Last month at Comic Con International in San Diego, the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced. Commonly shortened to the Eisners, these prizes, given for creative achievement in American comic books, are sometimes referred to as the comics industry’s equivalent of the Oscar Awards.
Best Short Story
”A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green” by Nick Sousanis, in Columbia Magazine (Summer 2017)
Best Single Issue/One-Shot
Hellboy: Krampusnacht by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes
Best Continuing Series, Best Publication for Teens, Best Writer, Best Painter/Multimedia Artist, Best Cover Artist
Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Volume One: Book | Digital Comic
Volume Two: Book | Digital Comic
Best Limited Series
Black Panther: World of Wakanda by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. Martinez
Book
Best New Series
Black Bolt by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward
Volume One, Volume Two
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)
Good Night, Planet by Liniers
Book
Best Webcomic, Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)
The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill
Book
Best Humor Publication
Baking with Kafka by Tom Gauld
Book
Best Anthology
Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color edited by Taneka Stotts
Book
Best Reality-Based Work
Spinning by Tillie Walden
Book
Best Graphic Album—New, Best Writer/Artist, Best Coloring
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris
Book
Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Boundless by Jillian Tamaki
Book
Best Adaptation from Another Medium
Kindred by Octavia Butler adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings
Book | Digital Comic
Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for their Freedom by Marcelo D’Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg
Book
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
My Brother’s Husband, vol. 1 by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii
Book
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
Celebrating Snoopy by Charles M. Schulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O’Brien
Book
Best Writer
Tom King, Batman, Batman Annual #2, Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, Mister Miracle
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle
Book
Best Lettering
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: Slay of the Gods
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
The Comics Journal, edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone, tcj.com
Best Comics-Related Book
How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden
Book
Best Academic/Scholarly Work
Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics, by Frederick Luis Aldama
Book
Best Archival Collection/Project, Best Publication Design
Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, and MASH•ROOM
Best Digital Comic
Marley’s Ghost by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O’Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideon Kendall
