List of Eisner Award winners

The following is a list of winners of the Eisner Award, sorted by category.

The Eisner Awards have been presented since 1988, but there were no Eisner Awards in 1990 due to balloting mix-ups."Eisners Cancelled," ''The Comics Journal'' #137 (Sept. 1990), p. 16. The awards ceremony has been held at San Diego Comic-Con since 1991.

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Best Writer

Best Writer/Artist

Best Writer/Artist: Drama

*1997 Mike Mignola, '' Hellboy: Wake the Devil'' (Dark Horse/Legend)
*1998 Mike Mignola, '' Hellboy: Almost Colossus''; '' Hellboy Christmas Special''; '' Hellboy Junior Halloween Special'' (Dark Horse)
*1999 Frank Miller, '' 300'' (Dark Horse)
*2000 Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball'' (Fantagraphics)
*2001 Eric Shanower, '' Age of Bronze'' (Image)
*2002 Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball'' (Fantagraphics)
*2003 Eric Shanower, '' Age of Bronze'' (Image)
*2004 Craig Thompson, '' Blankets'' ( Top Shelf)
*2005 Paul Chadwick, '' Concrete: The Human Dilemma'' (Dark Horse)
*2006 Geof Darrow, '' Shaolin Cowboy'' (Burlyman)
*2007 Paul Pope, '' Batman: Year 100'' (DC)
*2008 Chris Ware, '' Acme Novelty Library'' #18 (Acme Novelty)

Best Writer/Artist: Humor

*1995 Jeff Smith, ''Bone'' (Cartoon Books)
*1996 Sergio Aragonés, '' Groo'' (Image)
*1997 Don Rosa, ''Walt Disney's Comics & Stories; Uncle Scrooge'' (Egmont)
*1998 Jeff Smith, ''Bone'' (Cartoon Books)
*1999 Kyle Baker, ''You Are Here'' (DC/Vertigo)
*2000 Kyle Baker, ''I Die at Midnight'' (DC/Vertigo); " Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" in ''Elseworlds'' 80-Page Giant (DC)
*2001 Tony Millionaire, '' Maakies'' (Fantagraphics), '' Sock Monkey'' (Dark Horse/Maverick)
*2002 Evan Dorkin, ''Dork!'' (Slave Labor)
*2003 Tony Millionaire, ''House at Maakies Corner'' (Fantagraphics)
*2004 Kyle Baker, '' Plastic Man'' (DC); ''The New Baker'' (Kyle Baker Publishing)
*2005 Kyle Baker, ''Plastic Man'' (DC); ''Kyle Baker, Cartoonist'' (Kyle Baker Publishing)
*2006 Kyle Baker, ''Plastic Man'' (DC); ''The Bakers'' (Kyle Baker Publishing)
*2007 Tony Millionaire, ''Billy Hazelnuts'' (Fantagraphics); ''Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident'' (Dark Horse)
*2008 Eric Powell, '' The Goon'' (Dark Horse)

Best Writer/Artist: Nonfiction

*2010 Joe Sacco, '' Footnotes in Gaza'' (Metropolitan/Holt)

Best Painter/Digital Artist

This award was previously known as "Best Painter" from 1993 to 1999 and "Best Painter/Multimedia Artist" from 2000 to 2019.
*1993 Dave Dorman, '' Aliens: Tribes'' (Dark Horse)
*1994 Alex Ross, ''Marvels'' (Marvel)
*1995 Jon J. Muth, '' The Mystery Play'' (DC/Vertigo)
*1996 John Bolton, ''Batman: Man-Bat'' (DC)
*1997 Alex Ross, '' Kingdom Come'' (DC)
*1998 Alex Ross, '' Uncle Sam'' (DC/Vertigo)
*1999 Alex Ross, ''Superman: Peace on Earth'' (DC)
*2000 Alex Ross, ''Batman: War on Crime'' (DC)
*2001 Jill Thompson, ''Scary Godmother'' (Sirius)
*2002 Charles Vess, ''Rose'' (Cartoon Books)
*2003 George Pratt, ''Wolverine: Netsuke'' (Marvel)
*2004 Jill Thompson, "Stray", in '' The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings'' (Dark Horse)
*2005 Teddy Kristiansen, ''It's a Bird...'' (Vertigo/DC)
*2006 José Ladrönn, ''Hip Flask: Mystery City'' (Active Images)
*2007 Jill Thompson, "A Dog and His Boy" in ''The Dark Horse Book of Monsters''; "Love Triangle" in ''Sexy Chix'' (Dark Horse); "Fair Division", in ''Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall'' (Vertigo/DC)
*2008 Eric Powell, '' The Goon: Chinatown'' (Dark Horse)
*2009 Jill Thompson, ''Magic Trixie'', ''Magic Trixie Sleeps Over'' (HarperCollins Children's Books)
*2010 Jill Thompson, ''Beasts of Burden'' (Dark Horse); ''Magic Trixie and the Dragon'' (HarperCollins Children's Books)
*2011 Juanjo Guarnido, ''Blacksad'' (Dark Horse)
*2013 Juanjo Guarnido, ''Blacksad'' (Dark Horse)
*2014 Fiona Staples, ''Saga'' (Image)
*2015 J.H. Williams III, '' The Sandman: Overture'' (Vertigo/DC)
*2016 Dustin Nguyen, ''Descender'' (Image)
*2017 Jill Thompson, ''Wonder Woman: The True Amazon'' (DC); ''Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In'' (Dark Horse)
*2018 Sana Takeda, '' Monstress'' (Image)
*2019 Dustin Nguyen, ''Descender'' (Image)
*2020 Christian Ward, '' Invisible Kingdom'' (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
*2021 Anand RK/ John Pearson, ''Blue in Green'' (Image)
*2022 Sana Takeda, ''Monstress'' (Image)

Best Artist

*1988 Steve Rude, ''Nexus'' (First)
*1989 Brian Bolland, '' Batman: The Killing Joke'' (DC)
*1991 Steve Rude
*1992 Simon Bisley, ''Batman: Judgement on Gotham'' (DC)

Best Penciller

*1993 Steve Rude, ''Nexus: The Origin'' (Dark Horse)
*1997 Steve Rude, ''Nexus: Executioner's Song'' (Dark Horse) - Best Penciller

Best Inker

*1991 Al Williamson
*1992 Adam Kubert, '' Batman Versus Predator'' (DC and Dark Horse)
*1993 Kevin Nowlan, '' Batman: Sword of Azrael'' (DC)
*1997 Al Williamson, ''Spider-Man, Untold Tales of Spider-Man'' #17-18 (Marvel)

Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

*1993
** Frank Miller, '' Sin City'', ''Dark Horse Presents'' (Dark Horse) - Best Penciller/Inker, Black & White Publication
** P. Craig Russell, ''Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde'' (NBM); ''Robin 3000''; ''Legends of the Dark Knight: Hothouse'' (DC) - Best Penciller/Inker, Color Publication
*1994 P. Craig Russell, '' The Sandman'' #50 (DC)
*1995 Dave Gibbons, '' Martha Washington goes to War'' (Dark Horse)
*1996 Geof Darrow, '' The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' (Dark Horse/Legend)
*1997 Charles Vess, ''Book of Ballads and Sagas'' (Green Man Press); ''Sandman'' #75 (DC/Vertigo)
*1998 P. Craig Russell, '' Elric: Stormbringer'' (Dark Horse/Topps); ''Dr. Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen?'' (Marvel)
*1999 Tim Sale, ''Superman for All Seasons'' (DC); ''Grendel Black, White, and Red'' #1 (Dark Horse)
*2000 Kevin Nowlan, "Jack B. Quick", ''Tomorrow Stories'' (ABC)
*2001 P. Craig Russell, ''Ring of the Nibelung'' (Dark Horse/Maverick)
*2002 Eduardo Risso, '' 100 Bullets'' (DC/Vertigo)
*2003 Kevin O'Neill, '' The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (ABC)
*2004 John Cassaday, '' Planetary'', ''Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth'' (WildStorm/DC); ''Hellboy Weird Tales'' (Dark Horse)
*2005 (tie)
**John Cassaday, '' Astonishing X-Men'' (Marvel); ''Planetary'' (WildStorm/DC); ''I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun'' (Humanoids/DC)
** Frank Quitely, ''We3'' (Vertigo/DC)
*2006 John Cassaday, ''Astonishing X-Men'' (Marvel); ''Planetary'' (WildStorm/DC)
*2007 Mark Buckingham/ Steve Leialoha, '' Fables'' (Vertigo/DC)
*2008 Pia Guerra/ Jose Marzan, Jr., '' Y: The Last Man'' (Vertigo/DC)
*2009 Guy Davis, BPRD (Dark Horse)
*2010 J. H. Williams III, ''Detective Comics'' (DC)
*2011 Skottie Young for '' The Marvelous Land of Oz''
*2012 Ramón K. Pérez, ''Jim Henson's Tale of Sand'' (Archaia)
*2013 (tie)
** David Aja, '' Hawkeye'' (Marvel)
** Chris Samnee, ''Daredevil'' (Marvel); ''Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom'' (IDW)
*2014 Sean Murphy, ''The Wake'' (DC/Vertigo)
*2015 Fiona Staples, ''Saga'' (Image)
*2016 Cliff Chiang, ''Paper Girls'' (Image)
*2017 Fiona Staples, ''Saga'' (Image)
*2018 Mitch Gerads, '' Mister Miracle'' (DC)
*2019 Mitch Gerads, ''Mister Miracle'' (DC)
*2020 Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, ''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me'' (First Second/Macmillan)
*2021 Michael Allred, ''Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams'' (Insight Editions)
*2022 Phil Jimenez, ''Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons'' (DC)

Best Art Team

*1988 Steve Rude, Willie Blyberg and Ken Steacy, '' Space Ghost Special'' (Comico)
*1989 Alan Davis and Paul Neary, ''Excalibur'' (Marvel)

Best Colorist/Coloring

*1992 Steve Oliff, ''Legends of the Dark Knight'' (DC), ''2112'' (Dark Horse), and '' Akira'' (Marvel)
*1993 Steve Oliff/ Olyoptics, ''Legends of the Dark Knight'' #28-#30, '' Martian Manhunter: American Secrets'' (DC); ''James Bond 007: Serpent's Tooth'' (Dark Horse); ''Spawn'' (Image)
*1994 Steve Oliff and Rueben Rude/Olyoptics, ''Spawn'' (Image)
*1995 Angus McKie, ''Martha Washington goes to War'' (Dark Horse)
*1996 Chris Ware, '' The Acme Novelty Library'' (Fantagraphics)
*1997 Matt Hollingsworth, ''Preacher''; ''Death: The Time of Your Life'' (DC/Vertigo); ''Bloody Mary'' (DC/Helix); '' Challengers of the Unknown'' (DC)
*1998 Chris Ware, ''The Acme Novelty Library'' (Fantagraphics)
*1999 Lynn Varley, ''300'' (Dark Horse)
*2000 Laura DePuy, ''The Authority''; ''Planetary'' (DC/Wildstorm)
*2001 Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' #14 (Fantagraphics)
*2002 Laura DePuy, ''Ruse'' (CrossGen), ''Ministry of Space'' (Image)
*2003 Dave Stewart, '' Hellboy: The Third Wish'', ''The Amazing Screw-On Head'', ''Star Wars: Empire'' (Dark Horse); '' Human Target: Final Cut'', ''Doom Patrol'' (DC/Vertigo); ''Tom Strong'' (ABC); ''Captain America'' (Marvel)
*2004 Patricia Mulvihill, ''Batman'', ''Wonder Woman'' (DC), ''100 Bullets'' (Vertigo/DC)
*2005 Dave Stewart, ''Daredevil'', '' Ultimate X-Men'', '' Ultimate Six'', ''Captain America'' (Marvel); '' Conan'', '' BPRD'' (Dark Horse); ''DC: The New Frontier'' (DC)
*2006 Chris Ware, ''The Acme Novelty Library'' #16 (Acme Novelty)
*2007 Dave Stewart, ''BPRD'', ''Conan'', ''The Escapists'', ''Hellboy'' (Dark Horse); '' Action Comics'', '' Batman/The Spirit'', ''Superman'' (DC)
*2008 Dave Stewart, ''BPRD'', '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Cut'', ''Hellboy'', '' Lobster Johnson'', ''The Umbrella Academy'' (Dark Horse); '' The Spirit'' (DC)
*2009 Dave Stewart, '' Abe Sapien: The Drowning'', ''BPRD'', '' The Goon'', ''Hellboy'', ''Solomon Kane'', ''The Umbrella Academy'' (Dark Horse); '' Body Bags'' (Image); '' Captain America: White'' (Marvel)
*2010 Dave Stewart, ''Abe Sapien'', ''BPRD'', ''The Goon'', ''Hellboy'', ''Solomon Kane'', ''The Umbrella Academy'', ''Zero Killer'' (Dark Horse); ''Detective Comics'' (DC); '' Luna Park'' (Vertigo)
*2011 Dave Stewart, ''Hellboy'', ''BPRD'', ''Baltimore'', ''Let Me In'' (Dark Horse); ''Detective Comics'' (DC); ''Neil Young's Greendale'', ''Daytripper'', ''Joe the Barbarian'' (Vertigo/DC)
*2012 Laura Allred, ''iZombie'' (Vertigo/DC); ''Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special'' (Image)
*2013 Dave Stewart, ''Batwoman'' (DC); ''Fatale'' (Image); ''BPRD'', ''Conan the Barbarian'', ''Hellboy in Hell'', ''Lobster Johnson'', ''The Massive'' (Dark Horse)
*2014 Jordie Bellaire, ''The Manhattan Projects'', ''Nowhere Men'', ''Pretty Deadly'', ''Zero'' (Image); ''The Massive'' (Dark Horse); ''Tom Strong'' (DC); ''X-Files Season 10'' (IDW); ''Captain Marvel'', ''Journey into Mystery'' (Marvel); ''Numbercruncher'' (Titan); ''Quantum and Woody'' (Valiant)
*2015 Dave Stewart, '' Hellboy in Hell'', '' BPRD'', '' Abe Sapien'', ''Baltimore'', '' Lobster Johnson'', '' Witchfinder'', '' Shaolin Cowboy'', ''Aliens: Fire and Stone'', ''Dark Horse Presents'' (Dark Horse)
*2016 Jordie Bellaire, ''The Autumnlands'', ''Injection'', ''Plutona'', ''Pretty Deadly'', ''The Surface'', ''They're Not Like Us'', ''Zero'' (Image), ''The X-Files'' (IDW), ''The Massive'' (Dark Horse), '' Magneto'', '' Vision'' (Marvel)
*2017 Matt Wilson, ''Cry Havoc'', ''Paper Girls'', ''The Wicked + The Divine'' (Image); ''Black Widow'', ''The Mighty Thor'', '' Star-Lord'' (Marvel)
*2018 Emil Ferris, ''My Favorite Thing Is Monsters'' (Fantagraphics)
*2019 Matt Wilson, ''Black Cloud'', ''Paper Girls'', ''The Wicked + The Divine'' (Image); ''The Mighty Thor'', ''Runaways'' (Marvel)
*2020 Dave Stewart, ''Black Hammer'', ''B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know'', ''Hellboy and the BPRD'' (Dark Horse); ''Gideon Falls'' (Image); ''Silver Surfer Black'', ''Spider-Man'' (Marvel)
*2021 Laura Allred, ''X-Ray Robot'' (Dark Horse); ''Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams'' (Insight Editions)
*2022 Matt Wilson, ''Undiscovered Country'' (Image); ''Fire Power'' (Image Skybound); ''Eternals, Thor, Wolverine'' (Marvel); ''Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters'' (Oni)

Best Letterer/Lettering

*1993 Todd Klein, '' The Sandman'', ''The Demon'' (DC)
*1994 Todd Klein, ''Sandman'' (DC)
*1995 Todd Klein, '' Batman Versus Predator II'' (DC/Dark Horse); ''The Demon'' (DC), ''Sandman'' (DC/Vertigo); ''Uncle Scrooge'' (Gladstone)
*1996 Stan Sakai, ''Groo'' (Image); '' Usagi Yojimbo'' (Mirage)
*1997 Todd Klein, ''Sandman''; ''Death: The Time of Your Life'', '' House of Secrets'', '' The Dreaming'' (DC/Vertigo); ''Batman'', '' The Spectre'', ''Kingdom Come'' (DC)
*1998 Todd Klein, ''Batman'', ''Batman: Poison Ivy'' (DC); ''The Dreaming'', ''House of Secrets'', '' The Invisibles'', ''Uncle Sam'' (DC/Vertigo); ''Uncle Scrooge Adventures'' (Gladstone); ''Castle Waiting'' (Olio)
*1999 Todd Klein, ''Castle Waiting'' (Olio); ''House of Secrets'', '' The Invisibles'', ''The Dreaming'' (DC/Vertigo)
*2000 Todd Klein, '' Promethea'', '' Tom Strong'', ''Tomorrow Stories'', '' Top 10'' (ABC); ''The Dreaming'', ''Gifts of the Night'', ''The Invisibles'', ''Sandman Presents: Lucifer'' (DC/Vertigo)
*2001 Todd Klein, '' Promethea'', '' Tom Strong'', ''Tomorrow Stories'', '' Top 10'' (ABC); ''The Invisibles'', ''The Dreaming'' (DC/Vertigo); ''Castle Waiting'' (Cartoon Books)
*2002 Todd Klein, '' Promethea'', '' Tom Strong'', ''Tomorrow Stories'', '' Top 10'', '' Greyshirt'' (ABC); ''Sandman Presents: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dreams But Were Afraid to Ask'' (DC/Vertigo); ''Detective Comics'', ''The Dark Knight Strikes Again'' (DC); ''Castle Waiting'' (Olio); ''Universe X'' (Marvel)
*2003 Todd Klein, ''The Dark Knight Strikes Again'', ''Detective Comics'', '' Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia'' (DC); '' Fables'', '' Human Target: Final Cut'' (DC/Vertigo); '' Promethea'', '' Tom Strong'' (ABC); ''Castle Waiting'' (Olio)
*2004 Todd Klein, ''Detective Comics'' (DC); '' Fables'', ''Sandman: Endless Nights'' (Vertigo/DC); '' Tom Strong'', '' Promethea'' (ABC); '' Marvel 1602'' (Marvel)
*2005 Todd Klein, '' Promethea'', '' Tom Strong'', ''Tom Strong's Terrific Tales'' (ABC); ''Wonder Woman'' (DC); ''Books of Magick: Life During Wartime'', '' Fables'', ''WE3'' (Vertigo/DC); ''Creatures of the Night'' (Dark Horse)
*2006 Todd Klein, ''Wonder Woman'', ''Justice, Seven Soldiers'' #0 (DC); ''Desolation Jones'' (Wildstorm/DC); '' Promethea'', '' Tomorrow Stores Special'', '' Top 10: The 49ers'' (ABC); '' Fables'' (Vertigo); ''1602: New World'' (Marvel)
*2007 Todd Klein, '' Fables'', ''Jack of Fables'', ''Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall''; '' Pride of Baghdad'', ''Testament'' (Vertigo/DC); '' 1602: Fantastick Four'', ''Eternals'' (Marvel); ''Lost Girls'' (Top Shelf)
*2008 Todd Klein, ''Justice'', ''Simon Dark'' (DC); ''Fables'', ''Jack of Fables'', ''Crossing Midnight'' (Vertigo/DC); '' The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier'' (WildStorm/DC); ''Nexus'' (Rude Dude)
*2009 Chris Ware, '' Acme Novelty Library'' #19 (Acme)
*2010 David Mazzucchelli, ''Asterios Polyp'' (Pantheon)
*2011 Todd Klein, ''Fables, The Unwritten,'' ''Joe the Barbarian, iZombie'' (Vertigo/DC); ''Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom'' (WildStorm/DC); ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (Marvel); ''Driver for the Dead'' (Radical)
*2012 Stan Sakai, ''Usagi Yojimbo'' (Dark Horse)
*2013 Chris Ware, ''Building Stories'' (Pantheon)
*2014 Darwyn Cooke, ''Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground'' (IDW)
*2015 Stan Sakai, ''Usagi Yojimbo: Senso'', ''Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: The Artist'' (Dark Horse)
*2016 Derf Backderf, ''Trashed'' (Abrams)
*2017 Todd Klein, ''Clean Room'', ''Dark Night'', ''Lucifer'' (Vertigo/DC); '' Black Hammer'' (Dark Horse)
*2018 Stan Sakai, ''Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: Slay of the Gods'' (Dark Horse)
*2019 Todd Klein, '' Black Hammer: Age of Doom'', ''Neil Gaiman's A Study in Emerald'' (Dark Horse); '' Batman: White Knight'' (DC); ''Eternity Girl'', ''Books of Magic'' (Vertigo/DC); ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest'' (Top Shelf/IDW)
*2020 Stan Sakai, ''Usagi Yojimbo'' (IDW)
*2021 Stan Sakai, ''Usagi Yojimbo'' (IDW)
*2022 Barry Windsor-Smith, ''Monsters'' (Fantagraphics)

Best Cover Artist

*1992 Brian Bolland, ''Animal Man'' (DC)
*1993 Brian Bolland, ''Animal Man''; ''Wonder Woman'' (DC)
*1994 Brian Bolland, ''Animal Man''; ''Wonder Woman'' (DC)
*1995 Glenn Fabry, '' Hellblazer'' (DC/Vertigo)
*1996 Alex Ross, '' Kurt Busiek's Astro City'' (Jukebox Productions/Image)
*1997 Alex Ross, '' Kingdom Come'' (DC); ''Kurt Busiek's Astro City'' (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
*1998 Alex Ross, ''Kurt Busiek's Astro City'' (Jukebox Productions/Homage); ''Uncle Sam'' (DC/Vertigo)
*1999 Brian Bolland, '' The Invisibles'' (DC/Vertigo)
*2000 Alex Ross, '' Batman: No Man's Land''; '' Batman: Harley Quinn''; '' Batman: War on Crime'' (DC); ''Kurt Busiek's Astro City'' (Homage/Wildstorm/DC); ABC alternate #1 covers
*2001 Brian Bolland, '' Batman: Gotham Knights''; ''The Flash'' (DC); ''The Invisibles'' (DC/Vertigo)
*2002 Dave Johnson, ''Detective Comics'' (DC); '' 100 Bullets'' (DC/Vertigo)
*2003 Adam Hughes, ''Wonder Woman'' (DC)
*2004 James Jean, '' Fables'' (Vertigo/DC); ''Batgirl'' (DC)
*2005 James Jean, ''Fables'' (Vertigo/DC); ''Green Arrow, Batgirl'' (DC)
*2006 James Jean, ''Fables'' (Vertigo/DC); '' Runaways'' (Marvel)
*2007 James Jean, ''Fables'', ''Jack of Fables'', '' Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall'' (Vertigo/DC)
*2008 James Jean, ''Fables'' (Vertigo/DC); ''The Umbrella Academy'' (Dark Horse); ''Process Recess 2'', ''Superior Showcase 2'' (AdHouse)
*2009 James Jean, ''Fables'' (Vertigo/DC); ''The Umbrella Academy'' (Dark Horse)
*2010 J.H. Williams III, ''Detective Comics'' (DC)
*2011 Mike Mignola, '' Baltimore: The Plague Ships''
*2012 Francesco Francavilla, ''Black Panther'' (Marvel); ''Lone Ranger'', ''Lone Ranger/Zorro'', ''Dark Shadows'', ''Warlord of Mars'' (Dynamite); ''Archie Meets Kiss'' (Archie)
*2013 David Aja, ''Hawkeye'' (Marvel)
*2014 David Aja, ''Hawkeye'' (Marvel)
*2015 Darwyn Cooke, DC Comics Darwyn Cooke Month Variant Covers (DC)
*2016 David Aja, ''Hawkeye'', ''Karnak'', ''Scarlet Witch'' (Marvel)
*2017 Fiona Staples, ''Saga'' (Image)
*2018 Sana Takeda, ''Monstress'' (Image)
*2019 Jen Bartel, ''Blackbird'' (Image); ''Submerged'' (Vault)
*2020 Emma Ríos, ''Pretty Deadly'' (Image)
*2021 Peach Momoko, ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer #19'', ''Mighty Morphin #2'', ''Something Is Killing the Children #12'', ''Power Rangers #1'' (BOOM! Studios); ''DIE!namite'', ''Vampirella'' (Dynamite); ''The Crow: Lethe'' (IDW); Marvel Cover Variants (Marvel)
*2022 Jen Bartel, ''Future State Immortal Wonder Woman #1 & 2, Wonder Woman Black & Gold #1, Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary'' (DC); Women’s History Month variant covers (Marvel)

Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition

*1995 Evan Dorkin (''Milk and Cheese'', ''Hectic Planet'', ''Dork'', ''Instant Piano'')
*1996 Stan Sakai ('' Usagi Yojimbo'')
*1997 Ricardo Delgado ('' Age of Reptiles'')
*1998 Linda Medley (''Castle Waiting'')
*1999 Brian Michael Bendis (''Jinx'', ''Goldfish'', ''Torso'')
*2000 Tony Millionaire (''Sock Monkey'')
*2001 Alex Robinson (''Box Office Poison'')
*2002 Dylan Horrocks (''Hicksville'', ''Atlas'')
*2003 Jason Shiga, Fleep (''Sparkplug Comics'')
*2004 Derek Kirk Kim, (''Same Difference & Other Stories'')
*2005 Sean McKeever (''The Waiting Place'', '' Mary Jane'', '' Inhumans'', ''Sentinel'')
*2006 Aaron Renier (''Spiral-Bound'')

Special Recognition

*2007 Hope Larson (''Gray Horses'', Oni)
*2008 Chuck BB, ''Black Metal'' (artist, Oni)

Best Editor

*1992 Karen Berger, ''The Sandman''; ''Shade: the Changing Man''; ''Kid Eternity''; ''Books of Magic'' (DC)
*1993 Archie Goodwin, ''Legends of the Dark Knight''; '' Batman: Sword of Azrael''; '' Deadman: Exorcism'' (DC)
*1994 (tie)
**Karen Berger, ''The Sandman'' (DC)
** Mike Carlin, for the Superman titles: ''Action Comics''; ''Superman''; '' Superman: The Man Steel'', ''Adventures of Superman'' (DC)
*1995 Karen Berger, ''The Sandman''; ''Sandman Mystery Theatre'' (DC/Vertigo)
*1996 (tie)
** Stuart Moore, '' Swamp Thing''; ''The Invisibles''; ''Preacher'' (DC/Vertigo)
**Bronwyn Carlton, ''Big Book of Weirdos''; '' Big Book of Conspiracies''; ''Brooklyn Dreams''; '' Stuck Rubber Baby'' (Paradox Press)
*1997 Dan Raspler, ''Kingdom Come''; ''Hitman''; ''The Spectre''; ''Sergio Aragonés Destroys the DC Universe'' (DC)

Works

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

*1988 '' Gumby Summer Fun Special'' #1, by Bob Burden and Art Adams (Comico)
*1989 '' Kings in Disguise'' #1, by James Vance and Dan Burr ( Kitchen Sink)
*1991 ''Concrete Celebrates Earth Day'', by Paul Chadwick, Charles Vess and Jean Giraud (also known as Moebius) (Dark Horse Comics)
*1992 '' Sandman'' #22–28, by Neil Gaiman and various artists ( DC)
*1993 ''Nexus: The Origin'' by Mike Baron and Steve Rude (Dark Horse)
*1994 '' Batman Adventures: Mad Love'', by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm (DC)
*1995 ''Batman Adventures Holiday Special'' by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Ronnie del Carmen, and others (DC)
*1996 ''Kurt Busiek's Astro City'' #4: "Safeguards", by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson (comics), Brent Anderson (Jukebox Productions/Image)
*1997 ''Kurt Busiek's Astro City'', vol. 2, #1: "Welcome to Astro City", Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
*1998 ''Kurt Busiek's Astro City'' vol. 2 #10: "Show 'Em All", Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
*1999 ''Hitman (DC Comics), Hitman'' #34: "Of Thee I Sing", by Garth Ennis, John McCrea (comics), John McCrea, and Garry Leach (DC)
*2000 '' Tom Strong'' #1: "How Tom Strong Got Started", by Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse, and Al Gordon (ABC)
*2001 '' Promethea'' #10: "Sex, Stars, and Serpents", by Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III, and Mick Gray (ABC)
*2002 ''Eightball (comic book), Eightball'' #22, by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
*2003 ''The Stuff of Dreams'', by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)
*2004 (tie)
**''Conan (Dark Horse comic), Conan The Legend'' #0, by Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord (Dark Horse)
**'' The Goon'' #1, by Eric Powell (comic writer), Eric Powell (Dark Horse)
*2005 ''Eightball'' #23: "The Death Ray" by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
*2006 ''Solo (DC Comics), Solo'' #5 by Darwyn Cooke (DC)
*2007 ''Batman/The Spirit'' #1 by Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke (DC)
*2008 ''Justice League of America'' #11: "Walls" by Brad Meltzer and Gene Ha (DC)
*2009 No Award Given
*2010 ''Captain America'' #601: "Red, White, and Blue-Blood" by Ed Brubaker and Gene Colan (Marvel)
*2011 ''Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil'', by Mike Mignola, and Richard Corben
*2012 ''Daredevil'' #7, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)
*2013 ''The Mire'', by Becky Cloonan (self-published)
*2014 '' Hawkeye'' #11: “Pizza Is My Business,” by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
*2015 ''Beasts of Burden, Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers'', by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
*2016 ''Silver Surfer'' #11: "Never After", by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)
*2017 ''Beasts of Burden, Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In'', by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
*2018 ''Hellboy, Hellboy: Krampusnacht'', by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Dark Horse)
*2019 ''The Spectacular Spider-Man, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #310, by Chip Zdarsky (Marvel)
*2020 ''Our Favorite Thing is My Favorite Thing is Monsters'', by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
*2021 ''Sports Is Hell'', by Ben Passmore (Koyama Press)
*2022 ''Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons,'' by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Jimenez (DC)

Eisner Award for Best Short Story, Best Short Story

*1993 "Two Cities", by Mark Schultz (comics), Mark Schultz, in ''Xenozoic Tales'' #12 (Kitchen Sink)
*1994 "The Amazing Colossal Homer", in ''Simpsons'' #1 (Bongo)
*1995 "The Babe Wore Red", by Frank Miller, in '' Sin City: The Babe Wore Red and Other Stories'' (Dark Horse/Legend)
*1996 "The Eltingville Comic-Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Role-Playing Club in Bring Me the Head of Boba Fett" by Evan Dorkin, in ''Instant Piano'' #3 (Dark Horse)
*1997 "Heroes", Archie Goodwin and Gary Gianni, in ''Batman: Black & White'' #4 (DC)
*1998 "The Eltingville Comic Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Role-Playing Club In: The Marathon Men", Evan Dorkin, in ''Dork!'' #4 (Slave Labor)
*1999 "Devil's Advocate", by Matt Wagner and Tim Sale, in ''Grendel: Black, White, and Red'' #1 (Dark Horse)
*2000 " Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter", by Kyle Baker, in ''Elseworlds 80-Page Giant'' (DC)
*2001 "The Gorilla Suit", by Sergio Aragonés, in ''Streetwise (comics), Streetwise'' (TwoMorrows)
*2002 "The Eltingville Club in 'The Intervention", by Evan Dorkin, in ''Dork!'' #9 (Slave Labor)
*2003 "The Magician and the Snake", by Katie Mignola and Mike Mignola, in ''Dark Horse Maverick: Happy Endings'' (Dark Horse)
*2004 "Death", by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell, in ''The Sandman: Endless Nights'' (Vertigo/DC)
*2005 Beasts of Burden, "Unfamiliar", by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson, in ''The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft'' (Dark Horse Books)
*2006 "Teenaged Sidekick", by Paul Pope, in ''Solo'' #3 (DC)
*2007 "A Frog's Eye View", by Bill Willingham and James Jean, in ''Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall'' (Vertigo/DC)
*2008 "Mr. Wonderful", by Dan Clowes, serialized in ''New York Times Sunday Magazine''
*2009 "Murder He Wrote," by Ian Boothby, Nina Matsumoto and Andrew Pepoy, in ''The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror'' #14 (Bongo Comics)
*2010 "Urgent Request," by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, in ''The Eternal Smile'' (First Second)
*2011 "Post Mortem", by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in ''I Am an Avenger #2'' (Marvel)
*2012 "The Seventh", by Darwyn Cooke, in ''Richard Stark's Parker (Stark novels character), Parker: The Martini Edition'' (IDW)
*2013 "Moon 1969: The True Story of the 1969 Moon Launch", by Michael Kupperman, in ''Tales Designed to Thrizzle'' #8 (Fantagraphics)
*2014 "Untitled", by Gilbert Hernandez, in ''Love and Rockets (comics), Love and Rockets: New Stories'' #6 (Fantagraphics)
*2015 "When the Darkness Presses", by Emily Caroll (Self-publishing, Self-published)
*2016 "Killing and Dying", by Adrian Tomine, in ''Optic Nerve'' #14 (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2017 "Good Boy", by Tom King (comics), Tom King and David Finch (comics), David Finch, in ''Batman Annual'' #1 (DC)
*2018 "A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green", by Nick Sousanis, in ''Columbia Magazine''
*2019 "The Talk of the Saints", by Tom King (writer), Tom King and Jason Fabok, in ''Swamp Thing Winter Special'' (DC)
*2020 "Hot Comb", by Ebony Flowers, in ''Hot Comb'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2021 "When the Menopausal Carnival Comes to Town", by Mimi Pond, in ''Menopause: A Comic Treatment'' (Graphic Medicine/Pennsylvania State University Press)
*2022 "Funeral in Foam", by Casey Gilly and Raina Telgemeier, in ''You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife'' (Iron Circus)

Best Serialized Story

*1993 "From Hell" by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell in ''Taboo'' (SpiderBaby Graphix/Tundra Press, Tundra)
*1994 "The Great Cow Race", ''Bone (comic), Bone'' #7-11, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
*1995 "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck", by Don Rosa, ''Uncle Scrooge'' #285–296 (Gladstone)
*1996 ''Strangers in Paradise'' #1–8, by Terry Moore (comics), Terry Moore (Abstract Studios)
*1997 ''Starman (DC Comics Modern Age), Starman'' #20–23: "Sand and Stars", James Dale Robinson, James Robinson, Tony Harris (cartoonist), Tony Harris, Guy Davis, and Wade von Grawbadger (DC)
*1998 ''Kurt Busiek's Astro City'' #4–9: "Confession", Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
*1999 '' Usagi Yojimbo'' #13–22: "Grasscutter (Usagi Yojimbo Story), Grasscutter", by Stan Sakai (Dark Horse)
*2000 ''Tom Strong'' #4–7, by Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse, Al Gordon, and guest artists (ABC)
*2001 '' 100 Bullets'' #15–18: "Hang Up on the Hang Low", by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (DC/Vertigo)
*2002 ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #30–35: "Coming Home", by J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita, Jr., and Scott Hanna (Marvel Comics, Marvel)
*2003 ''Fables (comic), Fables'' #1–5: "Legends in Exile", by Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, and Steve Leialoha (DC/Vertigo)
*2004 ''Gotham Central'' #6–10: "Half a Life", by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark (DC)
*2005 ''Fables'' #19–27: "March of the Wooden Soldiers," by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha (Vertigo/DC)
*2006 ''Fables'' #36–38, 40–41: "Return to the Homelands," by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha (Vertigo/DC)

Best Black-and-White Series

*1988 ''Concrete'', by Paul Chadwick (Dark Horse)
*1989 ''Concrete'', by Paul Chadwick (Dark Horse)
*1991 ''Xenozoic Tales'', by Mark Schultz (Kitchen Sink)

Best Continuing Series

*1988 ''Concrete'', by Paul Chadwick (Dark Horse)
*1989 ''Concrete'', by Paul Chadwick (Dark Horse)
*1991 '' Sandman'', by Neil Gaiman and various artists (DC/Vertigo)
*1992 ''Sandman'', by Neil Gaiman and various artists (DC/Vertigo)
*1993 ''Sandman'', by Neil Gaiman and various artists (DC/Vertigo)
*1994 ''Bone'', by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
*1995 ''Bone'', by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
*1996 '' Acme Novelty Library'', by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
*1997 '' Kurt Busiek's Astro City'', Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson (comics), Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
*1998 ''Kurt Busiek's Astro City'', Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
*1999 ''Preacher (comic), Preacher'', by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (DC/Vertigo)
*2000 '' Acme Novelty Library'', by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
*2001 '' Top 10'', by Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon (ABC)
*2002 '' 100 Bullets'', by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (DC/Vertigo)
*2003 ''Daredevil'', by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev (Marvel)
*2004 ''100 Bullets'', by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (DC/Vertigo)
*2005 '' The Goon'', by Eric Powell (Dark Horse)
*2006 '' Astonishing X-Men'', by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel)
*2007 ''All-Star Superman'', by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC)
*2008 '' Y: The Last Man'', by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan, Jr. (DC/Vertigo)
*2009 ''All-Star Superman'', by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC)
*2010 ''The Walking Dead (comic book), The Walking Dead'', by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard (Image)
*2011 ''Chew (comics), Chew'', by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
*2012 ''Daredevil'', by Mark Waid, Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)
*2013 ''Saga'', by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
*2014 ''Saga'', by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
*2015 ''Saga'', by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
*2016 ''Southern Bastards'', by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour (Image)
*2017 ''Saga'', by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
*2018 '' Monstress'', by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
*2019 ''Giant Days'', by John Allison (comics), John Allison, Max Sarin and Julia Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
*2020 ''Bitter Root'', by David Walker, Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene (Image)
*2021 ''Usagi Yojimbo'', by Stan Sakai (IDW)
*2022 (tie)
**''Bitter Root'', by David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene (Image);
**''Something Is Killing the Children'', by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)

Best Finite Series/Limited Series

*1988 ''Watchmen'', by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (DC)
*1989 ''Silver Surfer (comic book), Silver Surfer'', by Stan Lee and Jean Giraud, Jean "Moebius" Giraud (Marvel)
*1991 ''Give Me Liberty'', by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons (Dark Horse)
*1992 ''Concrete: Fragile Creature'', by Paul Chadwick (Dark Horse)
*1993 ''Grendel (comics), Grendel: War Child'', by Matt Wagner and Patrick McEown (Dark Horse)
*1994 ''Marvels'', by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross (Marvel)
*1995 '' Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'', by Frank Miller (Dark Horse/Legend)
*1996 '' Sin City: The Big Fat Kill'', by Frank Miller (Dark Horse/Legend)
*1997 '' Kingdom Come'', Mark Waid and Alex Ross (DC)
*1998 ''Batman: The Long Halloween'', Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (DC)
*1999 '' 300'', by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley (Dark Horse)
*2000 ''Whiteout: Melt'', by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber (Oni)
*2001 ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (''The Ring of the Nibelung''), by P. Craig Russell, with Patrick Mason (Dark Horse/Maverick)
*2002 ''Hellboy: Conqueror Worm'', by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse/Maverick)
*2003 ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II'', by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill (ABC)
*2004 ''Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules'', by James Sturm and Guy Davis (Marvel)
*2005 ''DC: The New Frontier'', by Darwyn Cooke (DC)
*2006 ''Seven Soldiers'', by Grant Morrison and various artists (DC)
*2007 '' Batman: Year 100'', by Paul Pope (DC)
*2008 ''The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite'' by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)
*2009 ''Hellboy: The Crooked Man and Others, Hellboy: The Crooked Man'', by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)

Best Limited Series or Story Arc

*2010 ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (comics), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
*2011 ''Daytripper (DC Comics), Daytripper'', by Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
*2012 ''Criminal (comics), Criminal: The Last of the Innocent'', by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
*2013 No award given
*2014 ''The Wake (Vertigo), The Wake'', by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
*2015 ''Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland'', by Eric Shanower and Gabriel Rodriguez (artist), Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
*2016 ''The Fade Out'', by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
*2017 ''Vision (Marvel Comics), The Vision'', by Tom King (comics), Tom King and Gabriel Hernández Walta (Marvel)
*2018 ''Black Panther: World of Wakanda'', by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. Martinez (Marvel)
*2019 ''Mister Miracle'', by Tom King (writer), Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)
*2020 ''Little Bird'' by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (Image)
*2021 ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'', by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber (DC)
*2022 ''The Good Asian'', by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi (Image)

Best New Series

*1988 ''Concrete'', by Paul Chadwick (Dark Horse)
*1989 ''Kings In Disguise'', by James Vance and Dan Burr (Kitchen Sink)
*1995 ''Too Much Coffee Man'', by Shannon Wheeler (Adhesive)
*1996 '' Kurt Busiek's Astro City'', by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson (comics), Brent Anderson (Jukebox Productions/Image Comics, Image)
*1997 ''Leave It to Chance'', James Dale Robinson, James Robinson and Paul Smith (comics), Paul Smith (Homage)
*1998 ''Castle Waiting'', Linda Medley (Olio)
*1999 '' Inhumans'', by Paul Jenkins (writer), Paul Jenkins. and Jae Lee (Marvel)
*2000 '' Top 10'', by Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon (ABC)
*2001 ''Powers (comics), Powers'', by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming (Image)
*2002 ''Queen & Country'', by Greg Rucka and Steve Rolston (Oni)
*2003 ''Fables (comic), Fables'', by Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha (DC/Vertigo)
*2004 '' Plastic Man'', by Kyle Baker (DC)
*2005 ''Ex Machina (comics), Ex Machina'', by Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris (comics), Tony Harris, and Tom Feister (WildStorm/DC)
*2006 ''All-Star Superman'', by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC)
*2007 ''Criminal (comic), Criminal'', by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
*2008 ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight'', by Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
*2009 ''The Invincible Iron Man (comics), The Invincible Iron Man'', by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca (Marvel)
*2010 ''Chew (comics), Chew'', by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
*2011 ''American Vampire'', by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, Rafael Albuquerque (artist), Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
*2013 ''Saga'', by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
*2014 ''Sex Criminals'', by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image)
*2015 ''Lumberjanes'', by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, ND Stevenson, and Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)
*2016 ''Paper Girls'', by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image)
*2017 '' Black Hammer'', by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston (Dark Horse)
*2018 ''Black Bolt#Publication history, Black Bolt'', by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward (Marvel)
*2019 ''Gideon Falls'', by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Image)
*2020 '' Invisible Kingdom'', by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
*2021 ''Black Widow'', by Kelly Thompson and Elena Casagrande (Marvel)
*2022 ''The Nice House on the Lake'', by James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno (DC Black Label)

Best Title for Younger Readers/Best Comics Publication for a Younger Audience

*1996 ''Batman and Robin Adventures'', by Paul Dini, Ty Templeton, and Rick Burchett (DC)
*1997 ''Leave It to Chance'', James Robinson (writer), James Robinson and Paul Smith (comics), Paul Smith (Homage)
*1998 ''Batman & Robin Adventures'', Ty Templeton, Brandon Kruse, Rick Burchett, and others (DC)
*1999 ''The Batman Adventures, Batman: The Gotham Adventures'', by Ty Templeton, Rick Burchett, and Terry Beatty (DC)
*2000 ''Simpsons Comics'', by various (Bongo)
*2001 ''Scary Godmother: The Boo Flu'', by Jill Thompson (Sirius)
*2002 ''Herobear and the Kid'', by Mike Kunkel (Astonish)
*2003 ''Herobear and the Kid'', by Mike Kunkel (Astonish)
*2004 ''Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge'', by various (Gemstone)
*2005 '' Plastic Man,'' by Kyle Baker and Scott Morse (DC)
*2006 ''Owly: Flying Lessons,'' by Andy Runton (Top Shelf)
*2007 '' Gumby,'' by Bob Burden and Rick Geary (Wildcard Ink)

Best Publication for Kids

*2008 ''Mouse Guard, Mouse Guard: Fall 1152'' and ''Mouse Guard, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152'', by David Petersen (comics), David Petersen (Archaia)
*2009 ''Tiny Titans'', by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani (DC)
*2010 ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' hardcover, by L. Frank Baum, Eric Shanower, and Skottie Young (Marvel)
*2011 ''Tiny Titans'', by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani (DC)

Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers, Best Publication for Early Readers

*2012 ''Dragon Puncher Island'', by James Kochalka (Top Shelf)
*2013 ''Babymouse for President'', by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House)
*2014 ''Itty Bitty Hellboy'', by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani (Dark Horse)
*2015 ''The Zoo Box'', by Ariel Cohn and Aron Nels Steinke (First Second)
*2016 ''Little Robot'', by Ben Hatke (First Second)
*2017 ''Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea'', by Ben Clanton (Tundra)
*2018 ''Good Night, Planet'', by Liniers (cartoonist), Liniers (Toon Books)
*2019 ''Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer'', by James Kochalka (Top Shelf/IDW)
*2020 ''Comics: Easy as ABC'', by Ivan Brunetti (TOON)
*2022 ''Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis'', by Julie and Stan Sakai (IDW)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)

*2012 ''Snarked'', by Roger Langridge (KaBOOM!)
*2013 ''Adventure Time'', by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (KaBOOM!)
*2014 ''The Adventures of Superhero Girl'', by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse)
*2015 ''El Deafo'', by Cece Bell (Amulet/Abrams)
*2016 ''Over the Garden Wall'', by Pat McHale, Amalia Levari, and Jim Campbell (comics), Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios/ KaBOOM!)
*2017 Ghosts (graphic novel), ''Ghosts'', by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)
*2018 ''The Tea Dragon Society'', by Katie O’Neill (Oni)
*2019 ''The Divided Earth'', by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
*2020 ''Guts'', by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
*2022 ''Salt Magic'', by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock (Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House)

Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens, Best Publication for Teens

*2008 ''Laika (comic), Laika'', by Nick Abadzis (First Second)
*2009 ''Coraline'', by Neil Gaiman, adapted by P. Craig Russell (HarperCollins Children's Books)
*2010 ''Beasts of Burden'', by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
*2011 ''Smile (graphic novel), Smile'' by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic/Graphix)
*2012 ''Anya's Ghost'', by Vera Brosgol (First Second)
*2013 ''A Wrinkle in Time'', by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted by Hope Larson (FSG)
*2014 ''Battling Boy'', by Paul Pope (First Second)
*2015 ''Lumberjanes'', by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, ND Stevenson, and Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)
*2016 ''SuperMutant Magic Academy'', by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2017 ''The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl'', by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel)
*2018 '' Monstress'', by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
*2019 ''The Prince and the Dressmaker'', by Jen Wang (First Second)
*2020 ''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me'', by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (First Second/Macmillan)
*2022 ''The Legend of Auntie Po'', by Shing Yin Khor (Kokila/Penguin Random House)

Eisner Award for Best Anthology, Best Anthology

*1992 ''Dark Horse Presents'', edited by Randy Stradley (Dark Horse)
*1993 ''Taboo (comic), Taboo'', edited by Steve Bissette (SpiderBaby Graphix/Tundra Press, Tundra)
*1994 ''Dark Horse Presents'', edited by Randy Stradley (Dark Horse)
*1995 ''The Big Book of Urban Legends'', edited by Andy Helfer (Paradox Press)
*1996 ''The Big Book of Conspiracies'', edited by Bronwyn Taggart (Paradox Press)
*1997 ''Batman: Black and White'', Mark Chiarello and Scott Peterson, eds. (DC)
*1998 '' Hellboy Christmas Special'', ed. Scott Allie (Dark Horse)
*1999 ''Grendel: Black, White, and Red'', by Matt Wagner; ed. by Diana Schutz (Dark Horse)
*2000 ''Tomorrow Stories'', by Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, Kevin Nowlan, Melinda Gebbie, and Jim Baikie (ABC)
*2001 ''Drawn & Quarterly'', vol. 3, edited by Chris Oliveros (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2002 ''Bizarro Comics'', edited by Joey Cavalieri (DC)
*2003 ''SPX 2002'' (CBLDF)
*2004 ''The Sandman: Endless Nights'', by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, P. Craig Russell, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Frank Quitely, Glenn Fabry, Milo Manara, and Bill Sienkiewicz; co-edited by Karen Berger and Shelly Bond (Vertigo/DC)
*2005 ''Michael Chabon Presents The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist'', edited by Diana Schutz and David Land (Dark Horse)
*2006 ''Solo'', edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)
*2007 '' Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall'', by Bill Willingham and various (Vertigo/DC)
*2008 ''5 (comics), 5'', by Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Fábio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, and Rafael Grampa (self-published)
*2009 ''Comic Book Tattoo, Comic Book Tattoo: Narrative Art Inspired by the Lyrics and Music of Tori Amos'', edited by Rantz Hoseley (Image)
*2010 ''Popgun (comics), Popgun Volume 3'', edited by Mark Andrew Smith, DJ Kirkbride, and Joe Keatinge (Image)
*2011 ''Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard'', edited by Paul Morrissey (comics), Paul Morrissey and David Petersen (comics), David Petersen (based on ''Mouse Guard'')
*2012 ''Dark Horse Presents'', edited by Mike Richardson (publisher), Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
*2013 ''Dark Horse Presents'', edited by Mike Richardson (publisher), Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
*2014 ''Dark Horse Presents'', edited by Mike Richardson (publisher), Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
*2015 ''Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream'', edited by Josh O'Neill, Andrew Carl, and Chris Stevens (Locust Moon) (based on the newspaper strip ''Little Nemo'' by Winsor McCay)
*2016 ''Drawn & Quarterly, Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary, Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels'', edited by Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2017 ''Love Is Love (comics), Love is Love'', edited by Marc Andreyko (IDW/DC)
*2018 ''Elements: Fire – A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color!'', edited by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
*2019 ''Puerto Rico Strong'', edited by Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz and Neil Schwartz (Lion Forge)
*2020 ''Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival'', edited by Diane Noomin (Abrams)
*2021 ''Menopause: A Comic Treatment'', edited by MK Czerwiec (Graphic Medicine/Pennsylvania State University Press)
*2022 ''You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife'', edited by Kel McDonald and Andrea Purcell (Iron Circus)

Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic, Best Digital Comic

*2005 ''Mom's Cancer'' by Brian Fies
*2006 ''PvP'' by Scott Kurtz
*2007 ''Sam & Max#Comic books, Sam & Max: The Big Sleep'' by Steve Purcell
*2008 ''Sugarshock!'', by Joss Whedon and Fabio Moon
*2009 ''Finder (comics), Finder'', by Carla Speed McNeil
*2010 ''Sin Titulo'', by Cameron Stewart
*2011 ''The Abominable Charles Christopher'', by Karl Kerschl
*2012 ''Battlepug'', by Mike Norton
*2013 ''Bandette'', by Paul Tobin (author), Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover
*2014 ''The Oatmeal'', by Matthew Inman
*2015 ''The Private Eye'', by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martín (cartoonist), Marcos Martin
*2016 ''Bandette'', by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/ comicXology)
*2017 ''Bandette'', by Paul Tobin (author), Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover
*2018 ''Harvey Kurtzman's Marley's Ghost'', by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O'Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideo Kendall (comiXology Originals/Kitchen, Lind & Associates)
*2019 ''Umami'', by Ken Niimura (Panel Syndicate)
*2020 ''Afterlift'', by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo (comiXology Originals)
*2021 ''Friday'', by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martín (cartoonist), Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)
*2022 ''Snow Angels'', by Jeff Lemire and Jock (Comixology Originals)

Best Webcomic

*2017 ''Bird Boy'', by Anne Szabla
bird-boy.com

*2018 ''The Tea Dragon Society'', by Katie O'Neill, Katie O’Neill (teadragonsociety.com)
*2019 ''The Contradictions'', by Sophie Yanow
thecontradictions.com

*2020 ''Fried Rice'', by Erica Eng
friedricecomic.tumblr.com

*2021 ''Crisis Zone'', by Simon Hanselmann,
instagram.com/simon.hanselmann

*2022 ''Lore Olympus'', by Rachel Smythe (WEBTOON)

Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work, Best Reality-Based Work

*2006 ''Nat Turner'', by Kyle Baker (Kyle Baker Publishing)
*2007 ''Fun Home'', by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
*2008 ''Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow'', by James Sturm and Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
*2009 ''What It Is (comics), What It Is'', by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2010 ''A Drifting Life'', by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2011 ''It Was the War of the Trenches'', by Jacques Tardi
*2012 ''Green River Killer: A True Detective Story'', by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case (Dark Horse Books)
*2013 (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)
*2014 ''The Fifth Beatle (graphic novel), The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story'', by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker (M Press/Dark Horse)
*2015 ''Hip Hop Family Tree'' Vol. 2, by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
*2016 ''March (comics), March: Book Two'', by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
*2017 ''March (comics), March: Book Three'', by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
*2018 ''Spinning (comics), Spinning'', by Tillie Walden (First Second)
*2019 ''Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman'', by Box Brown (First Second)
*2020 ''They Called Us Enemy'', by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and Harmony Becker (Top Shelf)
*2021 ''Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio'', by Derf Backderf (Abrams)
*2022 ''The Black Panther Party: A Graphic History'', by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson (Ten Speed Press)

Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir, Best Graphic Memoir

*2021 ''The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist'', by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2022 ''Run: Book One'', by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Graphic Album

*1988 ''Watchmen'', by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (DC)
*1989 '' Batman: The Killing Joke'', by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland (DC)

Best Graphic Album: New

*1991 ''Elektra Lives Again'', by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley (Marvel)
*1992 ''To the Heart of the Storm'', by Will Eisner (Kitchen Sink)
*1993 ''Signal to Noise (comics), Signal to Noise'', by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (VG Graphics/Dark Horse)
*1994 ''A Small Killing'', by Alan Moore and Oscar Zarate (Dark Horse)
*1995 ''Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde'' Vol. 2, by P. Craig Russell (NBM)
*1996 '' Stuck Rubber Baby'', by Howard Cruse (Paradox Press)
*1997 ''Fax from Sarajevo'', by Joe Kubert (Dark Horse Books)
*1998 ''Batman & Superman Adventures: World's Finest'', by Paul Dini, Joe Staton, and Terry Beatty (DC)
*1999 ''Superman: Peace on Earth'', by Paul Dini and Alex Ross (DC)
*2000 '' Acme Novelty Library'' #13, by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
*2001 ''Safe Area Goražde'', by Joe Sacco
*2002 ''The Name of the Game (comics), The Name of the Game'', by Will Eisner (DC)
*2003 ''One! Hundred! Demons!'' by Lynda Barry (Sasquatch Books)
*2004 ''Blankets (graphic novel), Blankets'', by Craig Thompson (Top Shelf)
*2005 ''The Originals (graphic novel), The Originals'', by Dave Gibbons (Vertigo/DC)
*2006 ''Top 10: The Forty-Niners'', by Alan Moore and Gene Ha (ABC)
*2007 ''American Born Chinese (graphic novel), American Born Chinese'', by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
*2008 ''Rutu Modan#Exit Wounds, Exit Wounds'', by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2009 ''Swallow Me Whole'', by Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
*2010 ''Asterios Polyp'', by David Mazzucchelli (Pantheon)
*2011 (tie)
**''Wilson (comics), Wilson'' by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Return of the Dapper Men'' by Jim McCann (writer), Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
*2012 ''Jim Henson's Tale of Sand'', adapted by Ramon K. Perez (Archaia)
*2013 ''Building Stories'', by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
*2014 ''The Property'', by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2015 ''This One Summer'', by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (First Second)
*2016 ''Ruins'' by Peter Kuper (SelfMadeHero)
*2017 ''Wonder Woman: The True Amazon'' by Jill Thompson (DC Comics)
*2018 ''My Favorite Thing Is Monsters'' by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
*2019 ''My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies'', by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
*2020 ''Are You Listening?'', by Tillie Walden (First Second/Macmillan)
*2021 ''Pulp'', by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
*2022 ''Monsters'', by Barry Windsor-Smith (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album: Reprint

*1991 ''The Sandman: The Doll's House, Sandman: The Doll's House'' by Neil Gaiman and various artists (DC)
*1992 ''Maus II'' by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon Books)
*1993 ''The Hard Goodbye, Sin City'' by Frank Miller (Dark Horse)
*1994 ''Cerebus: Flight'' by Dave Sim and Gerhard (comics artist), Gerhard (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
*1995 ''Hellboy: Seed of Destruction'' by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
*1996 ''The Tale of One Bad Rat'' by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
*1997 ''Stray Bullets (comics), Stray Bullets: Innocence of Nihilism'' by David Lapham (El Capitan)
*1998 ''That Yellow Bastard, Sin City: That Yellow Bastard'' by Frank Miller (Dark Horse)
*1999 ''Batman: The Long Halloween'' by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (DC)
*2000 ''From Hell'' by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell (Eddie Campbell Comics)
*2001 ''Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth'' by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
*2002 ''Batman: Dark Victory'' by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (DC)
*2003 ''Batman: Black and White'' vol. 2, edited by Mark Chiarello and Nick J. Napolitano (DC)
*2004 '' Batman Adventures: Dangerous Dames and Demons'', by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, and others (DC)
*2005 ''Bone One Volume Edition'', by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
*2006 ''Black Hole (comics), Black Hole'', by Charles Burns (cartoonist), Charles Burns (Pantheon)
*2007 ''Absolute DC: The New Frontier'', by Darwyn Cooke (DC)
*2008 ''Mouse Guard, Mouse Guard: Fall 1152'', by David Petersen (comics), David Petersen (Archaia)
*2009 ''Hellboy, Hellboy Library Edition, vols. 1 and 2'', by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
*2010 ''Absolute Justice (DC Comics), Justice'', by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, and Doug Braithewaite (DC)
*2011 ''Wednesday Comics'', edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)
*2012 ''Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition'', by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
*2013 ''King City'', by Brandon Graham (comics), Brandon Graham (TokyoPop/Image)
*2014 ''RASL'', by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
*2015 ''Through the Woods'', by Emily Carroll (McElderry Books)
*2016 ''Nimona'', by ND Stevenson (Harper Teen)
*2017 ''Demon'', by Jason Shiga (First Second)
*2018 ''Boundless'', by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2019 ''The Vision'' hardcover, by Tom King (writer), Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta and Michael Walsh (Marvel)
*2020 ''LaGuardia (comics), LaGuardia'', by Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
*2021 ''Seeds and Stems'', by Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics)
*2022 ''The Complete American Gods'', by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell, and Scott Hampton (Dark Horse)

Best Archival Collection/Project

*1993 ''Carl Barks Library'' album series (Gladstone)
*1994 ''The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland'' by Winsor McCay (Fantagraphics)
*1995 ''The Christmas Spirit'' by Will Eisner (Kitchen Sink)
*1996 ''The Complete Crumb Comics'' Vol. 11 by Robert Crumb, R. Crumb (Fantagraphics)
*1997 ''Tarzan in comics, Tarzan: The Land That Time Forgot and The Pool of Time'' by Russ Manning (Dark Horse)
*1998 ''Jack Kirby's New Gods'' by Jack Kirby (DC)
*1999 '' Plastic Man Archives'' vol. 1 by Jack Cole (artist), Jack Cole (DC)
*2000 ''Peanuts: A Golden Celebration'' (HarperCollins)
*2001 ''The Spirit Archives'' vols. 1 and 2 by Will Eisner (DC)
*2002 '' Akira'' by Katsuhiro Otomo (Dark Horse)
*2003 ''Krazy Kat, Krazy & Ignatz'' by George Herriman (Fantagraphics)
*2004 ''Krazy and Ignatz, 1929–1930'', by George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard (Fantagraphics)
*2005 ''The Complete Peanuts'', edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project — Comic Strips (at least 20 years old)

*2006 ''The Complete Calvin and Hobbes'' by Bill Watterson (Andrews McMeel)
*2007 ''The Complete Peanuts, 1959–1960, 1961-1962'', by Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics)
*2008 ''The Complete Terry and the Pirates'', vol. 1, by Milton Caniff (The Library of American Comics)
*2009 ''Little Nemo, Little Nemo in Slumberland, Many More Splendid Sundays'', by Winsor McCay (Sunday Press Books)

Best Archival Collection/Project — Strips (at least 20 years old)

*2010 ''Bloom County: The Complete Library'', vol. 1, by Berkeley Breathed, edited by Scott Dunbier (The Library of American Comics)
*2011 ''Archie Comics, Archie: Complete Daily Newspaper Comics'', edited by Greg Goldstein (The Library of American Comics)
*2012 ''Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse'', vols. 1–2, by Floyd Gottfredson, edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
*2013 ''Pogo, vol. 2: Bona Fide Balderdash'', by Walt Kelly, edited by Carolyn Kelly and Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
*2014 ''Tarzan in comics#Comic strips, Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips'', vol. 1, edited by Dean Mullaney (The Library of American Comics)
*2015 ''Winsor McCay’s Complete Little Nemo'', edited by Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)
*2016 ''The Eternaut'', by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
*2017 ''Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s'', edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
*2018 ''Celebrating Snoopy'', by Charles M. Schulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O'Brien (Andrews McMeel)
*2019 ''Star Wars: Classic Newspaper Strips'', vol. 3, by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, edited by Dean Mullaney (Marvel)
*2020 ''Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays'', by George Herriman, edited by Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)
*2021 ''The Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age'', edited by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)
*2022 ''Popeye: The E.C. Segar Sundays, vol. 1 by E.C. Segar'', edited by Gary Groth and Conrad Groth (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project — Comic Books

*2006 ''Absolute Watchmen'' by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (DC)
*2007 ''Absolute The Sandman (Vertigo), Sandman, vol. 1'', by Neil Gaiman and various (Vertigo/DC)
*2008 ''I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!'' by Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics)
*2009 ''Creepy Archives'', by various (Dark Horse)
*2010 ''The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures'' deluxe edition, by Dave Stevens, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
*2011 ''Dave Stevens ''The Rocketeer: Artist's Edition'', IDW Publishing
*2012 ''Walt Simonson's The Mighty Thor: Artist's Edition'', (Marvel)
*2013 '' David Mazzucchelli's Daredevil Born Again: Artist's Edition'', edited by Scott Dunbier (Marvel)
*2014 ''Will Eisner's The Spirit Artist's Edition'', edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
*2015 ''Jim Steranko, Steranko Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Artist's Edition'', edited by Scott Dunbier (Marvel)
*2016 ''Walt Kelly's Fairy Tales'', edited by Craig Yoe (IDW)
*2017 ''The Complete Wimmen's Comix'', edited by Trina Robbins, Gary Groth, and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)
*2018 '' Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, by Katsuhiro Otomo'', edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha)
*2019 ''Bill Sienkiewicz's Mutants and Moon Knights... And Assassins... Artifact Edition'', edited by Scott Dunbier (Marvel)
*2020 '' Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter Artist Select'', by Stan Sakai, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
*2021 ''The Complete Hate'', by Peter Bagge, edited by Eric Reynolds (comics), Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
*2022 ''EC Covers Artist’s Edition'', edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Best Humor Publication

*1992 ''Groo the Wanderer'' by Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragonés (Marvel/Epic)
*1993 ''Bone'' by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Press)
*1994 ''Bone'' by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
*1995 ''Bone'' by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
*1996 ''Milk & Cheese'' #666 by Evan Dorkin (Slave Labor)
*1997 ''Sergio Aragonés Destroys DC'' (DC) and ''Sergio Aragonés Massacres Marvel'' (Marvel) by Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragonés
*1998 ''Gon Swimmin''' by Masahi Tanaka (Paradox Press)
*1999 ''Sergio Aragonés Groo'' by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier (Dark Horse)
*2000 ''Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror'' by Jill Thompson/Oscar González Loyo/Steve Steere Jr., Scott Shaw!/ Sergio Aragonés, and Doug TenNapel (Bongo)
*2001 '' Sock Monkey'', vol. 3 by Tony Millionaire (Dark Horse/Maverick)
*2002 ''List of recurring The Simpsons characters#Radioactive Man, Radioactive Man'' by Batton Lash, Abel Laxamana, Dan DeCarlo, Mike DeCarlo, and Bob Smith (comics), Bob Smith (Bongo)
*2003 ''The Amazing Screw-On Head'' by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
*2004 ''Formerly Known as the Justice League'', by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire (artist), Kevin Maguire, and Josef Rubinstein (DC)
*2005 '' The Goon'' by Eric Powell (comic writer), Eric Powell
*2007 ''Flaming Carrot Comics'', by Bob Burden (Desperado/Image)
*2008 ''Perry Bible Fellowship, Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories'', by Nicholas Gurewitch (Dark Horse)
*2009 ''Herbie Popnecker, Herbie Archives'', by "Shane O'Shea" (Richard E. Hughes) and Ogden Whitney (Dark Horse)
*2010 ''Scott Pilgrim vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe'', by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni)
*2011 ''I Thought You Would Be Funnier'' by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM! Studios)
*2012 ''Milk & Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad'', by Evan Dorkin (Dark Horse Books)
*2013 ''Darth Vader and Son'', by Jeffrey Brown (cartoonist), Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)
*2014 ''Vader's Little Princess'', by Jeffrey Brown (cartoonist), Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)
*2015 ''The Complete Cul de Sac (comic strip), Cul de Sac'', by Richard Thompson (cartoonist), Richard Thompson (Andrews McMeel)
*2016 ''Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection'', by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2017 ''Jughead (comic book), Jughead'', by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson and Derek Charm (Archie)
*2018 ''Baking with Kafka'' by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2019 ''Giant Days'', by John Allison (comics), John Allison, Max Sarin and Julia Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
*2020 ''The Way of the Househusband'', vol. 1, by Kousuke Oono, translation by Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)
*2021 ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'', by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber (DC)
*2022 ''Not All Robots'', by Mark Russell and Mike Deodato Jr. (AWA Upshot)

Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium, Best Adaptation from Another Medium

*2010 ''Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter'', adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
*2011 '' The Marvelous Land of Oz'', adapted by Eric Shanower, Skottie Young (Marvel)
*2013 ''Richard Stark's Parker: The Score'', adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
*2014 ''Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground'', by Donald Westlake, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
*2015 No nominations
*2016 ''The Two Brothers, Two Brothers'', by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)
*2017 No nominations
*2018 ''Kindred (novel), Kindred'', by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (comics), John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)
*2019 ''Frankenstein'' by Mary Shelley, in ''Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection'', adapted by Junji Ito, translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)
*2020 ''Snow, Glass, Apples'', by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran (Dark Horse Books)
*2021 ''Superman Smashes the Klan'', adapted by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC)
*2022 ''George Orwell’s 1984: The Graphic Novel'', adapted by Fido Nesti (Mariner Books)

Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material, Best U.S. Edition of International Material

*1998 ''Gon (manga), Gon Swimmin''' by Masashi Tanaka (Paradox Press)
*1999 ''Star Wars: A New Hope - Manga'' by Hisao Tamaki (Dark Horse)
*2000 ''Blade of the Immortal'' by Hiroaki Samura (Dark Horse)
*2001 ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima (Dark Horse)
*2002 '' Akira'' by Katsuhiro Otomo (Dark Horse)
*2003 ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde'' by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Jerry Kramsky and Lorenzo Mattotti (NBM)
*2004 ''Buddha (manga), Buddha'', vols. 1 and 2, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
*2005 ''Buddha'', vols. 3–4 by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
*2006 ''The Rabbi's Cat (comics), The Rabbi's Cat'', by Joann Sfar (Pantheon)
*2007 ''The Left Bank Gang'', by Jason (comics), Jason (Fantagraphics)
*2008 ''I Killed Adolf Hitler'', by Jason (Fantagraphics)
*2009 ''The Last Musketeer'', by Jason (Fantagraphics)
*2010 ''The Photographer (graphic novel), The Photographer'', by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemercier (First Second)
*2011 ''It Was the War of the Trenches'', by Jacques Tardi
*2012 ''The Manara Library, vol. 1: Indian Summer and Other Stories'', by Milo Manara with Hugo Pratt (Dark Horse Books)
*2013 ''Blacksad, Blacksad: Silent Hell'', by Juan Diaz Canales, Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)
*2014 ''Goddamn This War!'' by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney (Fantagraphics)
*2015 ''Blacksad, Blacksad: Amarillo'', by Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)
*2016 ''The Realist'', by Asaf Hanuka (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
*2017 ''The World of Edena, Moebius Library: The World of Edena'', by Jean Giraud, Jean “Moebius” Giraud et al. (Dark Horse)
*2018 ''Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom'', by Marcelo D’Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
*2019 ''Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World'', by Pénélope Bagieu translated by Montana Kane (First Second)
*2020 ''The House'', by Paco Roca, translation by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
*2021 ''Goblin Girl'', by Moa Romanova, translation by Melissa Bowers (Fantagraphics)
*2022 ''Les Cités Obscures, The Shadow of a Man'', by Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten, translation by Stephen D. Smith (IDW)

Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia, Best U.S. Edition of International Material — Japan

*2007 ''Old Boy (manga), Old Boy'', by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi (Dark Horse Manga)
*2008 ''Tekkonkinkreet, Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White'', by Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz)
*2009 ''Dororo'', by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)

Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia, Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

*2010 ''A Drifting Life'', by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2011 ''20th Century Boys'', by Naoki Urasawa
*2012 ''Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths'', by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2013 ''20th Century Boys'', by Naoki Urasawa (Viz Media)
*2014 ''The Mysterious Underground Men'', by Osamu Tezuka (PictureBox)
*2015 ''Showa: A History of Japan, Showa 1939–1944'' and ''Showa 1944–1953: A History of Japan'', by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2016 ''Showa 1953–1989: A History of Japan'', by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2017 ''The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye'', by Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
*2018 ''My Brother's Husband'', vol. 1, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii (Pantheon)
*2019 ''Tokyo Tarareba Girls'', by Akiko Higashimura (Kodansha)
*2020 (tie)
**''Cats of the Louvre'', by Taiyō Matsumoto, translation by Michael Arias (VIZ Media)
**''Witch Hat Atelier'', by Kamome Shirahama, translation by Stephen Kohler (Kodansha)
*2021 ''Remina'', by Junji Ito, translation by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)
*2022 ''Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection'', by Junji Ito, translation by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

Best Comic Strip Collection

*1992 ''Calvin and Hobbes: The Revenge of the Baby-Sat'' by Bill Watterson (Andrews and McMeel)
*1993 ''Calvin and Hobbes: Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons'' by Bill Watterson (Andrews and McMeel)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

In 2001, the judging panel chose to drop Best Comics-Related Periodical from the ballot; the category was restored in 2002.

*1992 ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' (Krause)
*1993 ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' (Krause Publications)
*1995 ''Hero Illustrated'' (Warrior Publications)
*1996 ''The Comics Journal'' (Fantagraphics)
*1997 ''The Comics Journal'' (Fantagraphics)
*1998 ''The Comics Journal'' (Fantagraphics)
*1999 ''The Comics Journal'' (Fantagraphics)
*2000 ''Comic Book Artist'' (TwoMorrows)
*2002 ''Comic Book Artist'' (TwoMorrows)
*2004 ''Comic Book Artist'', edited by Jon B. Cooke (Top Shelf)
*2005 ''Comic Book Artist'', edited by Jon B. Cooke (Top Shelf)
*2006 ''Comic Book Artist'', edited by Jon B. Cooke (Top Shelf)
*2007 ''Alter Ego (fanzine), Alter Ego'', edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
*2008 ''Newsarama'', produced by Matt Brady (comics journalist), Matt Brady and Michael Doran (comics journalist), Michael Doran
*2009 ''Comic Book Resources'', produced by Jonah Weiland
*2010 ''The Comics Reporter'', produced by Tom Spurgeon
*2011 ''Comic Book Resources'', www.cbr.com
*2012 ''The Comics Reporter'', produced by Tom Spurgeon, www.comicsreporter.com
*2013 ''The Comics Reporter,'' edited by Tom Spurgeon, www.comicsreporter.com
*2014 ''Comic Book Resources'', www.cbr.com
*2015 ''Comics Alliance'', edited by Andy Khouri, Caleb Goellner, Andrew Wheeler (comics journalist), Andrew Wheeler, and Joe Hughes (comics journalist), Joe Hughes, www.comicsalliance.com
*2016 ''Hogan's Alley (magazine), Hogan's Alley'', edited by Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com
*2017 The A.V. Club comics coverage, (Comics Panel, Back Issues, and Big Issues, by Oliver Sava et al.), www.avclub.com
*2018 ''The Comics Journal'',edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone, tcj.com (Fantagraphics)
*2019 (tie)
**''Back Issue!, Back Issue'', edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows Publishing, TwoMorrows)
**''PanelxPanel'' magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com
*2020 ''WomenWriteAboutComics, Women Write About Comics'', edited by Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne, www.womenwriteaboutcomics.com
*2021 ''WomenWriteAboutComics, Women Write About Comics'', edited by Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne, www.womenwriteaboutcomics.com
*2022 ''Women Write About Comics'', edited by Wendy Browne and Nola Pfau, www.womenwriteaboutcomics.com

Eisner Award for Best Educational/Academic Work, Best Academic/Scholarly Work

*2012 (tie)
**''Cartooning: Philosophy & Practice'', by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press)
**''Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby'', by Charles Hatfield (University Press of Mississippi)
*2013 ''Lynda Barry: Girlhood Through the Looking Glass'', by Susan E. Kirtley (University Press of Mississippi)
*2014 ''Black Comics: The Politics of Race and Representation'', edited by Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II (Bloomsbury)
*2015 ''Graphic Details: Jewish Women's Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews'', edited by Sarah Lightman (McFarland)
*2016 ''The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art'', edited by Frances Gateward and John Jennings (Rutgers)
*2017 ''Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation'', by Carolyn Cocca (Bloomsbury)
*2018 ''Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics'', by Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press)
*2019 ''Sweet Little Cunt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet'', by Anne Elizabeth Moore (Uncivilized Books)
*2020 ''EC Comics: Race, Shock, and Social Protest'', by Qiana Whitted (Rutgers University Press)
*2021 ''The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging'', by Rebecca Wanzo (New York University Press)
*2022 ''Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist History'', by Eike Exner (Rutgers University Press)

Best Comics-Related Book

*1992 ''From "Aargh!" to "Zap!": Harvey Kurtzman's Visual History of the Comics'', edited by Howard Zimmerman (Prentice Hall Press)
*1994 ''Understanding Comics'', by Scott McCloud (Kitchen Sink)
*1996 ''Alex Toth'', edited by Manuel Auad (Kitchen Sink)
*1997 ''Graphic Storytelling'' by Will Eisner (Poorhouse Press)
*1998 ''The Robert Crumb, R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book'', edited by Pete Poplaski (Kitchen Sink)
*1999 ''Batman Animated'', by Paul Dini and Chip Kidd (HarperCollins)
*2000 ''The Sandman (Vertigo), Sandman: The Dream Hunters'', by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano (DC/Vertigo)
*2001 ''Wonder Woman: The Complete History'', by Les Daniels, edited by Steve Korte (Chronicle Books)
*2002 ''Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz'', edited by Chip Kidd (Pantheon)
*2004 ''The Art of Hellboy'', by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
*2005 ''Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book'', by Gerard Jones (Basic Books)
*2006 ''Eisner/Miller'', edited by Charles Brownstein and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Books)
*2007 ''The Art of Brian Bolland'', edited by Joe Pruett (Desperado/Image)
*2008 ''Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean'', by Douglas Wolk (Da Capo Press)
*2009 ''Kirby: King of Comics'', by Mark Evanier (Abrams)
*2010 ''The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics'', by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle (Abrams ComicArts)
*2011 ''75 Years of DC Comics'', by Paul Levitz
*2012 ''MetaMaus'', by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)
*2013 ''Marvel Comics: The Untold Story'', by Sean Howe (HarperCollins)
*2014 ''Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth'', by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell (The Library of American Comics)
*2015 ''Genius Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth'', vol. 3, by Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell (The Library of American Comics)
*2016 ''Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created MAD and Revolutionized Humor in America'', by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics)
*2017 ''Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White'', by Michael Tisserand (Harper)
*2018 ''How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels'', by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics)
*2019 ''Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists'', by Martha Kennedy, Martha H. Kennedy (University Press of Mississippi)
*2020 ''Making Comics'', by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2021 ''Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books'', by Ken Quattro (Yoe Books/IDW)
*2022 ''All of the Marvels'', by Douglas Wolk (Penguin Press)

Best Comics-Related Publication (Periodical or Book)

*2003 ''B. Krigstein'', vol. 1, by Greg Sadowski (Fantagraphics)

Best Comics-Related Product/Item

*1992 Sandman statue, by Randy Bowen (DC)
*1994 Death Statue, by Chris Bachalo, et al. (DC)
*1995 Sandman Arabian Nights statue, designed by P. Craig Russell and sculpted by 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 by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
*1999 Sandman Pocketwatch, designed by 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 by Yoe Studio (Dark Horse)

Best Comics-Related Sculpted Figures

*1999 Hellboy statue, sculpted by Randy Bowen, produced by Bowen Designs

Best Publication Design

*1993 ''The Sandman: Season of Mists, Sandman: Season of Mists'', designed by Dave McKean (DC)
*1994 ''Marvels'', designed by Comicraft (Marvel)
*1995 ''Acme Novelty Library, The Acme Novelty Library'', designed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
*1996 ''The Acme Novelty Library'', designed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
*1997 ''The Acme Novelty Library'' #7, designed by 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 by Chip Kidd (HarperCollins)
*2000 '' 300'', designed by Mark Cox (Dark Horse)
*2001 ''Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, Jimmy Corrigan'', designed by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
*2002 ''Acme Novelty Library'' #15, designed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
*2003 ''Batman: Nine Lives'', designed by Amie Brockway-Metcalf (DC)
*2004 ''Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross'', designed by Chip Kidd (Pantheon)
*2005 ''The Complete Peanuts'', designed by Seth (Fantagraphics)
*2006 (tie)
**''Acme Novelty Library Annual Report to Shareholders'', designed by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
** ''Little Nemo, Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays'', designed by Philippe Ghielmetti (Sunday Press Books)
*2007 ''DC: The New Frontier, Absolute DC: The New Frontier'', designed by Darwyn Cooke (DC)
*2008 ''Process Recess 2'', designed by James Jean and Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)
*2009 ''Hellboy Library Editions'', designed by Cary Grazzini and Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
*2010 ''Justice (DC Comics), Absolute Justice'', designed by Curtis King and Josh Beatman (DC)
*2011 ''Dave Stevens' Rocketeer, The Rocketeer: Artist's Edition'', designed by Randall Dahlik (IDW)
*2012 ''Jim Henson's Tale of Sand'', designed by Eric Skillman (Archaia)
*2013 ''Building Stories'', designed by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
*2014 ''Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth'', designed by Dean Mullaney (The Library of American Comics/IDW)
*2015 ''Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream'', designed by Jim Rugg (Locust Moon)
*2016 ''The Sandman (Vertigo), Sandman Gallery Edition'', designed by Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios (Graphitti Designs/DC)
*2017 ''The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye'', designed by Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
*2018 '' Akira 35th Anniversary Edition'', designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, and MASH•ROOM (Kodansha)
*2019 ''Will Eisner's A Contract with God: Curator's Collection'', designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)
*2020 ''Making Comics'', designed by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2021 ''The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist'', designed by Adrian Tomine and Tracy Huron (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2022 ''Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man vol. 1: 1962–1964'' (TASCHEN)

Special awards

Spirit of Comics Retailer Award

* 1993
** Moondog's, Gary Colobuono (Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, IL)
**The Beguiling, Sean Scoffield and Steve Solomos (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
** Comic Relief, Rory Root and Mike Patchen (Berkeley, California, Berkeley and San Francisco, CA)
* 1994
**Golden Apple Comics, Golden Apple, Bill Liebowitz (Los Angeles, CA)
**Dr. Comics & Mr. Games, Leon Cowen and Michael Pandolfo (Oakland, California, Oakland, CA)
* 1995
** Flying Colors, Joe Field (Concord, California, Concord, CA)
** Lambiek, Kees Kousemaker (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
*1996

KINGS Comics
George Vlastaras (Sydney, Australia)
**Atlantis Fantasyworld, Joe & Dottie Ferrara (Santa Cruz, California, Santa Cruz, CA)
* 1997
** Chicago Comics, Eric Kirsammer (Chicago, IL)
**Central City Comics, Steve Snyder (Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, OH)
**That's Entertainment (comic shop), That's Entertainment, Paul Howley (Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Fitchburg and Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester, MA)
* 1998
** Hi De Ho Comics, Mark and Robert Hennessey (Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica, CA)
** Meltdown Comics & Collectibles, Gaston Dominquez and Ilia Carson (Los Angeles, CA)
*1999
** Star Clipper Comics & Games, Scott Thorne (St. Louis, MO)
**DreamHaven Books, DreamHaven Books & Comics, Greg Ketter (Minneapolis, MN)
* 2000 Golden Age Collectables, Patrick Shaughnessy (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
* 2001 Strange Adventures (comics retailer), Strange Adventures, Calum Johnston (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
* 2002 Source Comics & Games, Nick Postilgione (Falcon Heights, Minnesota, Falcon Heights, MN)
* 2003 All About Books and Comics, Alan and Marsha Giroux (Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, AZ)
*2004 ACME Comics & Collectibles, Fran and Kevin McGarry (Sioux City, Iowa, Sioux City, IA)
* 2005 Night Flight Comics, Mimi Cruz and Alan Carroll (Salt Lake City, UT)
* 2006 Zeus Comics, Richard Neal (Dallas, TX)
* 2007 Earth-2 Comics, Carr D’Angelo and Jud Meyers (Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, CA)
* 2008 Brave New World, Atom! and Portlyn Freeman (Newhall, California, Newhall, CA)
* 2009 Tate's Comics, Tate and Amanda Ottati (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL)
* 2010 Vault of Midnight, Curtis Sullivan and Steve Fodale (Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)
* 2011 Comics & Vegetables, Yuval Sharon and Danny Amitai (Tel Aviv, Israel)
* 2012

Akira Comics
Jesus Marugan Escobar (Madrid, Spain)
**The Dragon, Jennifer Haines (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
*2013 Challengers Comics and Conversation, Patrick Brower and W. Dal Bush (Chicago, IL)
*2014
**All Star Comics Melbourne, All Star Comics, Troy Varker and Mitchell Davies (Melbourne, Australia)
** Legend Comics & Coffee, David DeMarco, Jason Dasenbrock, and Wendy Pivonka (Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha, NE)
*201
Packrat Comics
Jamie Colegrove and Teresa Colegrove (Hilliard, Ohio, Hilliard, OH)
*201
Orbital Comics
Karl Asaa, Damian Keeng and James Wilson (London, UK)
*201
Comicazi
Robert Howard, David Lockwood, Michael Burke (Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA)
*2018 Norma Comics, Rafa Martinez (Barcelona, Spain)
*2019 La Revisteria Comics, Alejandro Gonzalez (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
*2020 Nostromo Sevilla, Sergio López (Seville, Spain)
*2021 The Laughing Ogre, Chris Lloyd (Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, OH)
*2022 Books with Pictures: Comics for Everyone,Katie Pryde,(Portland, Oregon, Portland, OR)

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award

*1984 Forrest J Ackerman
*1985 Robert A. Heinlein
*1986
**Bernie Wrightson
**Jim Starlin
*1987 Ray Bradbury
*1988 June Foray
*1989 Phil Yeh
*1990 Sergio Aragonés
*1991 Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
*1992 Archie Goodwin
*1993 Jack Kirby
*1994 Will Eisner
*1995 Maggie Thompson
*1996 Andrew Vachss
*1997 Joe Kubert
*1998 Frank Miller
*1999 Jerry Robinson
*2000 Peter Laird
*2001 Mark Evanier
*2002 Herb Trimpe
*2003 Alex Ross
*2004 Mimi Cruz
*2005 George Pérez
*2006 Calvin Reid
*2007 Neil Gaiman
*2008 Paul Levitz
*2009 Denis Kitchen
*2010 Jeannie Schulz
*2011 Patrick McDonnell
*2012 Morrie Turner
*2013
**Chris Sparks
**Team Cul de Sac
*2014 Joe Field
*2015 Bill and Kayre Morrison
*2016 Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal, TheOatmeal.com)
*2017
**Marc Andreyko
**Joe Ferrara
*2018
**Frederick Joseph
**Comics4Kids
*2019
**Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez (''Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico'')
**Lisa Wood (Thought Bubble Festival)
*2020
**The Hero Initiative
**Creators4Comics
**Comicbook United Fund
*2021 Mike Mignola, Mike and Christine Mignola
*2022 Annie Koyama

The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame

Source:
*1987 Carl Barks, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby
**Inducted in the final year of the Kirby Awards before they split into Eisner Awards and Harvey Awards
*1988 Milton Caniff
*1989 Harvey Kurtzman
*1991 Robert Crumb, Alex Toth
*1992 Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel, Wally Wood
*1993 C. C. Beck, William Gaines
*1994 Steve Ditko, Stan Lee
*1995 Frank Frazetta, Walt Kelly
*1996 Hal Foster, Bob Kane, Winsor McCay, Alex Raymond
*1997 Gil Kane, Charles M. Schulz, Julius Schwartz, Curt Swan
*1998 Neal Adams, Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Moebius), Archie Goodwin, Joe Kubert
*1999 Judges' Choices: Jack Cole (artist), Jack Cole, L. B. Cole, Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, Mac Raboy, Alex Schomburg; Voters' Choices: Murphy Anderson, Joe Simon, Art Spiegelman, Dick Sprang
*2000 Judges' Choices: Bill Everett, Sheldon Mayer; Voters' Choices: George Herriman, Carmine Infantino, Al Williamson, Basil Wolverton
*2001 Judges' Choices: Dale Messick, Roy Crane; Voters' Choices: Chester Gould, Frank King (cartoonist), Frank King, E. C. Segar, Marie Severin
*2002 Judges' Choices: Charles Biro, Osamu Tezuka; Voters' Choices: Sergio Aragonés, John Buscema, Dan DeCarlo, John Romita Sr.
*2003 Judges' Choices: Hergé, Bernard Krigstein; Voters' Choices: Jack Davis (cartoonist), Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Feldstein, John Severin
*2004 Judges' Choices: Otto Binder, John Stanley (cartoonist), John Stanley, Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima; Voters' Choices: Al Capp, Jules Feiffer, Don Martin (cartoonist), Don Martin, Jerry Robinson
*2005 Judges' Choices: Lou Fine, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo; Voters' Choices: Johnny Craig, Hugo Pratt, Nick Cardy, Gene Colan
*2006 Judges' Choices: Floyd Gottfredson, William Moulton Marston; Voters' Choices: Vaughn Bodē, Ramona Fradon, Russ Manning, Jim Steranko
*2007 Judges' Choices: Robert Kanigher, Ogden Whitney; Voters' Choices: Ross Andru & Mike Esposito (comics), Mike Esposito, Dick Ayers, Wayne Boring, Joe Orlando
*2008 Judges' Choices: Richard F. Outcault, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; Voters' Choices: John Broome (writer), John Broome, Arnold Drake, Len Wein, Barry Windsor-Smith
*2009 Judges' Choices: Harold Gray, Graham Ingels; Voters' Choices: Matt Baker (artist), Matt Baker, Reed Crandall, Russ Heath, Jerry Iger
*2010 Judges' Choices: Burne Hogarth, Bob Montana; Voters' Choices: Steve Gerber, Dick Giordano, Michael Kaluta, Mort Weisinger
*2011 Judges' Choices: Ernie Bushmiller, Jaxon (cartoonist), Jack Jackson, Martin Nodell, Lynd Ward; Voters' Choices: Mort Drucker, Harvey Pekar, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman
*2012 Judges' Choices: Rudolph Dirks, Harry Lucey; Voters' Choices: Bill Blackbeard, Richard Corben, Katsuhiro Otomo, Gilbert Shelton
*2013 Judges' Choices: Mort Meskin, Spain Rodriguez; Voters' Choices: Lee Falk, Al Jaffee, Trina Robbins, Joe Sinnott
*2014 Judges' Choices: Irwin Hasen, Sheldon Moldoff, Orrin C. Evans; Voters' Choices: Hayao Miyazaki, Alan Moore, Dennis O'Neil, Bernie Wrightson
*2015 Judges' Choices: Marge (cartoonist), Marge (Marjorie Henderson Buell), Bill Woggon; Voters' Choices: John Byrne (comics), John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Denis Kitchen, Frank Miller
*2016 Judges' Choices: Carl Burgos, Tove Jansson; Voters' Choices: Lynda Barry, Rube Goldberg, Matt Groening, Jacques Tardi
*2017 Judges' Choices: Milt Gross, H. G. Peter, Antonio Prohías, Dori Seda; Voters' Choices: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, George Pérez, Walt Simonson, Jim Starlin
*2018 Judges' Choices: Carol Kalish, Jackie Ormes; Voters' Choices: Charles Addams, Karen Berger, Dave Gibbons, Rumiko Takahashi
*2019 Judges' Choices: Jim Aparo, June Tarpé Mills, Dave Stevens, Morrie Turner; Voters' Choices: José Luis García-López, Jenette Kahn, Paul Levitz, Wendy and Richard Pini, Bill Sienkiewicz
*2020 Judges' Choices: Nell Brinkley, E. Simms Campbell; Voters' Choices: Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, Louise Simonson, Stan Sakai, Don and Maggie Thompson, Bill Watterson
*2021 Pioneers: Thomas Nast, Rodolphe Töpffer; Judges' Choices: Alberto Breccia, Stan Goldberg, Françoise Mouly, Lily Renée, Lily Renée Phillips; Voters' Choices: Ruth Atkinson, Dave Cockrum, Neil Gaiman, Scott McCloud
*2022 Judges' Choices: Marie Duval, Rose O'Neill, Max Gaines, Mark Gruenwald, Alex Niño and P. Craig Russell. Voters' Choices: Howard Chaykin, Kevin Eastman, Larry Hama, Moto Hagio, David Mazzucchelli, and Grant Morrison.

See also

*Bill Finger Award (additionally presented during Eisner Award ceremony)
*Russ Manning Award (Most Promising Newcomer Award, additionally presented during Eisner Award ceremony)
*Alley Award (awarded from 1961 to 1969)
*Eagle Awards, Eagle Award (UK Fan awards since 1977)
*Inkpot Award (given since 1974 at Comic-Con)
*Kirby Award (given from 1985 to 1987)
*Harvey Award (started in 1987, after dissolution of Kirby Awards)
*Academy of Comic Book Arts#Shazam Award, Shazam Award (given from 1970 to 1975)

References

External links

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