Comic-Con A to Z and dropped the Special Recognition category. Voting in one Eisner Awards category, Hall of Fame, is already completed. The judges chose the nominees earlier this year, and voting was conducted solely online, with voting ending on March 26. Ballots with this year’s nominees were sent out in mid-April to comics creators, editors, publishers, and retailers. A downloadable PDF of the ballot is available online, and a special website, www.eisnervote.com, has been set up for online voting. The results in all categories will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 24 at Comic-Con International. More information about the Eisner Awards can be found at www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_main.shtml. (At right, the 2009 Eisner Award judges: Mike Pawuk, Ben Towle, Amanda Emmert, John Shabelski, and Andrew Wheeler.)
2009 Will eisner comic industry award nominees Best Short Story “Actual Size” by Chris Ware, in Kramers Ergot 7 (Buenaventura Press) “Chechen War, Chechen Women,” by Joe Sacco, in I Live Here (Pantheon) “Freaks,” by Laura Park, in Superior Showcase #3 (AdHouse) “Glenn Ganges in ‘Pulverize,’” by Kevin Huizenga, in Ganges #2 (Fantagraphics) “Murder He Wrote,” by Ian Boothby, Nina Matsumoto, and Andrew Pepoy, in The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #14 (Bongo) Best Continuing Series All Star Superman. by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC) Fables, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Niko Henrichon, Andrew Pepoy, and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC) Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, by Naoki Urasawa (Viz) Thor, by J. Michael Straczynski, Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales, and various (Marvel) Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (Dark Horse) Best Limited Series Groo: Hell on Earth, by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier (Dark Horse) Hellboy: The Crooked Man, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse) Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW) Omega the Unknown, by Jonathan Lethem, Karl Rusnak, and Farel Dalrymple (Marvel) The Twelve, by J. Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston (Marvel) Best New Series Air, by. G. Willow Wilson and M. K. Perker (Vertigo/DC) Echo, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio) Invincible Iron Man, by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca (Marvel) Madame Xanadu, by Matt Wagner, Amy Reeder Hadley, and Richard Friend (Vertigo/DC) Unknown Soldier, by Joshua Dysart and Alberto Ponticelli (Vertigo/DC) Best Publication for Kids Amulet, Book 1: The Stonekeeper, by Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic Graphix) Cowa! by Akira Toriyama (Viz) Princess at Midnight, by Andi Watson (Image) Stinky, by Eleanor Davis (RAW Junior) Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC) Best Publication for Teens/Tweens Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, adapted by P. Craig Russell (HarperCollins Children’s Books) Crogan’s Vengeance, by Chris Schweizer (Oni) 32 Comic-Con Magazine • Spring 2009
The Good Neighbors, Book 1: Kin, by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh (Scholastic Graphix) Rapunzel’s Revenge, by Shannon and Dean Hale and Nathan Hale (Bloomsbury Children’s Books) Skim, by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books) Best Humor Publication Arsenic Lullaby Pulp Edition No. Zero, by Douglas Paszkiewicz (Arsenic Lullaby) Chumble Spuzz, by Ethan Nicolle (SLG) Herbie Archives, by “Shane O’Shea” (Richard E. Hughes) and Ogden Whitney (Dark Horse) Petey and Pussy, by John Kerschbaum (Fantagraphics) Wondermark: Beards of Our Forefathers, by David Malki (Dark Horse) Best Anthology An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories, vol. 2, edited by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press) Best American Comics 2008, edited by Lynda Barry (Houghton Mifflin) Comic Book Tattoo: Narrative Art Inspired by the Lyrics and Music of Tori Amos, edited by Rantz Hoseley (Image) Kramers Ergot 7, edited by Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura Press) MySpace Dark Horse Presents, edited by Scott Allie and Sierra Hahn (Dark Horse) Best Digital Comic Bodyworld, by Dash Shaw, www.dashshaw.com Finder, by Carla Speed McNeil, www.shadowlinecomics.com/webcomics/#/finder/ The Lady’s Murder, by Eliza Frye, http://theladysmurder.elizafrye.com Speak No Evil: Melancholy of a Space Mexican, by Elan Trinidad, www.theoryofeverythingcomics.com/SNE/ Vs., by Alexis Sottile & Joe Infurnari, www.smithmag.net/nextdoorneighbor/2008/12/08/story-18/ Best Reality-Based Work Alan’s War, by Emmanuel Guibert (First Second) Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story, by Frederik Peeters (Houghton Mifflin) Fishtown, by Kevin Colden (IDW) A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh Child, by Rick Geary (NBM) What It Is, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly) Best Graphic Album—New Alan’s War, by Emmanuel Guibert (First Second) Paul Goes Fishing, by Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly) Skim, by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books) Swallow Me Whole, by Nate Powell (Top Shelf) Three Shadows, by Cyril Pedrosa (First Second) Photo by Jackie Estrada.