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The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards also known as Eisner Awards, which are presented annually at San Diego Comic-Con, are one of the highest honours in American comics and are similar to the Academy Awards. DC Comics swept the 2023 Eisner Awards, with stories set in the DC Universe taking home most of the primary category wins.
The 32 categories that made up this year’s Eisner Award nominations celebrate the successes of over 150 print and online titles from over 50 publishers.Here’s the list of Eisner Awards 2023 winners:
Best Short StoryFinding Batman by Kevin Conroy and J. Bone in DC Pride 2022 (DC)
Best Single Issue/One-ShotBatman: One Bad Day: The Riddler, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)
Best Continuing SeriesNightwing, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)
Best Limited SeriesThe Human Target, by Tom King and Greg Smallwood (DC)
Best New SeriesPublic Domain, by Chip Zdarsky (Image)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age eight)The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems (Union Square Kids)
Best Publication for Kids (ages nine-12)Frizzy, by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra (First Second/Macmillan)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)Do a Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image)
Best Humor PublicationRevenge of the Librarians, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best AnthologyThe Nib Magazine, edited by Matt Bors (Nib)
Best Reality-Based WorkFlung Out of Space, by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer (Abrams ComicArts)
Best Graphic MemoirDucks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Graphic Album—NewThe Night Eaters, Book 1: She Eats the Night, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)
Best Graphic Album—ReprintParker: The Martini Edition—Last Call, by Richard Stark, Darwyn Cooke, Ed Brubaker, and Sean Phillips (IDW)
Best Adaptation from Another MediumChivalry by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Colleen Doran (Dark Horse)
Best U.S. Edition of International MaterialBlacksad: They All Fall Down Part 1, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, translation by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (Dark Horse)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—AsiaShuna’s Journey, by Hayao Miyazaki; translation by Alex Dudok de Wit (First Second/Macmillan)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)Come Over Come Over, It’s So Magic, and My Perfect Life, by Lynda Barry, edited by Peggy Burns (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, edited by Dian Hansen (TASCHEN)
Best WriterJames Tynion IV – House of Slaughter, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Nice House on the Lake, The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country (DC), The Closet, The Department of Truth (Image)
Best Writer/ArtistKate Beaton, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker TeamGreg Smallwood, The Human Target (DC)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (Abrams ComicArts); Monstress (Image)
Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)
Best ColoringJordie Bellaire – The Nice House on the Lake, Suicide Squad: Blaze (DC); Antman, Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (Marvel)
Best LetteringStan Sakai – Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/JournalismPanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and Tiffany Babb (panelxpanel.com)
Best Comics-Related BookCharles M. Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects, by Benjamin L. Clark and Nat Gertler (Schulz Museum)
Best Academic/Scholarly WorkThe LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions, edited by Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren (University Press of Mississippi)
Best Publication DesignParker: The Martini Edition—Last Call, designed by Sean Phillips (IDW)
Best WebcomicLore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe (WEBTOON)
Best Digital ComicBarnstormers, by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay (Comixology Originals)
Hall of Fame:Judges’ Choices: Jerry Bails, Tony DeZuniga, Justin Green, Bill Griffith. Jay Jackson, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Jack Katz, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Win Mortimer, Diane Noomin, Gaspar Saladino, Kim Thompson, Garry Trudeau, Mort Walker, Tatjana WoodVoters’ Choices: Brian Bolland, Anne Nocenti, Tim Sale, Diana Schutz
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Beth Accomando, Scott Dunbier
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Zoe Thorogood
Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing: Barbara Friedlander, Sam Glanzman