Best Short Story
“A Frog’s Eye View,” by Bill Willingham and James Jean, in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Batman/The Spirit #1: “Crime Convention,” by Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke (DC)
Best Continuing Series
All Star Superman, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC)
Best Limited Series
Batman: Year 100, by Paul Pope (DC)
Best New Series
Criminal, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
Best Title for a Younger Audience
Gumby, by Bob Burden and Rick Geary (Wildcard)
Best Humor Publication
Flaming Carrot Comics, by Bob Burden (Desperado/Image)
Best Anthology
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, by Bill Willingham and various (Vertigo/DC)
Best Digital Comic
Sam and Max, by Steve Purcell
Best Reality-Based Work
Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
Best Graphic Album – New
American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
Best Graphic Album – Reprint
Absolute DC: The New Frontier, by Darwyn Cooke (DC)
Best Archival Collection/Project – Strips
The Complete Peanuts, 1959-1960, 1961-1962, by Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics)
Best Archival Collection/Project – Comic Books
Absolute Sandman, vol. 1, by Neil Gaiman and various (Vertigo/DC)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material
The Left Bank Gang, by Jason (Fantagraphics)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material – Japan
Old Boy, by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi (Dark Horse Manga)
Best Writer
Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Daredevil (Marvel); Criminal (Marvel Icon)
Best Writer/Artist
Paul Pope, Batman: Year 100 (DC)
Best Writer/Artist – Humor
Tony Millionaire, Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics); Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident (Dark Horse)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Mark Buckingham/Steve Leialoha, Fables (Vertigo/DC)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Jill Thompson, “A Dog and His Boy” in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters; “Love Triangle” in Sexy Chix (Dark Horse); “Fair Division,” in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
Best Cover Artist
James Jean, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
Best Coloring
Dave Stewart, BPRD, Conan, The Escapists, Hellboy (Dark Horse); Action Comics, Batman/The Spirit, Superman (DC)
Best Lettering
Todd Klein, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall; Pride of Baghdad, Testament (Vertigo/DC); Fantastic Four: 1602, Eternals (Marvel); Lost Girls (Top Shelf)
Special Recognition
Hope Larson, Gray Horses (Oni)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
Best Comics-Related Book
The Art of Brian Bolland, edited by Joe Pruett (Desperado/Image)
Best Publication Design
Absolute DC: The New Frontier, designed by Darwyn Cooke (DC)
Hall of Fame
Judges’ Choices (2): Robert Kanigher and Ogden Whitney
– Ross Andru & Mike Esposito
– Dick Ayers
– Wayne Boring
– Joe Orlando
Other Awards:
Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comics Writing: Gardner Fox, George Gladir
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: David Petersen
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Neil Gaiman
Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailing Award:
Earth-2, Sherman Oaks, CA, owned by Carr D’Angelo
No Marvel outside of Brubaker? Interesting…
The Eisner’s are definitely the Oscar’s to Wizard’s Teen Choice Awards. Nice to see a lot of good quality stuff (Fables and the Bolland HC especially) get recognized.
Oh, and Paul Pope is a God.
Interesting… Sandman wins another Eisner. Either that title, or New Frontier, holds the record for recycling. I hearby create the Bill Gaines Award for Repackaging. It shall consist of two parts: a memorial Tiffany sterling silver platter and multiple gold watches, all found on eBay. The original inscriptions shall remain, with new inscriptions added. The platter will travel to the current record holder. The watches to anyone who has won awards in different years for the same work.
How about calling that the Max Gaines award since Bill’s dad basically “repackaged” the first comic books from newspaper strips?
The Eisners definitely are comics’ Oscars though- some of those choices are always a little “Tom Hanks” for my tastes. All in all though it’s not a bad year and many of the choices were excellent. Nice to see Gumby get some recognition as it is a fabulous book- it could easily have won for best humor as well. NPR’s segment on San Diego focused heavily on the Eisners and it shows that there is a real role for the awards now that the mainstream media is finding comics and needs an angle to show people why they should care about certain comics.
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