Chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, the Will Eisner Awards reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from superheroes, to nursery rhymes and high school angst and pulp fiction.
The awards were presented in a special ceremony during this year's San Diego Comic-Con.
The Winners:
Best Short Story- “A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green,” by Nick Sousanis, in Columbia Magazine (Summer 2017),
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
- Hellboy: Krampusnacht, by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Dark Horse)
- Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
- Black Panther: World of Wakanda, by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E Martinez (Marvel)
- Black Bolt, by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward (Marvel)
- Good Night, Planet, by Liniers (Toon Books)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)
- The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neill (Oni)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
- Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
Best Humour Publication
- Baking with Kafka, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Web Comic
- The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neill, teadragonsociety.com
Best Digital Comic
- Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost, by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O’Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideo Kendall (comiXology Originals/Kitchen, Lind & Associates)
- Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color, edited by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
Best Reality-Based Work
- Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)
- My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint
- Boundless, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Adaptation From Another Medium
- Kindred, by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)
- Celebrating Snoopy, by Charles M Shulz, edited by Alexis E Fajardo and Dorothy O’Brien (Andrews McMeel)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)
- Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, by Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha)
Best US Edition of International Material
- Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom, by Marcelo D’Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
Best US Edition of International Material—Asia
- My Brother’s Husband, Vol 1, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii (Pantheon)
Best Writer
- = Tom King, Batman, Batman Annual #2, Batman / Elmer Fudd Special #1, Mister Miracle (DC)
- = Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image)
Best Writer / Artist
- Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
Best Penciller / Inker
- Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
Best Painter / Multimedia Artist (interior art)
- Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
Best Cover Artist
- Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
Best Colouring
- Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
Best Lettering
- Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: Slay of the Gods (Dark Horse)
Best Comics-Related Periodical / Journalism
- The Comics Journal, edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone, tcj.com (Fantagraphics)
- How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels, by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics)
Best Scholarly/Academic Work
- Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics, by Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press)
- Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, and MASH•ROOM (Kodansha)
Bill Finger Award for Excellence In Comic Writing
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
- Joye Murchison Kelly
- Dorothy Woolfolk
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award
- Hamish Steele
- Pablo Tunica
- Frederick Joseph at WeHaveStories for the Black Panther Challenge
- Comics4Kids
Spirit of the Industry Award
- Norma Comics (Barcelona, Spain)
Eisner Hall of Fame Inductees
- Jackie Ormes
- Carol Kalish
- Charles Addams
- Karen Berger
- Dave Gibbons
- Rumiko Takahashi
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