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Not to be confused with the prestigious but lesser known Dollar Bin Awards, the 2009 Eisner Awards were announced at the San Diego Comic Con in a ceremony Friday evening. For more information on that event please go to http://www.comic-con.org and for more info on the Eisner Awards please check out http://www.willeisner.com. For the full list of this year’s nominees please click here and for information on this year’s judges click here. And now, the 2009 Eisner Award winners…
Best Short Story: “Murder He Wrote,” by Ian Boothby, Nina Matsumoto, and Andrew Pepoy, in The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #14 (Bongo) Best Continuing Series: All Star Superman. by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC) Best Limited Series: Hellboy: The Crooked Man, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse) Best New Series: Invincible Iron Man, by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca (Marvel) Best Publication for Kids: Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC) Best Publication for Teens/Tweens: Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, adapted by P. Craig Russell (HarperCollins Children’s Books) Best Humor Publication: Herbie Archives, by “Shane O’Shea” (Richard E. Hughes) and Ogden Whitney (Dark Horse) Best Anthology: Comic Book Tattoo: Narrative Art Inspired by the Lyrics and Music of Tori Amos, edited by Rantz Hoseley (Image) Best Webcomic: Finder, by Carla Speed McNeil, www.shadowlinecomics.com/webcomics/#/finder/ Best Reality-Based Work: What It Is, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly) Best Graphic Album—New: Swallow Me Whole, by Nate Powell (Top Shelf) Best Graphic Album—Reprint: Hellboy Library Edition, vols. 1 and 2, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse) Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: Little Nemo in Slumberland, Many More Splendid Sundays, by Winsor McCay (Sunday Press Books) Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: Creepy Archives, by various (Dark Horse) Best U.S. Edition of International Material: The Last Musketeer, by Jason (Fantagraphics) Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan: Dororo, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical) Best Writer: Bill Willingham, Fables, House of Mystery (Vertigo/DC) Best Writer/Artist: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library (Acme) Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: Guy Davis, BPRD (Dark Horse) Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Jill Thompson, Magic Trixie, Magic Trixie Sleeps Over (HarperCollins Children’s Books) Best Cover Artist: James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse) Best Coloring: Dave Stewart, Abe Sapien: The Drowning, BPRD, The Goon, Hellboy, Solomon Kane, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Body Bags (Image); Captain America: White (Marvel) Best Lettering: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #19 (Acme) Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: Comic Book Resources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com) Best Comics-Related Book: Kirby: King of Comics, by Mark Evanier (Abrams) Best Publication Design: Hellboy Library Editions, designed by Cary Grazzini and Mike Mignola (Dark Horse) Hall of Fame: Judges’ choices: Harold Gray, Graham Ingels; Voters’ choices: Matt Baker, Reed Crandall, Russ Heath, Jerry Iger Will Eisner “Spirit of Comics” Retailer Award: Tate’s Comics, Fort Launderdale, Florida, USA