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2007 Eisner Awards

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Best Short Story

 

* "The Black Knight Glorps Again," by Don Rosa, in Uncle Scrooge #354 (Gemstone)

* "Felix," by Gabrielle Bell, in Drawn & Quarterly Showcase 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)

* "A Frog’s Eye View," by Bill Willingham and James Jean, in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)

* "Old Oak Trees," by Tony Cliff, in Flight 3 (Ballantine)

* "Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man," by Stan Lee, Oliver Coipel, and Mark Morales, in Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man (Marvel)

* "Willie: Portrait of a Groundskeeper," by Eric Powell, in Bart Simpsons’s Treehouse of Horror #12 (Bongo)

 

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)

 

* Batman/The Spirit #1: "Crime Convention," by Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke (DC)

* A Late Freeze, by Danica Novgorodoff (Danica Novgorodoff)

* The Preposterous Adventures of Ironhide Tom, by Joel Priddy (AdHouse)

* Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3, by Joshua Cotter (AdHouse)

* They Found the Car, by Gipi (Fantagraphics)

 

Best Continuing Series

 

* All Star Superman, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC)

* Captain America, by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting (Marvel)

* Daredevil, by Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark, and Stefano Gaudiano (Marvel)

* Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, by Naoki Urasawa (Viz)

* The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard (Image)

* Young Avengers, by Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, and various inkers (Marvel)

 

Best Limited Series

 

* Batman: Year 100, by Paul Pope (DC)

* The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M, by Frank Beddor, Liz Cavalier, and Ben Templesmith (Desperado/Image)

* The Other Side, by Jason Aaron and Cameron Stewart (Vertigo/DC)

* Scarlet Traces: The Great Game, by Ian Edginton and D’Israeli (Dark Horse)

* Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident, by Tony Millionaire (Dark Horse)

 

# Best New Series

 

* Criminal, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)

* East Coast Rising, by Becky Cloonan (Tokyopop)

* Gumby, by Bob Burden and Rick Geary (Wildcard)

* Jack of Fables, by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins, and Andrew Pepoy (Vertigo/DC)

* The Lone Ranger, by Brett Matthews and Sergio Cariello (Dynamite)

 

Best Publication for a Younger Audience

 

* Chickenhare, by Chris Grine (Dark Horse)

* Drawing Comics Is Easy (Except When It’s Hard), by Alexa Kitchen (Denis Kitchen Publishing)

* Gumby, by Bob Burden and Rick Geary (Wildcard)

* Moomin, by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)

* To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel, by Sienna Cherson and Mark Siegel (Simon & Schuster)

 

Best Humor Publication

 

* Flaming Carrot Comics, by Bob Burden (Desperado/Image)

* Onionhead Monster Attacks, by Paul Friedrich (Hellcar)

* Schizo #4, by Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics)

* Tales Designed to Thrizzle, by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics)

* Truth Serum, by Jon Adams (City Cyclops)

 

Best Anthology

 

* Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, by Bill Willingham and various (Vertigo/DC)

* Hotwire Comix and Capers #1, edited by Glenn Head (Fantagraphics)

* Japan as Viewed by 17 Creators, edited by Frédéric Boilet (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)

* Kramers Ergot 6, edited by Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura Press)

* Project: Romantic, edited by Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)

 

Best Digital Comic

 

* Bee, in "Motel Art Improvement Service," by Jason Little, beecomix.com

* Girl Genius, by Phil and Kaja Foglio, www.girlgeniusonline.com

* Minus, by Ryan Armand, www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus1.html

* Phables, by Brad Guigar, www.phables.com

* Sam and Max, by Steve Purcell, telltalegames.com/community/comics/samandmax/issue-3

* Shooting War, by Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman, www.shootingwar.com

 

Best Reality-Based Work

 

* Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)

* I Love Led Zeppelin, by Ellen Forney (Fantagraphics)

* Mom’s Cancer, by Brian Fies (Abrams)

* Project X Challengers: Cup Noodle, by Tadashi Katoh (Digital Manga)

* Stagger Lee, by Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix (Image)

 

Best Graphic Album—New

 

* American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)

* Billy Hazelnuts, by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics)

* Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)

* Ninja, by Brian Chippendale (Gingko Press)

* Scrublands, by Joe Daly (Fantagraphics)

* The Ticking, by Renée French (Top Shelf)

 

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

 

* Absolute DC: The New Frontier, by Darwyn Cooke (DC)

* Castle Waiting, by Linda Medley (Fantagraphics)

* Mom’s Cancer, by Brian Fies(Abrams)

* Shadowland, by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)

* Truth Serum, by Jon Adams (City Cyclops)

 

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

 

* The Complete Peanuts, 1959–1960, 1961–1962, by Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics)

* Mary Perkins On Stage, by Leonard Starr (Classic Comics Press)

* Moomin, by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)

* Popeye: I Yam What I Yam, by E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics)

* Walt & Skeezix, vol. 2, by Frank King (Drawn & Quarterly)

 

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

 

* Abandon the Old In Tokyo, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)

* Absolute Sandman, vol. 1, by Neil Gaiman and various (Vertigo/DC)

* Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900–1969, by Dan Nadel (Abrams)

* The Eternals, by Jack Kirby (Marvel)

* Ode to Kirihito, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)

 

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

 

* A.L.I.E.E.E.N., by Lewis Trondheim (First Second)

* De:TALES, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)

* Hwy 115, by Matthias Lehmann (Fantagraphics)

* The Left Bank Gang, by Jason (Fantagraphics)

* Pizzeria Kamikaze, by Etgar Keret and Asaf Hanuka (Alternative)

 

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan

 

* After School Nightmare, by Setona Mizushiro (Go! Comi)

* Antique Bakery, by Fumi Yoshinaga (Digital Manga)

* Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, by Naoki Urasawa (Viz)

* Old Boy, by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi (Dark Horse Manga)

* Walking Man, by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)

 

# Best Writer

 

* Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Daredevil (Marvel); Criminal (Marvel Icon)

* Bob Burden, Gumby (Wildcard)

* Ian Edginton, Scarlet Traces: The Great Game (Dark Horse)

* Grant Morrison, All Star Superman, Batman, 52, Seven Soldiers (DC)

* Bill Willingham, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)

 

Best Writer/Artist

 

* Allison Bechdel, Fun Home (Houghton Mifflin)

* Renée French, The Ticking (Top Shelf)

* Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets, New Tales of Old Palomar (Fantagraphics); Sloth (Vertigo/DC)

* Paul Pope, Batman: Year 100 (DC)

* Joann Sfar, Klezmer, Vampire Loves (First Second)

 

Best Writer/Artist—Humor

 

* Ivan Brunetti, Schizo(Fantagraphics)

* Lilli Carré, Tales of Woodsman Pete (Top Shelf)

* Michael Kupperman, Tales Designed to Thrizzle (Fantagraphics)

* Tony Millionaire, Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics); Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident (Dark Horse)

* Lewis Trondheim, A.L.I.E.E.E.N. (First Second); Mr. I (NBM)

 

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

 

* Mark Buckingham/Steve Leialoha, Fables (Vertigo/DC)

* Tony Harris/Tom Feister, Ex Machina(WildStorm/DC)

* Niko Henrichon, Pride of Baghdad (Vertigo/DC)

* Michael Lark/Stefano Gaudiano, Daredevil (Marvel)

* Sonny Liew, Wonderland (SLG)

* Steven McNiven/Dexter Vines, Civil War (Marvel)

 

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

 

* Nicolas De Crecy, Glacial Period (NBM)

* Melinda Gebbie, Lost Girls (Top Shelf)

* Ben Templesmith, Fell (Image); The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M (Desperado/Image); Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW)

* 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)

* Brett Weldele, Southland Tales: Prequel Saga (Graphitti); Silent Ghost (Markosia)

 

Best Cover Artist

 

* John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); The Escapists (Dark Horse); The Lone Ranger (Dynamite)

* Tony Harris, Conan (Dark Horse); Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC)

* James Jean, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)

* Dave Johnson, 100 Bullets (Vertigo/DC); Zombie Tales, Cthulu Tales, Black Plague (Boom!)

* J. G. Jones, 52 (DC)

 

Best Coloring

 

* Kristian Donaldson, Supermarket (IDW)

* Hubert, The Left Bank Gang (Fantagraphics)

* Lark Pien, American Born Chinese (First Second)

* Dave Stewart, BPRD, Conan, The Escapists, Hellboy (Dark Horse); Action Comics, Batman/The Spirit, Superman (DC)

* Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #17 (ACME Novelty)

 

Best Lettering

 

* Ivan Brunetti, Schizo(Fantagraphics)

* 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)

* Clem Robins, BPRD, The Dark Horse Book of Monsters, Hellboy (Dark Horse); Loveless, 100 Bullets, Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC)

* Richard Sala, The Grave Robber’s Daughter, Delphine (Fantagraphics)

* Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #17 (ACME Novelty)

 

Special Recognition

 

* Ross Campbell, Abandoned (Tokyopop); Wet Moon 2 (Oni)

* Svetlana Chmakova, Dramacon(Tokyopop)

* Hope Larson, Gray Horses (Oni)

* Dash Shaw, The Mother’s Mouth (Alternative)

* Kasimir Strzepek, Mourning Star (Bodega)

 

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

 

* Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)

* Comic Art 8, edited by Todd Hignite (Buenaventura Press)

* The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, Dirk Deppey, Michael Dean, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)

* The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon and Jordan Raphael (www.Comicsreporter.com)

* ¡Journalista!, produced by Dirk Deppey (Fantagraphics, www.tcj.com/journalista/)

 

Best Comics-Related Book

 

* The Art of Brian Bolland, edited by Joe Pruett (Desperado/Image)

* Cartoon America: Comic Art in the Library of Congress, edited by Harry Katz (Abrams)

* Dear John: The Alex Toth Doodle Book, by John Hitchcock (Octopus Press)

* In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists, by Todd Hignite (Yale University Press)

* Wally’s World, by Steve Sarger and J. David Spurlock (Vanguard)

 

Best Publication Design

 

* Absolute DC: The New Frontier, designed by Darwyn Cooke (DC)

* Castle Waiting graphic novel, designed by Adam Grano (Fantagraphics)

* Lost Girls, designed by Matt Kindt and Brett Warnock (Top Shelf)

* Popeye: I Yam What I Yam, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)

* The Ticking, designed by Jordan Crane (Top Shelf)

 

Hall of Fame

 

Judges’ Choices: Robert Kanigher and Ogden Whitney

 

Voters will choose four from among:

 

* Ross Andru & Mike Esposito

* Ayers

* Bernard Baily

* Matt Baker

* Wayne Boring

* Creig Flessel

* Harold Gray

* Irwin Hasen

* Graham Ingels

* Joe Orlando

* Lily Renée (Peters) Phillips

* Bob Powell

* Gilbert Shelton

* Cliff Sterrett

 

 

Pride of Bagdad was way over looked IMO.

 

How is Arthur Suydam not nominated for cover artist?! 893naughty-thumb.gif

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My picks:

 

Best Continuing Series

 

* All Star Superman, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC)

 

# Best New Series

 

 

* Jack of Fables, by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins, and Andrew Pepoy (Vertigo/DC)

 

# Best Writer

 

* Grant Morrison, All Star Superman, Batman, 52, Seven Soldiers (DC)

 

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

 

 

* Ben Templesmith, Fell (Image); The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M (Desperado/Image); Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW)

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