Your 2018 Eisner Award Winners



This year's Eisner Awards ceremony was last night. Many laughs and a lot of good times were had, some having to do with celebrity presenters.

Winners in bold.

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BEST SHORT STORY

* Ethel Byrne, by Cecil Castelluci and Scott Chantler, in Mine: A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood (ComicMix)
* Forgotten Princess, by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Antonio Sandoval, in Adventure Time Comics #13 (kaboom!)
* A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green, by Nick Sousanis, in Columbia Magazine (Summer 2017)
* Small Mistakes Make Big Problems, by Sophia Foster-Dimino, in Comics for Choice (Hazel Newlevant)
* Trans Plant, by Megan Rose Gedris, in Enough Space for Everyone Else (Bedside Press)

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BEST SINGLE ISSUE/ONE-SHOT

* Barbara, by Nicole Miles (ShortBox)
* Hellboy: Krampusnacht, by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Dark Horse)
* Pope Hats #5, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
* The Spotted Stone, by Rick Veitch (Sun Comics)
* What Is Left, by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (ShortBox)

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BEST CONTINUING SERIES

* Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and David Rubín (Dark Horse)
* Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Liz Fleming (BOOM! Box)
* Hawkeye, by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, and Mike Walsh (Marvel)
* Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
* The Wicked + The Divine, by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)

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BEST LIMITED SERIES

* Black Panther: World of Wakanda, by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. Martinez (Marvel)
* Extremity, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image/Skybound)
* The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC)
* Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)
* X-Men: Grand Design, by Ed Piskor (Marvel)

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BEST NEW SERIES

* Black Bolt, by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward (Marvel)
* Grass Kings, by Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins (BOOM! Studios)
* Maestros, by Steve Skroce (Image)
* Redlands, by Jordie Belaire and Vanesa Del Rey (Image)
* Royal City, by Jeff Lemire (Image)

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BEST PUBLICATION FOR EARLY READERS (UP TO 8)

* Adele In Sand Land, by Claude Ponti, translated by Skeeter Grant and Françoise Mouly (Toon Books)
* Arthur And The Golden Rope, by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye/Nobrow)
* Egg, by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books)
* Good Night, Planet, by Liniers (Toon Books)
* Little Tails In The Savannah, by Frederic Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci, translated by Mike Kennedy (Lion Forge/Magnetic)

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BEST PUBLICATION FOR KIDS (AGES 9-12)

* Bolivar, by Sean Rubin (Archaia)
* Home Time Book One: Under the River, by Campbell Whyte (Top Shelf)
* Nightlights, by Lorena Alvarez (Nobrow)
* The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O'Neill (Oni)
* Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)

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BEST PUBLICATION FOR TEENS (AGES 13-17)

* The Dam Keeper, by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi (First Second/Tonko House)
* Jane, by Aline Brosh McKenna and Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia)
* Louis Undercover, by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)
* Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
* Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)

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BEST HUMOR PUBLICATION

* Baking with Kafka, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
* Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, by Tom King, Lee Weeks, and Byron Vaughn (DC)
* The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC)
* Rock Candy Mountain, by Kyle Starks (Image)
* Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)

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BEST ANTHOLOGY

* A Bunch of Jews (And Other Stuff): A Minyen Yidn, by Max B. Perlson, Trina Robbins et al. (Bedside Press)
* A Castle in England, by Jamie Rhodes et al. (Nobrow)
* Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color, edited by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
* Now #1, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
* The Spirit Anthology, edited by Sean Phillips (Lakes International Comic Art Festival)

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BEST REALITY-BASED WORK

* Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow)
* The Best We Could Do, by Thi Bui (Abrams ComicArts)
* Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary, 1852–1903, by Christian Perrissin and Matthieu Blanchin, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (IDW)
* Lennon: The New York Years, by David Foenkinos, Corbeyran, and Horne, translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger (IDW)
* Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)

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BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM -- NEW

* Crawl Space, by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press)
* Eartha, by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)
* My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
* Stages of Rot, by Linnea Sterte (Peow)
* The Story of Jezebel, by Elijah Brubaker (Uncivilized Books)

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BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM -- REPRINT

* Boundless, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
* Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Black Hole by Charles Burns, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
* Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection, by Colleen Coover (Oni/Limerence)
* Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero, by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)
* Unreal City, by D. J. Bryant (Fantagraphics)

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BEST ADAPTATION FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM

* Beowulf, adapted by Santiago García and David Rubín (Image)
* H. P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories, adapted by Gou Tanabe, translated by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse)
* Herman Melville's Moby Dick, adapted by Christophe Chabouté, translated by Laure Dupont (Dark Horse)
* Kindred, by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)

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BEST US EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL

* Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow)
* Flight Of The Raven, by Jean-Pierre Gibrat, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (EuroComics/IDW)
* FUN, by Paolo Bacilieri, translated by Jamie Richards (SelfMadeHero)
* Ghost of Gaudi, by El Torres and Jesús Alonso Iglesias, translated by Esther Villardón Grande (Lion Forge/Magnetic)
* The Ladies-in-Waiting, by Santiago García and Javier Olivares, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics)
* Run For It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom, by Marcelo D'Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

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BEST US EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL -- ASIA

* Furari, by Jiro Taniguchi, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
* Golden Kamuy, by Satoru Noda, translated by Eiji Yasuda (VIZ Media)
* My Brother's Husband, Vol. 1, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii (Pantheon)
* Otherworld Barbara, Vol. 2, by Moto Hagio, translated by Matt Thorn (Fantagraphics)
* Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories, by Junji Itotranslated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

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BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT -- STRIPS

* Celebrating Snoopy, by Charles M. Shulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O'Brien (Andrews McMeel)
* Crazy Quilt: Scraps And Panels On The Way To Gasoline Alley, by Frank King, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
* Foolish Questions And Other Odd Observations, by Rube Goldberg, edited by Peter Maresca and Paul C. Tumey (Sunday Press Books)
* Sky Masters Of The Space Force: The Complete Dailies, by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., edited by Daniel Herman (Hermes Press)
* Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Strips, Vol. 1, by Russ Manning et al., edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)

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BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT -- COMIC BOOKS

* Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, by Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha)
* Behaving MADly, edited by Craig Yoe (Yoe Books/IDW)
* The Collected Neil the Horse, by Arn Saba/Katherine Collins, edited by Andy Brown (Conundrum)
* Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
* Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, by Paul Gravett, Denis Kitchen, and John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

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BEST WRITER

* Tom King, Batman, Batman Annual #2, Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, Mister Miracle (DC) (TIE)
* Matt Kindt, Grass Kings (BOOM! Studios); Ether (Dark Horse); Eternity, X-O Manowar (Valiant)
* Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Descender (Image)
* Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image) (TIE)
* Mark Russell, The Flintstones (DC)

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BEST WRITER/ARTIST

* Lorena Alvarez, Night Lights (Nobrow)
* Chabouté, Moby Dick (Dark Horse); Alone, The Park Bench (Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster)
* Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
* Cathy Malkasian, Eartha (Fantagraphics)
* Jiro Taniguchi, Furari, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide: Venice (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)

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BEST PENCILLER/INKER OR PENCILLER/INKER TEAM

* Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)
* Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
* Gary Gianni, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (Dark Horse)
* Ramón K. Perez, Jane (Archaia)
* David Rubín, Black Hammer #9 & #12, Ether, Sherlock Frankenstein #1–3 (Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image)

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BEST PAINTER/MULTIMEDIA ARTIST (INTERIOR ART)

* Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Dinosaur, Little Tails (Lion Forge/Magnetic)
* EFA, Monet: Itinerant of Light (NBM)
* Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Flight of the Raven (EuroComics/IDW)
* Cyril Pedrosa, Portugal (NBM)
* Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

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BEST COVER ARTIST

* Jorge Corona, No. 1 With A Bullet (Image)
* Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC); Doom Patrol (DC Young Animal)
* Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther (Marvel)
* Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
* Julian Totino Tedesco, Hawkeye (Marvel)

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BEST COLORING

* Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
* Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
* Ed Piskor, X-Men: Grand Design (Marvel)
* David Rubín, Ether, Black Hammer, Sherlock Frankenstein (Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image)
* Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, BPRD: Devil You Know, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, Sherlock Frankenstein, Shaolin Cowboy (Dark Horse); Maestros (Image)
* Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, What Is Left (ShortBox)

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BEST LETTERING

* Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)
* Clayton Cowles, Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, Redlands, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Bolt, Spider-Gwen, Astonishing X-Men, Star Wars (Marvel)
* Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
* Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: Slay of the Gods (Dark Horse)
* John Workman, Mother Panic (DC Young Animal); Ragnorak (IDW)

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BEST COMICS-RELATED PERIODICAL/JOURNALISM

* Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
* The Comics Journal, edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone, tcj.com (Fantagraphics)
* Hogan's Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes
* Jack Kirby Collector, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)
* PanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com

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BEST COMICS-RELATED BOOK

* Deconstructing The Incal By Alejandro Jodorowsky And Moebius, by Jean Annestay and Christophe Quillien (Humanoids)
* How Comics Work, by Dave Gibbons and Tim Pilcher (Wellfleet Press/Quarto Group)
* How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels, by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics)
* Line of Beauty: The Art of Wendy Pini, by Richard Pini (Flesk)
* Monograph, by Chris Ware (Rizzoli)
* To Laugh That We May Not Weep: The Life and Times of Art Young, by Glenn Bray and Frank M. Young (Fantagraphics)

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BEST ACADEMIC/SCHOLARLY WORK

* The Comics of Charles Schulz: The Good Grief of Modern Life, edited by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon (University Press of Mississippi)
* Ethics in the Gutter: Empathy and Historical Fiction in Comics, by Kate Polak (Ohio State University Press)
* Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics, by Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press)
* Neon Visions: The Comics of Howard Chaykin, by Brannon Costello (LSU Press)
* Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics, edited by Mark Heimermann and Brittany Tullis (University of Texas Press)

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BEST PUBLICATION DESIGN

* Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, and MASH•ROOM (Kodansha)
* Celebrating Snoopy, designed by Spencer Williams and Julie Phillips (Andrews McMeel)
* Monograph, designed by Chris Ware (Rizzoli)
* My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
* Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

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BEST DIGITAL COMIC

* Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
* Barrier, by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)
* The Carpet Merchant of Konstaniniyya, by Reimena Yee (reimenayee.com/the-carpet-merchant)
* Contact High, by James F. Wright and Josh Eckert (gumroad.com/l/YnxSm)
* Harvey Kurtzman's Marley's Ghost, by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O'Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideo Kendall (comiXology Originals/Kitchen, Lind & Associates)
* Quince, by Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner, and Emma Steinkellner, translated by Valeria Tranier (Fanbase Press/comiXology)

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BEST WEBCOMIC

* Awaiting a Wave, by Dale Carpenter and Nate Powell (The Weather Channel Digital)
* Brothers Bond, by Kevin Grevioux and Ryan Benjamin (LINE Webtoon)
* Dispatch from a Sanctuary City, by Mike Dawson (The Nib)
* The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O'Neill
* Welcome to the New World, by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan (New York Times Sunday Review)

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