The winners of the 2018 Eisner Award unveiled – Comic-Con 2018

The Will Eisner awards from the comic book industry of 2018 were announced yesterday at Comic-Con. Essentially the Oscars of the world of comics, these awards honor the best books, creators and retailers of the past year.

The Tom King (Batman, Mister Miracle) and Marjorie Liu (Monstress) are tied as best writer, while Mitch Gerads, King's partner Mister Miracle, has also won the Penciller / Inker Award. In addition to winning Liu's best writer, the Image Monstress series has won awards in Best Continuing Series, Best Publication for Teens, Best Painter / Multimedia (Sana Takeda) and Best Cover Artist (Takeda). Meanwhile, Emil Ferris' My Favorite Thins Is Monsters won the Best Graphic Album Awards – New, Best Writer / Artis and Best Coloring.

Other big winners include Hellboy: Krampusnacht for best single number, Black Panther: World of Wakanda for Best Limited Series and Black Bolt for Best New Series.

Scroll down to see the full list of nominees. Winners in Bold

Best New

• "Ethel Byrne" by Cecil Castelluci and Scott Chantler in Mine: A Celebration of Freedom and Freedom for All for Family Planning (ComicMix) [19659009]"By Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Antonio Sandoval, in Adventure Time Comics # 13 (kaboom!)
• " A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green ", by Nick Sousanis, in Columbia Magazine (Summer 2017))
• "Small Mistakes Make Big Problems", by Sophia Foster-Dimino, in Comics for Choice (Hazel Newlevant)
• "Trans Plant," by Megan Rose Gedris, in Pretty D & Space for everyone (Bedside Press)

Best single number / One-Shot

• Barbara, of Nicole Miles (ShortBox)
• Hellboy: Krampusnacht of Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Horse black)
• Pope Hat # 5, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books) [19659009] The Spotted Stone, by Rick Veitch (Sun Comics)
• What is it? Left, by Rosemary Valero-O & Connell (ShortBox)

Best Continuous Series

• Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston and David Rubin (Black Horse)
• Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Liz Fleming (BOOM! Box)
• Hawkeye, by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, and Mike Walsh (Marvel)
• Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) [19659009] The Wicked + The Divine, by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (Image)

Best Limited Series

• Black Panther: World of Wakanda, by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. Martinez (Marvel)
• Extreme, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image / Skybound)
• The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC)
• Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC) [19659009] X-Men: Great Design, by Ed Piskor (Marvel)

Best New Series

• Black Bolt, by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward (Marvel)
• Grass Kings, by Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins (BOOM Studios!)
• Maestros, by Steve Skroce (Image)
• Redlands, by Jordie Belaire and Vanesa Del Rey (Image)
• Royal City, by Jeff Lemire (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to 8 years old)

• Adele in Sand Land, by Claude Ponti, translated by Skeeter Grant and Françoise Mouly (Toon Books)
• Arthur and the Golden Rope, by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye / Nobrow)
• Egg, by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books)
• Good Night , planet, by Liniers (Toon Books)
• Small Tails in the Savannah, by Frédéric Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci, translated by Mike Kennedy (Lion Forge / Magnetic)

Best Publication for Children (9-12 years)

• Bolivar, by Sean Rubin (Archaia)
• Local time (book one): under the river, by Campbell Whyte (Top Shelf)
• Nightlights, by Lorena Alvarez (Nobrow)
• The Tea Dragon Company, by Katie O'Neill (Oni)
• Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)

Best Publication for Teenagers (13-17 Years)

• The Dam Keeper, by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi (First Second / Tonko House)
• Jane, by Aline Brosh McKenna and Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia)
• Louis Undercover, by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou (Groundwood Books / House of Anansi)
• Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
• Spinning, by Tillie Walden (first second)

Best Publication of Humor

• Baking with Kafka, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly) [19659009] Batman / Elmer Fudd Special # 1, by Tom King, Lee Weeks, and Byron Vaughn (DC)
• The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC)
• Rock Candy Mountain, by Kyle Starks (Image)
• Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)

Best Anthology

• A group of Jews (and other things): A Minyen Yidn, by Max B. Perlson, Trina Robbins et al. (Bedside Press)
• A Castle in England, by Jamie Rhodes et al. (Nobrow)
• Elements: Fire, a comic anthology by the creators of color, published by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
• Now No. 1, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
• Spirit Anthology, edited by Sean Phillips (International Festival of Comic Art of the Lakes)

Best Work Based on Reality

• Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jeremiah Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow) [19659009] The Best We Can Do, by Thi Bui (Abrams ComicArts)
• Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary, 1852-1903, by Christian Perrissin and Matthieu Blanchin, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (IDW) [19659009] Lennon: The New York Years, by David Foenkinos, Corbeyran, and Horne, translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger (IDW)
• Spinning, by Tillie Walden (first second)

Best graphic album- New

• Crawl Space, by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press)
• Eartha, by Cathy Malkasian (Fa ntagraphics)
• My favorite thing is monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics) [19659009] Stages of Rot, by Linnea Sterte (Peow)
• The History of Jezebel, by Elijah Brubaker (Uncivilized Books)

Best Album-Graphic Reprint

• Boundless, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Studio Fantagraphics Edition: Black Hole by Charles Burns, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) [19659009] Little Favors: The Definitive Girly Porn Collection, by Colleen Coover (Oni / Limerence)
• Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero, by Michael DeForge (drawn and quarterly)
• Unreal City, by DJ Bryant (Fantagraphics)

Best adaptation of another medium

• Beowulf, adapted by Santiago García and David Rubín ( Image)
• H. The Dog and other stories of P. Lovecraft, adapted by Gou Tanabe, translated by Zack Davisson (Black Horse)
• Moby Dick of Herman Melville, adapted by Christophe Chabouté, translated by Laure Dupont (Black Horse) [19659009] by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)

Best American Edition of International Material

• Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jeremiah Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow)
• Flight of the crow, by Jean-Pierre Gibrat, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (EuroComics / IDW)
• FUN, by Paolo Bacilieri, translated by Jamie Richards (SelfMadeHero) [19659009] Ghost of Gaudi, by El Torres and Jesús Alonso Iglesias, translated by Esther Villardón Grande (Lion Forge / Magnetic)
• The ladies waiting, by Santiago García and Javier Olivares, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics)
• Run for this: Hi Slavic Stories Who Fought for Liberty, by Marcelo D Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

Best American Edition of International Material-Asia

• Furari, by Jiro Taniguchi, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian (Fanfare / Ponent Mon)
• Golden Kamuy, by Satoru Noda, translated by Eiji Yasuda (VIZ Media)
• My brother's husband, vol. 1, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii (Pantheon)
• Otherworld Barbara, vol. 2, by Moto Hagio, translated by Rachel Matt Thorn (Fantagraphics)
• Shiver: Junji Ito selected stories, by Junji Ito translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

Best Archival Collection / Project-Strips

• ] Celebrating Snoopy, by Charles M. Schulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O Brien (Andrews McMeel)
• Crazy Quilt: Scraps and Signs on the Road to Gasoline Alley, by Frank King, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
• Silly Questions and Other Weird Observations, by Rube Goldberg, edited by Peter Maresca and Paul C. Tumey (Sunday Press Books)
• The Masters of the Sky of 39 Space: The Complete Dailies, by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., Edited by Daniel Herman (1965) Hermes Press
• Star Wars: Classical Newspapers, Vol. 1, by Russ Manning et al., Edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC / IDW)

Best Collection of Archives / Project-Comic Books

• Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, by Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha)
• Behaving MADL, written and compiled by Ger Alpeldoorn and Craig Yoe (Yoe Books / IDW)
• The Reunited Neil the Horse, by Arn Saba / Katherine Collins, edited by Andy Brown (Conundrum)
• Fantagraphics Studio Editing: Jaime Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
• Will Eisner: The Centenary Celebration, 1917-2017, by Paul Gravett, Denis Kitchen, and John Lind (Kitchen Sink / Dark Horse)

Best Writer

• Tom King, Batman, Batman Annual # 2, Batman / Elmer Fudd Special # 1, Mister Miracle (DC)
• Matt Kindt, Grass Kings (BOOM! Studios); Ether (Black Horse); Eternity, X-O Manowar (Vaillant)
• Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Black Horse); Descender (Image)
• Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image)
• Mark Russell, The Flintstones (DC)

Best Author / Artist

• Lorena Alvarez, Night Lights (Nobrow) [19659009] Chabouté, Moby Dick (Black Horse); Alone, Park Bench (Gallery 13 / Simon & Schuster)
• Emil Ferris, My favorite thing is monsters (Fantagraphics)
• Cathy Malkasian, Eartha (Fantagraphics)
• Jiro Taniguchi, Furari , Louis Vuitton Travel Guide: Venice (Fanfare / Ponent Mon)

Best Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker Team

• Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books / Anansi House)
• Mitch Gerads, Mr. Miracle (DC)
• Gary Gianni, Hellboy: In the Silent Sea (Black Horse)
• Ramon K. Perez, Jane (Archaia)
• David Rubin, Black Hammer # 9 & # 12, Ether, Sherlock Frankenstein # 1-3 (black horse); Beowulf (Image)

Best Painter / Multimedia Artist (Interior Art)

• Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Dinosaur, Little Tails (Forge Lion / Magnetic)
• EFA, Monet: Traveling Light (NBM) [19659009] ] Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Flight of the crow (EuroComics / IDW)
• Cyril Pedrosa, Portugal (NBM)
• Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Best Cover Artist

• Jorge Corona, No. 1 with a bullet (Image)
• Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC); Doom patrol (DC young animal)
• Brian Stelfreeze, black panther (Marvel)
• Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
• Julian Totino Tedesco, Hawkeye (Marvel)

Best Coloring

• Emil Ferris, My favorite thing is monsters (Fantagraphics)
• Mitch Gerads, Mr. Miracle (DC)
• Ed Piskor, X-Men: Great Design (Marvel)
• David Rubin, ether, black hammer, Sherlock Frankenstein (black horse); Beowulf (Image)
• Dave Stewart, Blackhammer, BPRD: Devil You Know, Hellboy: In the Silent Sea, Sherlock Frankenstein, Shaolin Cowboy (Dark Horse); Maestros (Image)
• Rosemary Valero-O's Connell, What's Left (ShortBox)

Best Lettering

• Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books / Anansi House)
• Clayton Cowles, Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, Redlands, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Bolt, Spider-Gwen, Amazing X-Men, Star Wars (Marvel); Batman, Mister Miracle (DC Comics)
• Emil Ferris, My favorite thing is monsters (Fantagraphics)
• Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: The massacre of the gods (Dark Horse) [19659009] John Workman, panic mother (DC Young Animal); Ragnarök (IDW)

Best Comics Magazine / Journalism

• Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
• The Comics Journal, edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone, tcj .com (Fantagraphics)
• Hogan's Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes
• Jack Kirby Collector, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)
• PanelXPanel Magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com [19659013] Best Book on Comics
  • Deconstructing the Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius, by Jean Annestay and Christophe Quillien (Humanoids)
  • How Comics Work, by Dave Gibbons and Tim Pilcher (Wellfleet Press / Quarto Group)
  • How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels, by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics)
  • Line of Beauty: L & 39 Art by Wendy Pini, by Richard Pini (Fl esk) [19659009MonographybyChrisWare(Rizzoli)
  • Laughter We Can not Cry: Life and Times of Art Young, by Glenn Bray and Frank M. Young (Fantagraphics)

  Best Academic / Scholarly

  • Bands Drawings of Charles Schulz: The Good Sorrow of Modern Life, edited by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon (University Press of Mississippi)
  • Ethics in the Gutter: Empathy and Historical Fiction in the Bands Drawings, by Kate Polak (Ohio State University Press)
  • Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics, by Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press)
  • The Neon Visions: The Howard Chaykin Comics , by Brannon Costello (LSU Press)
  • Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics, edited by Mark Heimermann and Brittany Tullis (University of Texas Press)

  Publication Design

  • Akira Edition 35th A nniversary, designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA editorial, and MASH • ROOM (Kodansha)
  • Celebrating Snoopy, designed by Spencer Williams and Julie Phillips (Andrews McMeel) [19659009] Monograph, designed by Chris Ware (Rizzoli)
  • My favorite thing is monsters, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
  • Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink / Dark Horse) [19659013] Best Digital Comics
    • Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain / comiXology)
    • Barrier, by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin (Syndicate Group)
    • Konstaniniyya's Carpet Shop, by Reimena Yee (reimenayee.com/the-carpet-merchant)
    • Contact High, by James F. Wright and Josh Eckert (gumroad.com/l/YnxSm)
    • Harvey Kurtzman, The Ghost of Marley, by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O'Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideon Kendall (Ori comiXology ginals / Cuisine, Lind and Associates)
    • Quince, by Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner, and Emma Steinkellner, translated by Valeria Tranier (Fanbase Press / comiXology)

    Best Webcomic

    • Waiting for a wave, by Dale Carpenter and Nate Pow ell, features.weather.com/us-climate-change/arkansas (The Digital Weather Channel)
    • Brothers Bond, by Kevin Grevioux and Ryan Benjamin, www.webtoons.com/en/action/ brothers-hop / list? title_no = 1191 (LINE Webtoon)
    • Expedition of a Shrine City, by Mike Dawson, https://thenib.com/dispatch-from-a-sanctuary-city (The Nib)
    • The Dragon Tea Society, by Katie O'Neill, teadragonsociety.com (Oni Press)
    • Welcome to the New World, by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan, https://www.nytimes.com/ interactive / 2017/10/26 / opinion / sunday / welcome-to-new-world.html? Rref = collection% 2Fsectioncollection% 2Fopinion & action = click & contentCollection = opinionMD = stream & module = stream_unit & version = last & contentPlacement = 5 & pgtype = sectionfront (New York Times Sunday Review) [19659196] Also, Jackie Ormes and Carol Kalish, Charles Addams, Karen Berger, Dave Gibbons and Rumiko Takahashi have been inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame. The non-profit organization Comics4Kids received the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award of 2018. Frederick Joseph, Joye Murchison Kelly and Dorothy Woolfolk received the Bill Finger Award 2018. Norma Comcis, of Barcelona, ​​Spain, won the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award. Hamish Steele and Pablo Tunica have both won the promising award from Russ Manning's newcomer

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