2017 Eisner Awards

The 2017 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced at Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 21, 2017. Winners of SF/F interest include:

Best Short Story

• “Good Boy”, Tom King & David Finch (Batman Annual #1)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

• Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer & Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)

Best Continuing Series

• Saga, Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Limited Series

• The Vision, Tom King & Gabriel Walta (Marvel)

Best New Series

• Black Hammer, Jeff Lemire & Dean Ormston (Dark Horse)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

• Ghosts, Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Ryan North & Erica Henderson (Marvel)

Best Graphic Album—New

• Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, Jill Thompson (DC Comics)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• Demon, Jason Shiga (First Second)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

• Moebius Library: The World of Edena, Jean “Moebius” Giraud, et al. (Dark Horse)

Best Penciller/Inker

• Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Jill Thompson, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC); Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)

• Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)

Best Coloring

• Matt Wilson, Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord (Marvel)

Best Lettering

• Todd Klein, Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC); Black Hammer (Dark Horse)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

• Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation, Carolyn Cocca (Bloomsbury)

Eisner Hall of Fame Inductees

• Gilbert Hernandez
• Jaime Hernandez
• George Pérez
• Walt Simonson
• Jim Starlin

For more information, and the complete list of winners, see the Comic-Con website.