På den nys overståede Comicon i San Diego blev årets Eisner-priser uddelt for 25. gang. Eisnerpriserne er USAs største, mest sejlivede og prestigefyldte priser for tegneserier. De nominerede bliver udvalgt af en femmandsjury, og vinderne er derefter fundet ved afstemning blandt tegneserieskabere, -udgivere, -forhandlere og andre folk fra den amerikanske tegneseriebranche.
Årets store vindere var forfatteren Brian K. Vaughan, der for sin og Fiona Staples’ serie Saga vandt priser i flere af de tunge kategorier (læs Nummer9s anmeldelse her), såvel som Chris Ware, der vandt en række priser for sit seneste større arbejde Building Stories (Læs Nummer9s rundbordssamtale om værket her). Også David Aja, tegner på hans og Matt Fractions serie Hawkeye er en af gengangerne på listen (læs Nummer9s omtale her). Det blev desværre ikke til en pris til danske Teddy Kristiansen, der var nomineret i kategorien Best Painter/Multimedia Artist. Se listen over nominerede her.
Hermed listen over vindere:
Best Short Story: “Moon 1969: The True Story of the 1969 Moon Launch,” af Michael Kupperman, i Tales Designed to Thrizzle #8 (Fantagraphics)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot): The Mire, af Becky Cloonan (selvudgiven)
Best Continuing Series: Saga, af Brian K. Vaughan og Fiona Staples (Image)
Best New Series: Saga, af Brian K. Vaughan og Fiona Staples (Image)
Best Publication for Early Readers (under 7 år): Babymouse for President, af Jennifer L. Holm og Matthew Holm (Random House)
Best Publication for Kids (8–12 år): Adventure Time, af Ryan North, Shelli Paroline og Braden Lamb (kaboom!)
Best Publication for Teens (13–17 år): A Wrinkle in Time, af Madeleine L’Engle, versioneret af Hope Larson (FSG)
Best Humor Publication: Darth Vader and Son, af Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)
Best Digital Comic: Bandette, af Paul Tobin og Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
Best Anthology: Dark Horse Presents, redigeret af Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
Best Reality-Based Work (uafgjort mellem): Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, af Joseph Lambert (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney Hyperion); The Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song, af Frank M. Young og David Lasky (Abrams ComicArts)
Best Graphic Album—New: Building Stories, af Chris Ware (Pantheon)
Best Adaptation from Another Medium: Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score, versioneret af Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint: King City, af Brandon Graham (TokyoPop/Image)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: Pogo vol. 2: Bona Fide Balderdash, af Walt Kelly, redigeret af Carolyn Kelly og Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil Born Again: Artist’s Edition, redigeret af Scott Dunbier (IDW
Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Blacksad: Silent Hell, af Juan Díaz Canales og Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia: Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, af Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
Best Writer: Brian K. Vaughan, Saga (Image)
Best Writer/Artist: Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon)
Best Penciler/Inker (uafgjort mellem): David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel), Chris Samnee, Daredevil (Marvel); Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom (IDW)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art): Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
Best Cover Artist: David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)
Best Coloring: Dave Stewart, Batwoman (DC); Fatale (Image); BPRD, Conan the Barbarian, Hellboy in Hell, Lobster Johnson, The Massive (Dark Horse)
Best Lettering: Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: The Comics Reporter, redigeret af Tom Spurgeon, www.comicsreporter.com
Best Comics-Related Book: Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, af Sean Howe (HarperCollins)
Best Educational/Academic Work: Lynda Barry: Girlhood Through the Looking Glass, af Susan E. Kirtley (University Press of Mississippi)
Best Publication Design: Building Stories, designet af Chris Ware (Pantheon)
Hall of Fame: Lee Falk, Al Jaffee, Mort Meskin, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Joe Sinnott
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Russel Roehling
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Chris Sparks og Team Cul deSac
Bill Finger Excellence in Comic Book Writing Award: Steve Gerber, Don Rosa
Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Challengers Comics + Conversation, Chicago, IL