Eisner Awards Winners
The 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced at Comic-Con International in San Diego, July 22, 2011. Some awards of particular interest to SF/fantasy fans follow:
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot):
- Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola & Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
Best New Series:
- American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, & Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo)
Best Adaptation from Another Work:
- The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower & Skottie Young (Marvel)
Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books:
- Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, Scott Dunbier, ed. (IDW)
Best Writer:
- Joe Hill for Locke & Key (IDW)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team:
- Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel)
Best Cover Artist:
- Mike Mignola for Hellboy and Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse)
Best Comics-Related Book:
- 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (Taschen)
Best Publication Design:
- Dave Stevens’s The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW)
Hall of Fame, Elected:
- Mort Drucker, Harvey Pekar, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman
For more information, see SF Site.
