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PR E SE N T S
The 33rd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2021
33rd Annual Comic Industry Awards2021 NOMINEE S
YOUR HOST:
Phil LaMarr
WELCOME:
Jackie Estrada
Administrator, Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
Best Short Story Best Anthology
“Garden Boys” by Henry McCausland, in Now #8 Ex Mag, vols. 1–2, edited by Wren McDonald (PEOW)
(Fantagraphics)
Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s
“I Needed the Discounts” by Connor Willumsen, in The Most Infamous Prison, edited by Sarah Mirk (Abrams)
New York Times (January 3, 2020) [https://www.nytimes.com/
Hey, Amateur! Go From Novice to Nailing It in 9 Panels,
interactive/2020/01/03/opinion/connor-willumsen-privacy-
edited and curated by Shelly Bond (IDW Black Crown)
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Los Angeles Times, edited by Sammy Harkham (NTWRK)
“Parts of Us,” by Chan Chau, in Elements: Earth, A Comic
Anthology by Creators of Color (Ascend Press) Menopause: A Comic Treatment, edited by MK Czerwiec
(Graphic Medicine/Pennsylvania State University Press)
“Rookie,” by Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso, in Detective
Comics #1027 (DC) Now, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
“Soft Lead,” by Chan Chau, https://chanchauart.com/
comics#/soft-lead/ Best U.S. Edition of International
“When the Menopausal Carnival Comes to Town,” by Material
Mimi Pond, in Menopause: A Comic Treatment (Graphic Altitude, by Olivier Bocquet and Jean-Marc Rochette,
Medicine/Pennsylvania State University Press) translation by Edward Gauvin (SelfMadeHero)
Gamayun Tales I: An Anthology of Modern Russian Folk
Best Single Issue/One-Shot Tales, by Alexander Utkin, translation by Lada Morozova
The Burning Hotels, by Thomas Lampion (Birdcage (Nobrow)
Bottom Books) Goblin Girl, by Moa Romanova, translation by Melissa
Hedra, by Jesse Lonergan (Image) Bowers (Fantagraphics)
The Other History of the DC Universe #1, by John Ridley Irena Books 2-3, by Jean-David Morvan, Severine Tréfouël,
and Giuseppe Camuncoli (DC) and David Evrard, translation by Dan Christensen
(Magnetic Press)
Sports Is Hell, by Ben Passmore (Koyama Press)
When You Look Up, by Decur, translation by Chloe Garcia
Stanley’s Ghost: A Halloween Adventure, by Jeff Balke, Roberts (Enchanted Lion Books)
Paul Storrie, and Dave Alvarez (Storm Kids)
The Winter of the Cartoonist, by Paco Roca, translation by
Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
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Best U.S. Edition of International Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Material—Asia Michael Allred, Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage
I Had That Same Dream Again, by Yoru Sumino and Idumi Daydreams (Insight Editions)
Kirihara, translation by Beni Axia Conrad (Seven Seas) Marco Chechetto, Daredevil (Marvel)
I Wish I Could Say “Thank You,” by Yukari Takinami, Jorge Corona, Middlewest (Image)
translation by Yukari Takeuchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
Bertrand Gatignol, Pistouvi (Magnetic Press)
A Journal Of My Father, by Jiro Taniguchi, translation by
Kumar Sivasubramanian (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) Mitch Gerads/Evan “Doc” Shaner, Strange Adventures (DC
Black Label)
Ping Pong, vols. 1–2, by Taiyo Matsumoto, translation by
Michael Arias (VIZ Media) Sanford Greene, Bitter Root (Image)
Remina, by Junji Ito, translation by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)
Spy x Family, vols. 1–3, by Tatsuya Endo, translation by
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist
Casey Loe (VIZ Media) Benjamin Adam, Soon (Europe Comics)
Alice Chemama, The Zolas (Europe Comics)
Best Writer Jared Cullum, Kodi (Top Shelf)
Ed Brubaker, Pulp, Reckless (Image); Friday (Panel Syndicate)
Decur, When You Look Up (Enchanted Lion Books)
Matt Fraction, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC);
Antonio Lapone, Gentlemind (Europe Comics)
Adventureman, November vols. 2–3, Sex Criminals (Image)
Anand RK/John Pearson, Blue in Green (Image)
Jonathan Hickman, Decorum (Image); Giant-Size X-Men,
X-Men (Marvel)
Jeff Lemire, Barbalien, Black Hammer, Colonel Weird: Best Cover Artist
Cosmagog (Dark Horse); The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage Jamal Campbell, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (BOOM!
(DC Black Label); Family Tree, Gideon Falls (Image) Studios); Far Sector (DC)
James Tynion IV, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd Simone Di Meo, We Only Find Them When They’re Dead
(BOOM! Studios); Batman (DC); The Department of Truth (BOOM! Studio)
(Image); Razorblades (Tiny Onion)
Mike Huddleston, Decorum (Image)
Chip Zdarsky, Stillwater (Image/Skybound), Daredevil,
Dave Johnson, Butcher of Paris (Dark Horse)
Fantastic Four/X-Men (Marvel)
Peach Momoko, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #19, Mighty Morphin
#2, Something Is Killing the Children #12, Power Rangers #1
Best Writer/Artist (BOOM! Studios); DIE!namite, Vampirella (Dynamite); The
Junji Ito, Remina, Venus in the Blind Spot (VIZ Media) Crow: Lethe (IDW); Marvel Variants (Marvel)
Pascal Jousselin, Mister Invincible: Local Hero (Magnetic Press) Ramón K. Pérez, Stillwater (Image/Skybound)
Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish (RH Graphic/RH Children’s
Books) Best Coloring
Craig Thompson, Ginseng Roots (Uncivilized) Laura Allred, X-Ray Robot (Dark Horse); Bowie: Stardust,
Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams (Insight Editions)
Adrian Tomine, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance
Cartoonist (Drawn & Quarterly) Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Middlewest (Image)
Gene Luen Yang, Dragon Hoops (First Second/Macmillan) Gipi, One Story (Fantagraphics)
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Marte Gracia, Empyre, X of Swords (Marvel) Best Digital Comic
Dave Stewart, Promethee 13:13 (comiXology); Black Hammer Friday, by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)
(Dark Horse); Gideon Falls (Image); Spider-Man #4-#5 (Marvel)
Genius Animals? by Vali Chandrasekaran and Jun-Pierre
Matt Wilson, Undiscovered Country (Image); Fire Power Shiozawa, geniusanimals.net
(Image/Skybound); Thor (Marvel)
Gentlemind, by Juan Díaz Canales, Teresa Valero, and Antonio
Lapone, translation by Jeremy Melloul (Europe Comics)
Best Lettering Promethee 13:13, by Andy Diggle and Shawn Martinbrough
Mike Allred, Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage (comiXology Originals/Delcourt)
Daydreams (Insight Editions)
Olive, by Véro Cazot and Lucy Mazel, translation by Jessie
Deron Bennett, Bear, The Sacrifice of Darkness (Archaia); Aufiery (Europe Comics)
King of Nowhere, Something Is Killing the Children, We Only
Soon, by Thomas Cadène and Benjamin Adam, translation by
Find Them When They’re Dead (BOOM! Studios); Far Sector,
Margaret Besser (Europe Comics)
Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red, Martian Manhunter
(DC); Excellence (Image/Skybound); A Dark Interlude, Dark
One, Relics of Youth, Resonant, Shadow Service, Vampire: The Best Webcomic
Masquerade: Winter’s Teeth (Vault); Ping Pong (VIZ Media)
BFF, by Clément C. Fabre, Joseph Saffiedine, and Thomas
Aditya Bidikar, Barbalien: Red Planet, Grafity’s Wall Cadène, translation by Emma Wilson, https://www.
Expanded Edition (Dark Horse); John Constantine, Hellblazer webtoonfactory.com/en/webtoons/114-bff-saison-1/
(DC); A Map to the Sun (First Second); The Department of Truth,
Crisis Zone, by Simon Hanselmann, https://www.instagram.
Lost Soldiers (Image); Giga, The Picture of Everything Else (Vault)
com/simon.hanselmann/
Clayton Cowles, Aquaman, Batman, Batman
DPS Only!, by Vel, https://tapas.io/series/dpsonly/info
and the Outsiders, Strange Adventures, Superman:
Man of Tomorrow, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen Isle of Elsi, by Alec Longstreth, https://www.isleofelsi.com/
(DC); Adventureman, Bitter Root, Bog Bodies, Die (Image); comics/ioe4/page-208/
Reaver (Image/Skybound); Morbius, X Of Swords (Marvel)
The Kiss Bet, by Ingrid Ochoa, https://www.webtoons.com/
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW) en/romance/the-kiss-bet/ep-1-the-kiss-bet/viewer?title_
no=1617&episode_no=1
Rus Wooton, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth (DC); Decorum,
Monstress (Image); Die!Die!Die!, Fire Power, Oblivion Song, The Middle Age, by Steve Conley, middleagecomic.com
Outcast, Stillwater (Image/Skybound)
Best Publication for Early Readers
Best Publication Design Bear, by Ben Queen and Joe Todd-Stanton (Archaia/BOOM!)
Chasin’ the Bird: Charlie Parker in California deluxe
edition, designed by David Chisholm and Tyler Boss Cat Kid Comic Club, by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic Graphix)
(Z2 Comics) Donut Feed the Squirrels, by Mika Song (RH Graphic/RH
Dbury@50: The Complete Digital Doonesbury, by Children’s Books)
G.B. Trudeau, designed by George Corsillo and Susan Kodi, by Jared Cullum (Top Shelf)
McCaslin (Andrews McMeel)
Lift, by Minh Lê and Dan Santat (Little, Brown Young
J & K, designed by John Pham (Fantagraphics) Readers)
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, designed Our Little Kitchen, by Jillian Tamaki (Abrams Books for
by Adrian Tomine and Tracy Huron (Drawn & Quarterly) Young Readers)
Original Art: The Dan Clowes Studio Edition, designed by
Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
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Best Publication for Kids Best Adaptation from Another Medium
Doodleville, by Chad Sell (Knopf/BFYR/RH Children’s Books) Constitution Illustrated, by R. Sikoryak (Drawn & Quarterly)
Go with the Flow, by Lily Williams and Karen Parable of the Sower: The Graphic Novel Adaptation,
Schneemann (First Second/Macmillan) by Octavia E. Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John
Jennings (Abrams)
Mister Invincible: Local Hero, by Pascal Jousselin
(Magnetic Press) Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind,
vol. 1, adapted by Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen,
Snapdragon, by Kat Leyh (First Second/Macmillan)
and Daniel Casanave (Harper Perennial)
Superman Smashes the Klan, by Gene Luen Yang and
Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, adapted by Ryan
Gurihiru (DC)
North and Albert Monteys (Archaia/BOOM!)
Twins, by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright (Scholastic
Superman Smashes the Klan, adapted by Gene Luen Yang
Graphix)
and Gurihiru (DC)
Best Publication for Teens Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones, by Ngozi Ukazu The Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age,
(First Second/Macmillan) edited by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)
Displacement, by Kiku Hughes (First Second/Macmillan) Gross Exaggerations: The Meshuga Comic Strips of Milt Gross,
by Milt Gross, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press/IDW)
Dragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second/
Macmillan) Krazy & Ignatz 1919-1921 by George Herriman, edited by RJ
Casey (Fantagraphics)
Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence, by Joel Christian
Gill (Oni Press) Little Debbie and the Second Coming of Elmo: Daily
Comic Strips, August 1960–September 1961, by Cecil
A Map to the Sun, by Sloane Leong (First Second/
Jensen, edited by Frank Young (Labor of Love)
Macmillan)
Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: Volume 7:
When Stars Are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar
Pockets Full of Pie, by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier
Mohamed (Dial Books)
and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
Best Humor Publication Best Archival Collection/Project—
The Complete Fante Bukowski, by Noah Van Sciver Comic Books
(Fantagraphics) Art Young’s Inferno, by Art Young, edited by Glenn Bray
Department of Mind-Blowing Theories, by Tom Gauld (Fantagraphics)
(Drawn & Quarterly) Atlas at War! edited by Michael J. Vassallo (Dead Reckoning)
FANGS, by Sarah Andersen (Andrews McMeel) The Complete Hate, by Peter Bagge, edited by Eric Reynolds
Wendy, Master of Art, by Walter Scott (Drawn & Quarterly) (Fantagraphics)
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, by Matt Fraction and Steve Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salty Sea, by Hugo
Lieber (DC) Pratt, translation by Dean Mullaney and Simone Castaldi
(EuroComics/IDW)
What If We Were . . ., by Axelle Lenoir (Top Shelf)
Little Lulu: The Fuzzythingus Poopi, by John Stanley,
edited by Frank Young and Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
Man and Superman and Other Stories, by Harvey Kurtzman,
edited by J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)
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Best Comics-Related Journalism/ Best New Series
Periodical Black Widow, by Kelly Thompson and Elena Casagrande
Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows) (Marvel)
Back Issue, edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows) Crossover, by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw (Image)
The Comics Blog, by Michael Cavna and David Betancourt, The Department of Truth, by James Tynion IV and Martin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/comics/ Simmonds (Image)
The Comics Journal, edited by RJ Casey, Kristy Valenti, and Killadelphia, by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander
Gary Groth (Fantagraphics) (Image)
PanelxPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, We Only Find Them When They’re Dead,
PanelxPanel.com by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo (BOOM! Studios)
Women Write About Comics, edited by Nola Pfau and
Wendy Browne, www.WomenWriteAboutComics.com Best Limited Series
Barbalien: Red Planet, by Jeff Lemire, Tate Brombal, and
Best Comics-Related Book Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Dark Horse)
American Daredevil: Comics, Communism, and the Decorum, by Jonathan Hickman and Mike Huddleston
Battles of Lev Gleason, by Brett Dakin (Comic House/Lev (Image)
Gleason)
Far Sector, by N. K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell (DC)
Ditko Shrugged: The Uncompromising Life of the Artist
Strange Adventures, by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Evan
Behind Spider-Man and the Rise of Marvel Comics,
“Doc” Shaner (DC Black Label)
by David Currie (Hermes Press)
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, by Matt Fraction and Steve
Drawing Fire: The Editorial Cartoons of Bill Mauldin,
Lieber (DC)
edited by Todd DePastino (Pritzker Military Museum &
Library) We Live, by Inaki Miranda and Roy Miranda (AfterShock)
The History of EC Comics, by Grant Geissman (TASCHEN)
Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Best Continuing Series
Books, by Ken Quattro (Yoe Books/IDW) Bitter Root, by David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford
Greene (Image)
Masters of British Comic Art, by David Roach (2000AD)
Daredevil, by Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto (Marvel)
Best Academic/Scholarly Work The Department of Truth, by James Tynion IV and Martin
Comic Art in Museums, edited by Kim A. Munson (University Simmonds (Image)
Press of Mississippi) Gideon Falls, by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Image)
Comic Studies: A Guidebook, edited by Charles Hatfield Stillwater, by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez (Image/
and Bart Beaty (Rutgers University Press) Skybound)
The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (IDW)
Art and Political Belonging, by Rebecca Wanzo (New York
University Press)
Webcomics, by Sean Kleefeld (Bloomsbury)
Who Understands Comics: Questioning the Universality
of Visual Language Comprehension, by Neil Cohn
(Bloomsbury)
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Best Reality-Based Work Herobear and the Kid: The Heritage, by Mike Kunkel
(Astonish Factory)
Big Black: Stand at Attica, by Frank “Big Black” Smith,
Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane (Archaia/BOOM!) Seeds and Stems, by Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics)
Dragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second/
Macmillan)
Best Graphic Album—New
Invisible Differences: A Story of Asperger’s, Adulting,
and Living a Life in Full Color, by Mme Caroline and Julie The Book Tour, by Andi Watson (Top Shelf)
Dachez, translation by Edward Gauvin (Oni Press) Dragman, by Steven Appleby (Metropolitan)
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, by Derf Backderf (Abrams) Flake, by Matthew Dooley (Jonathan Cape)
Paying the Land, by Joe Sacco (Metropolitan/Henry Holt) Labyrinth, by Ben Argon (Abrams)
Year of the Rabbit, by Tian Veasna, translation by Helge Paul at Home, by Michel Rabagliati, translation by Helge
Dascher (Drawn & Quarterly) Dascher and Rob Aspinall (Drawn & Quarterly)
Pulp, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
Best Graphic Memoir
Banned Book Club, by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada, and
The Will Eisner Spirit of Comics
Ko Hyung-Ju (Iron Circus)
Retailer Award
Dancing After TEN: A Graphic Memoir, by Vivian Chong
The Spirit Award is given out to retailers who have done an
and Georgia Webber (Fantagraphics)
outstanding job of supporting the comics art medium, both
Ginseng Roots, by Craig Thompson (Uncivilized) in the industry at large and their community.
I Don’t Know How to Give Birth! by Ayami Kazama, 2021 Finalists:
translated by Julie Goniwich (Yen Press)
The Comic Bug, Manhattan Beach, California
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, by Adrian Kingpin Books, Lisbon, Portugal
Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly) The Laughing Ogre, Columbus, Ohio
Rogue City Comics, Medford, Oregon
When Stars Are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Zeppelin Comics, Benicia, California
Mohamed (Dial Books)
The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
Best Graphic Album—Reprint
The Clampett Award is given in the name of famed animator
Black Hammer Library Edition, vol. 2, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Bob Clampett (Beany and Cecil, Warner Bros. cartoons).
Ormstom, Emi Lenox, and Rich Tommaso (Dark Horse)
Presenter: Ruth Clampett
Criminal Deluxe Edition, vol. 3, by Ed Brubaker and Sean
Phillips (Image) 2021 Recipients: Mike and Christine Mignola
Eight-Lane Runaways, by Henry McCausland
(Fantagraphics)
Fante Bukowski: The Complete Works, by Noah Van Sciver
(Fantagraphics)
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The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
Hall of Fame
Presenter: Sergio Aragonés
Judges’ Choices:
Comics Pioneers: Thomas Nast, Rodolphe Töpffer
Deceased: Alberto Breccia, Stan Goldberg
Living: Françoise Mouly, Lily Renée Phillips
2021 Nominees:
Ruth Atkinson Klaus Janson
Dave Cockrum Jeffrey Catherine Jones
Kevin Eastman Hank Ketcham
Neil Gaiman Scott McCloud
Max Gaines Grant Morrison
Justin Green Alex Niño
Moto Hagio P. Craig Russell
Don Heck Gaspar Saladino
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR
AWARDS ADMINISTRATOR
Jackie Estrada
AWARDS ASSISTANT
Ron McFee
2021 NOMINATING PANEL
Marco Davanzo, Shelley Fruchey, Pamela Jackson, Keithan Jones, Alonso Nuñez, Jim Thompson
MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION
Daniel Tideman, Beth Accomando
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are national awards administered and underwritten by Comic-Con International, a nonprofit corporation.
www.comic-con.org
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