Monday, July 24, 2023

Winners Of The 2023 Eisner Awards Announced

The winers of the 2023 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2022, 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 during San Diego Comic Con.


Best Short Story

  • “Finding Batman” by Kevin Conroy and J Bone in DC Pride 2022 (DC)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

  • Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)

Best Continuing Series

  • Nightwing, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)

Best Limited Series

  • The Human Target, by Tom King and Greg Smallwood (DC)

Best New Series

  • Public Domain, by Chip Zdarsky (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

  • The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems (Union Square Kids)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

  • Frizzy, by Claribel A Ortega and Rose Bousamra (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

  • Do A Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image)

Best Humour Publication

  • Revenge of the Librarians, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Anthology

  • The Nib Magazine, edited by Matt Bors (Nib)

Best Reality-Based Work

  • Flung Out of Space, by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Graphic Memoir

  • Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album - New

  • The Night Eaters, Book 1: She Eats the Night, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Graphic Album - Reprint

  • Parker: The Martini Edition - Last Call, by Richard Stark, Darwyn Cooke, Ed Brubaker, and Sean Phillips (IDW)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

  • Chivalry by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Colleen Doran (Dark Horse)

Best US Edition of International Material

  • Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 1, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, translation by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (Dark Horse)

Best US Edition of International Material - Asia

  • Shuna's Journey, by Hayao Miyazaki; translation by Alex Dudok de Wit (First Second/Macmillan)

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

  • Come Over Come Over, It’s So Magic, and My Perfect Life, by Lynda Barry, edited by Peggy Burns (Drawn & Quarterly)

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

  • The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, edited by Dian Hansen (TASCHEN)

Best Writer

  • James Tynion IV, House of Slaughter, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Nice House on the Lake, The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country (DC), The Closet, The Department of Truth (Image)

Best Writer / Artist

  • Kate Beaton, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker Team

  • Greg Smallwood, The Human Target (DC)

Best Painter / Multimedia Artist (interior art)

  • Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (Abrams ComicArts); Monstress (Image)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)

  • Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)

Best Colouring

  • Jordie Bellaire, The Nice House on the Lake, Suicide Squad: Blaze (DC); Antman, Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (Marvel)

Best Lettering

  • Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical / Journalism

  • PanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and Tiffany Babb (panelxpanel.com)

Best Comics-Related Book

  • Charles M Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects, by Benjamin L Clark and Nat Gertler (Schulz Museum)

Best Academic / Scholarly Work

  • The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions, edited by Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren (University Press of Mississippi)

Best Publication Design

  • Parker: The Martini Edition - Last Call, designed by Sean Phillips (IDW)

Best Webcomic


Best Digital Comic

  • Barnstormers, by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay (Comixology Originals)

Bill Finger Award

  • Sam Glanzman
  • Barbara Friedlander

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award

  • Beth Accomando
  • Scott Dunbier

Will Eisner Hall of Fame Inductees

  • Brian Bolland (by vote)
  • Ann Nocenti (by vote)
  • Tim Sale (by vote)
  • Diana Schutz (by vote)
  • Jay Johnson
  • Gaspar Saladino
  • Win Mortimer
  • Jack Katz
  • Tatjana Wood
  • Tony DeZuniga
  • Mort Walker
  • Garry Trudeau
  • Justin Green
  • Aline Kominsky-Crumb
  • Diane Noomin
  • Bill Griffith
  • Jerry Bails
  • Jeffrey Catherine Jones
  • Kim Thompson

Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Award


Russ Manning Best Newcomer Award

  • Zoe Thorogood
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