Winners Of The 2021 Eisner Awards Announced

The winners of the 2021 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2020, given for creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards, have been announced.

Best Short Story

• “When the Menopausal Carnival Comes to Town,” by Mimi Pond, in Menopause: A Comic Treatment (Graphic Medicine / Pennsylvania State University Press)

 

Best Single Issue

• Sports Is Hell, by Ben Passmore (Koyama Press)

 

Best Continuing Series

• Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (IDW)

 

Best Limited Series

• Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber (DC)

 

Best New Series

• Black Widow, by Kelly Thompson and Elena Casagrande (Marvel)

 

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

• Our Little Kitchen, by Jillian Tamaki (Abrams Books for Young Readers)

 

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

• Superman Smashes the Klan, by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC)

 

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

• Dragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second/Macmillan)

 

Best Humor Publication

• Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber (DC)

 

Best Anthology

• Menopause: A Comic Treatment, edited by MK Czerwiec (Graphic Medicine/Pennsylvania State University Press)

 

Best Reality-Based Work

• Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, by Derf Backderf (Abrams)

 

Best Graphic Memoir

• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)

 

Best Graphic Album—New

• Pulp, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

 

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• Seeds and Stems, by Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics)

 

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

• Superman Smashes the Klan, adapted by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC)

 

Best US Edition of International Material

• Goblin Girl, by Moa Romanova, translation by Melissa Bowers (Fantagraphics)

 

Best US Edition of International Material—Asia

• Remina, by Junji Ito, translation by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

 

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

• The Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age, edited by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)

 

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

• The Complete Hate, by Peter Bagge, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

 

Best Writer

• James Tynion IV, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); Batman (DC); The Department of Truth (Image); Razorblades (Tiny Onion)

 

Best Writer / Artist

• Junji Ito, Remina, Venus in the Blind Spot (VIZ Media)

 

Best Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker Team

• Michael Allred, Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams (Insight Editions)

 

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Anand RK/John Pearson, Blue in Green (Image)

 

Best Cover Artist

• Peach Momoko, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #19, Mighty Morphin #2, Something Is Killing the Children #12, Power Rangers #1 (BOOM! Studios); DIE!namite, Vampirella (Dynamite); The Crow: Lethe (IDW); Marvel Variants (Marvel)

 

Best Colouring

• Laura Allred, X-Ray Robot (Dark Horse); Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams (Insight Editions)

 

Best Lettering

• Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

 

Best Comics-Related Journalism / Periodical

• Women Write About Comics, edited by Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne, www.WomenWriteAboutComics.com

 

Best Comics-Related Book

• Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books, by Ken Quattro (Yoe Books/IDW)

 

Best Academic / Scholarly Work

• The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging, by Rebecca Wanzo (New York University Press)

 

Best Publication Design

• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, designed by Adrian Tomine and Tracy Huron (Drawn & Quarterly)

 

Best Digital Comic

• Friday, by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)

 

Best Webcomic

• Crisis Zone, by Simon Hanselmann, https://www.instagram.com/simon.hanselmann/

 

Spirit Of Comics Retailer Award

• The Laughing Ogre in Columbus, Ohio