In de wereld van vandaag is Eisner Award een onderwerp dat op verschillende gebieden aan relevantie heeft gewonnen. Van het persoonlijke tot het professionele niveau heeft Eisner Award de aandacht getrokken van miljoenen mensen over de hele wereld. De impact ervan is voelbaar in de samenleving, cultuur, politiek en technologie, wat tot uitgebreide debatten en discussies heeft geleid. In dit artikel zullen we de verschillende facetten van Eisner Award en de invloed ervan op ons leven onderzoeken. Vanaf de oorsprong tot de huidige evolutie, inclusief de implicaties en gevolgen ervan, zullen we in een gedetailleerde analyse van Eisner Award duiken om het belang en de rol ervan in de hedendaagse wereld te begrijpen.
Eisner Award
De Eisner Award is een van de belangrijkste prijzen die jaarlijks wordt gegeven in de Amerikaanse comicwereld. De prijs is vernoemd naar Will Eisner als een soort van eerbetoon aan zijn baanbrekende werk. Voor iedere prijs worden comics genomineerd door een panel van vijf personen, en hierop wordt dan gestemd door mensen uit de comicbookindustrie, en de prijs wordt uitgereikt tijdens het festival San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, Californië.
Categorieën en winnaars van de Eisner Awards
Beste Losse Aflevering / Los Verhaal
1988: Gumby Summer Fun Special #1, door Bob Burden en Art Adams (Comico)
1989: Kings In Disguise #1, door James Vance en Dan Burr (Kitchen Sink)
1991: Concrete Celebrates Earth Day, door Paul Chadwick, Charles Vess en Jean Giraud (aka Moebius) (Dark Horse Comics)
1992: Sandman #22-#28 (verhaallijn Season of Mists), door Neil Gaiman en diverse tekenaars (DC)
1993: Nexus: The Origin door Mike Baron en Steve Rude (Dark Horse Comics)
1994: Batman Adventures: Mad Love, door Paul Dini en Bruce Timm (DC)
1995: Batman Adventures Holiday Special door Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Ronnie del Carmen en anderen (DC)
1996: Kurt Busiek's Astro City #4: "Safeguards," door Kurt Busiek en Brent Anderson (Jukebox Productions/Image)
1997: Kurt Busiek's Astro City, vol. 2, #1: "Welcome to Astro City," Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson en Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
1998: Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 #10: "Show 'Em All," Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson en Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
1999: Hitman #34: "Of Thee I Sing," door Garth Ennis, John McCrea en Garry Leach (DC)
2000: Tom Strong #1: "How Tom Strong Got Started," door Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse en Al Gordon (ABC)
2001: Promethea #10: "Sex, Stars, and Serpents," door Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III en Mick Gray (ABC)
2002: Eightball #22, door Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
2003: The Stuff of Dreams, door Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)
2004: (gelijk)
Conan The Legend #0, door Kurt Busiek en Cary Nord (Dark Horse)
The Goon #1, door Eric Powell (Dark Horse)
2005: Eightball #23: "The Death Ray," door Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics)
2006: Solo #5 door Darwyn Cooke (DC)
2007: Batman/The Spirit #1 door Jeph Loeb en Darwyn Cooke (DC)
2008: Justice League of America #11: "Walls" door Brad Meltzer en Gene Ha (DC)
Beste Kort Verhaal (als onderdeel van serie)
1993: "Two Cities," in Xenozoic Tales #12 door Mark Schultz (Kitchen Sink)
1994: "The Amazing Colossal Homer", in Simpsons #1 (Bongo)
1995: "The Babe Wore Red," door Frank Miller, in Sin City: The Babe Wore Red and Other Stories (Dark Horse/Legend)
1996: "The Eltingville Comic-Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Role-Playing Club in Bring Me the Head of Boba Fett" door Evan Dorkin, in Instant Piano #3 (Dark Horse)
1997: "Heroes," Archie Goodwin en Gary Gianni, in Batman: Black & White #4 (DC)
1998: "The Eltingville Comic Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Role-Playing Club In: The Marathon Men," Evan Dorkin, in Dork! #4 (Slave Labor)
1999: "Devil's Advocate," door Matt Wagner en Tim Sale, in Grendel: Black, White en Red #1 (Dark Horse)
2000: "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter," door Elizabeth Glass en Kyle Baker, in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC)
2001: "The Gorilla Suit," door Sergio Aragones, in Streetwise (TwoMorrows)
2002: "The Eltingville Club in 'The Intervention,'" door Evan Dorkin, in Dork! #9 (Slave Labor)
2003: "The Magician and the Snake," door Katie Mignola en Mike Mignola, in Dark Horse Maverick: Happy Endings (Dark Horse)
2004: "Death," door Neil Gaiman en P. Craig Russell, in The Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo/DC)
2005: "Unfamiliar," door Evan Dorkin en Jill Thompson, in The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft (Dark Horse Books)
2006: "Teenaged Sidekick", door Paul Pope, in Solo #3 (DC)
2007: "A Frog's Eye View", door Bill Willingham en James Jean, in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
2011: Tiny Titans, door Art Baltazar en Franco Aureliani (DC)
Beste Titel voor de jeugd (leeftijd tot 8 jaar)
2012: Dragon Puncher Island, door James Kochalka (Top Shelf)
2013: Babymouse for President, door Jennifer L. Holm en Matthew Holm (Random House)
2014: Itty Bitty Hellboy, door Art Baltazar en Franco Aureliani (Dark Horse)
2015: The Zoo Box, door Ariel Cohen en Aron Nels Steinke (First Second)
2016: Little Robot, door Ben Hatke (First Second)
2017: Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, door Ben Clanton (Tundra)
2018: Good Night, Planet, door Liniers (Toon Books)
2019: Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer, door James Kochalka (Top Shelf/IDW)
Beste Titel voor de jeugd (leeftijd 9-12)
2012: Snarked, door Roger Langridge (KaBOOM!)
2013: Adventure Time, door Ryan North, Shelli Paroline en Braden Lamb (KaBOOM!)
2014: The Adventures of Superhero Girl, door Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse)
2015: El Deafo, door Cece Bell (Amulet/Abrams)
2016: Over the Garden Wall, door Pat McHale, Amalia Levari en Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios/ KaBOOM!)
2017: Ghosts, door Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)
2018: The Tea Dragon Society, door Katie O’Neill (Oni)
2019: The Divided Earth, door Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
Beste Titel voor de jeugd (leeftijd 12/13-17)
2008: Laika, door Nick Abadzis (First Second)
2009: Coraline, door Neil Gaiman, aangepast door P. Craig Russell (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
2010: Beasts of Burden, door Evan Dorkin en Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
2011: Smile door Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic/Graphix)
2012: Anya's Ghost, door Vera Brosgol (First Second)
2013: A Wrinkle in Time, door Madeleine L’Engle, aangepast door Hope Larson (FSG)
2014: Battling Boy, door Paul Pope (First Second)
2015: Lumberjanes, door Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson en Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)
2016: SuperMutant Magic Academy, door Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
2017: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, door Ryan North en Erica Henderson (Marvel)
2018: Monstress, door Marjorie Liu en Sana Takeda (Image)
2019: The Prince and the Dressmaker, door Jen Wang (First Second)
Beste Anthologie
1992: Dark Horse Presents, bewerkt door Randy Stradley (Dark Horse)
1993: Taboo, bewerkt door Steve Bissette (SpiderBaby Graphix/Tundra)
1994: Dark Horse Presents, bewerkt door Randy Stradley (Dark Horse)
1995: The Big Book of Urban Legends, bewerkt door Andy Helfer (Paradox Press)
1996: The Big Book of Conspiracies, bewerkt door Bronwyn Taggart (Paradox Press)
1997: Batman: Black and White, Mark Chiarello en Scott Peterson, eds. (DC)
1998: Hellboy Christmas Special, ed. Scott Allie (Dark Horse)
1999: Grendel: Black, White, and Red, door Matt Wagner, ed. door Diana Schutz](Dark Horse)
2000: Tomorrow Stories, door Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, Kevin Nowlan, Melinda Gebbie en Jim Baikie (ABC)
2001: Drawn & Quarterly, deel 3, bewerkt door Chris Oliveros (Drawn & Quarterly)
2002: Bizarro Comics, bewerkt door Joey Cavalieri (DC)
2003: SPX 2002 (CBLDF)
2004: The Sandman: Endless Nights, door Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, P. Craig Russell, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Frank Quitely, Glenn Fabry, Milo Manara en Bill Sienkiewicz; samen bewerkt door Karen Berger en Shelly Bond (Vertigo/DC)
2005: Michael Chabon Presents The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, bewerkt door Diana Schutz en David Land (Dark Horse)
2006: Solo, bewerkt door Mark Chiarello (DC)
2007: Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, door Bill Willingham en anderen (Vertigo/DC)
2008: 5, door Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Fábio Moon, Vasilis Lolos en Rafael Grampa (zelf gepubliceerd)
2009: Comic Book Tattoo: Narrative Art Inspired by the Lyrics and Music of Tori Amos, bewerkt door Rantz Hoseley (Image)
2010: Popgun Volume 3, bewerkt door Mark Andrew Smith, DJ Kirkbride en Joe Keatinge (Image)
2011: Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, bewerkt door Paul Morrissey en David Petersen
2012: Dark Horse Presents, bewerkt door Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
2013: Dark Horse Presents, bewerkt door Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
2014: Dark Horse Presents, bewerkt door Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
2015: Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, bewerkt door Josh O'Neill, Andrew Carl en Chris Stevens (Locust Moon)
2016: Drawn & Quarterly, Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary, Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, bewerkt door Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
2017: Love is Love, bewerkt door Marc Andreyko (IDW/DC)
2018: Elements: Fire – A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color!, bewerkt door Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
2019: Puerto Rico Strong, bewerkt door Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz en Neil Schwartz (Lion Forge)
2004: Jill Thompson, "Stray," in The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings (Dark Horse)
2005: Teddy Kristiansen, It's a Bird . . . (Vertigo/DC)
2006: José Ladrönn, Hip Flask: Mystery City (Active Images)
2007: Jill Thompson, "A Dog and His Boy" in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters; "Love Triangle" in Sexy Chix (Dark Horse); "Fair Division", in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
2008: Eric Powell, The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse)
2012: Ramón K. Pérez, Jim Henson's Tale of Sand (Archaia)
2013: (gelijk)
David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)
Chris Samnee, Daredevil (Marvel); Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom (IDW)
2014: Sean Murphy, The Wake (DC/Vertigo)
2015: Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
2016: Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls (Image)
2017: Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
2018: Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
2019: Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
Beste Art Team
1988: Steve Rude, Willie Blyberg en Ken Steacy, Space Ghost Special (Comico)
1989: Alan Davis en Paul Neary, Excalibur (Marvel)
Beste Inkleurder
1992: Steve Oliff, Legends of the Dark Knight (DC), 2112 (Dark Horse) en Akira (Marvel)
1993: Steve Oliff/Olyoptics, Legends of the Dark Knight #28-#30, Martian Manhunter: American Secrets (DC); James Bond 007: Serpent's Tooth (Dark Horse); Spawn (Image)
1994: Steve Oliff and Rueben Rude/Olyoptics, Spawn (Image)
1995: Angus McKie, Martha Washington Goes to War (Dark Horse)
1996: Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
1997: Matt Hollingsworth, Preacher; Death: The Time of Your Life (DC/Vertigo); Bloody Mary (DC/Helix); Challengers of the Unknown (DC)
1998: Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
1999: Lynn Varley, 300 (Dark Horse)
2000: Laura Depuy, The Authority; Planetary (DC/Wildstorm)
2001: Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #14 (Fantagraphics)
2002: Laura DePuy, Ruse (CrossGen), Ministry of Space (Image)
2003: Dave Stewart, Hellboy: Third Wish, The Amazing Screw-on Head, Star Wars: Empire (Dark Horse); Human Target: Final Cut, Doom Patrol (DC/Vertigo); Tom Strong (ABC); Captain America (Marvel)
2005: Dave Stewart, Daredevil, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Six, Captain America (Marvel); Conan, BPRD (Dark Horse)l DC: The New Frontier (DC)
2006: Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library #16 (Acme Novelty)
2007: Dave Stewart, BPRD, Conan, The Escapists, Hellboy (Dark Horse); Action Comics, Batman/The Spirit, Superman (DC)
2008: Dave Stewart, BPRD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cut, Hellboy, Lobster Johnson, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); The Spirit (DC)
2009: Dave Stewart, Abe Sapien: The Drowning, BPRD, The Goon, Hellboy, Solomon Kane, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Body Bags (Image); Captain America: White (Marvel)
2010: Dave Stewart, Abe Sapien, BPRD, The Goon, Hellboy, Solomon Kane, The Umbrella Academy, Zero Killer (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Luna Park (Vertigo)
2011: Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young’s Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC)
2012: Laura Allred, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special (Image)
2013: Dave Stewart, Batwoman (DC); Fatale (Image); BPRD, Conan the Barbarian, Hellboy in Hell, Lobster Johnson, The Massive (Dark Horse)
2014: Jordie Bellaire, The Manhattan Projects, Nowhere Men, Pretty Deadly, Zero (Image); The Massive (Dark Horse); Tom Strong (DC); X-Files Season 10 (IDW); Captain Marvel, Journey into Mystery (Marvel); Numbercruncher (Titan); Quantum and Woody (Valiant)
2015: Dave Stewart, Hellboy in Hell, BPRD, Abe Sapien, Baltimore, Lobster Johnson, Witchfinder, Shaolin Cowboy, Aliens: Fire and Stone, Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse)
2016: Jordie Bellaire, The Autumnlands, Injection, Plutona, Pretty Deadly, The Surface, They're Not Like Us, Zero (Image), The X-Files (IDW), The Massive (Dark Horse), Magneto, Vision (Marvel)
2017: Matt Wilson, Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord (Marvel)
2018: Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
2019: Matt Wilson, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); The Mighty Thor, Runaways (Marvel)
Beste Lettereraar
1993: Todd Klein, The Sandman, The Demon (DC)
1994: Todd Klein, The Sandman (DC)
1995: Todd Klein, Batman vs. Predator II (DC/Dark Horse); The Demon (DC), The Sandman (DC/Vertigo); Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone)
1996: Stan Sakai, Groo (Image); Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage)
1997: Todd Klein, Sandman; Death: The Time of Your Life; House of Secrets; The Dreaming (DC/Vertigo); Batman; The Spectre; Kingdom Come (DC)
1998: Todd Klein, Batman; Batman: Poison Ivy (DC); The Dreaming; House of Secrets; The Invisibles; Uncle Sam (DC/Vertigo); Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Gladstone); Castle Waiting (Olio)
1999: Todd Klein, Castle Waiting (Olio); House of Secrets; The Invisibles; The Dreaming (DC/Vertigo)
2000: Todd Klein, Promethea; Tom Strong; Tomorrow Stories; Top 10 (ABC); The Dreaming; Gifts of the Night; The Invisibles; Sandman Presents: Lucifer (DC/Vertigo)
2001: Todd Klein, Promethea; Tom Strong; Tomorrow Stories; Top 10 (ABC); The Invisibles; The Dreaming (DC/Vertigo); Castle Waiting (Cartoon Books)
2002: Todd Klein, Promethea; Tom Strong's Terrific Tales; Tomorrow Stories; Top 10; Greyshirt (ABC); The Sandman Presents: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dreams But Were Afraid to Ask (DC/Vertigo); Detective Comics; The Dark Knight Strikes Again (DC); Castle Waiting (Olio); Universe X (Marvel)
2003: Todd Klein, Dark Knight Strikes Again; Detective Comics; Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia (DC); Fables; Human Target: Final Cut (DC/Vertigo); Promethea; Tom Strong (ABC); Castle Waiting (Olio)
2004: Todd Klein, Detective Comics( DC); Fables, The Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong, Promethea (ABC); 1602 (Marvel)
2005: Todd Klein, Promethea; Tom Strong; Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (ABC); Wonder Woman (DC); Books of Magick: Life During Wartime; Fables; WE3 (Vertigo/DC); Creatures of the Night (Dark Horse)
2006: Todd Klein, Wonder Woman, Justice, Seven Soldiers #0 (DC); Desolation Jones (Wildstorm/DC); Promethea, Tomorrow Stores Special, Top 10: The 49ers (ABC); Fables (Vertigo); 1602: New World (Marvel)
2007: Todd Klein, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall; Pride of Baghdad, Testament (Vertigo/DC); 1602: Fantastick Four, Eternals (Marvel); Lost Girls (Top Shelf)
2008: Todd Klein, Justice, Simon Dark (DC); Fables, Jack of Fables, Crossing Midnight (Vertigo/DC); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (WildStorm/DC); Nexus (Rude Dude)
2010: David Mazzucchelli, Asterios Polyp (Pantheon)
2011: Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten,Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC); S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel); Driver for the Dead (Radical)
2017: Todd Klein, Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC); Black Hammer (Dark Horse)
2018: Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: Slay of the Gods (Dark Horse)
2019: Todd Klein, Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald (Dark Horse); Batman: White Knight (DC); Eternity Girl, Books of Magic (Vertigo/DC); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest (Top Shelf/IDW)
Beste Omslagartiest
1992: Brian Bolland, Animal Man (DC)
1993: Brian Bolland, Animal Man; Wonder Woman (DC)
1994: Brian Bolland, Animal Man; Wonder Woman (DC)
1996: Alex Ross, Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Image)
1997: Alex Ross, Kingdom Come (DC); Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
1998: Alex Ross, Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Homage); Uncle Sam (DC/Vertigo)
1999: Brian Bolland, The Invisibles (DC/Vertigo)
2000: Alex Ross, Batman: No Man's Land; Batman: Harley Quinn; Batman: War on Crime (DC); Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Homage/Wildstorm/DC); ABC alternate #1 covers
2001: Brian Bolland, Batman: Gotham Knights; Flash (DC); The Invisibles (DC/Vertigo)
2002: Dave Johnson, Detective Comics (DC); 100 Bullets (DC/Vertigo)
2003: Adam Hughes, Wonder Woman (DC)
2004: James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); Batgirl (DC)
2005: James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); Green Arrow, Batgirl (DC)
2006: James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); Runaways (Marvel)
2007: James Jean, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
2008: James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2, Superior Showcase 2 (AdHouse)
2012: Francesco Francavilla, Black Panther (Marvel); Lone Ranger, Lone Ranger/Zorro, Dark Shadows, Warlord of Mars (Dynamite); Archie Meets Kiss (Archie)