2021 Eisner Awards

The 2021 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced at Comic-Con@Home online on July 23, 2021. Winners of SF/F interest include:

Best Single Issue

  • Sports Is Hell, Ben Passmore (Koyama)

Best Continuing Series

  • Usagi Yojimbo, Stan Sakai (IDW)

Best Limited Series

  • Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, Matt Fraction & Steve Lieber (DC)

Best New Series

  • Black Widow, Kelly Thompson & Elena Casagrande (Marvel)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

  • Superman Smashes the Klan, Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (DC)

Best Humor Publication

  • Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, Matt Fraction & Steve Lieber (DC)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

  • Seeds and Stems, Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

  • Superman Smashes the Klan, Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru (DC)

Best US Edition of International Material—Asia

  • Remina, Junji Ito, translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ)

Best Writer

  • James Tynion IV

Best Writer/Artist

  • Junji Ito

Best Penciller/Inker

  • Michael Allred

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

  • Anand RK/John Pearson

Best Cover Artist

  • Peach Momoko

Best Coloring

  • Laura Allred

Best Lettering

  • Stan Sakai

Best Digital Comic

  • Friday, Ed Brubaker & Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)

Best Webcomic

  • Crisis Zone, Simon Hanselmann

Eisner Hall of Fame Inductees

Pioneers

  • Thomas Nast
  • Rodolphe Töpffer

Judges’ Choices

  • Alberto Breccia
  • Stan Goldberg
  • Françoise Mouly
  • Lily Renée Phillips

Voted in

  • Ruth Atkinson
  • Dave Cockrum
  • Neil Gaiman
  • Scott McCloud

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


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