Anche quest’anno ci sono grandi riconoscimenti per Saga (Miglior serie regolare), di Brian K. Vaughan (Miglior scrittore) e Fiona Staples (Miglior disegnatrice e Miglior copertinista).
La Marvel porta a casa due statuette grazie a Visione (Miglior serie limitata), di Tom King (scrittore anche della Miglior storia breve, Good Boy, disegnata da David Finch per Batman Annual #1), Gabriel Hernandez Walta e Michael Walsh, e L’Imbattibile Squirrel Girl (Miglior serie per teenager) di Ryan North ed Erica Henderson.
Grande successo, in ambito DC Comics, per Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (Miglior graphic album) di Jill Thompson (Miglior artista pittorica/multimediale).
La Miglior nuova serie è invece l’amatissima Black Hammer, di Jeff Lemire e Dean Ormston, edita da Dark Horse, in Italia da BAO Publishing. Di seguito trovate tutti i vincitori.
Best Short Story
- “Good Boy,” by Tom King and David Finch, in Batman Annual #1 (DC)
Best Single Issue/One-Shot
- Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
Best Continuing Series
- Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
Best Limited Series
- The Vision, by Tom King and Gabriel Walta (Marvel)
Best New Series
- Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston (Dark Horse)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)
- Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, by Ben Clanton (Tundra)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)
- Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel)
Best Humor Publication
- Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie)
Best Anthology
- Love is Love, edited by Marc Andreyko (IDW/DC)
Best Reality-Based Work
- March (Book Three), by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
Best Graphic Album—New
- Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson (DC Comics)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint
- Demon, by Jason Shiga (First Second)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material
- Moebius Library: The World of Edena, by Jean “Moebius” Giraud et al. (Dark Horse)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
- The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)
- Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)
- The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, edited by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)
Best Writer
- Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Saga, We Stand On Guard (Image)
Best Writer/Artist
- Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
- Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
- Jill Thompson, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC); Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse)
Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)
- Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
Best Coloring
- Matt Wilson, Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord (Marvel)
Best Lettering
- Todd Klein, Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC); Black Hammer (Dark Horse)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
- The A.V. Club comics coverage, including Comics Panel, Back Issues, and Big Issues, by Oliver Sava et al., www.avclub.com
Best Comics-Related Book
- Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White, by Michael Tisserand (Harper)
Best Academic/Scholarly Work
- Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation, by Carolyn Cocca (Bloomsbury)
Best Publication Design
- The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, designed by Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
Best Webcomic
- Bird Boy, by Anne Szabla, http://bird-boy.com
Best Digital Comic
- Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
WILL EISNER SPIRIT OF COMICS RETAILER AWARD
- Comicazi, Robert Howard, David Lockwood, Michael Burke. Somerville, MA
BILL FINGER AWARD WINNERS
- Jack Kirby
- Bill Messner-Loebs
RUSS MANNING AWARD
- Anne Szabla, writer-artist of Bird Boy (Dark Horse)
BOB CLAMPETT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
- Joe Ferrara
- Marc Andreyko
WILL EISNER COMIC AWARDS HALL OF FAME
Judges Choices (automatically inducted)
- Milt Gross (1895–1953)
- H. G. Peter (1880–1958)
- Antonio Prohías (1921–1998)
- Dori Seda (1950–1988)
Voters Choices
- Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez
- George Perez
- Walt Simonson
- Jim Starlin
Fonte: File 770
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