This past weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, the winners of 2018 Eisner Awards were announced. Named for comics legend Will Eisner, the Eisner Awards are given by members of the comics industry to celebrate outstanding works in the field of comics. Here are some of this year's winners! (The full list is available at the San Diego Comic-Con website.)
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Best Continuing Series Monstress by Marjorie M Liu A survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and the Arcanics, teenager Maika Halfwolf is both the hunter and hunted as she seeks answers about her mysterious past. |
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Best Limited Series Black Panther : world of Wakanda by Roxane Gay While Midnight Angels Ayo and Aneka, recruited into the elite Wakandan task force Dora Milaje, are assigned to protect Queen Shuri, King T'Challa lies with bedfellows so dark that disgrace is inevitable; plus, the full origins of the People's mysterious leader, Zenzi, is revealed. |
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Best New Series Black Bolt : hard time by Saladin Ahmed To learn the truth about who has imprisoned him, Black Bolt will have to win a fight to the death, but his jailer only knows fear and penance |
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Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8) Good night, Planet by Liniers After a long day of jumping in the leaves and reading her favorite books, this little girl is worn out—but her favorite stuffed animal, Planet, is just getting started. Planet befriends a dog, gobbles a cookie and takes a leap into the unknown. This tender, gorgeous tale by internationally renowned cartoonist Liniers will reveal to early readers the wonders that exist at night, in secret, after they close their eyes. |
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Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12) The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill When Greta, a blacksmith apprentice, discovers a lost tea dragon at the marketplace, she learns about the dying art form from Hesekiel and Erik |
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Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17) Monstress by Marjorie M Liu A survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and the Arcanics, teenager Maika Halfwolf is both the hunter and hunted as she seeks answers about her mysterious past. |
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Best Humor Publication Baking with Kafka by Tom Gauld In his inimitable style, British cartoonist Tom Gauld has opened comics to a crossover audience and challenged perceptions of what the medium can be. Noted as a "book-lover's cartoonist," Gauld's weekly strips in the Guardian, Britain's most well-regarded newspaper, stitch together the worlds of literary criticism and pop culture to create brilliantly executed, concise comics. |
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Best Reality-Based Work
Spinning by Tillie Walden Unable to conceive of a life beyond her competitive training regimen, a teen figure skater begins to question her unrelenting lifestyle in the wake of a growing passion for art and a first love with a new girlfriend. |
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Best Graphic Album—New My favorite thing is monsters by Emil Ferris Filled with B-horror movie and pulp monster iconography, the diary of ten-year-old Karen Reyes records her investigation into the murder of her upstairs neighbor Anka Silverberg, a Holocaust survivor. |
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Best Graphic Album—Reprint Boundless by Jillian Tamaki Collects a series of comics that explore the virtual and real life world of contemporary women. |
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Best Adaptation from Another Medium Octavia Butler's kindred : A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy Inexplicably pulled back in time to the antebellum South, a contemporary Black woman, raised in the age of Civil Rights and Black Power, must confront the harsh realities of Black history in America. |
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Best U.S. Edition of International Material Run for It : Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom by Marcelo D'salete Run for It--a starkly stunning graphic novel by internationally acclaimed illustrator Marcelo d'Salete--is one of the first literary and artistic efforts to confront Brazil's hidden history of slavery. Seen through the eyes of its victims, Run for It tells of ordinary slaves who rebel against their masters. Run for It's vivid illustrations and magical realism engage the reader's poetic imagination through stories of individual suffering caused by the horrors of slavery. |
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Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia by Gengoroh Tagame When a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan—who declares himself the widower of Yaichi’s estranged gay twin, Ryoji—arrives on the doorstep of Yaichi's family in Japan, hoping to explore Ryoji's past, the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in, changing their lives in the process. |
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Best Academic/Scholarly Work Latinx superheroes in mainstream comics by Frederick Luis Aldama Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics offers the first thorough exploration of Latino/a superheroes in mainstream comic books, TV shows, and movies. |