Si sono tenute questa notte, al San Diego Comic-Con, le premiazioni per gli Eisner Awards, gli Oscar del fumetto che portano il nome del leggendario Will Eisner, una delle icone del mondo dei fumetti, scomparso nel 2005.
In questa edizione i candidati con più nomination erano Monstress, di Marjorie Liu e Sana Takeda, e La mia cosa preferita sono i mostri, di Emil Ferris.
L’opera di Marjorie Liu e Sana Takeda si è alla fine accaparrata ben 5 Eisner Awards.
Tra i candidati erano presenti anche gli italiani Paolo Bacilieri (FUN) e Federico Bertolucci (Little Tails in the Savannah, con Frederic Brrémaud), che però non hanno ricevuto alcun premio.
Questo l’elenco dei vincitori di questi Eisner Awards 2018:
Best Short Story
A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green, di Nick Sousanis
Best Single Issue/One-Shot
Hellboy: Krampusnacht, di Mike Mignola e Adam Hughes (Dark Horse)
Best Continuing Series
Monstress, di Marjorie Liu e Sana Takeda (Image)
Best Limited Series
Black Panther: World of Wakanda, di Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, e Alitha E. Martinez (Marvel)
Best New Series
Black Bolt, di Saladin Ahmed e Christian Ward (Marvel)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)
Good Night, Planet, di Liniers (Toon Books)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)
The Tea Dragon Society, di Katie O’Neill (Oni)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
Monstress, di Marjorie Liu e Sana Takeda (Image)
Best Humor Publication
Baking with Kafka, di Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Anthology
Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology di Creators of Color, curato da Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
Best Reality-Based Work
Spinning, di Tillie Walden (First Second)
Best Graphic Album—New
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, di Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Boundless, di Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Adaptation from Another Medium
Kindred, di Octavia Butler, adattato da Damian Duffy e John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom, di Marcelo D’Salete, tradotto da Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
My Brother’s Husband, vol. 1, di Gengoroh Tagame, tradotto da Anne Ishii (Pantheon)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
Celebrating Snoopy, di Charles M. Shulz, curato da Alexis E. Fajardo e Dorothy O’Brien (Andrews McMeel)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, di Katsuhiro Otomo, curato da Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye e Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha)
Best Writer
Tom King, Batman, Batman Annual #2, Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, Mister Miracle (DC) – pari merito
Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image) – pari merito
Best Writer/Artist
Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
Best Cover Artist
Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
Best Coloring
Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
Best Lettering
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: Slay of the Gods (Dark Horse)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
The Comics Journal, curato da Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, e Tucker Stone (Fantagraphics)
Best Comics-Related Book
How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels, di Paul Karasik e Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics)
Best Academic/Scholarly Work
Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics, di Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press)
Best Publication Design
Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, design di Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, e MASH•ROOM (Kodansha)
Best Digital Comic
Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost, di Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O’Neill, Shannon Wheeler, e Gideon Kendall (comiXology Originals/Kitchen, Lind & Associates)
Best Webcomic
The Tea Dragon Society, di Katie O’Neill (Oni Press)
Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comics Writing
Joye Murchison Kelly
Dorothy Woolfolk
Spirit of the Industry Award
Norma Comix
Russ Manning Award
Hamish Steele
Pablo Tunica
Will Eisner Hall of Fame
Jackie Ormes
Carol Kalish
Charles Addams
Karen Berger
Dave Gibbons
Rumiko Takahashi
