Tegneserieverdenens nok mest prestigefyldte pris, Eisner Awards, blev uddelt i går på San Diego Comic Con. Vinderne er:
Best Short Story
“A Frog’s Eye View,” by Bill Willingham and James Jean, in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Batman/The Spirit #1: “Crime Convention,” by Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke (DC)Best Continuing Series
All Star Superman, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC)Best Limited Series
Batman: Year 100, by Paul Pope (DC)Best New Series
Criminal, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)Best Title for a Younger Audience
Gumby, by Bob Burden and Rick Geary (Wildcard)Best Humor Publication
Flaming Carrot Comics, by Bob Burden (Desperado/Image)Best Anthology
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, by Bill Willingham and various (Vertigo/DC)Best Digital Comic
Sam and Max, by Steve PurcellBest Reality-Based Work
Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)Best Graphic Album – New
American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)Best Graphic Album – Reprint
Absolute DC: The New Frontier, by Darwyn Cooke (DC)Best Archival Collection/Project – Strips
The Complete Peanuts, 1959-1960, 1961-1962, by Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics)Best Archival Collection/Project – Comic Books
Absolute Sandman, vol. 1, by Neil Gaiman and various (Vertigo/DC)Best U.S. Edition of International Material
The Left Bank Gang, by Jason (Fantagraphics)Best U.S. Edition of International Material – Japan
Old Boy, by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi (Dark Horse Manga)Best Writer
Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Daredevil (Marvel); Criminal (Marvel Icon)Best Writer/Artist
Paul Pope, Batman: Year 100 (DC)Best Writer/Artist – Humor
Tony Millionaire, Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics); Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident (Dark Horse)Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Mark Buckingham/Steve Leialoha, Fables (Vertigo/DC)Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Jill Thompson, “A Dog and His Boy” in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters; “Love Triangle” in Sexy Chix (Dark Horse); “Fair Division,” in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)Best Cover Artist
James Jean, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)Best Coloring
Dave Stewart, BPRD, Conan, The Escapists, Hellboy (Dark Horse); Action Comics, Batman/The Spirit, Superman (DC)Best Lettering
Todd Klein, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall; Pride of Baghdad, Testament (Vertigo/DC); Fantastic Four: 1602, Eternals (Marvel); Lost Girls (Top Shelf)Special Recognition
Hope Larson, Gray Horses (Oni)Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)Best Comics-Related Book
The Art of Brian Bolland, edited by Joe Pruett (Desperado/Image)Best Publication Design
Absolute DC: The New Frontier, designed by Darwyn Cooke (DC)Hall of Fame
Judges’ Choices (2): Robert Kanigher and Ogden Whitney
– Ross Andru & Mike Esposito
– Dick Ayers
– Wayne Boring
– Joe Orlando
Ingen store overraskelser – det er godt at se Ed Brubaker få noget anerkendelse, da han er en af de mest solide forfattere i dag. Ellers er det jo i nogen grad Tordenskjolds soldater set i forhold til tidligere prisuddelinger, men da det er yderst kvalificerede folk der render med priserne, er det ok.