Eisner Award Nominations 2013

If you're fishing for a comic or graphic novel to buy this weekend then you may be interested to cast an eye over the Eisner Award nominations announced recently. As ever, there's a nice spread across the park with Matt Fraction and David Aja's Hawkeye (Marvel) and Chris Ware's Building Stories (Jonathan Cape) both picking up 5 nominations, while Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Fatale (Image) has amassed 6 nominations and Fantagraphics is the publisher best represented. The full list can be found on several comic newsites including ComicsBeat (see here). Here's a selection of some of the categories:

Best Continuing Series
Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
The Manhattan Projects by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra (Image)
Prophet by Brandon Graham and Simon Roy (Image)
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

Best New Series
Adventure Time by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (kaboom!)
Bandette by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Anthology
Dark Horse Presents edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics edited by Justin Hall (Fantagraphics)
Nobrow #7: Brave New World edited by Alex Spiro and Sam Arthur (Nobrow)
2000 AD edited by Matt Smith (Rebellion)
Where Is Dead Zero? edited by Jeff Ranjo (Where Is Dead Zero?)

Best Graphic Album—New
Building Stories by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
Goliath by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Hive by Charles Burns (Pantheon)
Unterzakhn by Leela Corman (Schocken)
You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium
Chico and Rita by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal (Self Made Hero)
Homer’s Odyssey adapted by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury)
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted by Hope Larson (FSG)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Abelard by Régis Hautiere and Renaud Dillies (NBM)
Athos in America by Jason (Fantagraphics)
Blacksad: Silent Hell by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)
The Making of by Brecht Evens (Drawn & Quarterly)
Monsieur Jean: The Singles Theory by Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian (Humanoids)
New York Mon Amour by Benjamin LeGrand, Dominique Grange, and Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)

2012 Eisner Awards Winners

Many congratulations to Mark Waid for winning a pocketful of trophies at the Eisner Award ceremony where not only did Daredevil (Marvel) win Best Continuing Series and Best Single Issue for #7 but he also won the Best Writer award for his combined output of Daredevil, Irredeemable and Incorruptible (both Boom! Studios). Craig Thompson won the Writer/Artist award for Habibi (Faber & Faber) and Darwyn Cooke's Parker (IDW) series - latest volume out now! - won Best Short Story and Best Reprinted Graphic Album for the Martini Edition. For the full list I direct you to TheComicsReporter website for which Tom Spurgeon deservedly won Best Comics-Related Journalism (see here).

Something For The Long Weekend? The Eisner Nominees 2012

The Eisner Award nominees have been announced with Daredevil coming out with most nominations with six, and Jim Henson's Tale of Sand next up with five. Here's a list of the major awards (hopefully regular readers of this blog will recognise some of my recommendations including Rachel Rising, of which volume 1 out this week) but for the full list go to the Eisner Award site (see here) which links to San Diego Comic-Con.

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Daredevil #7, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)
Ganges #4, by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics)
Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Princeless #3, by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin (Action Lab)
The Unwritten #24: “Stairway to Heaven” by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Al Davison (Vertigo/DC)

Best Continuing Series
Daredevil, by Mark Waid, Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)
Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
Rachel Rising, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli (Marvel)
Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (Dark Horse)

Best Limited Series
Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X, by Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener (Red 5)
Criminal: The Last of the Innocent, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
Flashpoint: Batman—Knight of Vengeance, by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (Vertigo/DC)
The New York Five, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly (Vertigo/DC)
Who Is Jake Ellis? by Nathan Edmondson & Tonci Zonjic (Image)

Best Anthology
Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
Nelson, edited by Rob Davis and Woodrow Phoenix (Blank Slate)
Nursery Rhyme Comics, edited by Chris Duffy (First Second)
The Someday Funnies, edited by Michel Choquette (Abrams ComicArts)
Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land, edited by Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Reality-Based Work
Around the World, by Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story, by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case (Dark Horse Books)
Marzi: A Memoir, by Marzena Sowa and Sylvain Savoia (Vertigo/DC)
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Vietnamerica, by GB Tran (Villard)

Best Graphic Album—New
Bubbles & Gondola, by Renaud Dillies (NBM)
Freeway, by Mark Kalesniko (Fantagraphics)
Habibi, by Craig Thompson (Pantheon)
Ivy, by Sarah Olekysk (Oni)
Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, adapted by Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia)
One Soul, by Ray Fawkes (Oni)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Big Questions, by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Death Ray, by Dan Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition, by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
WE3: The Deluxe Edition, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Vertigo/DC)
Zahra’s Paradise, by Amir and Khalil (First Second)

Best Writer
Cullen Bunn, The Sixth Gun (Oni)
Mike Carey, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)
Jeff Jensen, Green River Killer: A True Detective Story (Dark Horse Books)
Jeff Lemire, Animal Man, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. (DC); Sweet Tooth (Vertical/DC)
Mark Waid, Irredeemable, Incorruptible (BOOM!); Daredevil (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist
Rick Geary, The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti (NBM)
Terry Moore, Rachel Rising (Abstract Studio)
Sarah Oleksyk, Ivy (Oni)
Craig Thompson, Habibi (Pantheon)
Jim Woodring, Congress of the Animals (Fantagraphics), “Harvest of Fear,” in The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #17 (Bongo)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Michael Allred, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special (Image)
Ramón K. Pérez, Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand (Archaia)
Chris Samnee, Captain America and Bucky, Ultimate Spider-Man #155 (Marvel)
Marcos Martin, Daredevil (Marvel)
Paolo Rivera/Joe Rivera, Daredevil (Marvel)

Look at 'im - celebrating already!

Eisner Awards 2010: Summer reading list

The Eisner Awards for 2010 were announced a week ago now but in case you missed them here are the highlights (the links take you to our previous comments on these books): The Walking Dead (Image) beat off Fables, Irredeemable, 20th Century Boys and Unwritten to claim the Best Ongoing Series title. Chew (Image) received Best New Series and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Marvel) was named both Best Limited Series and Best Publication for Kids. Beasts of Burden (Dark Horse) was voted Best Publication for Teens as well as picking up an art award, Scott Pilgrim (Oni) for Best Humour Publication and Popgun (Image) Best Anthology.

Best Reality-Based Work went to A Drifting Life (D&Q), Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter (IDW) was named Best Adaptation and Asterios Polyp (Pantheon) was awarded Best Graphic Album. For a complete list of awards including all the nominations and all the links you could possibly need to follow up, check The Comics Reporter link here.