Nominados a los Eisner 2008

Mejor historia corta

  • "Book", de Yuichi Yokoyama, en New Engineering (PictureBox)
  • "At Loose Ends", de Lewis Trondheim, en Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)
  • "Mr. Wonderful", de Dan Clowes, en New York Times Sunday Magazine (disponible online)
  • "Town of Evening Calm", de Fumiyo Kouno, en Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (Last Gasp)
  • "Whatever Happened to Fletcher Hanks?", de Paul Karasik, en I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! (Fantagraphics)
  • "Young Americans", de Emile Bravo, en Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)


  • Mejor número unitario

  • Amelia Rules! #18: "Things I Cannot Change", de Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance)
  • Delilah Dirk and the Treasure of Constantinople, de Tony Cliff (autopublicado)
  • Johnny Hiro #1, de Fred Chao (AdHouse)
  • Justice League of America #11: "Walls", de Brad Meltzer y Gene Ha (DC)
  • Sensational Spider-Man Annual: "To Have or to Hold", de Matt Fraction y Salvador Larroca (Marvel)


  • Mejor serie

  • The Boys, de Garth Ennis y Darick Robertson (Dynamite)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, de Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, y Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
  • Naoki Urasawa's Monster, de Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
  • The Spirit, de Darwyn Cooke (DC)
  • Y: The Last Man, de Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, y Jose Marzan, Jr. (Vertigo/DC)


  • Mejor serie limitada

  • Atomic Robo, de Brian Clevinger y Scott Wegender (Red 5 Comics)
  • Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, de Peter David, Robin Furth, y Jae Lee (Marvel)
  • Nightly News, de Jonathan Hickman (Image)
  • Parade (with Fireworks), de Michael Cavallaro (Shadowline/Image)
  • The Umbrella Academy, de Gerard Way y Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)


  • Mejor serie nueva

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, de Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, y Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
  • Immortal Iron Fist, de Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja, y otros (Marvel)
  • Johnny Hiro, de Fred Chao (AdHouse)
  • The Infinite Horizon, de Gerry Duggan y Phil Noto (Image)
  • Scalped, de Jason Aaron y R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)


  • Mejor publicación infantil

  • Amelia Rules! y Amelia Rules! Funny Stories, de Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance)
  • Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, editado por Jeremy Barlow (Dark Horse)
  • Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 y Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, de David Petersen (Archaia)
  • The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, de Peter Sis (Frank Foster Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  • Yotsuba&!, de Kiyohiko Azuma (ADV)


  • Mejor publicación juvenil

  • Laika, de Nick Abadzis (First Second)
  • The Mighty Skullboy Army, de Jacob Chabot (Dark Horse)
  • The Annotated Northwest Passage, de Scott Chantler (Oni)
  • PX! Book One: A Girl and Her Panda, de Manny Trembley y Eric A. Anderson (Shadowline/Image)
  • Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, de James Sturm y Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)


  • Mejor publicación de humor

  • Dwight T. Albatross's The Goon Noir, editado por Matt Dryer (Dark Horse)
  • Johnny Hiro, de Fred Chao (AdHouse)
  • Lucha Libre, de Jerry Frissen, Bill, Gobi, Fabien M., Nikola Witko, Hervé Tanquelle et al. (Image)
  • Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories, de Nicholas Gurewitch (Dark Horse)
  • Wonton Soup, de James Stokoe (Oni)


  • Mejor antología

  • Best American Comics 2007, editado por Anne Elizabeth Moore y Chris Ware (Houghton Mifflin)
  • 5, de Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Fabio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, y Rafael Grampa (autopublicado)
  • Mome, editado por Gary Groth y Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
  • Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened, editado por Jason Rodriguez (Villard)
  • 24Seven, vol. 2, editado por Ivan Bryon (Image)


  • Mejor cómic online

  • The Abominable Charles Christopher, de Karl Kerschl
  • Billy Dogma, Immortal, de Dean Haspiel
  • The Process, de Joe Infurnari
  • PX!, de Manny Trembley y Eric A. Anderson
  • Sugarshock!, de Joss Whedon y Fabio Moon


  • Mejor historia basada en hechos reales

  • Laika, de Nick Abadzis (First Second)
  • The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, de Ann Marie Fleming (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
  • Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, de James Sturm y Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
  • Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, de Percy Carey y Ronald Wimberly (Vertigo/DC)
  • White Rapids, de Pascal Blanchet (Drawn & Quarterly)


  • Mejor novela gráfica - Nueva

  • The Arrival, de Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
  • Bookhunter, de Jason Shiga (Sparkplug Books)
  • Essex County, vols. 1-2: Tales from the Farm/Ghost Stories, de Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
  • Exit Wounds, de Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Percy Gloom, de Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)


  • Mejor novela gráfica - Reedición

  • Agents of Atlas Hardcover, de Jeff Parker, Leonard Kirk, y Kris Justice (Marvel)
  • Gødly Celestial Edition, de Joe Casey y Tom Scioli (Image)
  • James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems, de James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, de David Petersen (Archaia)
  • Super Spy, de Matt Kindt (Top Shelf)


  • Mejor proyecto de recuperación - Tiras

  • (The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, de Winsor McCay (Ulrich Merkl)
  • Complete Terry and the Pirates, vol. 1, de Milton Caniff (IDW)
  • Little Sammy Sneeze, de Winsor McCay (Sunday Press)
  • Popeye, vol. 2: Well Blow Me Down, de E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics)
  • Sundays with Walt and Skeezix, de Frank King (Sunday Press)


  • Mejor proyecto de recuperación - Comic-book

  • Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus, vol. 1, de Stan Lee y Steve Ditko (Marvel)
  • Apollo's Song, de Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin, de Don Martin (Running Press)
  • Daredevil Omnibus, de Frank Miller y Klaus Janson (Marvel)
  • I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!, de Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics)


  • Mejor edición de material internacional

  • The Arrival, de Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
  • Aya, de Marguerite Abouet y Clement Obrerie (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Garage Band, de Gipi (First Second)
  • I Killed Adolf Hitler, de Jason (Fantagraphics)
  • The Killer, de Matz y Luc Jacamon (Archaia)


  • Mejor edición de material internacional - Japón

  • The Ice Wanderer and Other Stories, de Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
  • MW, de Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
  • Naoki Urasawa's Monster, de Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
  • New Engineering, de Yuichi Yokoyama (PictureBox)
  • Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White, de Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz)
  • Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, de Fumiyo Kouno (Last Gasp)


  • Mejor guionista

  • Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Criminal, Daredevil, Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel)
  • James Sturm, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
  • Brian K. Vaughan, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse); Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC), Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC)
  • Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse)
  • Brian Wood, DMZ, Northlyers (Vertigo/DC); Local (Oni)


  • Mejor escritor / artista

  • Jeff Lemire, Essex County: Tales from the Farm/Ghost Stories (Top Shelf)
  • Rutu Modan, Exit Wounds (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Shaun Tan, The Arrival (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
  • Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)
  • Fumi Yoshinaga, Flower of Life; The Moon and Syals (Digital Manga)


  • Mejor escritor / artista - Humor

  • Kyle Baker, The Bakers: Babies and Kittens (Image)
  • Fred Chao, Johnny Hiro (AdHouse)
  • Bryon Graham, King City (Tokyopop); Multiple Warheads (Oni)
  • Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)
  • James Stokoe, Wonton Soup (Oni)


  • Mejor dibujante / entintador

  • Steve Epting/Butch Guice/Mike Perkins, Captain America (Marvel)
  • Pia Guerra/Jose Marzan, Jr., Y: The Last Man (Vertical/DC)
  • Jae Lee, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
  • Takeshi Obata, Death Note, Hikaru No Go (Viz)
  • Ethan Van Sciver, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps (DC)


  • Mejor artista multimedia (arte interior)

  • Ann-Marie Fleming, The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
  • Eric Powell, The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse)
  • Bryan Talbot, Alice in Sunderly (Dark Horse)
  • Ben Templesmith, Fell (Image); 30 Days of Night: Red Snow; Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW)


  • Mejor portadista

  • John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
  • James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2; Superior Showcase 2 (AdHouse)
  • J. G. Jones, 52 (DC)
  • Jae Lee, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
  • Jim Lee, All Star Batman y Robin the Boy Wonder (DC); World of Warcraft (WildStorm/DC)


  • Mejor colorista

  • Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! (Renaissance)
  • Steve Hamaker, Bone, vols. 5 y 6 (Scholastic); Shazam: Monster Society of Evil (DC)
  • Richard Isanove, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
  • Ronda Pattison, Atomic Robo (Red 5 Comics)
  • Dave Stewart, BPRD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cut, Hellboy, Lobster Johnson, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); The Spirit (DC)
  • Alex Wald, Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman)


  • Mejor rotulista

  • Jared K. Fletcher, Catwoman, The Spirit (DC); Sentences: Life of MF Grimm (Vertigo/DC)
  • Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! (Renaissance)
  • Todd Klein, Justice, Simon Dark (DC); Fables, Jack of Fables, Crossing Midnight (Vertigo/DC); League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (WildStorm/DC); Nexus (Rude Dude)
  • Lewis Trondheim, "At Loose Ends", Mome 7 & 8 (Fantagraphics)
  • Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)


  • Reconocimiento especial

  • Chuck BB, Black Metal (artista, Oni)
  • Matt Silady, The Homeless Channel (escritor/artista, AiT/PlanetLar)
  • Jamie Tanner, The Aviary (escritor/artista, AdHouse)
  • James Vining, First in Space (escritor/artista, Oni)


  • Mejor medio de divulgación

  • Comic Art #9, editado por Todd Hignite (Buenaventura Press)
  • Comic Foundry, editado por Tim Leong (Comic Foundry)
  • The Comics Journal, editado por Gary Groth, Michael Dean, y Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
  • The Comics Reporter, de Tom Spurgeon y Jordan Raphael
  • Newsarama, de Matt Brady y Michael Doran


  • Mejor libro sobre cómics

  • The Art of P. Craig Russell, editado por Joe Pruett (Desperado)
  • The Artist Within, de Greg Preston (Dark Horse)
  • Manga: The Complete Guide, de Jason Thompson (Del Rey Manga)
  • Meanwhile... A Biography of Milton Caniff, de R. C. Harvey (Fantagraphics)
  • Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work y What They Mean, de Douglas Wolk (Da Capo Press)
  • Understying Manga and Anime, de Robin Brenner (Libraries Unlimited/Greenwood Publishing)


  • Mejor diseño

  • (The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, diseñado por Ulrich Merkl (Ulrich Merkl)
  • Complete Terry and the Pirates, diseñado por Dean Mullaney (IDW)
  • Heroes, vol. 1, diseñado por John Roshell/Comicraft (WildStorm/DC)
  • Little Sammy Sneeze, diseñado por Philippe Ghielmetti (Sunday Press)
  • Process Recess 2, diseñado por James Jean y Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)
  • Sundays with Walt and Skeezix, diseñado por Chris Ware (Sunday Press)


  • Salón de la fama

    Elección del jurado: R. F. Outcault, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

    Nominados (4 serán seleccionados por los votantes):

    Matt Baker
    John Broome
    Reed Cryall
    Rudolph Dirks
    Arnold Drake
    George Evans
    Creig Flessel
    Graham Ingels
    Mort Meskin
    Tarpe Mills
    Gilbert Shelton
    George Tuska
    Mort Weisinger
    Len Wein
    Barry Windsor-Smith

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