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Marjorie Liu, writer / creator of Monstress Image Comics, accepts one of five awards won by the title at the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2018 on July 20th. 2018. Jody Culkin
The 30th edition of the Will Eisner Awards of the Cartoon Industry was presented last night at a gala ceremony in San Diego Comic-Con and the most Big winners were women who created colors and monsters. Nichelle Nichols of Trek, voice actor Phil Lamarr, Helen Slater of Supergirl and actress / entrepreneur Felicia Day were among the presenters at the event, who honored the best comics and graphic literature produced in 2017.
Monstress ] the fantasy-adventure young adult series of Image Comics, won five awards including Best Continuing Series, Best Publication for Teens, a prize best writer for Marjorie Liu (in tie with the famous superhero writer Tom King), and bes
The best-selling graphic novel My Favorite Thing is Monsters of Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics) won the prestigious award for best graphic album (new). Ferris, a newcomer to the industry who had never published anything in comics before Monsters also won the Best Writer / Artist Award and Best Coloring.
Liu, Takeda and Ferris were just some of the record numbers of women who have won awards at Eisners this year. Webcomic by Katie O'Neill, The Tea Garden Society ; Jillian Tamaki Boundless; and Tillie Walden's Spinning also won in their categories. An adaptation of Kindred Kindred of Octavia Butler by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, and Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology of Creators of Color edited by Taneka Stotts, acknowledged the great work of women of color.
Four of the six inductees to the Will Eisner Hall of Fame were women, including Rumiko Takahashi (Raima 1/2), creator of Japanese manga, and Karen Berger (creator of DC's Vertigo print), now at Dark Horse). cartoonist Jackie Ormes (first African-American woman to have a syndicated cartoon) and industry figure Carol Kalish. The co-creator of Watchman British veteran Dave Gibbons, and mid-century cartoonist Charles Addams ( The Addams Family ) were also added to the list of greats of all time.
The industry's largest publisher, Marvel Entertainment, won two awards for the best new series ( Black Bolt ) and the best limited series ( Black Panther: World of Wakanda ). Mitch Gerads, artist on DC Mister Miracle won the prize for the best penciller / inker.
Amazon's comiXology imprint won a prize during its first foray into the original edition when Marley's Ghost Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol started by Harvey Kurtzman and completed more than half a century later by writers Josh O'Neill and Shannon Wheeler, as well as artist Gideon Kendall, won the Best Comic Award Digital
Winners:
Best Short Story
"A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green", by Nick Sousanis, in Columbia Magazine (Summer 2017) [19659003] Unique Issue / One-Shot
Hellboy: Krampusnacht by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Black Horse)
Best Continuous Series
Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
Best Limited Series [19659] 018] Black Panther: The World of Wakanda by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. Martinez (Marvel)
Best New Series
Black Bolt of Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward (Marvel)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to the age of 8 years)
Good Night, Planet Liniers (Toon Books)
Best Publication for Children (9-12 years old)
Katie's The Tea Dragon Society O. Neill (Oni)
Best Publication for Adolescents (13-17 Years)
Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
Best Publication of Humor
Cooking Baked with Kafka by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Anthology
Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology by the Creatures Colors edited by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
Best Reality-Based Work ] [19659003] Spinning by Tillie Walden (First Second)
Best Graphic Album Novelty
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
Best Album-Graphic Reprint
Boundless by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Adaptation of Another Medium
Kindred by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)
Best American edition of international material
Run for it: Stories of slaves who fought for freedom by Marcelo D & Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
Best American edition of the inte National-Asia
The husband of my brother vol. 1, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii (Pantheon)
Best Collection of Archives / Project-Strips
Celebration of Snoopy by Charles M. Schulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O. Brien (Andrews McMeel)
Best Collection of Archives / Comics of Projects
Akira 35th Anniversary Edition of Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha)
Best Writer
Tom King, Batman, Annual Batman No. 2, Batman / Elmer Fudd Special No. 1, Mister Miracle (DC)
Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Picture)
Best Writer / Artist
Emil Ferris, ] My favorite thing is monsters (Fantagraphics)
Best team of Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker
Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (CD) [19659003] Painter / Multimedia artist (interior art)
Sana Takeda, Monstress (Picture)
Best cover artist
Sana Takeda, Monstress (Picture)
Highlights
Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
No. 1 Lettering
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo Great Ape: The Massacre of the Gods (Dark Horse)
Best Remedies for Comics / Journal ism
The Comics Journal Edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone, tcj.com (Fantagraphics )
Best Books on Comics
How to Read Nancy: The Elements of the Comic Book in Three Easy Panels by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics)
] Best Academic / Scholarly Work
Latinx Superhero in Large Comics By Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press)
Best Publication Design
Akira 35th Anniversary Edition designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, and MASH • Hall (Kodansha)
Best Digital Comics
The Harvey Kurtzman's Marley Ghost by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O'Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideon Kendall (ComiXology Originals / Kitchen, Lind & Associates)
Best Webcomic
The Tea Dragon Company , [19659050] by Katie O'Neill, teadragonsociety.com (Oni Press)
Award of Excellence Bill Finger in Cartoon Writing
Kelly Joye Murchison, Dorothy Woolfolk
The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
Frederick Joseph, Comics4Kids
Retailer Will Eisner Award Spirit of Comics
Norma Comics, Barcelona, Spain
The Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award
Hamish Steele, Pantheon (Nobrow)
Pablo Tunica, The TMNT Universe (IDW) [19659003] Hall of Fame Carol Kalish, Jackie Ormes, Charles Addams, Karen Berge Dave Gibbons, Rumiko Takahashi
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Marjorie Liu, writer / creator of Image Comics & # 39; Monstress, accepts one of the five awards won by the title at the 2018 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards , July 20, 2018. Jody Culkin
The 30th annual Will Eisner Awards of the Comic Book Industry was presented last night at a gala ceremony at the San Diego Comic- Con and the biggest winners were women, creators of colors and monsters. Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek, Phil Lamarr of the voice actor, Helen Slater of Supergirl and actress / entrepreneur Felicia Day were among the presenters of the event, who honored the best comics and graphic literature produced in 2017.
Monstress the fantasy series for young adults from Image Comics, won five awards, including Best Continuing Series, Best Publication for Teens, a prize of best writer for Marjorie Liu (in connection with the famous super-hero writer Tom King), and cover artist and best painter for the artist Sana Takeda
The best-selling graphic novel critically acclaimed My Favorite Thing is Monsters of Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics) took the prestigious best graphic album (new) award. Ferris, a newcomer to the industry who had never previously published comics Monsters also won the Best Author / Best Colorist Award.
Liu, Takeda and Ferris are just a few of the women who have won home awards at this year's Eisners. Webcomic by Katie O'Neill, The Tea Garden Society ; Jillian Tamaki Boundless; and Tillie Walden's Spinning also won in their categories. An adaptation of Kindred Kindred of Octavia Butler by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, and Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology of Creators of Color edited by Taneka Stotts, acknowledged the great work of women of color.
Four of the six inductees to the Will Eisner Hall of Fame were women, including Rumiko Takahashi (Raima 1/2), creator of Japanese manga, and Karen Berger (creator of DC's Vertigo print), now at Dark Horse). cartoonist Jackie Ormes (first African-American woman to have a syndicated cartoon) and industry figure Carol Kalish. Co-creator Watchman British veteran artist Dave Gibbons, and mid-century draftsman Charles Addams ( The Addams Family ) were also added to the list of big names all time. The biggest publisher in the industry, Marvel Entertainment, has won two awards for the best new series ( Black Bolt ) and the best limited series ( Black Panther: World of Wakanda ]). Mitch Gerads, artist on DC Mister Miracle won the prize for the best penciller / inker.
Amazon's comiXology imprint won a prize during its first foray into the original edition when Marley's Ghost Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol started by Harvey Kurtzman and completed more than half a century later by writers Josh O'Neill and Shannon Wheeler, as well as artist Gideon Kendall, won the Best Comic Award Digital
Winners:
Best Short Story
"A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green", by Nick Sousanis, in Columbia Magazine (Summer 2017) [19659003] Unique Issue / One-Shot
Hellboy: Krampusnacht by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Black Horse)
Best Continuous Series
Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
Best Limited Series [19659] 018] Black Panther: The World of Wakanda by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. Martinez (Marvel)
Best New Series
Black Bolt of Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward (Marvel)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to the age of 8 years)
Good Night, Planet Liniers (Toon Books)
Best Publication for Children (9-12 years old)
Katie's The Tea Dragon Society O. Neill (Oni)
Best Publication for Adolescents (13-17 Years)
Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
Best Publication of Humor
Cooking Baked with Kafka by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Anthology
Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology by the Creatures Colors edited by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
Best Reality-Based Work ] [19659003] Spinning by Tillie Walden (First Second)
Best Graphic Album Novelty
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
Best Album-Graphic Reprint
Boundless by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Adaptation of Another Medium
Kindred by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)
Best American edition of international material
Run for it: Stories of slaves who fought for freedom by Marcelo D & Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
Best American edition of the inte National-Asia
The husband of my brother vol. 1, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii (Pantheon)
Best Collection of Archives / Project-Strips
Celebration of Snoopy by Charles M. Schulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O. Brien (Andrews McMeel)
Best Collection of Archives / Comics of Projects
Akira 35th Anniversary Edition of Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha)
Best Writer
Tom King, Batman, Annual Batman No. 2, Batman / Elmer Fudd Special No. 1, Mister Miracle (DC)
Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Picture)
Best Writer / Artist
Emil Ferris, ] My favorite thing is monsters (Fantagraphics)
Best team of Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker
Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (CD) [19659003] Painter / Multimedia artist (interior art)
Sana Takeda, Monstress (Picture)
Best cover artist
Sana Takeda, Monstress (Picture)
Highlights
Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
No. 1 Lettering
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo Great Ape: The Massacre of the Gods (Dark Horse)
Best Remedies for Comics / Journal ism
The Comics Journal Edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone, tcj.com (Fantagraphics )
Best Books on Comics
How to Read Nancy: The Elements of the Comic Book in Three Easy Panels by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics)
] Best Academic / Scholarly Work
Latinx Superhero in Large Comics By Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press)
Best Publication Design
Akira 35th Anniversary Edition designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, and MASH • Hall (Kodansha)
Best Digital Comics
The Harvey Kurtzman's Marley Ghost by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O'Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideon Kendall (ComiXology Originals / Kitchen, Lind & Associates)
Best Webcomic
The Tea Dragon Company , [19659050] by Katie O'Neill, teadragonsociety.com (Oni Press)
Award of Excellence Bill Finger in Cartoon Writing
Kelly Joye Murchison, Dorothy Woolfolk
The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
Frederick Joseph, Comics4Kids
Retailer Will Eisner Award Spirit of Comics
Norma Comics, Barcelona, Spain
The Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award
Hamish Steele, Pantheon (Nobrow)
Pablo Tunica, The TMNT Universe (IDW) [19659003] Hall of Fame Carol Kalish, Jackie Ormes, Charles Addams, Karen Berge Dave Gibbons, Rumiko Takahashi
