SDCC 2018 News - 2018 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

The 2018 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were handed out in a event Friday evening at Comic-Con International: San Diego.

Here are the full list of nominees, with the winners bolded:

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

• Barbara,by Nicole Miles (ShortBox)
  
• Hellboy: Krampusnacht,by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Dark Horse)
  
• Pope Hats #5, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
  
• The Spotted Stone, by Rick Veitch (Sun Comics)
  
• What Is Left,by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (ShortBox)
  

Best Continuing Series

• Black Hammer,by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and David Rubín (Dark Horse)
  
• Giant Days,by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Liz Fleming(BOOM! Box)
  
• Hawkeye,by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, and Mike Walsh (Marvel)
  
• Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
  
• The Wicked + The Divine,by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)
  

Best Limited Series

• Black Panther: World of Wakanda,by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. Martinez (Marvel)
  
• Extremity,by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image/Skybound)
  
• The Flintstones,by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC)
  
• Mister Miracle,by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)
  
• X-Men: Grand Design, by Ed Piskor (Marvel)
  

Best New Series

• Black Bolt,by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward (Marvel)
  
• Grass Kings,by Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins (BOOM! Studios)
  
• Maestros,by Steve Skroce (Image)
  
• Redlands,by Jordie Belaire and Vanesa Del Rey (Image)
  
• Royal City,by Jeff Lemire (Image)
  

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

• Adele in Sand Land,by Claude Ponti, translated by Skeeter Grant and Françoise Mouly (Toon Books)
  
• Arthur and the Golden Rope,by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye/Nobrow)
  
• Egg,by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books)
  
• Good Night, Planet,by Liniers (Toon Books)
  
• Little Tails in the Savannah,by Frederic Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci, translated by Mike Kennedy (Lion Forge/Magnetic)
  

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)

• Bolivar,by Sean Rubin (Archaia)
  
• Home Time (Book One): Under the River, by Campbell Whyte (Top Shelf)
  
• Nightlights,by Lorena Alvarez (Nobrow)
  
• The Tea Dragon Society,by Katie O’Neill (Oni)
  
• Wallace the Brave,by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)
  

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

• The Dam Keeper, by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi (First Second/Tonko House)
  
• Jane,by Aline Brosh McKenna and Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia)
  
• Louis Undercover,by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)
  
• Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
  
• Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)
  

Best Humor Publication

• Baking with Kafka,by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
  
• Batman/Elmer Fudd Special#1, by Tom King, Lee Weeks, and Byron Vaughn (DC)
  
• The Flintstones,by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC)
  
• Rock Candy Mountain,by Kyle Starks (Image)
  
• Wallace the Brave,by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)
  

Best Anthology

• A Bunch of Jews (and Other Stuff): A Minyen Yidn,by Max B. Perlson, Trina Robbins et al. (Bedside Press)
  
• A Castle in England,by Jamie Rhodes et al. (Nobrow)
  
• Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color,edited by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
  
• Now#1, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
  
• The Spiritanthology, edited by Sean Phillips (Lakes International Comic Art Festival)
  

Best Reality-Based Work

• Audubon: On the Wings of the World,by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow)
  
• The Best We Could Do,by Thi Bui (Abrams ComicArts)
  
• Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary, 1852–1903,by Christian Perrissin and Matthieu Blanchin, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (IDW)
  
• Lennon: The New York Years, by David Foenkinos, Corbeyran, and Horne, translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger (IDW)
  
• Spinning,by Tillie Walden (First Second)
  

Best Graphic Album—New

• Crawl Space,by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press)
  
• Eartha,by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)
  
• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters,by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
  
• Stages of Rot,by Linnea Sterte (Peow)
  
• The Story of Jezebel,by Elijah Brubaker (Uncivilized Books)
  

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• Boundless,by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
  
• Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Black Hole by Charles Burns,edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
  
• Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection,by Colleen Coover (Oni/Limerence)
  
• Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero,by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)
  
• Unreal City,by D. J. Bryant (Fantagraphics)
  

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

• Beowulf,adapted by Santiago García and David Rubín (Image)
  
• H. P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories,adapted by Gou Tanabe, translated by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse)
  
• Herman Melville’s Moby Dick,adapted by Christophe Chabouté, translated by Laure Dupont (Dark Horse)
  
• Kindred,by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)
  

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

• Audubon: On the Wings of the World,by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow)
  
• Flight of the Raven,by Jean-Pierre Gibrat, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (EuroComics/IDW)
  
• FUN,by Paolo Bacilieri, translated by Jamie Richards (SelfMadeHero)
  
• Ghost of Gaudi,by El Torres and Jesús Alonso Iglesias, translated by Esther Villardón Grande (Lion Forge/Magnetic)
  
• The Ladies-in-Waiting,by Santiago García and Javier Olivares, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics)
  
• Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom,by Marcelo D’Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
  

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

• Furari,by Jiro Taniguchi, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
  
• Golden Kamuy,by Satoru Noda, translated by Eiji Yasuda (VIZ Media)
  
• My Brother’s Husband,vol. 1, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii (Pantheon)
  
• Otherworld Barbara,vol. 2, by Moto Hagio, translated by Matt Thorn (Fantagraphics)
  
• Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories,by Junji Itotranslated by Jocelyne Allen(VIZ Media)
  

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

• Celebrating Snoopy,by Charles M. Shulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O’Brien(Andrews McMeel)
  
• Crazy Quilt: Scraps and Panels on the Way to Gasoline Alley,by Frank King, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
  
• Foolish Questions and Other Odd Observations,by Rube Goldberg, edited by Peter Maresca and Paul C. Tumey (Sunday Press Books)
  
• Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Dailies,by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., edited byDaniel Herman(Hermes Press)
  
• Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Strips,vol. 1, by Russ Manning et al., edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)
  

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

• Akira 35th Anniversary Edition,by Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan(Kodansha)
  
• Behaving MADly,edited by Craig Yoe (Yoe Books/IDW)
  
• The Collected Neil the Horse,by Arn Saba/Katherine Collins, edited by Andy Brown (Conundrum)
  
• Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez,edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
  
• Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017,by Paul Gravett, Denis Kitchen, and John Lind(Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)
  

Best Writer

• Tom King, Batman, Batman Annual #2, Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, Mister Miracle (DC) (tie)
  
• Matt Kindt, Grass Kings (BOOM! Studios); Ether(Dark Horse);Eternity, X-O Manowar (Valiant)
  
• Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse);Descender (Image)
  
• Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image) (tie)
  
• Mark Russell, The Flintstones (DC)
  

Best Writer/Artist

• Lorena Alvarez, Night Lights (Nobrow)
  
• Chabouté, Moby Dick (Dark Horse);Alone, The Park Bench (Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster)
  
• Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
  
• Cathy Malkasian, Eartha (Fantagraphics)
  
• Jiro Taniguchi, Furari, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide: Venice (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
  

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

• Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)
  
• Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
  
• Gary Gianni, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (Dark Horse)
  
• Ramón K. Perez, Jane (Archaia)
  
• David Rubín, Black Hammer #9 & #12, Ether, Sherlock Frankenstein #1–3(Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image)
  

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Dinosaur, Little Tails (Lion Forge/Magnetic)
  
• EFA, Monet: Itinerant of Light (NBM)
  
• Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Flight of the Raven (EuroComics/IDW)
  
• Cyril Pedrosa, Portugal (NBM)
  
• Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
  

Best Cover Artist

• Jorge Corona,No. 1 with a Bullet (Image)
  
• Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC); Doom Patrol (DC Young Animal)
  
• Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther(Marvel)
  
• Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
  
• Julian Totino Tedesco, Hawkeye (Marvel)
  

Best Coloring

• Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
  
• Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
  
• Ed Piskor, X-Men: Grand Design (Marvel)
  
• David Rubín, Ether, Black Hammer, Sherlock Frankenstein (Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image)
  
• Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, BPRD: Devil You Know, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, Sherlock Frankenstein, Shaolin Cowboy(Dark Horse); Maestros (Image)
  
• Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, What Is Left (ShortBox)
  

Best Lettering

• Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)
  
• Clayton Cowles, Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, Redlands,The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Bolt, Spider-Gwen, Astonishing X-Men, Star Wars(Marvel)
  
• Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
  
• Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: Slay of the Gods (Dark Horse)
  
• John Workman, Mother Panic(DC Young Animal); Ragnorak (IDW)
  

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

• Alter Ego,edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
  
• The Comics Journal,edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone,tcj.com(Fantagraphics)
  
• Hogan’s Alley,edited by Tom Heintjes
  
• Jack Kirby Collector,edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)
  
• PanelXPanelmagazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com
  

Best Comics-Related Book

• Deconstructing the Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius,by Jean Annestay and Christophe Quillien(Humanoids)
  
• How Comics Work,by Dave Gibbons and Tim Pilcher (Wellfleet Press/Quarto Group)
  
• How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels,by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics)
  
• Line of Beauty: The Art of Wendy Pini,by Richard Pini(Flesk)
  
• Monograph, by Chris Ware (Rizzoli)
  
• To Laugh That We May Not Weep: The Life and Times of Art Young,by Glenn Bray and Frank M. Young (Fantagraphics)
  

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

• The Comics of Charles Schulz: The Good Grief of Modern Life,edited by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon (University Press of Mississippi)
  
• Ethics in the Gutter: Empathy and Historical Fiction in Comics,by Kate Polak (Ohio State University Press)
  
• Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics,by Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press)
  
• Neon Visions: The Comics of Howard Chaykin,by Brannon Costello (LSU Press)
  
• Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics,edited by Mark Heimermann and Brittany Tullis (University of Texas Press)
  

Best Publication Design

• Akira 35th Anniversary Edition,designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, and MASH•ROOM(Kodansha)
  
• Celebrating Snoopy,designed by Spencer Williams and Julie Phillips (Andrews McMeel)
  
• Monograph,designed by Chris Ware (Rizzoli)
  
• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters,designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
  
• Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)
  

Best Digital Comic

• Bandette,by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
  
• Barrier,by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)
  
• The Carpet Merchant of Konstaniniyya,by Reimena Yee (reimenayee.com/the-carpet-merchant)
  
• Contact High,by James F. Wright and Josh Eckert (gumroad.com)
  
• Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost, by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O’Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideo Kendall (comiXology Originals/Kitchen, Lind & Associates)
  
• Quince,by Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner, and Emma Steinkellner, translated by Valeria Tranier (Fanbase Press/comiXology)
  

Best Webcomic

• Awaiting a Wave, by Dale Carpenter and Nate Powell, features.weather.com/us-climate-change/arkansas (The Weather Channel Digital)
  
• Brothers Bond, by Kevin Grevioux and Ryan Benjamin, www.webtoons.com/en/action/brothers-bond/list?title_no=1191 (LINE Webtoon)
  
• Dispatch from a Sanctuary City, by Mike Dawson, https://thenib.com/dispatch-from-a-sanctuary-city (The Nib)
  
• The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neill (teadragonsociety.com)
  
• Welcome to the New World, by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan, www.michaelsloan.net/welcome-to-the-new-world/(New York Times Sunday Review)