Last night the Will Eisner Awards were given out to some very deserving creators, artists, and companies.
Take the jump for the complete rundown of winners.
- 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 Graphic Album—New
Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly) - Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC) - 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
Joe Hill, Lock & Key (IDW) - 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 Cover Artist
Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (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 Comics-Related Book
75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN) - 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
Congratulations to all the winners!
1 Comment
I must have good taste, cause I buy most of these. It’s sad to see no love for Atomic Robo, though.