User blog:Jamie/Eisner Award Winners 2013



The results are in. Congratulations to all the winners! While you should check out the winners, the complete list of nominees can be a checklist of great reads.

Check them out and let us know what you think. What was left out? Do you disagree with the winners?

BEST SHORT STORY


 * “A Birdsong Shatters the Still,” by Jeff Wilson and Ted May, in Injury #4 (Ted May/Alternative)
 * “Elmview” by Jon McNaught, in Dockwood (Nobrow)
 * “Moon 1969: The True Story of the 1969 Moon Launch,” by Michael Kupperman, in Tales Designed to Thrizzle #8 (Fantagraphics)
 * “Moving Forward,” by drewscape, in Monsters, Miracles, & Mayonnaise (Epigram Books)
 * “Rainbow Moment,” by Lilli Carré, in Heads or Tails (Fantagraphics)

BEST SINGLE ISSUE (OR ONE-SHOT)


 * Lose #4: “The Fashion Issue,” by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
 * The Mire, by Becky Cloonan (self-published)
 * Pope Hats #3, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
 * Post York #1, by James Romberger and Crosby (Uncivilized Books)
 * Tales Designed to Thrizzle #8, by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics)

BEST CONTINUING SERIES


 * Fatale, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
 * Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
 * The Manhattan Projects, by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra (Image)
 * Prophet, by Brandon Graham and Simon Roy (Image)
 * Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

BEST NEW SERIES


 * Adventure Time, by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (kaboom!)
 * Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
 * Fatale, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
 * Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
 * Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

BEST PUBLICATION FOR NEW READERS (UP TO AGE 7)


 * Babymouse for President, by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House)
 * Benny and Penny in Lights Out, by Geoffrey Hays (Toon Books/Candlewick)
 * Kitty & Dino, by Sara Richard (Yen Press/Hachette)
 * Maya Makes a Mess, by Rutu Modan (Toon Books/Candlewick)
 * Zig and Wikki in The Cow, by Nadja Spiegelman and Trade Loeffler (Toon Books/Candlewick)

BEST PUBLICATION FOR KIDS (AGES 8-12)


 * Adventure Time, by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (kaboom!)
 * Amulet Book 5: Prince of the Elves, by Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
 * Cow Boy: A Boy and His Horse, by Nate Cosby and Chris Eliopoulos (Archaia)
 * Crogan’s Loyalty, by Chris Schweizer (Oni)
 * Hilda and the Midnight Giant, by Luke Pearson (Nobrow)
 * Road to Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)

BEST PUBLICATION FOR TEENS (AGES 13-17)


 * Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens, by Meredith Gran (kaboom!)
 * Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, by Joseph Lambert (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney Hyperion)
 * Ichiro, by Ryan Inzana (Houghton Mifflin)
 * Spera, vol. 1, by Josh Tierney et al. (Archaia)
 * A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted by Hope Larson (FSG)

BEST HUMOR PUBLICATION


 * Adventure Time, by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (kaboom!)
 * BBXX: Baby Blues Decades 1 & 2, by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman (Andrews McMeel)
 * Darth Vader and Son, by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)
 * Naked Cartoonists, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

BEST DIGITAL COMIC


 * Ant Comic, by Michael DeForge
 * Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover
 * It Will All Hurt, by Farel Dalrymple
 * Our Bloodstained Roof, by Ryan Andrews
 * Oyster War, by Ben Towle

BEST ANTHOLOGY


 * Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
 * No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics, edited by Justin Hall (Fantagraphics)
 * Nobrow #7: Brave New World, edited by Alex Spiro and Sam Arthur (Nobrow)
 * 2000 AD, edited by Matt Smith (Rebellion)
 * Where Is Dead Zero?, edited by Jeff Ranjo (Where Is Dead Zero?)

BEST REALITY-BASED WORK (TIE)


 * Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, by Joseph Lambert (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney Hyperion)
 * The Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song, by Frank M. Young and David Lasky (Abrams ComicArts)
 * A Chinese Life, by Li Kunwu and P. Ôtié (Self Made Hero)
 * The Infinite Wait and Other Stories, by Julia Wertz (Koyama Press)
 * Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me, by Ellen Forney (Gotham Books)
 * You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart, by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics)

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM – NEW


 * Building Stories, by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
 * Goliath, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
 * The Hive, by Charles Burns (Pantheon)
 * Unterzakhn, by Leela Corman (Schocken)
 * You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart, by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics)

BEST ADAPTATION FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM


 * Chico and Rita, by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal (Self Made Hero)
 * Homer’s Odyssey, adapted by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury)
 * Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
 * Road to Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
 * A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted by Hope Larson (FSG)

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM – REPRINT


 * Cruisin’ with the Hound, by Spain (Fantagraphics)
 * Ed the Happy Clown, by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly)
 * Everything Together: Collected Stories, by Sammy Harkham (PictureBox)
 * Heads or Tails, by Lilli Carré (Fantagraphics)
 * King City, by Brandon Graham (TokyoPop/Image)
 * Sailor Twain, or The Mermaid in the Hudson by Mark Siegel (First Second)

BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT – STRIPS


 * Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, vol. 2, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
 * Mister Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann’s Sprightly Cousin, by Johnny Gruelle, edited by Rick Marschall (Fantagraphics)
 * Percy Crosby’s Skippy, vol. 1, edited by Jared Gardner and Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
 * Pogo, vol. 2: Bona Fide Balderdash, by Walt Kelly, edited by Carolyn Kelly and Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
 * Roy Crane’s Captain Easy: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics)

BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT- COMIC BOOKS


 * Crime Does Not Pay Archives, edited by Philip Simon and Kitchen, Lind & Associates (Dark Horse)
 * David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil Born Again: Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
 * Wally Wood’s EC Stories: Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
 * Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge: Only a Poor Old Man, by Carl Barks, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
 * Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby’s Romance Comics, edited by Michel Gagné (Fantagraphics)

BEST U.S. EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL


 * Abelard, by Régis Hautiere and Renaud Dillies (NBM)
 * Athos in America, by Jason (Fantagraphics)
 * Blacksad: Silent Hell, by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)
 * The Making of, by Brecht Evens (Drawn & Quarterly)
 * Monsieur Jean: The Singles Theory, by Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian (Humanoids)
 * New York Mon Amour, by Benjamin LeGrand, Dominique Grange, and Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)

BEST U.S. EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL – ASIA


 * Barbara, by Osamu Tezuka (Digital Manga)
 * A Chinese Life, by Li Kunwu and P. Ôtié (Self Made Hero)
 * Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
 * Nonnonba, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
 * Thermae Romae, by Mari Yamazaki (Yen Press/Hachette)

BEST WRITER


 * Ed Brubaker, Fatale (Image)
 * Matt Fraction, Hawkeye (Marvel); Casanova: Avaritia (Marvel Icon)
 * Brandon Graham, Multiple Warheads, Prophet (Image)
 * Jonathan Hickman, The Manhattan Projects (Image)
 * Brian K. Vaughan, Saga (Image)
 * Frank M. Young, The Carter Family (Abrams ComicArts)

BEST WRITER/ARTIST


 * Charles Burns, The Hive (Pantheon)
 * Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories, vol. 5 (Fantagraphics)
 * Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories, vol. 5 (Fantagraphics)
 * Luke Pearson, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, Everything We Miss (Nobrow)
 * C. Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart (Fantagraphics)
 * Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon)

BEST PENCILLER/INKER (TIE)


 * David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)
 * Becky Cloonan, Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse); The Muse (self-published)
 * Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain)
 * Sean Phillips, Fatale (Image)
 * Joseph Remnant, Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland (Zip Comics/Top Shelf)
 * Chris Samnee, Daredevil (Marvel); Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom (IDW)

BEST PAINTER/MULTIMEDIA ARTIST (INTERIOR ART)


 * Brecht Evens, The Making Of (Drawn & Quarterly)
 * Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
 * Teddy Kristiansen, The Red Diary/The RE[a]D Diary (MAN OF ACTION/Image)
 * Lorenzo Mattotti, The Crackle of the Frost (Fantagraphics)
 * Katsuya Terada, The Monkey King vol. 2 (Dark Horse)

BEST COVER ARTIST


 * David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)
 * Brandon Graham, King City, Multiple Warheads, Elephantmen #43 (Image)
 * Sean Phillips, Fatale (Image)
 * Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)
 * J, H. Williams III, Batwoman (DC)

BEST COLORING


 * Charles Burns, The Hive (Pantheon)
 * Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain)
 * Brandon Graham, Multiple Warheads (Image)
 * Dave Stewart, Batwoman (DC); Fatale (Image); BPRD, Conan the Barbarian, Hellboy in Hell, Lobster Johnson, The Massive (Dark Horse)
 * Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon)

BEST LETTERING


 * Paul Grist, Mudman (Image)
 * Troy Little, Angora Napkin 2: Harvest of Revenge (IDW)
 * Joseph Remnant, Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland (Zip Comics/Top Shelf)
 * C. Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart (Fantagraphics)
 * Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon)

BEST COMICS RELATED PERIODICAL/JOURNALISM


 * Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
 * ComicsAlliance, edited by Joe Hughes, Caleb Goellner, and Andy Khouri
 * The Comics Reporter, edited by Tom Spurgeon
 * Robot 6, produced by Comic Book Resources
 * tcj.com, edited by Timothy Hodler and Dan Nadel (Fantagraphics)

BEST COMICS-RELATED BOOK


 * The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist, edited by Alvin Buenaventura (Abrams ComicArts)
 * Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics, by Dewey Cassell (TwoMorrows)
 * Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, by Sean Howe (HarperCollins)
 * Mastering Comics, by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden (First Second)
 * Team Cul De Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson’s, edited by Chris Sparks (Andrews McMeel)
 * Woodwork: Wallace Wood 1927–1981, edited by Frédéric Manzano (CasalSolleric/IDW)

BEST EDUCATIONAL/ACADEMIC WORK


 * Autobiographical Comics: Life Writing in Pictures, by Elisabeth El Refaie (University Press of Mississippi)
 * Comics Versus Art, by Bart Beaty (University of Toronto Press)
 * Crockett Johnson & Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children’s Literature, by Philip Nel (University Press of Mississippi)
 * Lynda Barry: Girlhood Through the Looking Glass, by Susan E. Kirtley (University Press of Mississippi)
 * The Poetics of Slumberland, by Scott Bukatman (University of California Press)

BEST PUBLICATION DESIGN


 * Building Stories, designed by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
 * Dal Tokyo, designed by Gary Panter and Family Sohn (Fantagraphics)
 * David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil Born Again: Artist’s Edition, designed by Randy Dahlk (IDW)
 * Mister Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann’s Sprightly Cousin, designed by Tony Ong (Fantagraphics)
 * Wizzywig, designed by Ed Piskor and Chris Ross (Top Shelf)