The Eisner Awards were presented at the San Diego Comic-Con last night; it looks like Paul Pope, Ed Brubaker, Bob Burden and Darwyn Cooke had an especially good night.
Congratulations to all the winners.
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
July 28th, 2007 at 6:39 am
GUMBY WON?!! YES!!!
Everyone should be reading that book. It is AMAZING.
July 28th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Hooray for All-Star Superman, Batman Year 100, American Born Chinese, Ed Brubaker, and Paul Pope’s wins!
July 28th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Congrats to Paul Pope, he is one of the most talented creative minds alive and just keeps getting better.
Nice to see the Brian Bolland HC recognized, required reading for any fan of Bolland and just a gorgeous book to look through.
Also interesting to see Marvel shut out outside of Brubaker and Criminal.
July 28th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
I’m happy with pretty much all of winners except I can’t believe that J.G. Jones didn’t win for best cover artist! Despite the quality and quantity of his 52 work, James Jean, quite frankly, isn’t that good, and has won for two or three years in a row…dissapointing.
July 28th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
I wanted J.G. Jones to win, but James Jean was my second choice.
Man, DC/Vertigo cleaned house this year.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Cheers for All Star Superman, Criminal, Fables and especially Ed Brubaker! I don’t think anyone can dispute that Bru’s deserved this award for a long time.
July 28th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
This has been a long time coming for Brubaker. Congrats.
July 28th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
DC cleaned Marvel’s clock! Other than Bru, Marvel sucks ass!
July 29th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
as much as people loved astonishing, im suprised there was no mention of that book for an award
July 30th, 2007 at 1:19 am
It’s weird (to me at least) that Fables seems to win so many of the artwork catagories. Surely there are other great cover artists, pencillers, and letterers out there.
July 30th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Props to my boys at Earth-2! The best comic shop in LA, hands down!
July 30th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
J.G. Jones was frickin robbed for 52. Robbed, I tell you!!!