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2007 EISNER
WINNERS AND NOMINEES |
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COMICS...AN AMERICAN ART FORM FOR ALL AGES |
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WHAT ARE THE EISNER AWARDS? |
 The
Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is given for creative
achievement in comic books and is generally referred to
as the “Oscars” of the comic book industry. It is named
in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner
(creator of "The Spirit" and several award-winning
graphic novels), and they are handed out each year in a
ceremony at the San Diego Comic-Con International, the
largest and oldest comics convention in the United
States. Eisner was a regular participant and presenter
in the award ceremony until his death in 2004. The
Eisner Award was created in 1988 response to the
discontinuation of it’s predecessor the Kirby Awards
which ceased in the previous year.
The Awards are given out in more than two dozen
categories covering the best publications and creators
of the previous year (such as Best Short Story, Best
Graphic Album, Best Writer, and so on) and also includes
the comics industry's Hall of Fame. Each category is
nominated by a five-member blue-ribbon panel that
considers thousands of entries submitted by publishers
and creators. The nominees are voted on by comic-book
professionals from all parts of the comic book industry:
writers, artists, and other creators; publishers;
editors; and retailers and distributors. |
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OUTSTANDING WORKS-2007 |
BEST SHORT STORY:
"A Frog's Eye View," by Bill Willingham and James Jean, in Fables: 1001 Nights
of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
NOMINEES:
"The Black Knight Glorps Again," by Don Rosa, in Uncle Scrooge #354 (Gemstone)
"Felix," by Gabrielle Bell, in Drawn & Quarterly Showcase 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
"Old Oak Trees," by Tony Cliff, in Flight 3 (Ballantine)
"Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man," by Stan Lee, Oliver Coipel, and Mark Morales, in
Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man (Marvel)
"Willie: Portrait of a Groundskeeper," by Eric Powell, in Bart Simpsons's
Treehouse of Horror #12 (Bongo) |
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BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR ONE
SHOT:
Batman/The Spirit #1: "Crime Convention," by Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke (DC)
NOMINEES:
A Late Freeze, by Danica Novgorodoff (Danica Novgorodoff)
The Preposterous Adventures of Ironhide Tom, by Joel Priddy (AdHouse)
Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3, by Joshua Cotter (AdHouse)
They Found the Car, by Gipi (Fantagraphics)
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BEST CONTINUING SERIES:
All Star Superman, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC).
NOMINEES:
Captain America, by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting (Marvel)
Daredevil, by Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark, and Stefano Gaudiano (Marvel)
Naoki Urasawa's Monster, by Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard (Image)
Young Avengers, by Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, and various inkers (Marvel) |
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BEST LIMITED SERIES:
Batman: Year 100, by Paul Pope (DC)
NOMINEES:
The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M, by Frank Beddor, Liz Cavalier, and Ben
Templesmith (Desperado/Image)
The Other Side, by Jason Aaron and Cameron Stewart (Vertigo/DC)
Scarlet Traces: The Great Game, by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli (Dark Horse)
Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident, by Tony Millionaire (Dark Horse) |
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BEST NEW SERIES:
Criminal, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
NOMINEES:
East Coast Rising, by Becky Cloonan (Tokyopop)
Gumby, by Bob Burden and Rick Geary (Wildcard)
Jack of Fables, by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins, and Andrew
Pepoy (Vertigo/DC)
The Lone Ranger, by Brett Matthews and Sergio Cariello (Dynamite) |
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BEST PUBLICATION FOR A
YOUNGER AUDIENCE:
Gumby, by Bob Burden and Rick Geary (Wildcard)
NOMINEES:
Chickenhare, by Chris Grine (Dark Horse)
Drawing Comics Is Easy (Except When It's Hard), by Alexa Kitchen (Denis Kitchen
Publishing)
Moomin, by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel, by Sienna Cherson and Mark Siegel (Simon
& Schuster)
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BEST HUMOR PUBLICATION: Flaming Carrot Comics, by Bob Burden (Desperado/Image)
NOMINEES:
Onionhead Monster Attacks, by Paul Friedrich (Hellcar)
Schizo #4, by Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics)
Tales Designed to Thrizzle, by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics)
Truth Serum, by Jon Adams (City Cyclops) |
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BEST ANTHOLOGY:
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, by Bill Willingham and various (Vertigo/DC)
NOMINEES:
Hotwire Comix and Capers #1, edited by Glenn Head (Fantagraphics)
Japan as Viewed by 17 Creators, edited by Frédéric Boilet (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
Kramers Ergot 6, edited by Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura Press)
Project: Romantic, edited by Chris Pitzer (AdHouse) |
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BEST DIGITAL COMIC:
Sam and Max, by Steve Purcell,
https://telltalegames.com/community/comics/samandmax/issue-3
NOMINEES:
Bee, in "Motel Art Improvement Service," by Jason Little,
https://beecomix.com
Girl Genius, by Phil Foglio, www.girlgeniusonline.com
Minus, by Ryan Armand, www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus1.html
Phables, by Brad Guigar, www.phables.com
Shooting War, by Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman,
www.shootingwar.com |
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BEST REALITY BASED WORK: Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
NOMINEES:
I Love Led Zeppelin, by Ellen Forney (Fantagraphics)
Mom's Cancer, by Brian Fies (Abrams)
Project X Challengers: Cup Noodle, by Tadashi Katoh (Digital Manga)
Stagger Lee, by Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix (Image) |
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BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM-NEW:
American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
NOMINEES:
Billy Hazelnuts, by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics)
Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
Ninja, by Brian Chippendale (Gingko Press)
Scrublands, by Joe Daly (Fantagraphics)
The Ticking, by Renée French (Top Shelf) |
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BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM-REPRINT: Absolute DC: The New Frontier, by Darwyn Cooke (DC)
NOMINEES:
Castle Waiting, by Linda Medley (Fantagraphics)
Mom's Cancer, by Brian Fies (Abrams)
Shadowland, by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)
Truth Serum, by Jon Adams (City Cyclops) |
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BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT-STRIPS:
The Complete Peanuts, 1959-1960, 1961-1962, by Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics)
NOMINEES:
Mary Perkins On Stage, by Leonard Starr (Classic Comics Press)
Moomin, by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)
Popeye: I Yam What I Yam, by E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics)
Walt & Skeezix, vol. 2, by Frank King (Drawn & Quarterly) |
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BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT-COMIC BOOKS: Absolute Sandman, vol. 1, by Neil Gaiman and various (Vertigo/DC)
NOMINEES:
Abandon the Old In Tokyo, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969, by Dan Nadel (Abrams)
The Eternals, by Jack Kirby (Marvel)
Ode to Kirihito, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical) |
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BEST U.S. EDITION OF
INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL:
The Left Bank Gang, by Jason (Fantagraphics)
NOMINEES:
A.L.I.E.E.E.N., by Lewis Trondheim (First Second)
De:TALES, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)
Hwy 115, by Matthias Lehmann (Fantagraphics)
Pizzeria Kamikaze, by Etgar Keret and Asaf Hanuka (Alternative) |
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BEST
U.S. EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL-JAPAN:
Old Boy, by Garon
NOMINEES:
Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi (Dark Horse Manga)
After School Nightmare, by Setona Mizushiro (Go! Comi)
Antique Bakery, by Fumi Yoshinaga (Digital Manga)
Naoki Urasawa's Monster, by Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
Walking Man, by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) |
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BEST COMICS-RELATED PERIODICAL/JOURNALISM:
Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
NOMINEES:
Comic Art 8, edited by Todd Hignite (Buenaventura Press)
The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, Dirk Deppey, Michael Dean, and Kristy
Valenti (Fantagraphics)
The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon and Jordan Raphael (www.Comicsreporter.com)
¡Journalista!, produced by Dirk Deppey (Fantagraphics, www.tcj.com/journalista/) |
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BEST COMICS RELATED BOOK: The Art of Brian Bolland, edited by Joe Pruett (Desperado/Image)
NOMINEES:
Cartoon America: Comic Art in the Library of Congress, edited by Harry Katz
(Abrams)
Dear John: The Alex Toth Doodle Book, by John Hitchcock (Octopus Press)
In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists, by Todd Hignite (Yale
University Press)
Wally's World, by Steve Sarger and J. David Spurlock (Vanguard) |
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BEST PUBLICATION DESIGN:
Absolute DC: The New Frontier, designed by Darwyn Cooke (DC)
NOMINEES:
Castle Waiting graphic novel, designed by Adam Grano (Fantagraphics)
Lost Girls, designed by Matt Kindt and Brett Warnock (Top Shelf)
Popeye: I Yam What I Yam, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
The Ticking, designed by Jordan Crane (Top Shelf) |
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INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT-2007 |
BEST WRITER:
Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Daredevil (Marvel); Criminal (Marvel Icon)
NOMINEES:
Bob Burden, Gumby (Wildcard)
Ian Edginton, Scarlet Traces: The Great Game (Dark Horse)
Grant Morrison, All Star Superman, Batman, 52, Seven Soldiers (DC)
Bill Willingham, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall
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BEST WRITER/ARTIST:
Paul Pope, Batman: Year 100 (DC)
NOMINEES:
Allison Bechdel, Fun Home (Houghton Mifflin)
Renée French, The Ticking (Top Shelf)
Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets, New Tales of Old Palomar (Fantagraphics);
Sloth (Vertigo/DC)
Joann Sfar, Klezmer, Vampire Loves (First Second)
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BEST WRITER/ARTIST-HUMORIST: Tony Millionaire, Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics);
NOMINEES:
Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident (Dark Horse)
Ivan Brunetti, Schizo (Fantagraphics)
Lilli Carré, Tales of Woodsman Pete (Top Shelf)
Michael Kupperman, Tales Designed to Thrizzle (Fantagraphics)
Lewis Trondheim, A.L.I.E.E.E.N. (First Second);
Mr. I (NBM) |
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BEST PENCILLER/INKER or PENCILLER/INKER TEAM:
Mark Buckingham/Steve Leialoha, Fables (Vertigo/DC)
NOMINEES:
Tony Harris/Tom Feister, Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC)
Niko Henrichon, Pride of Baghdad (Vertigo/DC)
Michael Lark/Stefano Gaudiano, Daredevil (Marvel)
Sonny Liew, Wonderland (SLG)
Steven McNiven/Dexter Vines, Civil War (Marvel) |
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BEST PAINTER/MULTIMEDIA ARTIST (Interior):
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)
NOMINEES:
Nicolas De Crecy, Glacial Period (NBM)
Melinda Gebbie, Lost Girls (Top Shelf)
Ben Templesmith, Fell (Image); The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M
(Desperado/Image); Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW)
Brett Weldele, Southland Tales: Prequel Saga (Graphitti); Silent Ghost (Markosia)
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BEST COVER ARTIST:
James Jean, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); The Escapists (Dark Horse); The Lone
Ranger (Dynamite)
Tony Harris, Conan (Dark Horse); Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC)
Dave Johnson, 100 Bullets (Vertigo/DC); Zombie Tales, Cthulu Tales, Black Plague
(Boom!)
J. G. Jones, 52 (DC)
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BEST COLORING:
Dave Stewart, BPRD, Conan, The Escapists, Hellboy (Dark Horse);
NOMINEES: Action Comics,
Batman/The Spirit, Superman (DC)
Kristian Donaldson, Supermarket (IDW)
Hubert, The Left Bank Gang (Fantagraphics)
Lark Pien, American Born Chinese (First Second)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #17 (ACME Novelty) |
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BEST LETTERING: Todd Klein, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall; Pride of
Baghdad, Testament (Vertigo/DC); Fantastic Four: 1602, Eternals (Marvel); Lost
Girls (Top Shelf)
NOMINEES:
Ivan Brunetti, Schizo (Fantagraphics)
Clem Robins, BPRD, The Dark Horse Book of Monsters, Hellboy (Dark Horse);
Loveless, 100 Bullets, Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC)
Richard Sala, The Grave Robber's Daughter, Delphine (Fantagraphics)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #17 (ACME Novelty) |
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
Hope Larson, Gray Horses (Oni)
NOMINEES:
Ross Campbell, Abandoned (Tokyopop); Wet Moon 2 (Oni)
Svetlana Chmakova, Dramacon (Tokyopop)
Dash Shaw, The Mother's Mouth (Alternative)
Kasimir Strzepek, Mourning Star (Bodega)
Hall of Fame
Judges' Choices (2): Robert Kanigher and Ogden Whitney |
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HALL OF FAME 2007 |
2007 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES:
Ross Andru & Mike Esposito,
Dick Ayers,
Wayne Boring,
Joe Orlando.
Judges' Choices (2): Robert Kanigher and Ogden Whitney
NOMINEES:
Bernard Baily
Matt Baker
Creig Flessel
Harold Gray
Irwin Hasen
Graham Ingels
Lily Renée (Peters) Phillips
Bob Powell
Gilbert Shelton
Cliff Sterrett |
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OTHER 2007 EISNER AWARDS |
BILL FINGER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMIC
WRITING:
Seminal DC writer Gardner Fox (accepted by
Roy Thomas) and to Archie Comics and Sabrina co-creator George Gladir. |
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RUSS MANNING PROMISING NEWCOMER AWARDS:
David Petersen, writer/artist of Mouse Guard |
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BOB CLAMPETT HUMANITARIAN AWARD:
Neil Gaiman for his years of work raising
money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and other causes. |
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WILL EISNER SPIRIT OF COMICS RETAILING AWARD:
Earth-2 Comics, Sherman Oaks, CA. Owned by
Carr D’Angelo and Jud Meyers |
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implied by Alternate Reality, Incorporated.
Article © 2007 Alternate Reality, Inc. |
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