Nominados al premio Eisner 2011

Los Premios de la Industria Cómic Will Eisner es un reconocido premio de la industria cómic por el logro creativo en dicho campo en Estados Unidos. Su nombre se debe al pionero escritor y dibujante Will Eisner, quien era un participante regular en la ceremonia hasta su muerte en 2005, e incluye su nombre en el Salón de la Fama de la industria del cómic.

Los Premios Eisner 2011 se entregarán el viernes 22 de julio en la Comic-Con Internacional de San Diego. La lista de los nominados es la siguiente:

Mejor historia corta

▪ "Bart on the Fourth of July," by Peter Kuper, in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo)
▪ "Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow," by Billy Tucci, in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (DC)
▪ "Cinderella," by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image)
▪ "Hamburgers for One," by Frank Stockton, in Popgun vol. 4 (Image)
▪ "Little Red Riding Hood," by Bryan Talbot and Camilla d'Errico, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image)
▪ "Post Mortem," by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel)

Mejor Capítulo Unitario

▪ The Cape, by Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, and Zack Howard (IDW)
▪ Fables #100, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and others (Vertigo/DC)
▪ Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
▪ Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1: "Sparrow," by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
▪ Unknown Soldier #21: "A Gun in Africa," by Joshua Dysart and Rick Veitch (Vertigo/DC)

Mejor Serie Regular

▪ Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
▪ Echo, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
▪ Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
▪ Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
▪ Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
▪ Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)

Mejor Miniserie

▪ Baltimore: The Plague Ships, by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck (Dark Horse)
▪ Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, by Chris Roberson and Shawn McManus (Vertigo/DC)
▪ Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
▪ Joe the Barbarian, by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
▪ Stumptown, by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth (Oni)

Mejor Serie Nueva

▪ American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
▪ iZombie, by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred (Vertigo/DC)
▪ Marineman, by Ian Churchill (Image)
▪ Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
▪ Superboy, by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo (DC)

Mejor Publicacion Infantil

▪ Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, by Sara Stewart Taylor and Ben Towle (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney/Hyperion)
▪ Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know), by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
▪ Binky to the Rescue, by Ashley Spires (Kids Can Press)
▪ Scratch9, by Rob M. Worley and Jason T. Kruse (Ape Entertainment)
▪ Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC)
▪ The Unsinkable Walker Bean, by Aaron Renier (First Second)

Mejor Publicacion Adolescente

▪ Ghostopolis, by Doug TenNapel (Scholastic Graphix)
▪ Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by Barry Deutsch (Amulet Books)
▪ Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
▪ Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
▪ Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke (Lee & Low)

Mejor Publicacion de Humor

▪ Afrodisiac, by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca (Adhouse)
▪ Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, by Ian Boothby, John Delaney, and Dan Davis (Bongo)
▪ Drinking at the Movies, by Julia Wertz (Three Rivers Press/Crown)
▪ I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!)
▪ Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953, by Dave Kellett (Small Fish Studios)
▪ Prime Baby, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)

Mejor Antologia

▪ The Anthology Project, edited by Joy Ang and Nick Thornborrow (Lucidity Press)
▪ Korea as Viewed by 12 Creators, edited by Nicolas Finet (Fanfare&midot;Ponent Mon)
▪ Liquid City, vol. 2, edited by Sonny Liew and Lim Cheng Tju (Image)
▪ Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen (Archaia)
▪ Trickster: Native American Tales, edited by Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum Books)

Mejor Comic Digital

▪ Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl, www.abominable.cc
▪ The Bean, by Travis Hanson, www.beanleafpress.com
▪ Lackadaisy, by Tracy Butler, www.lackadaisycats.com
▪ Max Overacts, by Caanan Grall, occasionalcomics.com
▪ Zahra's Paradise, by Amir and Khalil, www.zahrasparadise.com

Mejor Trabajo Basado en la Realidad

▪ It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
▪ Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
▪ Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir, by Joyce Farmer (Fantagraphics)
▪ Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Terrible Axe Man of New Orleans, by Rick Geary (NBM)
▪ Two Generals, by Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
▪ You'll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)

Mejor Novela Grafica - Nueva

▪ Elmer, by Gerry Alanguilan (SLG)
▪ Finding Frank and His Friend: Previously Unpublished Work by Clarence ‘Otis' Dooley, by Melvin Goodge (Curio & Co.)
▪ Market Day, by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
▪ Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
▪ Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)

Mejor Novela Grafica - Reimpresion

▪ The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
▪ Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
▪ Motel Art Improvement Service, by Jason Little (Dark Horse)
▪ The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis, by Ian Boothby, James Lloyd, and Steve Steere Jr. (Abrams Comicarts)
▪ Tumor, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon (Archaia)
▪ Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)

Mejor Adaptacion de Otro Trabajo

▪ Dante's Divine Comedy, adapted by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury)
▪ The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, adapted by Joann Sfar (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
▪ The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
▪ 7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2, adapted from Hal Clement's Needle by Nobuaki Tadano (Vertical)
▪ Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure, adapted by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker (Disney/Hyperion Books)

Mejor Recopilatorio Archivo/Tiras

▪ Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein (IDW)
▪ 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel)
▪ George Heriman's Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays, edited by Patrick McDonnell and Peter Maresca (Sunday Press Books)
▪ Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, by Cliff Sterrett, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW)
▪ Roy Crane's Captain Easy, vol. 1, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics)

Mejor Recopilatorio Archivo/Comics

▪ Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
▪ The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read!, edited by Jim Trombetta (Abrams Comicart)
▪ The Incal Classic Collection, by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Moebius (Humanoids)
▪ Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts, edited by Art Spiegelman (The Library of America)
▪ Thirteen "Going on Eighteen," by John Stanley (Drawn & Quarterly)

Mejor Edicion Norteamericana de Material Internacional

▪ It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
▪ The Killer: Modus Vivendi, by Matz and Luc Jacamon (Archaia)
▪ King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave, by Mezzo and Pirus (Fantagraphics)
▪ The Littlest Pirate King, by David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan (Fantagraphics)
▪ Salvatore, by Nicolas De Crécy (NBM)

Mejor Edicion Norteamericana de Material Internacional-Asia

▪ Ayako, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
▪ Bunny Drop, by Yumi Unita (Yen Press)
▪ A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
▪ House of Five Leaves, by Natsume Ono (VIZ Media)
▪ Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)

Mejor Escritor

▪ Ian Boothby, Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book; Futurama Comics #47–50; Simpsons Comics #162, 168; Simpsons Super Spectacular #11–12 (Bongo)
▪ Joe Hill, Locke & Key (IDW)
▪ John Layman, Chew (Image)
▪ Jim McCann, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
▪ Nick Spencer, Morning Glories, Shuddertown, Forgetless, Existence 3.0 (Image)

Mejor Escritor/Artista

▪ Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
▪ Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
▪ Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 (DC)
▪ Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Studio)
▪ James Sturm, Market Day (Drawn & Quarterly)
▪ Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys (VIZ Media)

Mejor Dibujante/Entintador o Equipo de Dibujante/Entintador

▪ Richard Corben, Hellboy (Dark Horse)
▪ Stephen DeStefano, Lucky in Love Book One: A Poor Man's Story (Fantagraphics)
▪ Rob Guillory, Chew (Image)
▪ Gabriel Rodriguez, Locke & Key (IDW)
▪ Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel)

Mejor Pintor/Artista Multimedia (arte interior)

▪ Lynda Barry, Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book (Drawn & Quarterly)
▪ Brecht Evens, The Wrong Place (Drawn & Quarterly)
▪ Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
▪ Janet Lee, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
▪ Eric Liberge, On the Odd Hours (NBM)
▪ Carol Tyler, You'll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage (Fantagraphics)

Mejor Portadista

▪ Rodin Esquejo, Morning Glories (Shadowline/Image)
▪ Dave Johnson, Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain (Dark Horse); Unknown Soldier (Vertigo/DC); Punisher/Max, Deadpool (Marvel)
▪ Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse)
▪ David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard (Archaia)
▪ Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)

Mejor Colorista

▪ Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
▪ Metaphrog (Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers), Louis: Night Salad (Metaphrog)
▪ Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young's Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC)
▪ Hilary Sycamore, City of Spies, Resistance, Booth, Brain Camp, Solomon's Thieves (First Second)
▪ Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)

Mejor Letrista

▪ Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
▪ Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
▪ Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
▪ Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots ofDoom (WildStorm/DC); SHIELD (Marvel); Driver for the Dead (Radical)
▪ Doug TenNapel, Ghostopolis (Scholastic Graphix)
▪ Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)

Mejor Periodistico relacionado a Comics

▪ Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
▪ The Beat, produced by Heidi MacDonald (www.comicsbeat.com)
▪ ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com)
▪ ComicsAlliance, produced by Laura Hudson (www.comicsalliance.com)
▪ The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com)
▪ USA Today Comics Section, by Life Section Entertainment Editor Dennis Moore; Comics Section Lead, John Geddes (www.usatoday.com/life/comics/index)

Mejor Libro relacionado a Comics

▪ Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau, by Brian Walker (Yale University Press)
▪ Fire and Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics, by Blake Bell (Fantagraphics)
▪ The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, by Denis Kitchen and Charles Brownstein, edited by John Lind and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Books)
▪ Shazam! The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (Abrams Comicarts)
▪ 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN)

Mejor Diseño de Publicacion

▪ Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW)
▪ Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, designed by Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney (IDW)
▪ Return of the Dapper Men, designed by Todd Klein (Archaia)
▪ 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, designed by Josh Baker (TASCHEN)
▪ Two Generals, designed by Jennifer Lum (McClelland & Stewart)

Salon de la Fama - Eleccion de los Jurados:

▪ Ernie Bushmiller
▪ Jack Jackson
▪ Martin Nodell
▪ Lynd Ward

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Premios Eisner 2009

Finalmente se entregaron los Premios Eisner 2009, pueblo mío. Algunas sorpresas interesantes, por ejemplo la designación de All Star Superman como la mejor serie regular, la premiación del español Salvador Larocca (junto a Matt Fraction) en su Invencible Ironman como mejor serie nueva.

Neil Gailman vuelve al escenario, gracias a su Coraline, que gana en la categoría de series para adolescentes, mientras que Nate Powell gana en la prestigiosa categoría de novela gráfica nueva con su Swallow Me Whole.

La editorial Vertical gana la categoría Mejor Edición Norteamericana de Material Internacional gracias a su trabajo con la reedición del manga Dororo, de Ozamu Tezuka.

Estos son todos los ganadores:

Mejor historia corta

“Murder He Wrote,” por Ian Boothby, Nina Matsumoto, and Andrew Pepoy, in The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #14 (Bongo)

Mejor serie regular

All Star Superman por Grant Morrison y Frank Quitely (DC)

Mejor miniserie

Hellboy: The Crooked Man, por Mike Mignola y Richard Corben (Dark Horse)

Mejor serie nueva
Invincible Iron Man, por Matt Fraction y Salvador Larocca (Marvel)

Mejor Publicación para Niños
Tiny Titans, por Art Baltazar y Franco (DC)

Mejor Publicación para adolescentes
Coraline, por Neil Gaiman, adaptado por P. Craig Russell (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

Mejor Publicación de Humor
Herbie Archives, por “Sean O’Shea” (Richard E. Hughes) y Ogden Whitney (Dark Horse)

Mejor Antología
Comic Book Tattoo: Narrative Art Inspired by the Lyrics and Music of Tori Amos, editado por Rantz Hoseley (Image)

Mejor Comic Digital
Finder, por Carla Speed McNeil, www.shadowlinecomics.com/webcomics/#/finder/

Mejor Trabajo basado en la Realidad
What It Is, por Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Mejor Novela Gráfica — Nueva
Swallow Me Whole, por Nate Powell (Top Shelf)

Mejor Novela Gráfica — Reimpresión
Hellboy Library Edition, vols. 1 and 2, por Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)

Mejor Colección de Archivos/Tiras
Little Nemo in Slumberland, Many More Splendid Sundays, por Winsor McCay (Sunday Press Books)

Mejor Colección de Archivos/Comics
Creepy Archives, colectivo de varios autores (Dark Horse).

Mejor Edición Norteamericana de Material Internacional
The Last Musketeer, por Jason (Fantagraphics)

Mejor Edición Norteamericana de Material Internacional — Japón
Dororo, por Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)

Mejor Escritor
Bill Willingham, Fables, House of Mystery (Vertigo/DC)

Mejor Escritor/Artista
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library (Acme)

Mejor Dibujante/Entintador o Equipo de Dibujante/Entintador
Guy Davis, BPRD (Dark Horse)

Mejor Pintor/Artista Multimedia
Jill Thompson, Magic Trixie, Magic Trixie Sleeps Over (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

Mejor Portadista
James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse)

Mejor Colorista
Dave Stewart, Abe Sapien: The Drowning, BPRD, The Goon, Hellboy, Solomon Kane, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Body Bags (Image); Captain America: White (Marvel)

Mejor Letrista
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #19 (Acme)

Mejor Revista/Periódico relacionado con Comics
Comic Book Resources, producido por Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com)

Mejor Libro Relacionado con Comics
Kirby: King of Comics, por Mark Evanier (Abrams)

Mejor Diseño de Publicación
Hellboy Library Editions, diseño por Cary Grazzini y Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)

Entran al Salón de la Fama: Harold Gray, Graham Ingels, Russ Heath, Matt Baker, Jerry Iger y Reed Crandall.

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Nominados Eisner 2009

Se ha publicado la lista de los candidatos a los permios Eisner 2009. Para el visitante novel, este se trata de los galardones más importantes del cómic norteamericano y, claro, tienen trascendencia mundial. Tanto así que hasta personalidades del manga japonés concursan en esta, tal como hacen Akira Toriyama o Naoki Urusawa.

No dejen de echarle una leída a esta lista, para que la próxima vez que visiten el kiosko de revistas sepan cuál material vale la pena buscar.

Mejor historia corta

• - "Actual Size" , de Chris Ware, en Kramers Ergot 7 (Buenaventura Press)
• - "Chechen War, Chechen Women", de Joe Sacco, en I Live Here (Pantheon)
• - "Freaks", de Laura Park, en Superior Showcase #3 (AdHouse)
• - "Glenn Ganges in 'Pulverize", de Kevin Huizenga, en Ganges #2 (Fantagraphics)
• - "Murder He Wrote", de Ian Booth, Nina Matsumoto t Andrew Pepoy, en The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror #14 (Bongo)

Mejor serie

• - "All Star Superman", de Grant Morrison y Frank Quitely (DC)
• - "Fables", de Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Niko Henrichon, Andrew Pepoy y Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC)
• - "Naoki Urasawa's Monster", de Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
• - "Thor", de J. Michael Straczynski, Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales y various (Marvel)
• - "Usagi Yojimbo", de Stan Sakai (Dark Horse)

Mejor serie limitada

• - "Groo: Hell on Earth", de Sergio Aragonés y Mark Evanier (Dark Horse)
• - "Hellboy: The Crooked Man", de Mike Mignola y Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
• - "Locke & Key", de Joe Hill y Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
• - "Omega the Unknown", de Jonathan Lethem, Karl Rusnak y Farel Dalrymple (Marvel)
• - "The Twelve", de J. Michael Straczynski y Chris Weston (Marvel)

Mejor serie nueva

• - "Air", de G. Willow Wilson y M. K. Perker (Vertigo/DC)
• - "Echo, de Terry Moore" (Abstract Studio)
• - "Invincible Iron Man", de Matt Fraction y Salvador Larocca (Marvel)
• - "Madame Xanadu", de Matt Wagner, Amy Reeder Hadley y Richard Friend (Vertigo/DC)
• - "Unknown Soldier", de Joshua Dysart y Alberto Ponticelli (Vertigo/DC)

Mejor publicación infantil

• - "Amulet, Book 1: The Stonekeeper", de Kazu Kabuishi (Scholastic Graphix)
• - "Cowa!", de Akira Toriyama (Viz)
• - "Princess at Midnight", de Andi Watson (Image)
• - "Stinky", de Eleanor Davis (RAW Junior)
• - "Tiny Titans", de Art Baltazar and Franco (DC)

Mejor publicación juvenil

• - "Coraline", de Neil Gaiman, adaptado por P. Craig Russell (HarperCollins Children's Books)
• - "Crogan's Vengeance", de Chris Schweizer (Oni)
• - "The Good Neighbors, Book 1: Kin", de Holly Black y Ted Naifeh (Scholastic Graphix)
• - "Rapunzel's Revenge", de Shannon and Dean Hale y Nathan Hale (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
• - "Skim", de Mariko Tamaki y Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books)

Mejor publicación de humor

• - "Arsenic Lulla", de Pulp Edition No. Zero por Douglas Paszkiewicz (Arsenic Lulla)
• - "Chumble Spuzz", de Ethan Nicolle (SLG)
• - "Herbie Archives", de "Sean O'Shea" (Richard E. Hughes) and Ogden Whitney (Dark Horse)
• - "Petey and Pussy", de John Kerschbaum (Fantagraphics)
• - "Wondermark: Beards of Our Forefathers", de David Malki (Dark Horse)

Mejor antología

• - "An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories, Vol. 2", editor Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press)
• - "Best American Comics 2008", editado por Lynda Barry (Houghton Mifflin)
• - "Comic Book Tattoo: Narrative Art Inspired by the Lyrics and Music of Tori Amos", editado por Rantz Hoseley (Image)
• - "Kramers Ergot 7", editado por Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura Press)
• - "MySpace Dark Horse Presents", editado por Scott Allie y Sierra Hahn (Dark Horse)

Mejor cómic digital

• - "Bodyworld", de Dash Shaw, www.dashshaw.com
• - "Finder", de Carla Speed McNeil, www.shadowlinecomics.com/webcomics/#/finder/
• - "The Lady's Murder", de Eliza Frye, http://theladysmurder.elizafrye.com
• - "Speak No Evil: Melancholy of a Space Mexican", de Elan Trinidad, www.theoryofeverythingcomics.com/SNE/
• - "Vs.", de Alexis Sottile & Joe Infurnari, www.smithmag.net/nextdoorneighbor/2008/12/08/story-18/

Mejor trabajo basado en la realidad

• - "Alan's War", de Emmanuel Guibert (First Second)
• - "Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story", de Frederik Peeters (Houghton Mifflin)
• - "Fishtown", de Kevin Colden (IDW)
• - "A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh Child", de Rick Geary (NBM)
• - "What It Is", de Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Mejor album

• - "Alan's War", de Emmanuel Guibert (First Second)
• - "Paul Goes Fishing", de Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
• - "Skim", de Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books)
• - "Swallow Me Whole", de Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
• - "Three Shadows", de Cyril Pedrosa (First Second)

Mejor álbum (reimpresión)

• - "Berlin Book 2: City of Smoke", de Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly)
• - "Hellboy Library Edition, Vols. 1-2", de Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
• - "Sam & Max Surfin' the Highway Anniversary Edition HC", de Steve Purcell (Telltale Games)
• - "Skyscrapers of the Midwest", de Joshua W. Cotter (AdHouse)
• - "The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite", deluxe edition, de Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba (Dark Horse)

Mejor recopilación de tiras diarias

• - "The Complete Little Orphan Annie", de Harold Gray (IDW)
• - "Explainers", de Jules Feiffer (Fantagraphics)
• - "Little Nemo in Slumberland", Many More Splendid Sundays, de Winsor McCay (Sunday Press Books)
• - "Scorchy Smith and the Art of Noel Sickles" (IDW)
• - "Willie & Joe", de Bill Mauldin (Fantagraphics)

Mejor recopilación de comic-books

• - "Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!", de Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)
• - "Creepy Archives", de Various (Dark Horse)
• - "Elektra Omnibus", de Frank Miller y Bill Sienkiewicz (Marvel)
• - "Good Bye", de Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
• - "Herbie Archives", de "Sean O'Shea" (Richard E. Hughes) y Ogden Whitney (Dark Horse)

Mejor edición americana de cómic extranjero

• - "Alan's War", de Emmanuel Guibert (First Second)
• - "Gus and His Gang", de Chris Blain (First Second)
• - "The Last Musketeer", de Jason (Fantagraphics)
• - "The Rabbi's Cat 2", de Joann Sfar (Pantheon)
• - "Tamara Drewe", de Posy Simmonds (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin)

Mejor edición americana de cómic extranjero (Japón)

• - "Cat Eyed Boy", de Kazuo Umezu (Viz)
• - "Dororo", de Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
• - "Naoki Urasawa's Monster", de Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
• - "The Quest for the Missing Girl", de Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
• - "Solanin", de Inio Asano (Viz)

Mejor guionista

• - Joe Hill, por "Lock & Key" (IDW)
• - J. Michael Straczynski, por "Thor, The Twelve" (Marvel)
• - Mariko Tamaki, por "Skim" (Groundwood Books)
• - Matt Wagner, por "Zorro" (Dynamite); "Madame Xanadu" (Vertigo/DC)
• - Bill Willingham, por "Fables", "House of Mystery" (Vertigo/DC)

Mejor autor completo

• - Ricky Geary, por "A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh Child" (NBM); J. Edgar Hoover (Hill & Wang)
• - Emmanuel Guibert, por "Alan's War" (First Second)
• - Jason Lutes, por "Berlin" (Drawn & Quarterly)
• - Cyril Pedrosa, por "Three Shadows" (First Second)
• - Nate Powell, por "Swallow Me Whole" (Top Shelf)
• - Chris Ware, por "Acme Novelty Library" (Acme)

Mejor dibujante/entintador o equipo

• - Gabriel Ba, por "The Umbrella Academy" (Dark Horse)
• - Mark Buckingham/Steve Leialoha, por "Fables" (Vertigo/DC)
• - Olivier Coipel/Mark Morales, por "Thor" (Marvel)
• - Guy Davis, por "BPRD" (Dark Horse)
• - Amy Reeder Hadley/Richard Friend, por "Madame Xanadu" (Vertigo/DC)
• - Jillian Tamaki, por "Skim" (Groundwood Books)

Mejor pintor/artista multimedia

• - Lynda Barry, por "What It Is" (Drawn & Quarterly)
• - Eddie Campbell, por "The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard" (First Second)
• - Enrico Casarosa, por "The Venice Chronicles" (Atelier Fio/AdHouse)
• - Scott Morse, por "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" (Red Window)
• - Jill Thompson, por "Magic Trixie", "Magic Trixie Sleeps Over" (HarperCollins Children's Books)

Mejor portadista

• - Gabriel Ba, por "Casanova" (Image); "The Umbrella Academy" (Dark Horse)
• - Jo Chen, por "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Serenity" (Dark Horse); "Runaways" (Marvel)
• - Amy Reeder Hadley, por "Madame Xanadu" (Vertigo/DC)
• - James Jean, por "Fables" (Vertigo/DC); "The Umbrella Academy" (Dark Horse)
• - Matt Wagner, por "Zorro" (Dynamite); "Grendel: Behold the Devil" (Dark Horse

Mejor colorista

• - Steve Hamaker, por "Bone: Ghost Circles", "Bone: Treasure Hunters" (Scholastic Graphix)
• - Trish Mulvihill, por "Joker" (DC), "100 Bullets" (Vertigo/DC)
• - Val Staples, por "Criminal", "Incognito" (Marvel Icon)
• - Dave Stewart, por "Abe Sapien: The Drowning", "BPRD", "The Goon", "Hellboy", "Solomon Kane", "The Umbrella Academy" (Dark Horse); "Body Bags" (Image); "Captain America: White" (Marvel)
• - Chris Ware, por "Acme Novelty Library #19" (Acme)

Mejor rotulista

• - Faryl Dalrymple, por "Omega: The Unknown" (Marvel)
• - Jimmy Gownley, por "Amelia Rules!" (Renaissance)
• - Scott Morse, por "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" (Red Window)
• - Nate Powell, por "Swallow Me Whole" (Top Shelf)
• - Chris Ware, por "Acme Novelty Library #19" (Acme)

Mejor trabajo periodístico

• - Comic Book Resources, producido por Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com)
• - The Comics Journal, editado por Gary Groth, Michael Dean, y Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
• - The Comics Reporter, producido por Tom Spurgeon y Jordan Raphael (www.comicsreporter.com)
• - Comics Comics, editado por Timothy Hodler y Dan Nadel (www.comicscomicsmag.com) (PictureBox)

Mejor libro teórico

• - "Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Fron"t, de Todd DePastino (Norton)
• - "Brush with Passion: The Art and Life of Dave Stevens", editado por Arnie y Cathy Fenner (Underwood)
• - "Drawing Words and Writing Pictures", de Jessica Abel y Matt Madden (First Second)
• - "Kirby: King of Comics", de Mark Evanier (Abrams)
• - "The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America", de David Hajdu (Picador/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Mejor diseño

• - Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*! diseñado por Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)
• - Comic Book Tattoo, diseñado por Tom Muller, dirección artística de de Rantz Hoseley (Image)
• - "Hellboy Library Editions", diseñado por Cary Grazzini y Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
• - "What It Is", diseñado por Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
• - "Willie and Joe", diseñado por Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)

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