Eisner Award Winners

The Eisner Awards were announced at Comic Con San Diego on July 13. Below are the winners.

• Best Short Story: “The Seventh,” by Darwyn Cooke
• Best Single Issue (or One-Shot): Daredevil #7, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera
• Best Continuing Series: Daredevil, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera
• Best Limited Series: Criminal: The Last of the Innocent, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
• Best Publication for Early Readers (Up to 7): Dragon Puncher Island, by James Kochalka
• Best Publication for Kids (Ages 8-11): Snarked, by Roger Langridge
• Best Publication for Young Adults (Ages 12-17): Smile, by Raina Telgemeier
• Best Humor Publication: Milk & Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad, by Evan Dorkin
• Best Anthology: Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson
• Best Digital Comic: Battlepug, by Mike Norton
• Best Reality-Based Work: Green River Killer: A True Detective Story, by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case
• Best Graphic Album-New: Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, adapted by Ramón K. Pérez
• Best Graphic Album-Reprint: Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition, edited by Darwyn Cooke
• Best Archival Collection/Project-Strips: Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse, vols. 1-2, by Floyd Gottfredson, edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth
• Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books: Walt Simonson’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition
• Best U.S. Edition of International Material: The Manara Library, vol. 1: Indian Summer and Other Stories, by Milo Manara with Hugo Pratt
• Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia: Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, by Shigeru Mizuki
• Best Writer: Mark Waid, Irredeemable, Incorruptible
• Best Writer/Artist: Craig Thompson, Habibi
• Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team:
• Ramón K. Pérez, Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand

• Best Cover Artist: Francesco Francavilla, Black Panther, Lone Ranger, Lone Ranger/Zorro, Dark Shadows, Warlord of Mars, Archie Meets KISS
• Best Coloring: Laura Allred, iZombie, Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special
• Best Lettering: Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo
• Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon
• Best Educational/Academic Work (tie): Cartooning: Philosophy & Practice, by Ivan Brunetti; Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby, by Charles Hatfield
• Best Comics-Related Book: MetaMaus, by Art Spiegelman
• Best Publication Design:
• Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, designed by Eric Skillman

• Hall of Fame
  • Judges’ Choices: Rudolf Dirks, Harry Lucey
  • Elected: Bill Blackbeard, Richard Corben, Katsuhiro Otomo, Gilbert Shelton
• Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Tyler Crook
• Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Morrie Turner
• Bill Finger Excellence in Comic Book Writing Award: Frank Doyle, Steve Skeates
• Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Akira Comics, Madrid, Spain – Jesus Marugan Escobar and The Dragon, Guelph, ON, Canada – Jennifer Haines

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