Press Release:

Hero Initiative, the nonprofit that helps comic book creators in medical and financial need, is heading to Portland, OR for the Rose City Comic Con September 8-10 at the Oregon Convention Center.

Dave Gibbons, the author of The Originals, co-creator of Watchmen and artist of the Superman story “For the Man Who Has Everything” will be at the Hero booth, #718, all weekend! Come by and meet the legend and get your books signed!

And Hero Initiative Ambassadors collecting for Hero on the con floor include Rick Burchett, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Shannon Denton, Veronica Fish, Matt Fraction, Joe Harris, Sam Humphries, Megan Hutchison, Karl Kesel, Michael Lark, Kevin Maguire, David Marquez, Dustin Nguyen, Greg Rucka, Matt Wagner, Dustin Weaver, and Chip Zdarsky. Stop on by and do the right thing!

About The Hero Initiative

The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book artists and craftsmen in need. Hero Initiative creates a financial safety net for yesterday’s creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. It’s a chance for all of us to give back something to the people who have given us so much enjoyment.

Since its inception, The Hero Initiative has had the good fortune to grant over $1 million to the comics veterans who have paved the way for those in the industry today. For more information, visit www.HeroInitiative.org

Chip Zdarsky (Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Star-Lord, Howard the Duck, Sex Criminals, Kaptara) appears at Gosh Comics for a signing on Monday the 16th October from 6:00 – 7:00 pm, and then discussing his work and career with Kieron Gillen from 7:30 – 9:00 pm.

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Gosh Comics
1 Berwick St, SoHo, London W1F0DR
United Kingdom

Ryan North, Chip Zdarsky, Michael Cho, and more appear at The Beguiling on Wednesday, November 8th from 6:00 – 7:30 PM to sign Unbeatable Squirrel Girl’s SPECIAL ZINE ISSUE! This issue brings together an amazing amount of talent in one book including series creators Ryan North & Erica Henderson, Chip Zdarsky, Michael Cho, Carla Speed McNeil, GARFIELD creator Jim Davis (WHAT) and many many more!

The Beguiling
319 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1S2
416-533-9168

Writer Chip Zdarsky (Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Howard the Duck) appears at Midtown Comics Downtown on Thursday, February 7th at 6:00 PM to celebrate the release of Daredevil #1! This is an open signing and we recommend showing up early, just to be safe. Purchase of Daredevil #1 required. Limit 3 items signed per attendee.

There will be a CGC representative to grade books signed at this event. Any previously signed books are not eligible for this service.

• Cost of CGC is the CGC grading fee (This does not include the cost of purchasing the books)
• CGC books will be shipped to CGC offices for grading and will take 17-35 days for them to return, in the CGC protective slab. This is determined based on which options are chosen for CGC grading and shipping.

Daredevil #1:
Matt Murdock is dead. Long live Daredevil. After waging a war with the Kingpin for the heart and soul of New York City, the Man Without Fear paid the ultimate price. Now, the Marvel Universe mourns the loss of one of their greatest champions. But, in the shadows, a heart beats. A pulse resonates through the masses. An unseen light shines as a beacon for hope, a beacon for tomorrow. The Devil of Hell’s Kitchen roars back in the pages of a new series under the daring creative team of writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Marco Chechetto. Those who know fear shall know his name in Daredevil!

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Midtown Comics Downtown
64 Fulton Street, New York, New York 10038
(212) 302-8192

Writer Chip Zdarsky (Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Howard the Duck) appears at Third Eye Comics on Saturday, February 9, 2019 from 11 AM – 1 PM to sign the first issue of DAREDEVIL.

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Third Eye Comics
209 Chinquapin Round Road, Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 897-0322

Writer Chip Zdarsky (SEX CRIMINALS, INVADERS, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN, HOWARD THE DUCK) appears at The Beguiling on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 5:30 PM to sign DAREDEVIL #1 From Marvel Comics!

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The Beguiling
319 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1S2
416-533-9168

Writer Chip Zdarsky (INVADERS, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN, HOWARD THE DUCK) appears at Gotham Central Comics on Saturday, February 23rd from noon till 3:00 PM to sign DAREDEVIL #1 From Marvel Comics!

Gotham Central Comics
1400 Aimco Blvd. Unit 1, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 1E3
Canada

HeroesCon has announced more guests for their 2019 show including Bill Amend, Francesco Francavilla, Tom Grummett, Karl Kesel, Justin Jordan, Brian Hurtt, Matt Kindt, Rick Leonardi, Mike Kunkel, Mark Waid, Jeremy Whitley, Skottie Young, Chip Zdarsky, and more! HeroesCon 2019 takes place on June 14-16, 2019 at the Charlotte Convention Center.

BILL AMEND | AA-TBA
Foxtrot

ALLEN BELLMAN | AA-TBA
Golden Age artist for Timely, Marvel, Atlas

PAT BRODERICK | AA-TBA
Green Lantern, Micronauts, Nibiru and the Legend of the Anunnaki

RYAN BROWNE | AA-TBA
Curse Words, God Hates Astronauts, Manhattan Projects, Bedlam

ANDREW BUCK | AA-TBA
Satani-Kill

CHRIS CAMPANA| AA-TBA
First World, The Adventures of Parker Reef 

J CHRIS CAMPBELL | AA-TBA
Creator of Neatobots, Zig Zag & Publisher of Wide Awake Press

VIC CARRABOTTA | AA-TBA
Golden Age Artist for Atlas Comics & Marvel Comics

RYAN CODY | AA-TBA
Doc Unknown, Monstrous, The Phantom 

PATRICK DEAN | AA-TBA
FLUKE, Big Deal Comics & Stories

MARC DEERING | AA-TBA
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Black Panther

ERYK DONOVAN | AA-TBA
Memetic, Cognetic, Eugenic, Quantum Teens Are Go 

MARIE ENGER | AA-TBA 
Fhtagn and Loathing, Regression

FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA | AA-TBA
Afterlife with Archie, The Black Beetle, Detective Comics

SCOTT GODLEWSKI | AA-TBA
Superman, Batwoman, Copperhead

GENE GONZALES | AA-TBA
DC Comics Licensing Artist, Iron Man 2 Cards, Diary of Night

J GONZO | AA-TBA
La Mano Del Destino

RANDY GREEN | AA-TBA
Tomb Raider, Witchblade, New X-Men, Emma Frost, Teen Titans, Legends of the DCU

TOM GRUMMETT | AA-TBA
New Titans, Adventures of Superman, Superboy, Power Company, Robin, New Thunderbolts

BRIAN HURTT | AA-TBA
The Damned, The Sixth Gun, Table Titans

JUSTIN JORDAN | AA-TBA
Luther Strode, Spread, The Family Trade, Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern

KEENAN MARSHALL KELLER | AA-TBA
The Humans, Galactic Breakdown, Force Majeure

KARL KESEL | AA-TBA
Section Zero, Harley Quinn, Superboy, Fantastic Four, Captain America: Patriot

MATT KINDT | AA-TBA
Dept. H, Mind MGMT, X-O Manowar

SHARLENE KINDT | AA-TBA
Dept. H, Mind MGMT

MIKE KUNKEL | AA-TBA
Eisner-Award winning creator of Herobear and the Kid, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam 

RICK LEONARDI | AA-TBA
Cloak and Dagger, X-Men, Spider-Man 2099 

MIKE MAIHACK | AA-TBA
Cleopatra in Space, Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman

KEVIN MELLON | AA-TBA
Archer, Suicide Sisters, Heart, Lovestruck

JASON MOORE | AA-TBA
Spook House, Batman Haunted Gotham, The Crusades, Evil Ernie Destroyer

TOM NEELY | AA-TBA
The Humans, Henry & Glenn Forever, The Blot

ANDREW PEPOY | AA-TBA
Fables, The Simpsons, The Adventures of Simone & Ajax

RON RANDALL | AA-TBA
Trekker, Future Quest, Supergirl

MATT SANTORELLI | AA-TBA
DC Rebirth, Superwoman, New Super-Man

MARLIN SHOOP | AA-TBA
LARP!, Grimm’s Fairy Tales: Myths and Legends

UKO SMITH | AA-TBA
Heavy Metal, FX2

MARK WAID | AA-TBA
Doctor Strange, Champions, Captain America, Fantastic Four, The Flash, Kingdom Come, Star Wars: Princess Leia

JOEY WEISER | AA-TBA
Mermin, Spongebob Squarepants

JEREMY WHITLEY | AA-TBA
Unstoppable Wasp, Princeless, Rainbow Brite, Vampirella, Secret Wars: Secret Love

KELLY WILLIAMS | AA-TBA
Metaphase, Creepy, This Nightmare Kills Fascists

MATT WILSON | AA-TBA
The Wicked + The Divine, Thor, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, Captain America

CRAIG YOE | AA-TBA
Yoe! Books 

SKOTTIE YOUNG | AA-TBA
Middlewest, Bully Wars, I Hate Fairyland, Rocket Raccoon, Marvel’s Oz books

CHIP ZDARSKY | AA-TBA
Daredevil, Sex Criminals, Howard The Duck, Jughead, Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man

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For the most up-to-date information, check our blog, or sign up for the weekly Heroes Hotline newsletter. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook!

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

BUYING AN ADVANCE PASS MEANS YOU’LL GET ANY ADVANCE INCENTIVES WE OFFER, FREE!

ENTRY WILL BE $25: FRI $25: SAT $20: SUN / AT THE SHOW ITSELF, SO YOU SAVE AS MUCH AS $20 BY PURCHASING ADVANCE PASSES TODAY! TICKETS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WE MAY CREDIT AN UNUSABLE TICKET TOWARD FUTURE TICKET PURCHASES.

HEROES CONVENTION was founded in 1982 by Shelton Drum, owner of Charlotte’s Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find comics shop. Since then the convention has become famous for its comics-first and family-friendly atmosphere, where fans can mingle directly with professionals and exhibitors. Boasting an incredible guest list built mainly on reputation and goodwill, HeroesCon is known nationwide as a “must” on the summer schedule, drawing fans, exhibitors, and creators from all over the world to the Charlotte Convention Center.

Writer Chip Zdarsky (DAREDEVIL, INVADERS, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN, HOWARD THE DUCK) appears at Paradise Comics on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 5 PM to sign SPIDER-MAN LIFE STORY #1.

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Paradise Comics
3278 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4N 2L6 Canada
416-487-9807

Chip Zdarsky (Spider-Man: Life Story, Daredevil, Howard the Duck, Jughead, Sex Criminals) signs at Golden Age Collectables on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at noon.

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Golden Age Collectables
852 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1K3
604-683-2819

Chip Zdarsky (Spider-Man: Life Story, Daredevil, Howard the Duck, Jughead, Sex Criminals) signs at Silver Snail Comics on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 from 4 PM – 6 PM.

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The Silver Snail
329 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1R7
416-593-0889

Thought Bubble is back! Your favourite Yorkshire Comic Art Festival lands 9-15 November with our famous Comic Con back at Harrogate Convention Centre on 14-15 November!

FIRST WAVE OF COMIC CON GUESTS
Joe Hill | Rafael Albuquerque | G Willow Wilson | Chip Zdarsky | Sara Alfageeh | Becky Cloonan | Sanford Greene | Emma Ríos | Babs Tarr | Ronald Wimberly

We love our new festival image which was created by the talented Priscilla Bampoh!

Tickets now on sale at thoughtbubblefestival.com

Press Release:

The 32nd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were presented at a virtual ceremony on Friday evening, July 24. (Click here to watch this year’s ceremony.)

The top winners of the evening were Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell’s graphic novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (Best Publication for Teens, Best Writer, Best Penciller/Inker; published by First Second/Macmillan) and G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward’s comic book series Invisible Kingdom (Best New Series, Best Writer, Best Painter; published by Berger Books/Dark Horse).

Multiple Eisners also went to Lynda Barry for Making Comics (Best Comics-Related Book, Best Publication Design; published by Drawn & Quarterly); Raina Telgelemier for Guts (Best Publication for Kids, Best Writer/Artist; published by Scholastic/Graphix); and Stan Sakai for Best Lettering (on Usagi Yojimbo, published by IDW) and Best Archival Collection/Project (Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter; IDW).

The Best Graphic Album–New trophy went to Are You Listening by Tillie Walden (published by First Second/Macmillan), while Best Reality-Based Work was awarded to George Takei’s memoir They Called Us Enemy (by Justin Eisinger, Steve Scott, and Harmony Becker, published by IDW/Top Shelf). In the comics categories, Image’s Bitter Root by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene won Best Continuing Series, while Best Limited Series went to Little Bird by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (also Image).

The publisher that can boast the most winners is Dark Horse, with the three for Invisible Kingdom plus Best Adaptation for Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran and a share of Dave Stewart’s award for Best Coloring. Other publishers with multiple awards include First Second/Macmillan (for Laura Dean and Are You Listening); Image for Continuing Series, Limited Series, Cover Artist (Emma Rios, Deadly Class), and shared Coloring; IDW for Sakai’s works and They Called Us Enemy; and Drawn & Quarterly for Making Comics and for Best Short Story (Ebony Flowers’ “Hot Comb”). Publishers with two trophies each include Fantagraphics, Scholastic Graphix, and VIZ Media.

The event was hosted by voice actor/comedian Phil LaMarr (MadTV, Samurai Jack, Futurama, Justice League), who announced the nominees and winners in 31 categories. Eisner Awards Administrator Jackie Estrada opened and closed the ceremony.

Sergio Aragonés presented the Hall of Fame Awards. The Judges’ Choices were Nell Brinkley and E. Simms Campbell. The elected inductees were Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, Louise Simonson, Stan Sakai, Don and Maggie Thompson, and Bill Watterson. Bechdel, Simonson, Sakai, and Thompson all accepted their awards via videos; Cruse’s husband, Ed Sederbaum, accepted on Howard’s behalf.

The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award, presented by Bob’s daughter Ruth Clampett, had three recipients this year: The Hero Initiative, Creators4Comics, and Comicbook United Fund.

The Eisner Awards are part of, and underwritten by, Comic-Con International: San Diego, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture.

2020 Eisner Awards Winners

Best Short Story

“Hot Comb,” by Ebony Flowers, in Hot Comb (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Our Favorite Thing Is My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)

Best Continuing Series

Bitter Root, by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene (Image)

Best Limited Series

Little Bird by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (Image)

Best New Series

Invisible Kingdom, by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Best Publication for Early Readers

Comics: Easy as ABC, by Ivan Brunetti (TOON)

Best Publication for Kids

Guts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)

Best Publication for Teens

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Humor Publication

The Way of the Househusband, vol. 1, by Kousuke Oono, translation by Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)

Best Anthology

Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival, edited by Diane Noomin (Abrams)

Best Reality-Based Work

They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker (Top Shelf)

Best Graphic Album—New

Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

LaGuardia, by Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Snow, Glass, Apples, by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran (Dark Horse Books)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

The House, by Paco Roca, translation by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia (TIE)

Cats of the Louvre, by Taiyo Matsumoto, translation by Michael Arias (VIZ Media)

Witch Hat Atelier, by Kamome Shirahama, translation by Stephen Kohler (Kodansha)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays, by George Herriman, edited by Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter Artist Select, by Stan Sakai, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Best Writer

Mariko Tamaki, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC); Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan); Archie (Archie)

Best Writer/Artist

Raina Telgemeier, Guts (Scholastic Graphix)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Painter/Digital Artist

Christian Ward, Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Best Cover Artist

Emma Rios, Pretty Deadly (Image)

Best Coloring

Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know, Hellboy and the BPRD (Dark Horse); Gideon Falls (Image); Silver Surfer Black, Spider-Man (Marvel)

Best Lettering

Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

Women Write About Comics, edited by Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne, www.WomenWriteAboutComics.com

Best Comics-Related Book

Making Comics, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

EC Comics: Race, Shock, and Social Protest, by Qiana Whitted (Rutgers University Press)

Best Publication Design

Making Comics, designed by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Digital Comic

Afterlift, by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo (comiXology Originals)

Best Webcomic

Fried Rice, by Erica Eng, https://friedricecomic.tumblr.com

Hall of Fame

Judges’ Choices: Nell Brinkley, E. Simms Campbell

Voters’ Choices: Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, Stan Sakai, Louise Simonson, Don and Maggie Thompson, Bill Watterson

Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto’s DEVIL’S REIGN, a brand-new Marvel Comics event, kicks off in December! WHO WILL REIGN?

Canadian comic book artist, writer, modern-day legend and generally cool dude CHIP ZDARSKY is stopping by 204Comics on Sunday, May 14th for an in-store signing!

Chip will sign anything that he has worked on. Signatures are free! No sketches, remarques, etc.

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204Comics
1549 St. Mary’s Road Unit 5, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
+1 204-306-2400

ComicReaders is honoured to be a stop on Chip Zdarksky’s Canadian tour. The current writer of Batman and Daredevil and the writer / artist / creator of several acclaimed comic series is visiting ComicReaders South on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. He’ll be in the store from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM to sign comics and chat. There is no entrance fee to this event.

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ComicReaders
4603 Albert Street, Regina, SK, Canada
+1 306-586-1414

Writer/Artist Chip Zdarsky will be here signing comics and trades on Thursday, May 18th from 1-4pm!

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8th Street Quentin’s Comics & Toys
1006 8th Street E., Saskatoon, SK, Canada
+1 306-343-6624

Press Release:

DC Comics can boast of six award winners at the 35th Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, held July 21 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. Batman was involved in four of the wins: Best Short Story (“Finding Batman” by Kevin Conroy and J. Bone), Best Single Issue (Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads), Best Continuing Series (Nightwing by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo), and Best Cover Artist (Redondo). In addition, Human Target (by Tom King and Greg Smallwood) won awards for Best Limited Series and Best Penciller/Inker.

Other multiple award winners were Kate Beaton’s Ducks (Best Graphic Memoir, Best Writer/Artist; Drawn & Quarterly), Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda’s The Night Eaters Book 1 (Best Graphic Album­–New, Best Painter/Multimedia Artist; Abrams ComicArts), and Parker: The Martini Edition (Best Graphic Album–Reprint, Best Publication Design; IDW).

Presenters during the gala evening included voice actors Maurice LaMarche, Adam McArthur, and Eric Bauza; Batman movie producer Michael Uslan; actors David Dastmalchain, Felicia Day, and Janeshia Adams-Ginyard; comedian Stephen Glickman; comics creators Mark Buckingham and Wendy and Richard Pini; Comic-Con Special Guests Keith Knight, Stephen Notley, John Semper, and David F. Walker; and Clampett Award winner Bill Morrison.

The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award, presented by Bob’s daughter Ruth, was presented to Beth Accomando and Scott Dunbier. The Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award went to artist Zoe Thorogood; it was presented by past Russ Manning assistant Bill Stout.

The 17th annual Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing was presented by Mark Evanier to two recipients: Barbara Friedlander and the late Sam Glanzman. Sam’s son Thomas accepted the award on his behalf. Maggie Thompson introduced the special In Memoriam video salute to those from the Comic-Con family who died in the past year.

The Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award, given to a store that has done an outstanding job of supporting the comics art medium both in the community and within the industry at large, was awarded by Joe Ferrara to Cape & Cowl (Oakland, CA). Accepting was the owner, Eitan Manhoff.

The afterparty sponsor was HarperAlley. The principal sponsors were Gentle Giant Studios, mycomicshop.com, and Pan-Universal Galactic Worldwide. Supporting sponsors were Alternate Reality Comics (Las Vegas), Atlantis Fantasyworld (Santa Cruz, CA), Diamond Comics Distributors, and Golden Apple Comic and Art Foundation.

Eisner Awards Administrator Jackie Estrada opened and closed the ceremony. The Eisner Awards and ceremony are underwritten by San Diego Comic Convention.

WINNERS

Best Short Story
“Finding Batman” by Kevin Conroy and J. Bone in DC Pride 2022 (DC)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot
Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)

Best Continuing Series
Nightwing, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)

Best Limited Series
The Human Target, by Tom King and Greg Smallwood (DC)

Best New Series
Public Domain, by Chip Zdarsky (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)
The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems (Union Square Kids)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)
Frizzy, by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
Do a Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image)

Best Humor Publication
Revenge of the Librarians, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Anthology
The Nib Magazine, edited by Matt Bors (Nib)

Best Reality-Based Work
Flung Out of Space, by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Graphic Memoir
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album—New
The Night Eaters, Book 1: She Eats the Night, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Parker: The Martini Edition—Last Call, by Richard Stark, Darwyn Cooke, Ed Brubaker, and Sean Phillips (IDW)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium
Chivalry by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Colleen Doran (Dark Horse)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 1, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, translation by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (Dark Horse

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
Shuna’s Journey, by Hayao Miyazaki; translation by Alex Dudok de Wit (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)
Come Over Come Over, It’s So Magic, and My Perfect Life, by Lynda Barry, edited by Peggy Burns (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)
The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, edited by Dian Hansen (TASCHEN)

Best Writer
James Tynion IV, House of Slaughter, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Nice House on the Lake, The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country (DC), The Closet, The Department of Truth (Image)

Best Writer/Artist
Kate Beaton, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Greg Smallwood, The Human Target (DC)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (Abrams ComicArts); Monstress (Image)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)
Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)

Best Coloring
Jordie Bellaire, The Nice House on the Lake, Suicide Squad: Blaze (DC); Antman, Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (Marvel)

Best Lettering
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
PanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and Tiffany Babb (panelxpanel.com)

Best Comics-Related Book
Charles M. Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects, by Benjamin L. Clark and Nat Gertler (Schulz Museum)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work
The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions, edited by Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren (University Press of Mississippi)

Best Publication Design
Parker: The Martini Edition—Last Call, designed by Sean Phillips (IDW)

Best Webcomic
Lore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe (WEBTOON)

Best Digital Comic
Barnstormers, by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay (Comixology Originals)

Hall of Fame:
Judges’ Choices: Jerry Bails, Tony DeZuniga, Justin Green, Bill Griffith. Jay Jackson, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Jack Katz, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Win Mortimer, Diane Noomin, Gaspar Saladino, Kim Thompson, Garry Trudeau, Mort Walker, Tatjana Wood
Voters’ Choices: Brian Bolland, Anne Nocenti, Tim Sale, Diana Schutz

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Beth Accomando, Scott Dunbier

Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Zoe Thorogood

Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing: Barbara Friedlander, Sam Glanzman