners?

The 24th Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were presented Friday night at Comic-Con International at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel 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 Anthology – “Dark Horse Presents,” edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)

Best Archival Collection/Project (Comic Books) – “Walt Simonson’s The Mighty Thor, Artist’s Edition” (IDW)

Best Archival Collection/Project (Comic Strips) – “Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse,” Vol. 1-2 by Floyd Gottfredson, edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Best Coloring – Laura Allred, “iZombie” (Vertigo/DC); “Madman All-New Giant-Size Super Ginchy Special” (Image)

Best Comics-Related Book – “MetaMaus” by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)

Best Comics-Related Journalism – The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon, http://www.comicsreporter.com/

Best Continuing Series – “Daredevil” by Mark Waid, Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera and Joe Rivera (Marvel)

Best Cover Artist – Francesco Francavilla, “Black Panther” (Marvel), “Lone Ranger,” “Lone Ranger/Zorro,” “Dark Shadows,” “Warlord of Mars” (Dynamite), “Archie Meets Kiss” (Archie)

Best Digital Comic – “Battlepug” by Mike Norton, http://www.battlepug.com/

Best Educational/Academic Work – “Cartooning: Philosophy & Practice” by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press) and “Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby” by Charles Hatfield (University Press of Mississippi)

Best Graphic Album (New) – “Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand,” adapted by Ramon K. Perez (Archaia)

Best Graphic Album (Reprint) – “Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition” by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)

Best Humor Publication – “Milk & Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad” by Evan Dorkin (Dark Horse Books)

Best Lettering – Stan Sakai, “Usagi Yojimbo” (Dark Horse)

Best Limited Series – “Criminal: The Last of the Innocent” by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team – Ramon K. Perez, “Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand” (Archaia)

Best Publication Design – “Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand,” designed by Eric Skillman (Archaia)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7) – “Dragon Puncher Island” by James Kochalka (Top Shelf)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12) – “Snarked” by Roger Langridge (kaboom!)

Best Publication for Young Adults (Ages 12-17) – “Anya’s Ghost” by Vera Brosgol (First Second)

Best Reality-Based Work – “Green River Killer: A True Detective Story” by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case (Dark Horse Books)

Best Short Story – “The Seventh” by Darwyn Cooke, in “Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition” (IDW)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) – “Daredevil #7” by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera and Joe Rivera (Marvel)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material – “The Manara Library, Vol. 1: Indian Summer and Other Stories” by Milo Manara with Hugo Pratt (Dark Horse Books)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia) – “Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths” by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Writer – Mark Waid, “Irredeemable, Incorruptible” (BOOM!) and “Daredevil” (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist – Craig Thompson, “Habibi” (Pantheon)

HALL OF FAME

Judges' Choices: Rudolph Dirks, Harry Lucey, Bill Blackbeard, Richard Corben, Katsuhiro Otomo, Gilbert Shelton

Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Tyler Cook

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Morrie Turner

Bill Finger Excellence in Comic Book Writing Award: Frank Doyle and Steve Skeates

Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Akira Comics, Madrid, Spain – Jesus Marugan Escobar and The Dragon, Guelph, Ontario, Canada – Jennifer Haines

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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