Winners of the 2019 Eisner Awards Announced

The winners for the 2019 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, given for creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards, were announced at a special ceremony during this year's San Diego Comic-Con.

The Winners:

Best Short Story

• “The Talk of the Saints,” by Tom King and Jason Fabok, in Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)

• Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310, by Chip Zdarsky (Marvel)

Best Continuing Series

• Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julaa Madrigal (Boom Box)

Best Limited Series

• Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)

Best New Series

• Gideon Falls, by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

• Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer, by James Kochalka (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

• The Divided Earth, by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

• The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang (First Second)

Best Humour Publication

• Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julia Madrigal (BOOM! Box)

Best Web Comic

• The Contradictions, by Sophie Yanow, (thecontradictions.com)

Best Digital Comic

• Umami, by Ken Niimura (Panel Syndicate), (panelsyndicate.com/comics/umami)

Best Anthology

• Puerto Rico Strong, edited by Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz, and Neil Schwartz (Lion Forge)

Best Reality-Based Work

• Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, by Box Brown (First Second)

Best Graphic Album—New

• My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• The Vision hardcover, by Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, and Michael Walsh (Marvel)

Best Adaptation From Another Medium

• “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, adapted by Junji Ito, translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)

• Star Wars: Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, edited by Dean Mullaney (Library of American Comics/IDW)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)

• Bill Sienkiewicz’s Mutants and Moon Knights… And Assassins... Artifact Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Best US Edition of International Material

• Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, by Pénélope Bagieu, translated by Montana Kane (First Second)

Best US Edition of International Material—Asia

• Tokyo Tarareba Girls, by Akiko Higashimura (Kodansha)

Best Writer

• Tom King, Batman, Mister Miracle, Heroes in Crisis, Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)

Best Writer / Artist

• Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker (First Second)

Best Penciller / Inker

• Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)

Best Painter / Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)

Best Cover Artist

• Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image); Submerged (Vault)

Best Colouring

• Matt Wilson, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); The Mighty Thor, Runaways (Marvel)

Best Lettering

• Todd Klein, Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald (Dark Horse); Batman: White Night (DC); Eternity Girl, Books of Magic (Vertigo/DC); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical / Journalism

• Back Issue, edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows)
• PanelxPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Best Comics-Related Book

• Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists, by Martha H. Kennedy (University Press of Mississippi)

Best Scholarly/Academic Work

• Sweet Little C*nt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet, by Anne Elizabeth Moore (Uncivilized Books)

Best Publication Design

• Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink / Dark Horse)

Bill Finger Award for Excellence In Comic Writing

• E Nelson Bridwell
• Mike Friedrich

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award

• Lisa Wood (aka Tula Lotay)
• Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez

Russ Manning Award for Most Promising Newcomer

• Lorena Alvarez, (Hicotea, Nightlights)

Spirit Of Comics Retailer Award

• La Revisteria, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hall Of Fame Inductees

• Bill Sienkiewicz
• Wendy & Richard Pini
• Paul Levitz
• Jenette Kahn
• Jose Luis Garcia Lopez
• Morrie Turner
• Dave Stevens
• June Tarpe Mills
• Jim Aparo