Works List of Eisner Award winners

1 works

1.1 best single issue/single story
1.2 best single issue/one-shot
1.3 best short story
1.4 best serialized story
1.5 best black-and-white series
1.6 best continuing series
1.7 best finite series/limited series
1.8 best limited series or story arc
1.9 best new series
1.10 best title younger readers/best comics publication younger audience
1.11 best publication kids
1.12 best publication readers (up age 8)
1.13 best publication kids (ages 9-12)
1.14 best publication teens (ages 13-17)
1.15 best publication young adults (ages 12-17)
1.16 best anthology
1.17 best digital comic/webcomic
1.18 best webcomic
1.19 best digital comic
1.20 best reality-based work
1.21 best graphic album
1.22 best graphic album: new
1.23 best graphic album: reprint
1.24 best archival collection/project
1.25 best archival collection/project - comic strips (at least 20 years old)
1.26 best archival collection/project — strips (at least 20 years old)
1.27 best archival collection/project - comic books
1.28 best humor publication
1.29 best adaptation work
1.30 best u.s. edition of international material
1.31 best u.s. edition of international material - japan
1.32 best u.s. edition of international material - asia
1.33 best comic strip collection
1.34 best comics-related periodical/journalism
1.35 best academic/scholarly work
1.36 best comics-related book
1.37 best comics-related publication (periodical or book)
1.38 best comics-related product/item
1.39 best comics-related sculpted figures
1.40 best publication design

works
best single issue/single story

1988 gumby summer fun special #1, bob burden , art adams (comico)
1989 kings in disguise #1, james vance , dan burr (kitchen sink)
1991 concrete celebrates earth day, paul chadwick, charles vess , jean giraud (also known moebius) (dark horse comics)
1992 sandman #22–28, neil gaiman , various artists (dc)
1993 nexus: origin mike baron , steve rude (dark horse)
1994 batman adventures: mad love, paul dini , bruce timm (dc)
1995 batman adventures holiday special paul dini, bruce timm, ronnie del carmen, , others (dc)
1996 kurt busiek s astro city #4: safeguards , kurt busiek , brent anderson (jukebox productions/image)
1997 kurt busiek s astro city, vol. 2, #1: welcome astro city , kurt busiek, brent anderson, , blyberg (jukebox productions/homage)
1998 kurt busiek s astro city vol. 2 #10: show em , kurt busiek, brent anderson, , blyberg (jukebox productions/homage)
1999 hitman #34: of thee sing , garth ennis, john mccrea, , garry leach (dc)
2000 tom strong #1: how tom strong got started , alan moore, chris sprouse, , al gordon (abc)
2001 promethea #10: sex, stars, , serpents , alan moore, j.h. williams iii, , mick gray (abc)
2002 eightball #22, daniel clowes (fantagraphics)
2003 stuff of dreams, kim deitch (fantagraphics)
2004 conan legend #0, kurt busiek , cary nord (dark horse) , goon #1, eric powell (dark horse) - tie
2005 eightball #23: death ray daniel clowes (fantagraphics)
2006 solo #5 darwyn cooke (dc)
2007 batman/the spirit #1 jeph loeb , darwyn cooke (dc)
2008 justice league of america #11: walls brad meltzer , gene ha (dc)
2009 no award given

best single issue/one-shot

2010 captain america #601: red, white, , blue-blood ed brubaker , gene colan (marvel)
2011 hellboy: double feature of evil, mike mignola, , richard corben
2012 daredevil #7, mark waid, paolo rivera, , joe rivera (marvel)
2013 mire, becky cloonan (self-published)
2014 hawkeye #11: “pizza business,” matt fraction , david aja (marvel)
2015 beasts of burden: hunters , gatherers, evan dorkan , jill thompson (dark horse)
2016 silver surfer #11: never after , dan slott , michael allred (marvel)
2017 beasts of burden: cat dragged in, evan dorkin, sarah dyer , jill thompson (dark horse)

best short story

1993 2 cities , in xenozoic tales #12 mark schultz (kitchen sink)
1994 amazing colossal homer , in simpsons #1 (bongo)
1995 babe wore red , frank miller, in sin city: babe wore red , other stories (dark horse/legend)
1996 eltingville comic-book, science-fiction, fantasy, horror, , role-playing club in bring me head of boba fett evan dorkin, in instant piano #3 (dark horse)
1997 heroes , archie goodwin , gary gianni, in batman: black & white #4 (dc)
1998 eltingville comic book, science-fiction, fantasy, horror , role-playing club in: marathon men , evan dorkin, in dork! #4 (slave labor)
1999 devil s advocate , matt wagner , tim sale, in grendel: black, white, , red #1 (dark horse)
2000 letitia lerner, superman s babysitter , kyle baker, in elseworlds 80-page giant (dc)
2001 gorilla suit , sergio aragonés, in streetwise (twomorrows)
2002 eltingville club in intervention, evan dorkin, in dork! #9 (slave labor)
2003 magician , snake , katie mignola , mike mignola, in dark horse maverick: happy endings (dark horse)
2004 death , neil gaiman , p. craig russell, in sandman: endless nights (vertigo/dc)
2005 unfamiliar , evan dorkin , jill thompson, in dark horse book of witchcraft (dark horse books)
2006 teenaged sidekick , paul pope, in solo #3 (dc)
2007 frog s eye view , bill willingham , james jean, in fables: 1001 nights of snowfall (vertigo/dc)
2008 mr. wonderful , dan clowes, serialized in new york times sunday magazine
2009 murder wrote, ian boothby, nina matsumoto , andrew pepoy, in simpsons treehouse of horror #14 (bongo comics)
2010 urgent request, gene luen yang , derek kirk kim, in eternal smile (first second)
2011 post mortem , greg rucka , michael lark, in avenger #2 (marvel)
2012 seventh darwyn cooke, in richard stark s parker: martini edition (idw)
2013 moon 1969: true story of 1969 moon launch michael kupperman, in tales designed thrizzle #8 (fantagraphics)
2014 untitled , gilbert hernandez, in love , rockets: new stories #6 (fantagraphics)
2015 when darkness presses , emily caroll (self-published)
2016 killing , dying , adrian tomine, in optic nerve #14 (drawn & quarterly)
2017 boy , tom king , david finch, in batman annual #1 (dc)

best serialized story

1993 hell alan moore , eddie campbell in taboo (spiderbaby graphix/tundra)
1994 great cow race , bone #7-11, jeff smith (cartoon books)
1995 life , times of scrooge mcduck , don rosa, uncle scrooge #285–296 (gladstone)
1996 strangers in paradise #1–8, terry moore (abstract studios)
1997 starman #20–23: sand , stars , james robinson, tony harris, guy davis, , wade von grawbadger (dc)
1998 kurt busiek s astro city #4–9: confession , kurt busiek, brent anderson, , blyberg (jukebox productions/homage)
1999 usagi yojimbo #13–22: grasscutter , stan sakai (dark horse)
2000 tom strong #4–7, alan moore, chris sprouse, al gordon, , guest artists (abc)
2001 100 bullets #15–18: hang on hang low , brian azzarello , eduardo risso (dc/vertigo)
2002 amazing spider-man #30–35: coming home , j. michael straczynski, john romita, jr., , scott hanna (marvel)
2003 fables #1–5: legends in exile , bill willingham, lan medina, , steve leialoha (dc/vertigo)
2004 gotham central #6–10: half life , greg rucka , michael lark (dc)
2005 fables #19–27: march of wooden soldiers, bill willingham, mark buckingham, , steve leialoha (vertigo/dc)
2006 fables #36–38, 40–41: return homelands, bill willingham, mark buckingham, , steve leialoha (vertigo/dc)

best black-and-white series

1988 concrete, paul chadwick (dark horse)
1989 concrete, paul chadwick (dark horse)
1991 xenozoic tales, mark schultz (kitchen sink)

best continuing series

1988 concrete, paul chadwick (dark horse)
1989 concrete, paul chadwick (dark horse)
1991 sandman, neil gaiman , various artists (dc/vertigo)
1992 sandman, neil gaiman , various artists (dc/vertigo)
1993 sandman, neil gaiman , various artists (dc/vertigo)
1994 bone, jeff smith (cartoon books)
1995 bone, jeff smith (cartoon books)
1996 acme novelty library, chris ware (fantagraphics)
1997 kurt busiek s astro city, kurt busiek, brent anderson, , blyberg (jukebox productions/homage)
1998 kurt busiek s astro city, kurt busiek, brent anderson, , blyberg (jukebox productions/homage)
1999 preacher, garth ennis , steve dillon (dc/vertigo)
2000 acme novelty library, chris ware (fantagraphics)
2001 top 10, alan moore, gene ha, , zander cannon (abc)
2002 100 bullets, brian azzarello , eduardo risso (dc/vertigo)
2003 daredevil, brian michael bendis , alex maleev (marvel)
2004 100 bullets, brian azzarello , eduardo risso (dc/vertigo)
2005 goon, eric powell (dark horse)
2006 astonishing x-men, joss whedon , john cassaday (marvel)
2007 all-star superman, grant morrison , frank quitely (dc)
2008 y: last man, brian k. vaughan, pia guerra, , jose marzan, jr. (dc/vertigo)
2009 all-star superman, grant morrison , frank quitely (dc)
2010 walking dead, robert kirkman , charles adlard (image)
2011 chew, john layman , rob guillory (image)
2012 daredevil, mark waid, marcos martin, paolo rivera, , joe rivera (marvel)
2013 saga, brian k. vaughan , fiona staples (image)
2014 saga, brian k. vaughan , fiona staples (image)
2015 saga, brian k. vaughan , fiona staples (image)
2016 southern bastards, jason aaron , jason latour (image)
2017 saga, brian k. vaughan , fiona staples (image)

best finite series/limited series

1988 watchmen, alan moore , dave gibbons (dc)
1989 silver surfer, stan lee , jean moebius giraud (marvel)
1991 give me liberty, frank miller , dave gibbons (dark horse)
1992 concrete: fragile creature, paul chadwick (dark horse)
1993 grendel: war child, matt wagner , patrick mceown (dark horse)
1994 marvels, kurt busiek , alex ross (marvel)
1995 sin city: dame kill for, frank miller (dark horse/legend)
1996 sin city: big fat kill, frank miller (dark horse/legend)
1997 kingdom come, mark waid , alex ross (dc)
1998 batman: long halloween, jeph loeb , tim sale (dc)
1999 300, frank miller , lynn varley (dark horse)
2000 whiteout: melt, greg rucka , steve lieber (oni)
2001 der ring des nibelungen (the ring of nibelung), p. craig russell, patrick mason (dark horse/maverick)
2002 hellboy: conqueror worm, mike mignola (dark horse/maverick)
2003 league of extraordinary gentlemen, volume ii, alan moore , kevin o neill (abc)
2004 fantastic four: unstable molecules, james sturm , guy davis (marvel)
2005 dc: new frontier, darwyn cooke (dc)
2006 7 soldiers, grant morrison , various artists (dc)
2007 batman: year 100, paul pope (dc)
2008 umbrella academy: apocalypse suite gerard way , gabriel bá (dark horse)
2009 hellboy: crooked man, mike mignola , richard corben (dark horse)

best limited series or story arc

2010 wonderful wizard of oz, eric shanower , skottie young (marvel)
2011 daytripper, fábio moon, gabriel bá (vertigo/dc)
2012 criminal: last of innocent, ed brubaker , sean phillips (marvel icon)
2013 no award given
2014 wake, scott snyder , sean murphy (vertigo/dc)
2015 little nemo: return slumberland, eric shanower , gabriel rodriguez (idw)
2016 fade out, ed brubaker , sean phillips (image)
2017 vision, tom king , gabriel walta (marvel)

best new series

1988 concrete, paul chadwick (dark horse)
1989 kings in disguise, james vance , dan burr (kitchen sink)
1995 coffee man, shannon wheeler (adhesive)
1996 kurt busiek s astro city, kurt busiek , brent anderson (jukebox productions/image comics|image)
1997 leave chance, james robinson , paul smith (homage)
1998 castle waiting, linda medley (olio)
1999 inhumans, paul jenkins. , jae lee (marvel)
2000 top 10, alan moore, gene ha, , zander cannon (abc)
2001 powers, brian michael bendis , michael avon oeming (image)
2002 queen & country, greg rucka , steve rolston (oni)
2003 fables, bill willingham, lan medina, mark buckingham, , steve leialoha (dc/vertigo)
2004 plastic man, kyle baker (dc)
2005 ex machina, brian k. vaughan, tony harris, , tom fesiter (wildstorm/dc)
2006 all-star superman, grant morrison , frank quitely (dc)
2007 criminal, ed brubaker , sean phillips (marvel icon)
2008 buffy vampire slayer season eight, joss whedon, brian k. vaughan, georges jeanty, , andy owens (dark horse)
2009 invincible iron man, matt fraction , salvador larroca (marvel)
2010 chew, john layman , rob guillory (image)
2011 american vampire, scott snyder, stephen king, rafael albuquerque (vertigo/dc)
2013 saga, brian k. vaughan , fiona staples (image)
2014 sex criminals, matt fraction , chip zdarsky
2015 lumberjanes, shannon watters, grace ellis, noelle stevenson, , brooke a. allen (boom! box)
2016 paper girls, brian k. vaughan , cliff chiang (image)
2017 black hammer, jeff lemire , dean ormston (dark horse)

best title younger readers/best comics publication younger audience

1996 batman , robin adventures, paul dini, ty templeton, , rick burchett (dc)
1997 leave chance, james robinson , paul smith (homage)
1998 batman & robin adventures, ty templeton, brandon kruse, rick burchett, , others (dc)
1999 batman: gotham adventures, ty templeton, rick burchett, , terry beatty (dc)
2000 simpsons comics, various (bongo)
2001 scary godmother: boo flu, jill thompson (sirius)
2002 herobear , kid, mike kunkel (astonish)
2003 herobear , kid, mike kunkel (astonish)
2004 walt disney s uncle scrooge, various (gemstone)
2005 plastic man, kyle baker , scott morse (dc)
2006 owly: flying lessons, andy runton (top shelf)
2007 gumby, bob burden , rick geary (wildcard ink)

best publication kids

2008 mouse guard: fall 1152 , mouse guard: winter 1152, david petersen (archaia)
2009 tiny titans, art baltazar , franco aureliani (dc)
2010 wonderful wizard of oz hardcover, l. frank baum, eric shanower, , skottie young (marvel)
2011 tiny titans, art baltazar , franco aureliani (dc)

best publication readers (up age 8)

2012 dragon puncher island, james kochalka (top shelf)
2013 babymouse president, jennifer l. holm , matthew holm (random house)
2014 itty bitty hellboy, art baltazar , franco (dark horse)
2015 zoo box, ariel cohen , aron nels steinke (first second)
2016 little robot, ben hatke (first second)
2017 narwhal: unicorn of sea, ben clanton (tundra)

best publication kids (ages 9-12)

2012 snarked, roger langridge (kaboom!)
2013 adventure time, ryan north, shelli paroline, , braden lamb (kaboom!)
2014 adventures of superhero girl, faith erin hicks (dark horse)
2015 el deafo, cece bell (amulet/abrams)
2016 on garden wall, pat mchale, amalia levari, , jim campbell (boom! studios/ kaboom!)
2017 ghosts, raina telgemeier (scholastic)

best publication teens (ages 13-17)

2008 laika, nick abadzis (first second)
2009 coraline, neil gaiman, adapted p. craig russell (harpercollins children’s books)
2010 beasts of burden, evan dorkin , jill thompson (dark horse)
2011 smile raina telgemeier (scholastic/graphix)
2013 wrinkle in time, madeleine l’engle, adapted hope larson (fsg)
2014 battling boy, paul pope (first second)
2015 lumberjanes, shannon watters, grace ellis, noelle stevenson, , brooke a. allen (boom! box)
2016 supermutant magic academy, jillian tamaki (drawn & quarterly)
2017 unbeatable squirrel girl, ryan north , erica henderson (marvel)

best publication young adults (ages 12-17)

2012 anya s ghost, vera brosgol (first second)

best anthology

1992 dark horse presents, edited randy stradley (dark horse)
1993 taboo, edited steve bissette (spiderbaby graphix/tundra)
1994 dark horse presents, edited randy stradley (dark horse)
1995 big book of urban legends, edited andy helfer (paradox press)
1996 big book of conspiracies, edited bronwyn taggart (paradox press)
1997 batman: black , white, mark chiarello , scott peterson, eds. (dc)
1998 hellboy christmas special, ed. scott allie (dark horse)
1999 grendel: black, white, , red, matt wagner; ed. diana schutz (dark horse)
2000 tomorrow stories, alan moore, rick veitch, kevin nowlan, melinda gebbie, , jim baikie (abc)
2001 drawn & quarterly, vol. 3, edited chris oliveros (drawn & quarterly)
2002 bizarro comics, edited joey cavalieri (dc)
2003 spx 2002 (cbldf)
2004 sandman: endless nights, neil gaiman, dave mckean, p. craig russell, miguelanxo prado, barron storey, frank quitely, glenn fabry, milo manara, , bill sienkiewicz; co-edited karen berger , shelly bond (vertigo/dc)
2005 michael chabon presents amazing adventures of escapist, edited diana schutz , david land (dark horse)
2006 solo, edited mark chiarello (dc)
2007 fables: 1001 nights of snowfall, bill willingham , various (vertigo/dc)
2008 5, gabriel bá, becky cloonan, fábio moon, vasilis lolos, , rafael grampa (self-published)
2009 comic book tattoo: narrative art inspired lyrics , music of tori amos, edited rantz hoseley (image)
2010 popgun volume 3, edited mark andrew smith, dj kirkbride, , joe keatinge (image)
2011 mouse guard: legends of guard, edited paul morrissey , david petersen
2012 dark horse presents, edited mike richardson (dark horse)
2013 dark horse presents, edited mike richardson (dark horse)
2014 dark horse presents, edited mike richardson (dark horse)
2015 little nemo: dream dream, edited josh o neill, andrew carl, , chris stevens (locust moon)
2016 drawn & quarterly, twenty-five years of contemporary, cartooning, comics, , graphic novels, edited tom devlin (drawn & quarterly)
2017 love love, edited marc andreyko (idw/dc)

best digital comic/webcomic

2005 mom s cancer brian fies
2006 pvp scott kurtz
2007 sam & max: big sleep steve purcell
2008 sugarshock!, joss whedon , fabio moon
2009 finder, carla speed mcneil
2010 sin titulo, cameron stewart
2011 abominable charles christopher, karl kerschl
2012 battlepug, mike norton
2013 bandette, paul tobin , colleen coover
2014 oatmeal, matthew inman
2015 private eye, brian k. vaughan , marcos martin
2016 bandette, paul tobin , colleen coover (monkeybrain/ comicxology)

best webcomic

2017 bird boy, anne szabla, http://bird-boy.com

best digital comic

2017 bandette, paul tobin , colleen coover

best reality-based work

2006 nat turner, kyle baker (kyle baker publishing)
2007 fun home, alison bechdel (houghton mifflin)
2008 satchel paige: striking out jim crow, james sturm , rich tommaso (center cartoon studies/hyperion)
2009 is, lynda barry (drawn & quarterly)
2010 drifting life, yoshihiro tatsumi (drawn & quarterly)
2011 war of trenches, jacques tardi
2012 green river killer: true detective story, jeff jensen , jonathan case (dark horse books)
2013 (tie)

annie sullivan , trials of helen keller, joseph lambert (center cartoon studies/disney hyperion)
the carter family: don’t forget song, frank m. young , david lasky (abrams comicarts)


2014 fifth beatle: brian epstein story, vivek j. tiwary, andrew c. robinson, , kyle baker (m press/dark horse)
2015 hip hop family tree vol. 2, ed piskor (fantagraphics)
2016 march: book 2 john lewis, andrew aydin, , nate powell (top shelf/idw)
2017 march: book three, john lewis, andrew aydin, , nate powell (top shelf/idw)

best graphic album

1988 watchmen, alan moore , dave gibbons (dc)
1989 batman: killing joke, alan moore , brian bolland (dc)

best graphic album: new

1991 elektra lives again, frank miller , lynn varley (marvel)
1992 heart of storm, eisner (kitchen sink)
1993 signal noise, neil gaiman , dave mckean (vg graphics/dark horse)
1994 small killing, alan moore , oscar zarate (dark horse)
1995 fairy tales of oscar wilde vol. 2, p. craig russell (nbm)
1996 stuck rubber baby, howard cruse (paradox press)
1997 fax sarajevo, joe kubert (dark horse books)
1998 batman & superman adventures: world s finest, paul dini, joe staton, , terry beatty (dc)
1999 superman: peace on earth, paul dini , alex ross (dc)
2000 acme novelty library #13, chris ware (fantagraphics)
2001 safe area goražde, joe sacco
2002 name of game, eisner (dc)
2003 one! hundred! demons! lynda barry (sasquatch books)
2004 blankets, craig thompson (top shelf)
2005 originals, dave gibbons (vertigo/dc)
2006 top 10: forty-niners, alan moore , gene ha (abc)
2007 american born chinese, gene luen yang (first second)
2008 exit wounds, rutu modan (drawn & quarterly)
2009 swallow me whole, nate powell (top shelf)
2010 asterios polyp, david mazzucchelli (pantheon)
2011 (tie)

wilson daniel clowes
return of dapper men jim mccann , janet lee


2012 jim henson s tale of sand, adapted ramon k. perez (archaia)
2013 building stories, chris ware (pantheon)
2014 property, rutu modan (drawn & quarterly)
2015 1 summer, mariko tamaki & jillian tamaki (first second)
2016 ruins peter kuper (selfmadehero)
2017 wonder woman: true amazon jill thompson (dc comics)

best graphic album: reprint

1991 sandman: doll s house neil gaiman , various artists (dc)
1992 maus ii art spiegelman (pantheon books)
1993 sin city frank miller (dark horse)
1994 cerebus: flight dave sim , gerhard (aardvark-vanaheim)
1995 hellboy: seed of destruction mike mignola (dark horse)
1996 tale of 1 bad rat bryan talbot (dark horse)
1997 stray bullets: innocence of nihilism david lapham (el capitan)
1998 sin city: yellow bastard frank miller (dark horse)
1999 batman: long halloween jeph loeb , tim sale (dc)
2000 hell alan moore , eddie campbell (eddie campbell comics)
2001 jimmy corrigan, smartest kid on earth chris ware (pantheon)
2002 batman: dark victory jeph loeb , tim sale (dc)
2003 batman: black , white vol. 2, edited mark chiarello , nick j. napolitano (dc)
2004 batman adventures: dangerous dames , demons, paul dini, bruce timm, , others (dc)
2005 bone 1 volume edition, jeff smith (cartoon books)
2006 black hole, charles burns (pantheon)
2007 absolute dc: new frontier, darwyn cooke (dc)
2008 mouse guard: fall 1152, david petersen (archaia)
2009 hellboy library edition, vols. 1 , 2, mike mignola (dark horse)
2010 absolute justice, alex ross, jim krueger, , doug braithewaite (dc)
2011 wednesday comics, edited mark chiarello (dc)
2012 richard stark s parker: martini edition, darwyn cooke (idw)
2013 king city, brandon graham (tokyopop/image)
2014 rasl, jeff smith (cartoon books)
2015 through woods, emily carroll (mcelderry books)
2016 nimona, noelle stevenson (harper teen)
2017 demon, jason shiga (first second)

best archival collection/project

1993 carl barks library album series (gladstone)
1994 complete little nemo in slumberland winsor mccay (fantagraphics)
1995 christmas spirit eisner (kitchen sink)
1996 complete crumb comics vol. 11 r. crumb (fantagraphics)
1997 tarzan: land time forgot , pool of time russ manning (dark horse)
1998 jack kirby s new gods jack kirby (dc)
1999 plastic man archives vol. 1 jack cole (dc)
2000 peanuts: golden celebration (harpercollins)
2001 spirit archives vols. 1 , 2 eisner (dc)
2002 akira katsuhiro otomo (dark horse)
2003 krazy & ignatz george herriman (fantagraphics)
2004 krazy , ignatz, 1929–1930, george herriman, edited bill blackbeard (fantagraphics)
2005 complete peanuts, edited gary groth (fantagraphics)

best archival collection/project - comic strips (at least 20 years old)

2006 complete calvin , hobbes bill watterson (andrews mcmeel)
2007 complete peanuts, 1959–1960, 1961-1962, charles schulz (fantagraphics)
2008 complete terry , pirates, vol. 1, milton caniff (idw)
2009 little nemo in slumberland, many more splendid sundays, winsor mccay (sunday press books)

best archival collection/project — strips (at least 20 years old)

2010 bloom county: complete library, vol. 1, berkeley breathed, edited scott dunbier (idw)
2011 archie: complete daily newspaper comics, edited greg goldstein (idw)
2012 walt disney s mickey mouse, vols. 1-2, floyd gottfredson, edited david gerstein , gary groth (fantagraphics)
2013 pogo, vol. 2: bona fide balderdash, walt kelly, edited carolyn kelly , kim thompson (fantagraphics)
2014 tarzan: complete russ manning newspaper strips, vol. 1, edited dean mullaney (loac/idw)
2015 winsor mccay’s complete little nemo, edited alexander braun (taschen)
2016 eternaut, héctor germán oesterheld , francisco solano lòpez, edited gary groth , kristy valenti (fantagraphics)
2017 chester gould s dick tracy, colorful cases of 1930s, edited peter maresca (sunday press)

best archival collection/project - comic books

2006 absolute watchmen alan moore , dave gibbons (dc)
2007 absolute sandman, vol. 1, neil gaiman , various (vertigo/dc)
2008 shall destroy civilized planets! fletcher hanks (fantagraphics)
2009 creepy archives, various (dark horse)
2010 rocketeer: complete adventures deluxe edition, dave stevens, edited scott dunbier (idw)
2011 dave stevens rocketeer: artist s edition, idw publishing
2012 walt simonson s mighty thor: artist s edition, (idw)
2013 david mazzucchelli’s daredevil born again: artist’s edition, edited scott dunbier (idw)
2014 eisner’s spirit artist’s edition, edited scott dunbier (idw)
2015 steranko nick fury agent of s.h.i.e.l.d. artist’s edition, edited scott dunbier (idw)
2016 walt kelly s fairy tales, edited craig yoe (idw)
2017 complete wimmen s comix, edited trina robbins, gary groth, , j. michael catron (fantagraphics)

best humor publication

1992 groo wanderer mark evanier , sergio aragonés (marvel/epic)
1993 bone jeff smith (cartoon press)
1994 bone jeff smith (cartoon books)
1995 bone jeff smith (cartoon books)
1996 milk & cheese #666 evan dorkin (slave labor)
1997 sergio aragonés destroys dc (dc) , sergio aragonés massacres marvel (marvel) mark evanier , sergio aragonés
1998 gon swimmin masahi tanaka (paradox press)
1999 sergio aragonés groo sergio aragonés , mark evanier (dark horse)
2000 bart simpson s treehouse of horror jill thompson/steve steere jr., scott shaw!/sergio aragonés, , doug tennapel (bongo)
2001 sock monkey, vol. 3 tony millionaire (dark horse/maverick)
2002 radioactive man batton lash, abel laxamana, dan decarlo, mike decarlo, , bob smith (bongo)
2003 amazing screw-on head mike mignola (dark horse)
2004 formerly known justice league, keith giffen, j. m. dematteis, kevin maguire, , josef rubinstein (dc)
2005 goon eric powell.
2007 flaming carrot comics, bob burden (desperado/image)
2008 perry bible fellowship: trial of colonel sweeto , other stories, nicholas gurewitch (dark horse)
2009 herbie archives, shane o shea (richard e. hughes) , ogden whitney (dark horse)
2010 scott pilgrim vol. 5: scott pilgrim vs. universe, bryan lee o malley (oni)
2011 thought funnier shannon wheeler (boom! studios)
2012 milk & cheese: dairy products gone bad, evan dorkin (dark horse books)
2013 darth vader , son, jeffrey brown (chronicle)
2014 vader s little princess, jeffrey brown (chronicle)
2015 complete cul de sac, richard thompson (andrews mcmeel)
2016 step aside, pops: hark! vagrant collection, kate beaton (drawn & quarterly)
2017 jughead, chip zdarsky, ryan north, erica henderson , derek charm (archie)

best adaptation work

2010 richard stark s parker: hunter, adapted darwyn cooke (idw)
2011 marvelous land of oz, adapted eric shanower, skottie young (marvel)
2013 richard stark’s parker: score, adapted darwyn cooke (idw)
2014 richard stark’s parker: slayground, donald westlake, adapted darwyn cooke (idw)
2016 2 brothers, fábio moon , gabriel bá (dark horse)
2017 no nominations

best u.s. edition of international material

1998 gon swimmin masashi tanaka (paradox press)
1999 star wars: new hope - manga hisao tamaki (dark horse)
2000 blade of immortal hiroaki samura (dark horse)
2001 lone wolf , cub kazuo koike , goseki kojima (dark horse)
2002 akira katsuhiro otomo (dark horse)
2003 dr. jekyll & mr. hyde robert louis stevenson, adapted jerry kramsky , lorenzo mattotti (nbm)
2004 buddha, vols. 1 , 2, osamu tezuka (vertical)
2005 buddha, vols. 3–4 osamu tezuka (vertical)
2006 rabbi s cat, joann sfar (pantheon)
2007 left bank gang, jason (fantagraphics)
2008 killed adolf hitler, jason (fantagraphics)
2009 last musketeer, jason (fantagraphics)
2010 photographer, emmanuel guibert, didier lefévre, , frédéric lemercier (first second)
2011 war of trenches, jacques tardi
2012 manara library, vol. 1: indian summer , other stories, milo manara hugo pratt (dark horse books)
2013 blacksad: silent hell, juan diaz canales , juanjo guarnido (dark horse)
2014 goddam war! jacques tardi , jean-pierre verney (fantagraphics)
2015 blacksad: amarillo, juan díaz canales & juanjo guarnido (dark horse)
2016 realist, asaf hanuka (boom! studios/archaia)
2017 moebius library: world of edena, jean “moebius” giraud et al. (dark horse)

best u.s. edition of international material - japan

2007 old boy, garon tsuchiya , nobuaki minegishi (dark horse manga)
2008 tekkonkinkreet: black & white, taiyo matsumoto (viz)
2009 dororo, osamu tezuka (vertical)

best u.s. edition of international material - asia

2010 drifting life, yoshihiro tatsumi (drawn & quarterly)
2011 20th century boys, naoki urasawa
2012 onward towards our noble deaths, shigeru mizuki (drawn & quarterly)
2013 20th century boys, naoki urasawa (viz media)
2014 mysterious underground men, osamu tezuka (picturebox)
2015 asia: showa 1939–1944 , showa 1944–1953: history of japan, shigeru mizuki (drawn & quarterly)
2016 showa, 1953–1989: history of japan, shigeru mizuki (drawn & quarterly)
2017 art of charlie chan hock chye, sonny liew (pantheon)

best comic strip collection

1992 calvin , hobbes: revenge of baby-sat bill watterson (andrews , mcmeel)
1993 calvin , hobbes: attack of deranged mutant killer monster snow goons bill watterson (andrews , mcmeel)

best comics-related periodical/journalism

in 2001, judging panel chose drop best comics-related periodical ballot; category restored in 2002.

1992 comics buyer s guide (krause)
1993 comics buyer s guide (krause publications)
1995 hero illustrated (warrior publications)
1996 comics journal (fantagraphics)
1997 comics journal (fantagraphics)
1998 comics journal (fantagraphics)
1999 comics journal (fantagraphics)
2000 comic book artist (twomorrows)
2002 comic book artist (twomorrows)
2004 comic book artist, edited jon b. cooke (top shelf)
2005 comic book artist, edited jon b. cooke (top shelf)
2006 comic book artist, edited jon b. cooke (top shelf)
2007 alter ego, edited roy thomas (twomorrows)
2008 newsarama, produced matt brady , michael doran
2009 comic book resources, produced jonah weiland
2010 comics reporter, produced tom spurgeon
2011 comic book resources, www.cbr.com
2012 comics reporter, produced tom spurgeon, www.comicsreporter.com
2013 comics reporter, edited tom spurgeon, www.comicsreporter.com
2014 comic book resources, www.cbr.com
2015 comics alliance, edited andy khouri, caleb goellner, andrew wheeler, & joe hughes, www.comicsalliance.com
2016 hogan s alley, edited tom heintjes, cartoonician.com
2017 a.v. club comics coverage, (comics panel, issues, , big issues, oliver sava et al), www.avclub.com

best academic/scholarly work

2012 (tie)

cartooning: philosophy & practice, ivan brunetti (yale university press)
hand of fire: comics art of jack kirby, charles hatfield (university press of mississippi)


2013 lynda barry: girlhood through looking glass, susan e. kirtley (university press of mississippi)
2014 black comics: politics of race , representation, edited sheena c. howard , ronald l. jackson ii (bloomsbury)
2015 graphic details: jewish women’s confessional comics in essays , interviews, edited sarah lightman (mcfarland)
2016 blacker ink: constructions of black identity in comics , sequential art, edited frances gateward , john jennings (rutgers)
2017 superwomen: gender, power, , representation, carolyn cocca (bloomsbury)

best comics-related book

1992 aargh! zap! : harvey kurtzman s visual history of comics, edited howard zimmerman (prentice hall press)
1994 understanding comics, scott mccloud (kitchen sink)
1996 alex toth, edited manuel auad (kitchen sink)
1997 graphic storytelling eisner (poorhouse press)
1998 r. crumb coffee table art book, edited pete poplaski (kitchen sink)
1999 batman: animated, paul dini , chip kidd (harpercollins)
2000 sandman: dream hunters, neil gaiman , yoshitaka amano (dc/vertigo)
2001 wonder woman: complete history, les daniels, edited steve korte (chronicle books)
2002 peanuts: art of charles m. schulz, edited chip kidd (pantheon)
2004 art of hellboy, mike mignola (dark horse)
2005 men of tomorrow: geeks, gangsters, , birth of comic book, gerard jones (basic books)
2006 eisner/miller, edited charles brownstein , diana schutz (dark horse books)
2007 art of brian bolland, edited joe pruett (desperado/image)
2008 reading comics: how graphic novels work , mean, douglas wolk (da capo press)
2009 kirby: king of comics, mark evanier (abrams)
2010 art of harvey kurtzman: mad genius of comics, denis kitchen , paul buhle (abrams comicarts)
2011 75 years of dc comics, paul levitz
2012 metamaus, art spiegelman (pantheon)
2013 marvel comics: untold story, sean howe (harpercollins)
2014 genius, illustrated: life , art of alex toth, dean mullaney , bruce canwell (loac/idw)
2015 genius animated: cartoon art of alex toth, vol. 3, dean mullaney & bruce canwell (idw/loac)
2016 harvey kurtzman: man created mad , revolutionized humor in america, bill schelly (fantagraphics)
2017 krazy: george herriman, life in black , white, michael tisserand (harper)

best comics-related publication (periodical or book)

2003 b. krigstein, vol. 1, greg sadowski (fantagraphics)

best comics-related product/item

1992 sandman statue, randy bowen (dc)
1994 death statue, chris bachalo, et al. (dc)
1995 sandman arabian nights statue, designed p. craig russell , sculpted randy bowen (dc/graphitti designs)
1996 comic strip stamps (u.s. postal service)
1997 hellboy bust, randy bowen (bowen designs)
1998 acme novelty library display stand, designed chris ware (fantagraphics)
1999 sandman pocketwatch, designed kris ruotolo (dc/vertigo)
2000 lunch boxes: milk & cheese, sin city, bettie page, hellboy, groo (dark horse)
2002 dark horse classic comic characters statuettes, sculpted yoe studio (dark horse)

best comics-related sculpted figures

1999 hellboy statue, sculpted randy bowen, produced bowen designs

best publication design

1993 sandman: season of mists neil gaiman , others, designed dave mckean (dc)
1994 marvels, richard starkings/comicraft (marvel)
1995 acme novelty library, designed chris ware (fantagraphics)
1996 acme novelty library, designed chris ware (fantagraphics)
1997 acme novelty library #7, designed chris ware (fantagraphics)
1998 kingdom come deluxe slipcover edition, art director bob chapman / dc design director georg brewer (dc comics/graphitti designs)
1999 batman animated, designed chip kidd (harpercollins)
2000 300, designed mark cox (dark horse)
2001 jimmy corrigan, designed chris ware (pantheon)
2002 acme novelty library #15, designed chris ware (fantagraphics)
2003 batman: 9 lives, designed amie brockway-metcalf (dc)
2004 mythology: dc comics art of alex ross, designed chip kidd (pantheon)
2005 complete peanuts, designed seth (fantagraphics)
2006 (tie)

acme novelty library annual report shareholders, designed chris ware (pantheon)
little nemo in slumberland: many splendid sundays, designed philippe ghielmetti (sunday press books)


2007 absolute dc: new frontier, designed darwyn cooke (dc)
2008 process recess 2, designed james jean , chris pitzer (adhouse)
2009 hellboy library editions, designed cary grazzini , mike mignola (dark horse)
2010 absolute justice, designed curtis king , josh beatman (dc)
2011 dave stevens rocketeer: artist s edition, designed randall dahlik (idw)
2012 jim henson s tale of sand, designed eric skillman (archaia)
2013 building stories, designed chris ware (pantheon)
2014 genius, illustrated: life , art of alex toth, designed dean mullaney (loac/idw)
2015 little nemo: dream dream, designed jim rugg (locust moon)
2016 sandman gallery edition, designed josh beatman/brainchild studios (graphitti designs/dc)
2017 art of charlie chan hock chye, designed sonny liew (pantheon)




^ when darkness presses 2014
^ blake, corey (2013-08-28). 25 years of eisner awards . comic book resources. 
^ archive of 2001 eisner award nominee comics, eisner comic industry award, marsimport. original site. retrieved august 16, 2008.