{"id":543312,"date":"2026-07-15T21:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/543312\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:22:16","slug":"iron-maidens-bruce-dickinson-thomas-jane-present-eisner-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/543312\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson & Thomas Jane Present Eisner Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, Thomas Jane, Felicia Day, Phil LaMarr, David Dastmalchian, and Doug Jones present The Eisner Awards 2026<\/p>\n

The 38th annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards ceremony will be held Friday night, the 24th of July 24 in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront, preceded by a Blue Carpet event from 7pm.<\/p>\n

The doors of the ballroom will open at 7:45, and the ceremony will get underway at 8pm. Attendance at the event is free to all Comic-Con members, but you will need to bring your convention badge to be admitted, and your I.D. if you wish to purchase booze, even if you look like Methuselah. And there will be quite a lot of us looking like that. Advance seating for VIPs, nominees, sponsors, and presenters will begin at 7pm. No-host bars will be set up both in the ballroom and the ballroom lobby. The ceremony is expected to run until about 10:30pm. It will be followed by a VIP reception in the Indigo Ballroom foyer.<\/p>\n

Named for the pioneering comics creator and graphic novelist Will Eisner, the Eisner Awards, considered the “Oscars” of the comic book industry, will be given out in 32 categories for works published in 2025. All attendees will also get a program listing the nominees.<\/p>\n

Hosting the ceremony this year are voice actor Phil LaMarr and actor\/writer\/director Thomas Lennon. Among presenters are actors Doug Jones and Ivana Baquero; voice actors Jim Cummings and Candi Milo; actors Sung Kang and Tamara Braun ; comics writers\/screenwriters AJ Lee and Aimee Garcia; Felicia Day, Jeff Lewis, and Vincent Caso of The Guild; Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson; actor\/comics writer David Dastmalchian; Hypefriend podcasters Ashley Eckstein and Michael James Scott; actor\/director\/writer Thomas Jane; CBLDF director Jeff Trexler; and British comic book artist Mark Buckingham.<\/p>\n

The major sponsor of the 2026 Eisner Awards is Lunar Distribution. The pre-show sponsor is ComicsPro. The principal sponsors are Arsenal Comics & Games, Cape & Cowl Comics, Comic Shop Assistant, Comixology Originals, DSTLRY\/Neon Ichiban, Fantasy Books Inc, mycomicshop.com, and Pan-Universal Galactic Worldwide. Supporting sponsors are Alternate Reality Comics (Las Vegas), Atlantis Fantasyworld (Santa Cruz, CA), and Midwest Tape\/Hoopla Distribution. The print sponsor is Tiny Onion. The afterparty is sponsored by HarperAlley\/Morrow.<\/p>\n

The Will Eisner Hall of Fame awards will be presented in a special ceremony on Friday morning at 10:00 in Room 29CD. Trophies will be presented for 19 judges’ choices, inductees, and four inductees chosen by voters. For more information on this year’s inductees, visit the Comic-Con website,<\/p>\n

The Eisner Awards evening includes the presentation of several other special awards. Since 1984, Comic-Con has been bestowing the annual Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award (to be presented by Bob’s daughter Ruth). This year’s recipients are Richard and Wendy Pini. The nominees and winner of the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award, which has been presented since 1982, will be announced by Bill Stout, a former Russ Manning assistant. Also being presented is the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailing Award, presided over by Joe Ferrara.<\/p>\n

This is the 22nd year for the presentation of the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing. The 2026 recipients are Jenny Blake Isabella, and Martin Pasko. The Finger Awards will be presented by Mark Evanier and Bill Finger’s granddaughter Athena Finger. The major sponsors for the Finger Award are DC Comics and Marvel Comics. Supporting sponsors are Heritage Auctions and Maggie Thompson.<\/p>\n

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\nBest Short Story<\/p>\n

“Blood Harvest,” in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson (Fantagraphics)
\n“The Curse Room,” in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson (Fantagraphics)
\n“Football Is Not War,” by R. K. Russell and Wilfred Santiago, in Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project (Stacked Deck Press)
\n“Red Snapper in the Rea,” by Michael D. Kennedy, in Milk White Steed (Drawn & Quarterly)
\n“trAPPed” by Anand RK, Suparna Sharma, and Natalie Obiko Pearson (Bloomberg News)<\/p>\n

Best One-Shot\/Single Issue<\/p>\n

Absolute Batman 2025 Annual #1, by Daniel Warren Johnson, James Harren, and Meredith McClaren (DC)
\nAbsolute Martian Manhunter #1, by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez (DC)
\nAssorted Crisis Events #4, by Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadski (Image)
\nCoin-Op no. 10: Wet Cement, by Peter and Maria Hoey (Coin-Op Books)
\nIce Cream Man #43: “One Page Horror Stories,” by W. Maxwell Prince and others (Image)
\nSomething Is Killing the Children: A Monster Walks into a Bar #1, by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)<\/p>\n

Best Continuing Series<\/p>\n

Absolute Batman, by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, and others (DC)
\nAbsolute Wonder Woman, by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, and Mattia De Iulis (DC)
\nThe Department of Truth, by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds (Image)
\nFML, by Kelly Sue DeConnick and David Lopez (Dark Horse)
\nThe Power Fantasy, by Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard (Image)
\nStorm, by Murewa Ayodele, Lucas Werneck, and others (Marvel)<\/p>\n

Best Limited Series<\/p>\n

Absolute Martian Manhunter, by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez (DC)
\nBeneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring, by Patrick Horvath (IDW)
\nBronze Faces, by Shobo, Shof, and Alexanre Tefenkgi (BOOM! Studios)
\nCrownsville, by Rodney Barnes and Elia Bonetti (Oni Press)
\nEverything Dead and Dying, by Tate Brombal and Jacob Phillips (Image)
\nOut of Alcatraz, by Christopher Cantwell & Tyler Crook (Oni Press)<\/p>\n

Best New Series<\/p>\n

Assorted Crisis Events, by Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadski (Image)
\nBatman Vol. 4, by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jim\u00e9nez (DC)
\nBlack Cat, by G. Willow Wilson and Gleb Melnikov (Marvel)
\nExquisite Corpses, by James Tynion IV, Pornsak Pichetshote, Michael Walsh, and others (Image)
\nGhost Pepper, by Ludo Lullabi (Image)
\nTemporal, by Stephanie Williams and Asiah Fulmore (Mad Cave)<\/p>\n

Best Publication for Early Readers<\/p>\n

All the Hulk Feels, by Dan Santat (Abrams Fanfare\/Marvel)
\nThe Faraway Forest: Wally’s Route, by Debbie Fong (Chronicle Books)
\nThe Fire-Breathing Duckling, by Frank Cammuso (TOON Books)
\nNight Light, by Michael Emberley (Holiday House)
\nSteve, A Rare Egg, by Kelly Collier (Kids Can Press)<\/p>\n

Best Publication for Kids<\/p>\n

The Cartoonists Club, by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud (Scholastic Graphix)
\nChickenpox, by Remy Lai (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
\nCreature Clinic, by Gavin Aung Than (First Second)
\nNight Chef: An Epic Tale of Friendship with a Side of Deliciousness! By Mika Song (Random House Graphic)
\nOasis, by Guojing (Godwin Books\/Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
\nA Song for You and I, by K. O’Neill (Random House Graphic)<\/p>\n

Best Publication for Teens<\/p>\n

Angelica and the Bear Prince, by Trung Le Nguyen (Random House Graphic)
\nClementine: Book Three, by Tillie Walden (Image Skybound)
\nEveryone Sux But You, by K. Wroten (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
\nHello Sunshine, by Keezy Young (Little, Brown Ink)
\nThis Place Kills Me, by Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux (Abrams Fanfare)
\nTrumpets of Death, by Simon Bournel-Bosson, translated by Edward Gauvin (Graphic Universe\/Lerner)<\/p>\n

Best Humor Publication<\/p>\n

And to Think We Started as a Book Club, by Tom Toro (Andrews McMeel Universal)
\nEw, It’s Beautiful: A False Knees Comics Collection, by Joshua Barkman (Andrews McMeel Universal)
\nThe Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt, by John Allison and Max Sarin (Dark Horse)
\nJeff the Land Shark, by Kelly Thompson and Tokitokoro (Marvel)
\nPhysics for Cats, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
\nSpent: A Comic Novel, by Alison Bechdel (Mariner Books)<\/p>\n

Best Anthology<\/p>\n

Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project, edited by Meghan Kemp-Gee and Megan Praz (Stacked Deck Press)
\nDC Pride 2025, edited by Andrea Shea and Jillian Grant (DC)
\nNoir Is the New Black Season 2 (FairSquare Graphics)
\n2000AD 2026 Annual Featuring Judge Dredd, edited by Oliver Pickles (Rebellion)<\/p>\n

Best Reality-Based Work<\/p>\n

Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance, by Ben Passmore (Pantheon)
\nDo Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me, by Mimi Pond (Drawn & Quarterly)
\nFela: Music Is the Weapon, by Jibola Fagbamiye and Conor McCreery (Amistad)
\nGlobetrotters: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s World Tour, by Julian Voloj and Julie Rocheleau (Abrams ComicArts)
\nMuybridge, by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Daschert and Rob Aspinal (Drawn & Quarterly)
\nSurrounded: America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832, by Wilfrid Lupano and St\u00e9phane Fert (ABLAZE)<\/p>\n

Best Graphic Memoir<\/p>\n

The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
\nMy Life in 24 Frames Per Second, by Rintaro (Kana Manga US)
\nIt Rhymes with Takei, by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger (Top Shelf)
\nPrecious Rubbish, by Kayla E. (Fantagraphics)
\nRaised by Ghosts, by Briana Loewinsohn (Fantagraphics)
\nTalking to My Father’s Ghost: An Almost True Story, by Alex Krokus (Chronicle)<\/p>\n

Best Graphic Album\u2013New<\/p>\n

Cannon, by Lee Lai (Drawn & Quarterly)
\nDrome, by Jesse Lonergan (23rd St. Books)
\nThe Fable of Erkling Woods, by Juni Ba (Goats Flying Press)
\nA Garden of Spheres, by Linnea Sterte (Peow2)
\nMore Weight: A Salem Story, by Ben Wickey (Top Shelf)
\nShadows of the Sea, by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)<\/p>\n

Best Graphic Album\u2013Reprint<\/p>\n

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Storybook Edition, by Patrick Horvath (IDW)
\nGinseng Roots: A Memoir, by Craig Thompson (Pantheon)
\nGoes Like This, by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)
\nSuperman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen: The Deluxe Edition, by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber (DC)
\nTongues, by Anders Nilsen (Pantheon)<\/p>\n

Best Adaptation from Another Medium<\/p>\n

Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, Book 1), by Tamora Pierce, adapted by Vita Ayala and Sama Beck (Abrams Fanfare)
\nThe Compleat Angler: A Graphic Adaptation, by Izaak Walton, adapted by Gareth Brookes (SelfMadeHero)
\nDead Man Walking: Graphic Edition, by Sister Helen Prejean, adapted by Rose Vines and Catherine Anyango Gr\u00fcnewald (Random House)
\nGhost Boys: The Graphic Novel, by Jewell Parker Rhodes and Setor Fiadzigbey (Little, Brown Ink)
\nLord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel, by William Golding, adapted by Aim\u00e9e De Jongh (Penguin Classics)
\nA Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel, by Ursula K. Le Guin, adapted by Fred Fordham (Clarion Books)<\/p>\n

Best U.S. Edition of International Material<\/p>\n

Buff Soul, by Moa Romanova, translated by Melissa Bowers (Fantagraphics)
\nCornelius: The Merry Life of a Wretched Dog, by Marc Torices, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Drawn & Quarterly)
\nIn the End We All Die, by Tobias Aeschbacher, translated by Andrew Shields (Helvetiq)
\nNocturnos, by Laura Perez, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
\nRaging Clouds, by Yudori (Fantagraphics)
\nSmoke Gets in Your Eyes, by Ana\u00efs Flogny, translated by Dan Christensen (Abrams ComicArts)<\/p>\n

Best U.S. Edition of International Material\u2013Asia<\/p>\n

Hirayasumi, vols. 4\u20137, by Keigo Shinzo, translated by Jan Mitsulo Cash (VIZ Media)
\nLand, vol. 1, by Kazumi Yamashita, translated by Kevin Gifford (Yen Press)
\nPurgatory Funeral Cakes, by Sanho, translated by Danny Lim (Dark Horse)
\nTokyo Alien Bros., vols. 1\u20133, by Keigo Shinzo, translated by Casey Loe (VIZ Media)
\nYan, vols. 1\u20132, by Chang Sheng, translated by Vanessa Liu (Titan Manga)<\/p>\n

Best Archival Collection\/Project\u2014Strips<\/p>\n

Arthur Ferrier’s Pin-Up Parade Box Set, edited by Rian Hughes (Korero Press)
\nBarnaby, vol. 5: 1950\u20131952, by Crockett Johnson, edited by Eric Reynolds and Philip Nel (Fantagraphics)
\nThe George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1928\u20131930, edited by J. Michael Catron and Bill Blackbeard (Fantagraphics)
\nRea Irvin’s The Smythes, edited by R. Kikuo Johnson and Dash Shaw (NYRC)
\nTerminal Exposure: Comics, Sculpture, and Risky Behavior, by Michael McMillan, edited by Lucas Adams (NYRC)<\/p>\n

Best Archival Collection\/Project\u2014Comic Books<\/p>\n

AKIRA Volumes 1\u20135 Hardcover Collection, by Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha USA Publishing)
\nThe Atlas Comics Library No. 7: Girl Comics, edited by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo (Fantagraphics)
\nComics of the Movement #1, by Courtland Cox, Jennifer Lawson, Alfred Hassler, and Benton Resnik (Good Trouble Comics)
\nHothead Paisan, by Diane DiMassa, organized by Anika Banister (NYRC)
\nScream! The Specials 1985\u20132024, edited by Chiara Mestieri (Rebellion)
\nWeird Science Vol. 1 XXL, edited by Grant Geissman (TASCHEN)<\/p>\n

Best Academic\/Scholarly Work<\/p>\n

Comic Art in Korea, by John A. Lent (University Press of Mississippi)
\nComics of the Anthropocene: Graphic Narrative at the End of Nature, by Jos\u00e9 Alaniz (University Press of Mississippi)
\nGraphic Narratives of Resistance, by Jennifer Boum Make and Charly Verstraet (Edinburgh University Press)
\nLatinx Comics Studies: Critical and Creative Crossings, edited by Fernanda D\u00edaz-Basteris and Maite Urcaregui (Rutgers University Press)
\nManga’s First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905\u20131989, by Andrea Horbinski (University of California Press)<\/p>\n

Best Comics-Related Periodical\/Journalism<\/p>\n

CANON, by Colin Blanchette and Alex Eklund
\nComic Book Creator, edited by Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)
\nDummy, edited by John Kelly (The Dummy Corporation)
\nShelfdust, edited by Steve Morris, www.shelfdust.com
\nSKTCHD, by David Harper, www.sktchd.com
\nSOLRAD: The Online Literary Magazine for Comics, edited by Daniel Elkin, www.solrad.co (Fieldmouse Press)<\/p>\n

Best Comics-Related Book<\/p>\n

Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life, by Dan Nadel (Scribner)
\nFacing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)
\nHow Comics Are Made, by Glenn Fleishman (Andrews McMeel)
\nMaking Nonfiction Comics: A Guide to Graphic Narrative, by Eleri Harris and Shay Mirk (Abrams ComicArts)
\nOnly What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schultz and the Art of Peanuts, by Chip Kidd (Abrams ComicArts)
\nOoops\u2026I Just Catharted!: Fifty Years of Cathartic Comics, by Rupert Kinnard, edited by William O. Tyler (Stacked Deck Press)<\/p>\n

Best Publication Design<\/p>\n

The Art of Manga, designed by Tessa Lee (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco\/VIZ Media)
\nThe Essential Peanuts, designed by Shawn Dahl with Chip Kidd (Abrams ComicArts)
\nFruits Basket: The Complete Box Set (Collector’s Edition #13), designed by Wendy Chan (Yen Press)
\nRed Light Properties: Unfinished Business, designed by Dan Goldman (Kinjin Storylab)
\nThe Marvel Art of Michael Allred Slipcase Edition, designed by Kurtis Findlay (Clover Press)
\nWeird Science Vol. 1 XXL, designed by Anna-Tina Kessler (TASCHEN)<\/p>\n

Best Webcomic<\/p>\n

The Accidental Undergrad by Christian Giroux (Fieldmouse Press)
\nKeeping Time by Kody Okamoto (keepingtimecomic.com)
\nThe Legend of Parvaterra by Ra\u00fal Arn\u00e1iz (WEBTOON)
\nSable: A Ghost Story, by Ethan M. Aldridge (sablecomic.com)
\nSuperfish, by Peglo (WEBTOON)
\nTerran Omega: The Ghosts of War, by PJ Holden (pauljholden.com)
\nTiger, Tiger by Petra Erika Nordlund (tigertigercomic.com)<\/p>\n

Best Digital Comic<\/p>\n

DeadAss, by hakei (VIZ Media)
\nIn the Real Dark Night, by Jimmy Gownley (G-Ville Comics)
\nThe Lycan, by Mike Carey, Thomas Jane, David James Kelly, and Diego Yapur (Comixology Originals)
\nOverwatch 2: Against the Tide, by Brandon Chen and Velinxi (Blizzard Entertainment)
\nPractical Defense Against Piracy, by Tony Cliff (delilahdirk.com)
\nThe World of Lublu, by Charbak Dipta (The Charbax Store)<\/p>\n

Best Writer<\/p>\n

Deniz Camp, Absolute Martian Manhunter (DC); Assorted Crisis Events (Image); The Ultimates (Marvel)
\nScott Snyder, Absolute Batman, Batman\/Deadpool (DC); By a Thread: Book 2 (Comixology Originals), You Won’t Feel a Thing (DSTLRY)
\nMariko Tamaki, This Place Kills Me (Abrams Fanfare)
\nKelly Thompson, Absolute Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey (DC); Jeff the Land Shark (Marvel)
\nJames Tynion IV, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd: The Power of the Blood (BOOM! Studios); Let This One Be a Devil, Red Book (Dark Horse); The City Beneath Her Feet (DSTLRY); The Department of Truth, Exquisite Corpses, W0RLDTR33 (Image); Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man (Image Skybound)
\nStephanie Williams, Street Sharks (IDW); Roots of Madness (Ignition Press); Temporal (Mad Cave)<\/p>\n

Best Writer\/Artist<\/p>\n

Juni Ba, The Boy Wonder (DC); The Fable of Erkling Woods (Goats Flying Press); Monkey Meat Summer Batch (Image)
\nJamal Campbell, Zatanna (DC)
\nJesse Lonergan, Drome (23rd St. Books)
\nChang Sheng, Yan, vols. 1\u20132 (Titan Manga)
\nLinnea Sterte, A Garden of Spheres (Peow2)
\nKazumi Yamashita, Land, vol. 1 (Yen Press)<\/p>\n

Best Penciller\/Inker<\/p>\n

Elsa Charetier, The City Beneath Her Feet (DSTLRY)
\nSean Phillips, Giant Size Criminal #1, The Knives: A Criminal Book (Image)
\nJavier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter (DC)
\nChris Samnee, Batman and Robin: Year One (DC)
\nHayden Sherman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Batman: Dark Patterns (DC)
\nEric Zawadzki, Assorted Crisis Events (Image)<\/p>\n

Best Painter\/Multimedia Artist<\/p>\n

Teddy Kristiansen, Black Hammer: Spiral City (Dark Horse)
\nCathy Malkasian, Shadows of the Sea (Fantagraphics)
\nQu, Slices of Life: A Comic Montage (Bulgilhan Press)
\nMartin Simmonds, The Department of Truth (Image)
\nMika Song, Night Chef: An Epic Tale of Friendship with a Side of Deliciousness! (Random House Graphic)
\nLinnea Sterte, A Garden of Spheres (Peow)<\/p>\n

Best Cover Artist<\/p>\n

Juni Ba, The Boy Wonder (DC); The Fable of Erkling Woods (Goats Flying Press); TMNT Nightwatcher, TMNT Godzilla (IDW); Monkey Meat Summer Batch (Image)
\nNick Dragotta, Absolute Batman, Absolute Batman 2025 Annual, Batman #1, Batman\/Deadpool (DC)
\nFrancesco Francavilla, Cyberpunk 2077, Star Wars: Tales from the Nightlands (Dark Horse); Absolute Batman, Absolute Martian Manhunter, Batman: Full Moon, Nightwing variants (DC); Green Hornet\/Miss Fury (Dynamite); Star Trek: The Last Starship, Twilight Zone (IDW); Dick Tracy (Mad Cave)
\nMateus Manhanini, Absolute Superman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Mr. Terrific: Year One variants (DC); Doctor Strange, Ironheart: Bad Chemistry, Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Phases of the Moon Knight, Star Wars: The High Republic, Storm, The Ultimates (Marvel)
\nJavier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter, Batman & Robin: Year One #7, The New Gods #8 (DC)
\nHayden Sherman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Batman: Dark Patterns #3-12 (DC)<\/p>\n

Best Coloring<\/p>\n

Jordie Bellaire, Absolute Wonder Woman, The Nice House by the Sea (DC); The Exorcism at 1600 Penn (IDW); Assorted Crisis Events, The Department of Truth, Exquisite Corpses, W0RLDTR33 (Image); GI Joe (Image\/Skybound); EC Catacomb of Torment, EC Epitaphs from the Abyss (Oni Press)
\nNinakupenda Gaillard, Chickenpox (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
\nJesse Lonergan, Drome (23rd St. Books)
\nMatheus Lopes, Batman and Robin Year One (DC); The Seasons (Image)
\nJavier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter (DC)
\nJos\u00e9 Villarrubia, This Ink Runs Cold (Alan Spiegel Fine Arts); Ghostbox (Comixology Originals); Dracula Book 2: The Brides, The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly (Dark Horse); It Rhymes with Takei (Top Shelf)<\/p>\n

Best Lettering<\/p>\n

Janice Chiang, Acro and the Cat, All Upon a Time, Beyond the Aural Vault, Republica, Solarblader (Sandstorm); John Carpenter’s Blood of the Taken: Next of Kin, Pause, Tales of Science Fiction (Storm King)
\nClayton Cowles, Absolute Batman, Batman, Batman & Robin: Year One, Birds of Prey, Black Canary: Best of the Best, Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman, (DC); Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #1-3 (Marvel)
\nHassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Ill Vacation, Stillman (Comixology Originals); Absolute Martian Manhunter, Challengers of the Unknown, DC K.O., The Flash, Green Arrow, Poison Ivy (DC); Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Starship Godzilla, (IDW); Author Immortal (Image); Our-Soot-Stained Heart (Mad Cave)
\nNate Piekos, American Caper #1, Archie Vs. Minor Threats, Black Hammer: Spiral City, The Brood, Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive, Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons, The Umbrella Academy Plan B, Welcome to Twilight (Dark Horse); I Hate Fairyland (Image)
\nBen Wickey, More Weight: A Salem Story (Top Shelf)<\/p>\n

The Eisner Awards Hall of Fame judges have chosen 16 nominees from whom voters will select 4 to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this summer. These 4 will be joining the 19 individuals that the judges have already chosen for the Hall of Fame. The 16 nominees are Kate Carew, Colleen Doran, George Evans, Crockett Johnson, Peter Kuper, George McManus, Kevin Nowlan, Mimi Pond, Posy Simmonds, Jeff Smith, Paul Smith, Leonard Starr, Akira Toriyama, Mark Waid, Chris Ware, and S. Clay Wilson. <\/p>\n

This year’s judges are Tiffany Babb, Jerry Dear, Dr. Randy Duncan, Katie Pryde, and Regine L Sawyer. The Hall of Fame judging panel consists of Michael T. Gilbert, Karen Green, Alonso Nu\u00f1ez, Diana Schutz, Jim Thompson, and Maggie Thompson<\/p>\n

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