Via Tom Spurgeon’s Comics Reporter comes the full list of the weekend’s Eisner Award winners. James Jean continues to be unstoppable, winning yet another award for his cover art – any day now he will take over the world and rule us all… Y: the Last Man, which has just finished a powerhouse run (one of my favourite series of recent years), picked up a couple of gongs, with Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan picking up the award for Best penciller/inker and Best continuing series. The ’season 8′ Buffy comics won Best new series (now I come to think of it perhaps James Jean won’t take over the world, he will share control of it with Joss Whedon. And perhaps the world might be better for it) and Gerard Way’s Umbrella Academy won the Best limited series gong. David Petersen’s Mouse Guard picked up both Best publication for kids and Best graphic album (reprint). Nick Abadzis, Chris Ware and Dan Clowes were also (rightly) honoured and its great to see healthy showing from D&Q and Fantagraphics in there.
Best short story
Mr. Wonderful, by Dan Clowes, in New York Times Sunday Magazine
Best single issue (or one-shot)
Justice League of America #11: Walls, by Brad Meltzer and Gene Ha (DC)
Best continuing series
Y: The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan, Jr. (Vertigo/DC)
Best limited series
The Umbrella Academy, by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba (Dark Horse)
Best new series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, by Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
Best publication for kids
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, by David Petersen (Archaia)
Best publication for teens
Laika, by Nick Abadzis (First Second)
Best humour publication
Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories, by Nicholas Gurewitch (Dark Horse)
Best anthology
5, by Gabriel Ba, Becky Cloonan, Fabio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, and Rafael Grampa (self-published)
Best digital comic
Sugarshock!, by Joss Whedon and Fabio Moon
Best reality-based work
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, by James Sturm and Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
Best graphic album – new
Exit Wounds, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best graphic album – reprint
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, by David Petersen (Archaia)
Best archival collection/project – comic strips
Complete Terry and the Pirates, vol. 1, by Milton Caniff (IDW)
Best archival collection/project – comic books
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! by Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics)
Best US edition of international material
I Killed Adolf Hitler, by Jason (Fantagraphics)
Best US edition of international material – Japan
Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White, by Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz)
Best writer
Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Criminal, Daredevil, Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel)
Best writer/artist
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)
Best writer/artist – humour
Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)
Best penciller/inker or penciller/inker team
Pia Guerra/Jose Marzan, Jr., Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC)
Best painter or multimedia artist (interior art)
Eric Powell, The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse)
Best cover artist
James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2; Superior Showcase 2 (AdHouse)
Best colouring
Dave Stewart, BPRD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cut, Hellboy, Lobster Johnson, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); The Spirit (DC)
Best lettering
Todd Klein, Justice, Simon Dark (DC); Fables, Jack of Fables, Crossing Midnight (Vertigo/DC); League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (WildStorm/DC); Nexus (Rude Dude)
Special recognition
Chuck BB, Black Metal (artist, Oni)
Best comics-related periodical/journalism
Newsarama, produced by Matt Brady and Michael Doran
Best comics-related book
Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, by Douglas Wolk (Da Capo Press)
Best publication design
Process Recess 2, designed by James Jean and Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)
Hall of fame – judges’ choices
R. F. Outcault, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Hall of fame – voter’s choices
John Broome, Arnold Drake, Len Wein, Barry Windsor-Smith
Other awards:
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Paul Levitz
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Cathy Malkasian
Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing: Archie Goodwin, Larry Lieber
Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailing Award: Atom! and Portlyn Freeman of Brave New World
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