The nominations for the Eisner Awards, which recognize achievements in the
comic arts, have been announced. Here, by category, are the nominees for this
year’s awards:

BEST SHORT STORY
“Eve O’ Twins,” by Craig
Thompson, in Rosetta 2 (Alternative)
“Glenn Ganges: Jeepers
Jacobs,” by Kevin Huizenga, in Kramer’s Ergot 5 (Gingko
Press)
“God” (story on wrap-around dust jacket) by Chris Ware, in
McSweeney’s Quarterly #13 (McSweeney’s)
“The Price,” by
Neil Gaiman and Michael Zulli, in Creatures of the Night (Dark Horse
Books)
“Unfamiliar,” by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson, in The
Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft (Dark Horse Books)
“Where Monsters
Dine,” by Troy Hickman, Angel Medina, and Jon Holdredge, in Common
Grounds #5 (Top Cow/Image)

BEST SINGLE ISSUE (or ONE-SHOT)
Demo
#7: “One Shot, Don’t Miss,” by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan
(AiT/Planet Lar)
Eightball #23: “The Death Ray,” by Dan
Clowes (Fantagraphics)
Ex Machina #1: “The Pilot,” by
Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Feister (WildStorm/DC)
Global
Frequency #12: “Harpoon,” by Warren Ellis and Gene Ha
(WildStorm/DC)
The Goon #6: “Ilagarto Hombre!,” by Eric
Powell (Dark Horse)

BEST SERIALIZED STORY
Astonishing X-Men
#1-6: “Gifted,” by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel)
Ex
Machina #2-5: “State of Emergency,” by Brian K. Vaughan, Tony
Harris, and Tom Feister (WildStorm/DC)
Fables #19-27: “March of
the Wooden Soldiers,” by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and Steve
Leialoha (Vertigo/DC)
Planetary #19-20: “Mystery in
Space/Rendezvous,” by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday
(WildStorm/DC)
Y: The Last Man #18-20: “Safeword,” by
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and José Marzan Jr.
(Vertigo/DC)

BEST CONTINUING SERIES
Astonishing X-Men, by Joss
Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel)
Ex Machina, by Brian K. Vaughan,
Tony Harris, and Tom Fesiter (WildStorm/DC)
The Goon, by Eric Powell
(Dark Horse)
Stray Bullets, by David Lapham (El Capitan)
Y: The
Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and José Marzan Jr.
(Vertigo/DC)

BEST LIMITED SERIES
DC: The New Frontier, by
Darwyn Cooke (DC)
Demo, by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan (AiT/Planet
Lar)
30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow, by Steve Niles and Ben
Templesmith (IDW)
WE3, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
(Vertigo/DC)
Wanted, by Mark Millar and J. G. Jones (Top
Cow/Image)

BEST NEW SERIES
Astonishing X-Men, by Joss Whedon
and John Cassaday (Marvel)
Doc Frankenstein, by the Wachowski Brothers
and Steve Scroce (Burlyman)
Ex Machina, by Brian K. Vaughan, Tony
Harris, and Tom Fesiter (WildStorm/DC)
The Shaolin Cowboy, by Geof
Darrow (Burlyman)

BEST PUBLICATION FOR A YOUNGER AUDIENCE
Amelia
Rules!, (Renaissance Press) and Amelia Rules! What Makes You Happy (iBooks)
by Jimmy Gownley
Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom, by Ted
Naifeh (Oni)
Owly, by Andy Runton (Top Shelf)
Plastic Man,
by Kyle Baker and Scott Morse (DC)
Tommysaurus Rex, by Doug TenNapel
(Image)

BEST HUMOR PUBLICATION
Angry Youth Comix, by Johnny
Ryan (Fantagraphics)
Birth of a Nation, by Aaron McGruder, Reginald
Hudlin, and Kyle Baker (Crown)
The Goon, by Eric Powell (Dark
Horse)
Kyle Baker, Cartoonist, by Kyle Baker (Kyle Baker
Publishing)
Plastic Man, by Kyle Baker and Scott Morse
(DC)

BEST ANTHOLOGY
Common Grounds, by Troy Hickman and others,
edited by Jim McLauchlin (Top Cow/Image)
The Dark Horse Book of
Witchcraft, edited by Scott Allie (Dark Horse Books)
The Matrix
Comics, vol. 2, edited by Spencer Lamm (Burlyman)
McSweeney’s
Quarterly #13, edited by Chris Ware (McSweeney’s)
Michael Chabon
Presents The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, edited by Diana Schutz and
David Land (Dark Horse)

BEST DIGITAL COMIC
Athena Voltaire, by
Steve Bryant www.athenavoltaire.com
Bento
& Starchky, by zer0 (Peter Branting) http://www.noapologiespress.com/zer0comics/bento.htm

Copper, by Kazu www.boltcity.com/copper_home.htm
Jonny
Crossbones, by Les McClaine www.evilspacerobot.com/comics/jonnycrossbones/index.htm
Mom’s
Cancer, by Brian Fies www.momscancer.com/eisner.htm
ojingogo,
by matt forsythe www.comingupforair.net/comics/ojingogo.html

BEST
GRAPHIC ALBUM-NEW
Blacksad Book 2: Arctic Nation, by Juan Diaz Canales
and Juanjo Guarnido (iBooks)
It’s a Bird . . ., by Steven T. Seagle
and Teddy Kristiansen (Vertigo/DC)
The Originals, by Dave Gibbons
(Vertigo/DC)
Suspended in Language, by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis
(GT Labs)
Tommysaurus Rex, by Doug TenNapel (Image)

BEST
GRAPHIC ALBUM-REPRINT
Age of Bronze: Sacrifice, by Eric Shanower
(Image)
Bone One Volume Edition, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon
Books)
The Book of Ballads, by Charles Vess and others
(Tor)
Clyde Fans, by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
In the Shadow
of No Towers, by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)
Locas, by Jaime
Hernandez (Fantagraphics)

BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT
The
Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker, edited by Robert Mankoff (Black Dog
& Leventhal)
The Complete Peanuts, edited by Gary Groth
(Fantagraphics)
DC Comics Rarities Archives, vol. 1, edited by Dale
Crain (DC)
Krazy and Ignatz, edited by Bill Blackbeard and Derya
Ataker (Fantagraphics)
Russ Manning’s Magnus, Robot Fighter, vol. 1,
edited by Katie Moody, Mike Carriglitto, and David Land (Dark Horse
Books)

BEST U.S. EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL
Barefoot Gen: A
Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, vols. 1-2, by Keiji Nahazawa (Last
Gasp)
Blacksad Book 2: Arctic Nation, by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo
Guarnido (iBooks)
Buddha, vols. 3-4 by Osamu Tezuka
(Vertical)
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, by Marjane Satrapi
(Pantheon)
Tokyo Tribes, by Santa Inoue (TOKYOPOP)

BEST
WRITER
Steve Niles, 30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow30 Days of
Night: Bloodsucker TalesFreaks of the
HeartlandLast Train to Deadsville (Dark Horse)
Greg Rucka,
Queen & Country (Oni); Gotham Central (DC)
Brian K.
Vaughan, Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC); Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC);
Runaways (Marvel)
Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men
(Marvel)
Bill Willingham, Fables (Vertigo/DC)

BEST
WRITER/ARTIST
Paul Chadwick, Concrete: The Human Dilemma (Dark
Horse)
Dan Clowes, Eightball #23 (Fantagraphics)
David Lapham,
Stray Bullets (El Capitan)
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (Dark
Horse)
Adrian Tomine, Optic Nerve #9 (Drawn &
Quarterly)

BEST WRITER/ARTIST-HUMOR
Kyle Baker, Plastic Man
(DC); Kyle Baker, Cartoonist (Kyle Baker Publishing)
Phil Foglio,
Girl Genius (Airship Entertainment)
Scott Kurtz, PvP
(Image)
Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)
Johnny Ryan,
Angry Youth Comix (Fantagraphics)

BEST PENCILLER/INKER or
PENCILLER/INKER TEAM
Charles Adlard, The Walking Dead (Image)
John
Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Planetary (WildStorm/DC);
I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun (Humanoids/DC)
Geof Darrow, Shaolin
Cowboy (Burlyman)
Cary Nord/Thomas Yeates, Conan (Dark
Horse)
Frank Quitely, WE3 (Vertigo/DC)

BEST PAINTER/MULTIMEDIA
ARTIST (INTERIOR ART)
Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad, Book 2: Arctic Nation
(iBooks)
Teddy Kristiansen, It’s a Bird . . . (Vertigo/DC)
David
Mack, Kabuki (Marvel)
Ben Templesmith, 30 Days of Night: Return to
Barrow (IDW)
Michael Zulli, Creatures of the Night (Dark Horse
Books)

BEST COLORING
Peter Doherty, Shaolin Cowboy
(Burlyman)
Steven Griffen, Hawaiian Dick: The Last Resort
(Image)
Laura Martin, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Ministry of
Space (Image); Planetary (WildStorm/DC); I Am Legion: The Dancing
Faun (Humanoids/DC)
J. D. Mettler, Ex Machina

(WildStorm/DC)
Dave Stewart, Daredevil, Ultimate X-Men,
Ultimate Six, Captain America (Marvel); Conan, BPRD
(Dark Horse); DC: The New Frontier (DC)

BEST LETTERING
Todd
Klein, Promethea; Tom Strong; Tom Strong’s Terrific Tales (ABC);
Wonder Woman (DC); Books of Magick: Life During WartimeFablesWE3 (Vertigo/DC); Creatures of the Night (Dark
Horse)
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse)
Dave Sim,
Cerebus (Aardvark Vanaheim)
Craig Thompson, Carnet de Voyage
(Top Shelf); “Eve O’ Twins” in Rosetta 2
(Alternative)

BEST COVER ARTIST
Kieron Dwyer, Remains
(IDW)
James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); Green Arrow,
Batgirl (DC)
Tony Moore, The Walking Dead (Image)
Frank
Quitely, Bite ClubWE3 (Vertigo/DC)
Michael Turner,
Identity Crisis (DC)

TALENT DESERVING of WIDER
RECOGNITION
Frank Cammuso (Max Hamm, Fairy Tale Detective)
Bosch
Fawstin (Table for One)
Matt Kindt (Two SistersPistolwhip)
Sean McKeever (A Waiting PlaceMary JaneInhumansSentinels)
Raina Telgemeier (“Smile,”
Takeout)

BEST COMICS-RELATED PERIODICAL
Comic Art,
edited by M. Todd Hignite (Comic Art)
Comic Book Artist, edited by Jon
B. Cooke (Top Shelf)
Draw!, edited by Mike Manley (TwoMorrows)
Indy
Magazine online (www.indyworld.com), edited by Bill Kartalopoulos
(Alternative)

BEST COMICS-RELATED BOOK
The Art of Usagi
Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (Dark Horse Books)
Chris Ware, by Daniel
Raeburn (Monographics/Yale University Press)
Give Our Regards to the Atom
Smashers, edited by Sean Howe (Pantheon)
Men of Tomorrow: Geeks,
Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book, by Gerard Jones (Basic
Books)
Strangers in Paradise Treasury Edition, by Terry Moore
(HarperCollins Perennial)

BEST PUBLICATION DESIGN
The Art of Usagi
Yojimbo, designed by Cary Grazzini (Dark Horse Books)
Clyde’s
Fans, designed by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Complete
Peanuts, designed by Seth (Fantagraphics)
In the Shadow of No
Towers, designed by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)
McSweeney’s
Quarterly #13, designed by Chris Ware (McSweeney’s)

HALL OF
FAME
Judges’ Choices:
Lou Fine, René Goscinny and Albert
Uderzo

An additional four will be selected from Matt Baker, Wayne Boring,
Nick Cardy, Yves Chaland, Gene Colan, Johnny Craig, Reed Crandall, Floyd
Gottfredson, Frank Hampson, Graham Ingels, Robert Kanigher, William Moulton
Marston, Hugo Pratt, and Frank Robbins