2023 Eisner Awards

The 2023 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced at the Comic-Con official website on July 21, 2023. Winners of SF/F interest follow.

Best Short Story

  • “Finding Batman”, J. Bone &Kevin Conroy (DC Pride 2022)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

  • Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler, Mitch Gerads & Tom King (DC)

Best Continuing Series

  • Nightwing, Bruno Redondo & Tom Taylor (DC)

Best Limited Series

  • The Human Target, Tom King & Greg Smallwood (DC)

Best New Series

  • Public Domain, Chip Zdarsky (Image)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

  • Do a Powerbomb!, Daniel Warren Johnson (Image)

Best Graphic Album—New

  • The Night Eaters, Book 1: She Eats the Night, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

  • Chivalry, Neil Gaiman, adapted by Colleen Doran (Dark Horse)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

  • Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 1, Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido, translated by Brandon Kander & Diana Schutz (Dark Horse)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

  • Shuna’s Journey, Hayao Miyazaki, translated by Alex Dudok de Wit (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)

  • The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, Dian Hansen, ed. (TASCHEN)

Best Writer

  • James Tynion IV

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

  • Greg Smallwood

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist

  • Sana Takeda

Best Cover Artist

  • Bruno Redondo

Best Coloring

  • Jordie Bellaire

Best Lettering

  • Stan Sakai

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

  • PanelxPanel magazine, Tiffany Babb & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, eds. (panelxpanel.com)

Best Webcomic

  • Lore Olympus, Rachel Smythe (WEBTOON)

Best Digital Comic

  • Barnstormers, Tula Lotay & Scott Snyder (Comixology Originals)

Eisner Hall of Fame Inductees:

Judges’ Choices

  • Jerry Bails
  • Tony DeZuniga
  • Justin Green
  • Jay Jackson
  • Jeffrey Catherine Jones
  • Jack Katz
  • Win Mortimer
  • Gaspar Saladino
  • Tatjana Wood

Voters’ Choices

  • Brian Bolland
  • Ann Nocenti
  • Tim Sale

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award

  • Scott Dunbier

Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award

  • Zoe Thorogood

Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing

  • Sam Glanzman

For more information, including the full list of winners, see the official announcement.


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