And the DC Entertainment 2012 Eisner Award Nominees are…

The nominees for the 2012 Eisner Awards have been announced – and DC Entertainment has been honored with 15 nominations, including two shared with Chronicle Books!

 

Considered by many to be "The Oscars" of comic book industry awards,the winners will be named this July at the San Diego Comic-Con International, the largest and oldest comic convention in the United States.

 

DC Entertainment congratulates all of this year’s nominees. For the full list click here.



And now for our 2012 Eisner Award Nominees:
 
Best Limited Series

FLASHPOINT: BATMAN – KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE, by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (Collected in the FLASHPOINT: THE WORLD OF FLASHPOINT FEATURING BATMAN TP)

THE NEW YORK FIVE, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly (Collected in THE NEW YORK FIVE TP)


Best Writer:

Jeff Lemire, ANIMAL MAN; FLASHPOINT: FRANKENSTEIN AND THE CREATURES OF THE UNKNOWN, FRANKENSTEIN: AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E., SWEET TOOTH


Best Single Issue:

THE UNWRITTEN #24: “Stairway to Heaven” by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Al Davison (Collected in THE UNWRITTEN VOL. ON TO GENESIS TP)


Best Reality-Based Work:

MARZI: A MEMOIR, by Marzena Sowa and Sylvain Savoia


Best Publication for Kids (ages 8–12)

THE ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, by Sholly Fisch, Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis (Collected in THE ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD TP)


Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

THE SUGAR AND SPIKE ARCHIVES VOL. 1 HC, by Sheldon Mayer


Best Graphic Album—Reprint

WE3 DELUXE EDITION HC, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely


Best Writer:

Mike Carey, THE UNWRITTEN


Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team:

Michael Allred, iZOMBIE


Best Cover Artist:

Michael Allred, iZOMBIE

Yuko Shimizu, THE UNWRITTEN


Best Coloring:

Laura Allred, iZOMBIE


Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books:
THE
MAD FOLD-IN COLLECTION by Al Jaffee (Chronicle)

Best Publication Design:
THE
MAD FOLD-IN COLLECTION designed by Michael Morris (Chronicle)

And the Vertigo Eisner Winners are…

Best Limited Series

Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)

Best New Series

American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)

Best Coloring

Dave Stewart, Neil Young's Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC), Detective Comics (DC)

Best Lettering

Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC)

Congratulations to all the winners of the 23rd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards! Check out The Source for the full list of DC Entertainment winners.

DC Comics receives 14 Eisner nominations, the most of any publisher

The Eisner Awards announced their 2011 nominees today. DC Comics received the most nominations of any publisher, with fourteen nominations (and three shared nominations).

Without further ado, here are the DC Comics and Vertigo nominees:

BEST NEW SERIES:
American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
iZombie, by Chris Roberson and Mike Allred (Vertigo/DC)
Superboy, by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo (DC)

BEST LIMITED SERIES:
Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
Joe the Barbarian, by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, by Chris Roberson and Shawn McManus (Vertigo/DC)

BEST CONTINUING SERIES:
Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)

BEST SINGLE ISSUE (or one-shot):
Fables #100, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and others (Vertigo/DC)
Unknown Soldier #21: “A Gun in Africa,” by Joshua Dysart and Rick Veitch (Vertigo/DC)

BEST SHORT STORY:
“Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow,” by Billy Tucci, in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (DC)

BEST PUBLICATION FOR KIDS:
Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC)

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM REPRINT:
Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)

BEST WRITER/ARTIST:
Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 (Joe Kubert Library/DC)

BEST COVER ARTIST:
Dave Johnson, Unknown Soldier (Vertigo/DC);
Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)

BEST COLORING:
Dave Stewart, Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young’s Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC)

BEST LETTERING:
Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, and others (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC)

Congratulations to all the nominees. For a full list click here. The winners will be announced this July in a ceremony at the San Diego Comic-Con International, the largest and oldest comic convention in the United States.

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