San Diego Comic-Con 2019

Οι νικητές των φετινών Eisner Awards!

Όπως κάθε χρονιά έτσι και φέτος, στα πλαίσια του SDCC 2019, ανακοινώθηκαν οι νικητές των Eisner Awards.

Ο Tom King σάρωσε, με το MISTER MIRACLE να κερδίζει το βραβείο της καλύτερης limited series και το “The Talk Of The Saints” αυτό της καλύτερης short story, ενώ ο King κέρδισε και το βραβείο του καλύτερου συγγραφέα, με τον Mitch Gerads να κερδίζει το βραβείο καλύτερου σχεδιαστή.

Το GIANT DAYS των John Allison, Max Sarin και Julaa Madrigal κέρδισε το βραβείο καλύτερης σειράς, ενώ το GIDEON FALLS των Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino κέρδισε το βραβείο της καλύτερης νέας σειράς. Τέλος,  το MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, των Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, κέρδισε το βραβείο καλύτερου Graphic Album.

Όσον αφορά το Will Eisner Hall of Fame, εισήχθησαν σε αυτό οι Jim Aparo, June Tarpé Mills, Dave Stevens, Morrie Turner, José Luis García-López, Jenette Kahn, Paul Levitz, Bill Sienkiewicz, Wendy και Richard Pini.

Ακολουθούν αναλυτικά οι κατηγορίες, με τους νικητές σε bold.

  • Best Short Story
    “Get Naked in Barcelona,” by Steven T. Seagle and Emei Olivia Burrell, in Get Naked (Image)
    “The Ghastlygun Tinies,” by Matt Cohen and Marc Palm, in MAD magazine #4 (DC)
    “Here I Am,” by Shaun Tan, in I Feel Machine (SelfMadeHero)
    “Life During Interesting Times,” by Mike Dawson (The Nib), https://thenib.com/greatest-generation-interesting-times
    “Supply Chains,” by Peter and Maria Hoey, in Coin-Op #7 (Coin-Op Books)
    “The Talk of the Saints,” by Tom King and Jason Fabok, in Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)
  • Best Single Issue/One-Shot
    Beneath the Dead Oak Tree, by Emily Carroll (ShortBox)
    Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise, by Jeff Lemire and Emi Lenox (Dark Horse)
    No Better Words, by Carolyn Nowak (Silver Sprocket)
    Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310, by Chip Zdarsky (Marvel)
    The Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils In Suits, by Arabson, translated by James Robinson (IHQ Studio/ Image)
  • Best Continuing Series
    Batman, by Tom King et al. (DC)
    Black Hammer: Age of Doom, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and Rich Tommaso (Dark Horse)
    Gasolina, by Sean Mackiewicz and Niko Walter (Skybound/Image)
    Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julaa Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
    The Immortal Hulk, by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and Ruy José (Marvel)
    Runaways, by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka (Marvel)
  • Best Limited Series
    Batman: White Knight, by Sean Murphy (DC)
    Eternity Girl, by Magdalene Visaggio and Sonny Liew (Vertigo/DC)
    Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, by Mark Russell, Mike Feehan, and Mark Morales (DC)
    Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)
    X-Men: Grand Design: Second Genesis, by Ed Piskor (Marvel)
  • Best New Series
    Bitter Root, by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Green (Image)
    Crowded, by Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt (Image)
    Gideon Falls, by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Image)
    Isola, by Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl (Image)
    Man-Eaters, by Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk (Image)
    Skyward, by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett (Image)
  • Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)
    Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer, by James Kochalka (Top Shelf/IDW)
    Petals, by Gustavo Borges (KaBOOM!)
    Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths, by Graham Annable (First Second)
    This Is a Taco! By Andrew Cangelose and Josh Shipley (CubHouse/Lion Forge)
    Tiger Vs. Nightmare, by Emily Tetri (First Second)
  • Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)
    Aquicorn Cove, by Katie O’Neill (Oni)
    Be Prepared, by Vera Brosgol (First Second)
    The Cardboard Kingdom, by Chad Sell (Knopf/Random House Children’s Books)
    Crush, by Svetlana Chmakova (JY/Yen Press)
    The Divided Earth, by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
  • Best Publication for Teens (ages 13–17)
    All Summer Long, by Hope Larson (Farrar Straus Giroux)
    Gumballs, by Erin Nations (Top Shelf/IDW)
    Middlewest, by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona (Image)
    Norroway, Book 1: The Black Bull of Norroway, by Cat Seaton and Kit Seaton (Image)
    The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang (First Second)
    Watersnakes, by Tony Sandoval, translated by Lucas Marangon (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
  • Best Humor Publication
    Get Naked, by Steven T. Seagle et al. (Image)
    Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julia Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
    MAD magazine, edited by Bill Morrison (DC)
    A Perfect Failure: Fanta Bukowski 3, by Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)
    Woman World, by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Best Anthology
    Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World, edited by Shelly Bond (Black Crown/IDW)
    Puerto Rico Strong, edited by Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz, and Neil Schwartz (Lion Forge)
    Twisted Romance, edited by Alex de Campi (Image)
    Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, edited by Will Dennis, curated by J. H. Williams III and Wendy Wright-Williams (Image)
  • Best Reality-Based Work
    All the Answers: A Graphic Memoir, by Michael Kupperman (Gallery 13)
    All the Sad Songs, by Summer Pierre (Retrofit/Big Planet)
    Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, by Box Brown (First Second)
    Monk! by Youssef Daoudi (First Second)
    One Dirty Tree, by Noah Van Sciver (Uncivilized Books)
  • Best Graphic Album—New
    Bad Girls, by Alex de Campi and Victor Santos (Gallery 13)
    Come Again, by Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
    Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1, by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman (DC)
    Homunculus, by Joe Sparrow (ShortBox)
    My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
    Sabrina, by Nick Drnaso (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Best Graphic Album—Reprint
    Berlin, by Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly)
    Girl Town, by Carolyn Nowak (Top Shelf/IDW)
    Upgrade Soul, by Ezra Claytan Daniels (Lion Forge)
    The Vision hardcover, by Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, and Michael Walsh (Marvel)
    Young Frances, by Hartley Lin (AdHouse Books)
  • Best Adaptation from Another Medium
    Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation, adapted by Ari Folman and David Polonsky (Pantheon)
    “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, adapted by Junji Ito, translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)
    Out in the Open by Jesús Carraso, adapted by Javi Rey, translated by Lawrence Schimel (SelfMadeHero)
    Speak: The Graphic Novel, by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll (Farrar Straus Giroux)
    To Build a Fire: Based on Jack London’s Classic Story, by Chabouté (Gallery 13)
  • Best U.S. Edition of International Material
    About Betty’s Boob, by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau, translated by Edward Gauvin (Archaia/BOOM!)
    Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, by Pénélope Bagieu (First Second)
    Herakles Book 1, by Edouard Cour, translated by Jeremy Melloul (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
    Niourk, by Stefan Wul and Olivier Vatine, translated by Brandon Kander and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse)
    A Sea of Love, by Wilfrid Lupano and Grégory Panaccione (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
  • Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
    Abara: Complete Deluxe Edition, by Tsutomu Nihei, translated by Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)
    Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, by Inio Asano, translated by John Werry (VIZ Media)
    Laid-Back Camp, by Afro, translated by Amber Tamosaitis (Yen Press)
    My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder, by Nie Jun, translated by Edward Gauvin (Graphic Universe/Lerner)
    Tokyo Tarareba Girls, by Akiko Higashimura (Kodansha)
  • Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
    Pogo, vol. 5: Out of This World At Home, by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
    Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Sunday Strips in Color (1959–1960), by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., edited by Ferran Delgado (Amigo Comics)
    Star Wars: Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, edited by Dean Mullaney (Library of American Comics/IDW)
    The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Words and Worlds of Herbert Crowley, by Justin Duerr (Beehive Books
    Thimble Theatre and the Pre-Popeye Comics of E. C. Segar, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
  • Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
    Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman Deluxe Edition, edited by Paul Levitz (DC)
    Bill Sienkiewicz’s Mutants and Moon Knights… And Assassins… Artifact Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
    Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet (Drawn & Quarterly)
    Madman Quarter Century Shindig, by Mike Allred, edited by Chris Ryall (IDW)
    Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, edited by Joseph Melchior and Bob Chapman (Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs)
    Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, edited by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)
  • Best Writer
    Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)
    Tom King, Batman, Mister Miracle, Heroes in Crisis, Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)
    Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, Quantum Age (Dark Horse); Descender, Gideon Falls, Royal City (Image)
    Mark Russell, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound, Lex Luthor/Porky Pig (DC); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
    Kelly Thompson, Nancy Drew (Dynamite); Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Mr. & Mrs. X, Rogue & Gambit, Uncanny X-Men, West Coast Avengers (Marvel)
    Chip Zdarsky, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel)
  • Best Writer/Artist
    Sophie Campbell, Wet Moon (Oni)
    Nick Drnaso, Sabrina (Drawn & Quarterly)
    David Lapham, Lodger (Black Crown/IDW); Stray Bullets (Image)
    Nate Powell, Come Again (Top Shelf/IDW)
    Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
    Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker (First Second)
  • Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
    Matías Bergara, Coda (BOOM!)
    Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
    Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)
    Sonny Liew, Eternity Girl (Vertigo/DC)
    Sean Phillips, Kill or Be Killed, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies (Image)
    Yanick Paquette, Wonder Woman Earth One, vol. 2 (DC)
  • Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
    Lee Bermejo, Batman: Damned (DC)
    Carita Lupatelli, Izuna Book 2 (Humanoids)
    Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)
    Gregory Panaccione, A Sea of Love (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
    Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
  • Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)
    Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image); Submerged (Vault)
    Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC)
    Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)
    Joshua Middleton, Batgirl and Aquaman variants (DC)
    Julian Tedesco, Hawkeye, Life of Captain Marvel (Marvel)
  • Best Coloring
    Jordie Bellaire, Batgirl, Batman (DC); The Divided Earth (First Second); Days of Hate, Dead Hand, Head Lopper, Redlands (Image); Shuri, Doctor Strange (Marvel)
    Tamra Bonvillain, Alien 3 (Dark Horse); Batman, Doom Patrol (DC); Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Multiple Man (Marvel)
    Nathan Fairbairn, Batman, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman Earth One, vol. 2 (DC); Die!Die!Die! (Image)
    Matt Hollingsworth, Batman: White Knight (DC): Seven to Eternity, Wytches (Image)
    Matt Wilson, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); The Mighty Thor, Runaways (Marvel)
  • Best Lettering
    David Aja, Seeds (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
    Jim Campbell, Breathless, Calexit, Gravetrancers, Snap Flash Hustle, Survival Fetish, The Wilds (Black Mask); Abbott, Alice: Dream to Dream, Black Badge, Clueless, Coda, Fence, Firefly, Giant Days, Grass Kings, Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, Low Road West, Sparrowhawk (BOOM); Angelic (Image); Wasted Space (Vault)
    Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)
    Jared Fletcher, Batman: Damned (DC); The Gravediggers Union, Moonshine, Paper Girls, Southern Bastards (Image)
    Todd Klein— Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald (Dark Horse); Batman: White Night (DC); Eternity Girl, Books of Magic (Vertigo/DC); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest (Top Shelf/IDW)
  • Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
    Back Issue, edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows) – tie
    The Columbus Scribbler, edited by Brian Canini, columbusscribbler.com
    Comicosity, edited by Aaron Long and Matt Santori,  www.comicosity.com
    LAAB Magazine #0: Dark Matter, edited by Ronald Wimberley and Josh O’Neill (Beehive Books)
    PanelxPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com – tie
  • Best Comics-Related Book
    Comic Book Implosion: An Oral History of DC Comics Circa 1978, by Keith Dallas and John Wells (TwoMorrows)
    Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists, by Martha H. Kennedy (University Press of Mississippi)
    The League of Regrettable Sidekicks, by Jon Morris (Quirk Books)
    Mike Grell: Life Is Drawing Without an Eraser, by Dewey Cassell with Jeff Messer (TwoMorrows)
    Yoshitaka Amano: The Illustrated Biography—Beyond the Fantasy, by Florent Gorges, translated by Laure Dupont and Annie Gullion (Dark Horse)
  • Best Academic/Scholarly Work
    Between Pen and Pixel: Comics, Materiality, and the Book of the Future, by Aaron Kashtan (Ohio State University Press)
    Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies, by Marc Singer (University of Texas Press)
    The Goat-Getters: Jack Johnson, the Fight of the Century, and How a Bunch of Raucous Cartoonists Reinvented Comics, by Eddie Campbell (Library of American Comics/IDW/Ohio State University Press)
    Incorrigibles and Innocents, by Lara Saguisag (Rutgers Univeristy Press)
    Sweet Little C*nt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet, by Anne Elizabeth Moore (Uncivilized Books)
  • Best Publication Design
    A Sea of Love, designed by Wilfrid Lupano, Grégory Panaccione, and Mike Kennedy (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
    The Stan Lee Story Collector’s Edition, designed by Josh Baker (Taschen)
    The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Worlds of Herbert Crowley, designed by Paul Kepple and Max Vandenberg (Beehive Books)
    Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, designed by Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios/NYC (Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs)
    Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)
  • Best Digital Comic
    Aztec Empire, by Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett, and David Hahn, www.bigredhair.com/books/Aztec-empire/
    The Führer and the Tramp, by Sean McArdle, Jon Judy, and Dexter Wee, http://thefuhrerandthetramp.com/
    The Journey, by Pablo Leon (Rewire), https://rewire.news/article/2018/01/08/rewire-exclusive-comic-journey/
    The Stone King, by Kel McDonald and Tyler Crook (comiXology Originals)  https://cmxl.gy/Stone-King
    Umami, by Ken Niimura (Panel Syndicate), http://panelsyndicate.com/comics/umami
  • Best Webcomic
    The Contradictions, by Sophie Yanow
    Lavender Jack, by Dan Schkade (WEBTOON)
    Let’s Play, by Mongie (WEBTOON)
    Lore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe, (WEBTOON)
    Tiger, Tiger, by Petra Erika Nordlund, (Hiveworks)