Winners Of The 2022 Eisner Awards Announced

The winners of the 2022 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2021, given for creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards, have been announced.

The winners were announced July 22 2022 at the San Diego Comic Con.

Best Short Story

• “Funeral in Foam,” by Casey Gilly and Raina Telgemeier, in You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife (Iron Circus)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

• Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons, by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Jimenez (DC)

Best Continuing Series (Tie)

• Bitter Root, by David F Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene (Image)
• Something Is Killing the Children, by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)

Best Limited Series

• The Good Asian, by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi (Image)

Best New Series

• The Nice House on the Lake, by James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno (DC Black Label)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

• Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis, by Julie and Stan Sakai (IDW)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

• Salt Magic, by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock (Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

• The Legend of Auntie Po, by Shing Yin Khor (Kokila/Penguin Random House)

Best Humour Publication

• Not All Robots, by Mark Russell and Mike Deodato Jr. (AWA Upshot)

Best Anthology

• You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife, edited by Kel McDonald and Andrea Purcell (Iron Circus)

Best Reality-Based Work

• The Black Panther Party: A Graphic History, by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson (Ten Speed Press)

Best Graphic Memoir

• Run: Book One, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L Fury, and Nate Powell (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Graphic Album—New

• Monsters, by Barry Windsor-Smith (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• The Complete American Gods, by Neil Gaiman, P Craig Russell, and Scott Hampton (Dark Horse)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

• George Orwell’s 1984: The Graphic Novel, adapted by Fido Nesti (Mariner Books)

Best US Edition of International Material

• The Shadow of a Man, by Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten, translation by Stephen D Smith (IDW)

Best US Edition of International Material—Asia

• Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection, by Junji Ito, translation by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

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

• Popeye: The EC Segar Sundays, vol. 1 by EC Segar, edited by Gary Groth and Conrad Groth (Fantagraphics)

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

• EC Covers Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Best Writer

• James Tynion IV, House of Slaughter, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Nice House on the Lake, The Joker, Batman, DC Pride 2021 (DC); The Department of Truth (Image); Blue Book, Razorblades (Tiny Onion Studios)

Best Writer / Artist

• Barry Windsor-Smith, Monsters (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker Team

• Phil Jimenez, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (DC)

Best Painter / Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Best Cover Artist

• Jen Bartel, Future State Immortal Wonder Woman #1 & 2, Wonder Woman Black & Gold #1, Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary (DC); Women’s History Month variant covers (Marvel)

Best Colouring

• Matt Wilson, Undiscovered Country (Image); Fire Power (Image Skybound); Eternals, Thor, Wolverine (Marvel); Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters (Oni)

Best Lettering

• Barry Windsor-Smith, Monsters (Fantagraphics)

Best Comics-Related Periodical / Journalism

• WomenWriteAboutComics.com, edited by Wendy Browne and Nola Pfau (WWAC)

Best Comics-Related Book

• All of the Marvels, by Douglas Wolk (Penguin Press)

Best Academic / Scholarly Work

• Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist History, by Eike Exner (Rutgers University Press)

Best Publication Design

• Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man vol. 1: 1962–1964 (TASCHEN)

Best Webcomic

• Lore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe (WEBTOON)

Best Digital Comic

• Snow Angels, by Jeff Lemire and Jock (Comixology Originals)