At this 12 months’s San Diego Comedian-Con, the 2022 Eisner Awards winners have been introduced, and DC’s Nightwing misplaced each class it was nominated for.
Author Tom Taylor and artist Bruno Redondo’s ongoing Nightwing collection was nominated for 5 classes, together with Greatest Persevering with Sequence and Greatest Single Subject/One-Shot, with Redondo scoring nominations for Greatest Penciller/Inker and Greatest Cowl Artist whereas collection letterer Wes Abbott obtained one for Greatest Lettering. Although Nightwing did not safe any wins, DC Comics nonetheless earned its justifiable share of accolades because of Wonder Woman Historia and James Tynion IV’s The Good Home on the Lake horror comedian, which gained Greatest New Sequence. After writing Good Home, Batman and different titles, Tynion additionally scored the Greatest Author award for the second 12 months in a row, along with his One thing Is Killing the Youngsters BOOM! Studios title beating out Nightwing for Greatest Persevering with Sequence.
In the meantime, Barry Windsor-Smith’s Monsters graphic novel racked up three of Fantagraphics’ 4 award wins, together with Greatest New Graphic Album. Windsor-Smith himself gained each Greatest Author/Artist and Greatest Lettering, the latter being one other class Nightwing was nominated for.
Monsters might personal the glory of being 2022’s Greatest New Graphic Album, however as for the Greatest Reprinted Album class, The Full American Gods by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell and Scott Hampton introduced that award residence. Different notable mentions for 2022 embody Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Jimenez’s Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons incomes the award for Greatest Single Subject/One-Shot over Nightwing #87, Jimenez himself beating Nightwing’s Redondo for Greatest Penciller/Inker, and Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi’s The Good Asian successful Greatest Restricted Sequence over titles like Marvel’s Beta Ray Invoice: Argent Star and DC’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
The total checklist of the 2022 Eisner Awards’ winners may be discovered beneath:
Greatest Quick Story
- “Funeral in Foam,” by Casey Gilly and Raina Telgemeier, in You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife (Iron Circus)
- “Generations,” by Daniel Warren Johnson, in Superman: Red & Blue #5 (DC)
- “I Wanna Be a Slob,” by Michael Kamison and Steven Arnold, in Too Robust to Die (Birdcage Backside Books)
- “Faucet, Faucet, Faucet,” by Larry O’Neil and Jorge Fornés, in Inexperienced Arrow eightieth Anniversary (DC)
- “Trickster, Traitor, Dummy, Doll,” by Triple Dream (Mel Hilario, Katie Longua, and Lauren Davis), in The Nib Vol 9: Secrets and techniques (The Nib)
Greatest Single Subject/One-Shot (should have the ability to stand alone)
- Marvel’s Voices: Id #1, edited by Darren Shan (Marvel)
- Mouse Guard: The Owlhen Caregiver and Different Tales, by David Petersen (BOOM!/Archaia)
- Nightwing #87: “Get Grayson,” by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)
- Wolvendaughter, by Ver (Quindrie Press)
- Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons, by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Jimenez (DC)
Greatest Persevering with Sequence (Tied)
- Bitter Root, by David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene (Picture)
- The Division of Fact, by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds (Picture)
- Immortal Hulk, by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, et al. (Marvel)
- Nightwing, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)
- One thing Is Killing the Youngsters, by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)
Greatest Restricted Sequence
- Beta Ray Invoice: Argent Star, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Marvel)
- The Good Asian, by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi (Picture)
- Hocus Pocus, by Rik Price and Jordan Collver, hocuspocuscomic.squarespace.com
- The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, by Ram V and Filipe Andrade (BOOM! Studios)
- Stray Canines, by Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner (Picture)
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King and Bilquis Evely (DC)
Greatest New Sequence
- The Human Goal, by Tom King and Greg Smallwood (DC)
- The Good Home on the Lake, by James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno (DC Black Label)
- Not All Robots, by Mark Russell and Mike Deodato Jr. (AWA Upshot)
- Radiant Black, by Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa (Picture)
- Ultramega, by James Harren (Picture Skybound)
Greatest Publication for Early Readers (as much as age 8)
- Arlo & Pips #2: Be a part of the Crow Crowd!, by Elise Gravel (HarperAlley)
- Chibi Usagi: Assault of the Heebie Chibis, by Julie and Stan Sakai (IDW)
- I Am Oprah Winfrey, by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos (Dial Books for Young Readers)
- Monster Associates, by Kaeti Vandorn (Random Home Graphic)
- Tiny Tales: Shell Quest, by Steph Waldo (HarperAlley)
Greatest Publication for Children (ages 9-12)
- Allergic, by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter (Scholastic)
- 4-Fisted Tales: Animals in Fight, by Ben Towle (Useless Reckoning)
- Rainbow Bridge, by Steve Orlando, Steve Foxe, and Valentina Brancati (AfterShock)
- Salt Magic, by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock (Margaret Ferguson Books/Vacation Home)
- Saving Sorya: Chang and the Solar Bear, by Trang Nguyen and Jeet Zdung (Dial Books for Young Readers)
- The Science of Browsing: A Surfside Women Information to the Ocean, by Kim Dwinell (Prime Shelf)
Greatest Publication for Teenagers (ages 13-17)
- Adora and the Distance, by Marc Bernardin and Ariela Kristantina (Comixology Originals)
- Clockwork Curandera, vol. 1: The Witch Owl Parliament, by David Bowles and Raul the Third (Tu Books/Lee & Low Books)
- The Legend of Auntie Po, by Shing Yin Khor (Kokila/Penguin Random Home)
- Unusual Academy, by Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos (Marvel)
- Wynd, by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas (BOOM! Field)
Greatest Humor Publication
- Bubble, by Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, and Tony Cliff (First Second/Macmillan)
- Cyclopedia Exotica, by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Not All Robots, by Mark Russell and Mike Deodato Jr. (AWA Upshot)
- The Scumbag, by Rick Remender and varied (Picture)
- Thirsty Mermaids, by Kat Leyh (Gallery 13/Simon and Schuster)
- Zom 100: Bucket Listing of the Useless, by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata, translation by Nova Skipper (VIZ Media)
Greatest Anthology
- Flash Ahead: An Illustrated Information to Doable (And Not So Doable) Tomorrows, by Rose Eveleth and varied, edited by Laura Dozier (Abrams ComicArts)
- My Solely Youngster, by Wang Ning and varied, edited by Wang Saili, translation by Emma Massara (LICAF/Fanfare Presents)
- The Silver Coin, by Michael Walsh and varied (Picture)
- Superman: Red & Blue, edited by Jamie S. Wealthy, Brittany Holzherr, and Diegs Lopez (DC)
- You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife, edited by Kel McDonald and Andrea Purcell (Iron Circus)
Greatest Actuality-Based mostly Work
- The Black Panther Celebration: A Graphic Historical past, by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson (Ten Pace Press)
- Hakim’s Odyssey, Guide 1: From Syria to Turkey, by Fabien Toulmé, translation by Hannah Chute (Graphic Mundi/Penn State College Press)
- Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula, by Koren Shadmi (Humanoids)
- Orwell, by Pierre Christin and Sébastien Verdier, translation by Edward Gauvin (SelfMadeHero)
- Search You: A Journey By means of American Loneliness, by Kristen Radtke (Pantheon/Penguin Random Home)
- The Unusual Loss of life of Alex Raymond, by Dave Sim and Carson Grubaugh (Dwelling the Line)
Greatest Graphic Memoir
- Manufacturing unit Summers, by Man Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Parenthesis, by Élodie Durand, translation by Edward Gauvin (Prime Shelf)
- Run: Guide One, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell (Abrams ComicArts)
- Save It for Later: Guarantees, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest, by Nate Powell (Abrams ComicArts)
- The Secret to Superhuman Energy, by Alison Bechdel (Mariner Books)
Greatest Graphic Album—New
- Ballad For Sophie, by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia, translation by Gabriela Soares (Prime Shelf)
- Destroy All Monsters (A Reckless Guide), by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Picture)
- In., by Will McPhail (Mariner Books)
- Meadowlark: A Coming-of-Age Crime Story, by Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth (Grand Central Publishing)
- Monsters, by Barry Windsor-Smith (Fantagraphics)
Greatest Graphic Album—Reprint
- The Full American Gods, by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell, and Scott Hampton (Dark Horse)
- Locke & Key: Keyhouse Compendium, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez (IDW)
- Middlewest: The Full Story, by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona (Picture)
- Rick and Morty vs Dungeons and Dragons Deluxe Version, by Patrick Rothfuss, Jim Zub, and Troy Little (Oni)
- The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: California Deluxe Version, by Gerard Manner, Shaun Simon, and Becky Cloonan (Dark Horse)
Greatest Adaptation from One other Medium
- After the Rain, by Nnedi Okorafor, tailored by John Jennings and David Brame (Megascope/Abrams ComicArts)
- Bubble by Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, and Tony Cliff (First Second/Macmillan)
- Disney Cruella, tailored by Hachi Ishie (VIZ Media)
- George Orwell’s 1984: The Graphic Novel, tailored by Fido Nesti (Mariner Books)
- The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, by Robert Tressell, tailored by Sophie and Scarlett Rickard (SelfMadeHero)
Greatest U.S. Version of Worldwide Materials
- Ballad For Sophie, by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia, translation by Gabriela Soares (Prime Shelf)
- Between Snow and Wolf, by Agnes Domergue and Helene Canac, translation by Maria Vahrenhorst (Magnetic)
- Love: The Mastiff, by Frederic Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci (Magnetic)
- The Parakeet, by Espé, translation by Hannah Chute ((Graphic Mundi/Penn State College Press)
- The Shadow of a Man, by Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten, translation by Stephen D. Smith (IDW)
Greatest U.S. Version of Worldwide Materials—Asia
- Chainsaw Man, by Tatsuki Fujimoto, translation by Amanda Haley (VIZ Media)
- Kaiju No. 8, by Naoya Matsumoto, translation by David Evelyn (VIZ Media)
- Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Assortment, by Junji Ito, translation by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)
- Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow (Omnibus), by Toranosuke Shimada, translation by Adrienne Beck (Seven Seas)
- Spy x Household, by Tatsuya Endo, translation by Casey Loe (VIZ Media)
- Zom 100: Bucket Listing of the Useless, by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata, translation by Nova Skipper (VIZ Media)
Greatest Archival Assortment/Undertaking—Strips (a minimum of 20 years previous)
- Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips, by Jim Lawrence and Jorge Longarón, edited by Christopher Marlon, Wealthy Young, and Kevin Ketner (Ablaze)
- Popeye: The E.C. Segar Sundays, vol. 1 by E.C. Segar, edited by Gary Groth and Conrad Groth (Fantagraphics)
- Trots and Bonnie, by Shary Flenniken, edited by Norman Hathaway (New York Overview Comics)
- The Manner of Zen, tailored and illustrated by C. C. Tsai, translated by Brian Bruya (Princeton College Press)
Greatest Archival Assortment/Undertaking—Comedian Books (a minimum of 20 Years Previous)
- EC Covers Artist’s Version, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
- Farewell, Brindavoine, by Tardi, translation by Jenna Allen, edited by Conrad Groth (Fantagraphics)
- Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man vol. 1: 1962–1964, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, edited by Steve Korté (TASCHEN)
- Spain Rodriguez: My Life and Occasions, vol. 3, edited by Patrick Rosenkranz (Fantagraphics)
- Steranko Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Artisan Version, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
- Uncle Scrooge: “Island within the Sky,” by Carl Barks, edited by J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)
Greatest Author
- Ed Brubaker, Destroy All Monsters, Buddy of the Satan (Picture)
- Kelly Sue DeConnick, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons Guide One (DC)
- Filipe Melo, Ballad for Sophie (Prime Shelf)
- Ram V, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (BOOM! Studios); The Swamp Factor (DC); Carnage: Black, White & Blood, Venom (Marvel)
- James Tynion IV, Home of Slaughter, One thing Is Killing the Youngsters, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Good Home on the Lake, The Joker, Batman, DC Pleasure 2021 (DC); The Division of Fact (Picture); Blue Guide, Razorblades (Tiny Onion Studios)
Greatest Author/Artist
- Alison Bechdel, The Secret to Superhuman Energy (Mariner Books)
- Junji Ito, Deserter: Junji Ito Story Assortment, Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Assortment, Sensor (VIZ Media)
- Daniel Warren Johnson, Superman: Red & Blue (DC); Beta Ray Invoice (Marvel)
- Will McPhail, In: A Graphic Novel (Mariner Books)
- Barry Windsor-Smith, Monsters (Fantagraphics)
Greatest Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Workforce
- Filipe Andrade, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (BOOM! Studios)
- Phil Jimenez, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (DC)
- Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)
- Esad Ribic, Eternals (Marvel)
- P. Craig Russell, Norse Mythology (Dark Horse)
- Federico Bertolucci, Brindille, Love: The Mastiff (Magnetic)
- John Bolton, Hell’s Flaw (Renegade Arts Leisure)
- Juan Cavia, Ballad for Sophie (Prime Shelf)
- Frank Pe, Little Nemo (Magnetic)
- Ileana Surducan, The Misplaced Sunday (Pronoia AB)
- Sana Takeda, Monstress (Picture)
Greatest Cowl Artist
- Jen Bartel, Future State Immortal Wonder Woman #1 & 2, Wonder Woman Black & Gold #1, Wonder Woman eightieth Anniversary (DC); Ladies’s Historical past Month variant covers (Marvel)
- David Mack, Norse Mythology (Dark Horse)
- Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)
- Alex Ross, Black Panther, Captain America, Captain America/Iron Man #2, Immortal Hulk, Iron Man, The U.S. of The Marvels (Marvel)
- Julian Totino Tedesco, Simply Past: Monstrosity (BOOM!/KaBoom!); Dune: Home Atreides (BOOM! Studios); Motion Comics (DC); The Strolling Useless Deluxe (Picture Skybound)
- Yoshi Yoshitani, I Am Not Starfire (DC); The Blue Flame, Giga, Witchblood (Vault)
Greatest Coloring
- Filipe Andrade/Inês Amaro, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (BOOM! Studios)
- Terry Dodson, Adventureman (Picture Comics)
- Okay. O’Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Oni)
- Jacob Phillips, Destroy All Monsters, Buddy of the Satan (Picture)
- Matt Wilson, Undiscovered Nation (Picture); Fire Energy (Picture Skybound); Eternals, Thor, Wolverine (Marvel); Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters (Oni)
Greatest Lettering
- Wes Abbott, Future State, Nightwing, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman Black & Gold (DC)
- Clayton Cowles, The Amazons, Batman, Batman/Catwoman, Unusual Adventures, Wonder Woman Historia (DC); Adventureman (Picture); Daredevil, Eternals, King in Black, Unusual Academy, Venom, X-Males Hickman, X-Males Duggan (Marvel)
- Crank!, Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Oni); Cash Shot (Vault)
- Ed Dukeshire, As soon as & Future, Seven Secrets and techniques (BOOM Studios)
- Barry Windsor-Smith, Monsters (Fantagraphics)
- Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
- The Columbus Scribbler, edited by Brian Canini, Jack Wallace, and Steve Steiner, columbusscribbler.com
- Fanbase Press, edited by Barbra Dillon, fanbasepress.com
- tcj.com, edited by Tucker Stone and Joe McCulloch (Fantagraphics)
- WomenWriteAboutComics.com, edited by Wendy Browne and Nola Pfau (WWAC)
- All the Marvels, by Douglas Wolk (Penguin Press)
- The Artwork of Thai Comics: A Century of Strips and Stripes, by Nicolas Verstappen (River Books)
- Implausible 4 No. 1: Panel by Panel, by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Chip Kidd, and Geoff Spear (Abrams ComicArts)
- Previous Gods & New: A Companion to Jack Kirby’s Fourth World, by John Morrow, with Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)
- True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee, by Abraham Riesman (Crown)
Greatest Tutorial/Scholarly Work
- Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist Historical past, by Eike Exner (Rutgers College Press)
- The Life and Comics of Howard Cruse: Taking Dangers within the Service of Fact, by Andrew J. Kunka (Rutgers College Press)
- Mysterious Vacationers: Steve Ditko and the Seek for a New Liberal Id, by Zack Kruse (College Press of Mississippi)
- Pulp Empire: The Secret Historical past of Comics Imperialism, by Paul S. Hirsch (College of Chicago Press)
- Rebirth of the English Comedian Strip: A Kaleidoscope, 1847–1870, by David Kunzle (College Press of Mississippi)
Greatest Publication Design
- The Full American Gods, designed by Ethan Kimberling (Dark Horse)
- The Full Life and Occasions of Scrooge McDuck Deluxe Version, designed by Justin Allan-Spencer (Fantagraphics)
- Crashpad, designed by Gary Panter and Justin Allan-Spencer (Fantagraphics)
- Machine Gun Kelly’s Resort Diablo, designed by Tyler Boss (Z2)
- Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man vol. 1: 1962–1964 (TASCHEN)
- Popeye Vol. 1 by E.C. Segar, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
Greatest Webcomic
- Batman: Wayne Household Adventures, by CRC Payne and StarBrite (DC/WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/batman-wayne-family-adventures/checklist?title_no=3180&web page=1
- Isle of Elsi, by Alec Longstreth, https://www.isleofelsi.com/comics/ioe6/page-259/
- Lore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/checklist?title_no=1320&web page=1
- Navillera: Like a Butterfly, by Hun and Jimmy, translation by Kristianna Lee (Tapas Medie/Kakao Leisure), https://tapas.io/collection/navillera-like-a-butterfly
- Unmasked, by Breri and Nuitt (WebToon Manufacturing unit/Europe Comics), https://www.webtoonfactory.com/en/serie/unmasked/
Greatest Digital Comedian
- Days of Sand, by Aimée de Jongh, translation by Christopher Bradley (Europe Comics)
- Everybody Is Tulip, by Dave Baker and Nicole Goux, everyoneistulip.com
- It’s Jeff, by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru (Marvel)
- Love After World Domination 1-3, by Hiroshi Noda and Takahiro Wakamatsu, translation by Steven LeCroy (Kodansha)
- Snow Angels, by Jeff Lemire and Jock (Comixology Originals)
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