2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (original) (raw)

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The nominated creators have been recognized by their peers for having produced some of the outstanding achievements in comics in 2005.
(Winners are in bold and marked with *)

Best Short Story

• "Blood Son," by Richard Matheson, adapted by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood, in Doomed #1 (IDW)
• "Monster Slayers," by Khang Le, in Flight, vol. 2 (Image)
• "Nameless," by Eric Powell, in The Goon #14 (Dark Horse)
• "Operation" (story #5), by Zak Sally, in The Recidivist #3 (La Mano)
• "Teenage Sidekick," by Paul Pope, in Solo #3 (DC) *

Best Single Issue or One-Shot

• The Bakers, by Kyle Baker (Kyle Baker Publishing)
• Ex Machina #11: "Fortune Favors" by Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Feister (WildStorm/DC)
• The Innocents, by Gipi (Fantagraphics/Coconino Press)
• Promethea #32: "Wrap Party" by Alan Moore and J. H. Williams III (ABC)
• Solo #5, by Darwyn Cooke (DC) *

Best Serialized Story

• Desolation Jones #1-5: "Made in England," by Warren Ellis and J. H. Williams III (WildStorm/DC)
• Fables #36-38, 40-41: "Return to the Homelands," by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha (Vertigo/DC) *
• Ex Machina #12�14: "Fact v. Fiction," by Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Feister (WildStorm/DC)
• Y: The Last Man #37-39: "Paper Dolls," by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Goran Sudzuka, and Jose Marzan Jr. (Vertigo/DC)

Best Continuing Series

• Age of Bronze, by Eric Shanower (Image)
• Astonishing X-Men, by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel) *
• Ex Machina, by Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Feister (WildStorm/DC)
• Fell, by Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith (Image)
• Rocketo, by Frank Espinosa (Speakeasy)
• True Story, Swear to God, by Tom Beland (Clib's Boy Comics)

Best Limited Series

• Nat Turner, by Kyle Baker (Kyle Baker Publishing)
• Ocean, by Warren Ellis, Chris Sprouse, and Karl Story (WildStorm/DC)
• Seven Soldiers, by Grant Morrison and various artists (DC) *
• Smoke, by Alex de Campi and Igor Kordey (IDW)

Best New Series

• All Star Superman, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC) *
• Desolation Jones, by Warren Ellis and J. H. Williams III (WildStorm/DC)
• Fell, by Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith (Image)
• Rocketo, by Frank Espinosa (Speakeasy)
• Young Avengers, by Alan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, and John Dell (Marvel)

Best Title for a Younger Audience

• Amelia Rules! by Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance Press)
• The Clouds Above, by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)
• Franklin Richards, Son of a Genius, by Chris Eliopoulous and Mark Sumerak (Marvel)
• Owly: Flying Lessons, by Andy Runton (Top Shelf) *
• Spiral-Bound, by Aaron Renier (Top Shelf)

Best Anthology

• The Dark Horse Book of the Dead, edited by Scott Allie (Dark Horse Books)
• Flight, vol. 2, edited by Kazu Kibuishi (Image)
• Mome, edited by Gary Groth and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
• Solo, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC) *
• 24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2005, edited by Nat Gertler (About Comics)

Best Digital Comic

• Copper, by Kazu
• Jellaby, by Kean Soo
• ojingogo, by Matt Forsythe
• PVP, by Scott Kurtz *

Best Reality-Based Work

• Embroideries, by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon)
• Epileptic, by David B. (Pantheon)
• Nat Turner, by Kyle Baker (Kyle Baker Publishing) *
• Pyongyang, by Guy Delisle (Drawn & Quarterly)
• True Story, Swear to God (Clib's Boy Comics), and True Story, Swear to God: This One Goes to Eleven (AiT/Planet Lar), by Tom Beland

Best Graphic Album--New

• Acme Novelty Library #16, by Chris Ware (ACME Novelty)
• The Rabbi's Cat, by Joann Sfar (Pantheon)
• Top Ten: The Forty-Niners, by Alan Moore and Gene Ha (ABC) *
• Tricked, by Alex Robinson (Top Shelf)
• Wilmbledon Green, by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album--Reprint

• Acme Novelty Library Annual Report to Shareholders, by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
• Black Hole, by Charles Burns (Pantheon) *
• Feast of the Seven Fishes, by Robert Tinnell, Ed Piskor, and Alex Saviuk (Allegheny Image Factory)
• Ice Haven, by Dan Clowes (Pantheon)
• War's End, by Joe Sacco (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection/Project--Comic Strips

• The Complete Calvin & Hobbes, by Bill Watterson (Andrews McMeel) *
• The Complete Peanuts: 1955�1956, and The Complete Peanuts: 1957�1958, by Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics)
• Krazy and Ignatz: The Komplete Kat Komics, by George Herriman (Fantagraphics)
• Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays, by Winsor McCay (Sunday Press Books)
• Walt and Skeezix, by Frank King (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection/Project--Comic Books

• Absolute Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (DC) *
• Buddha, vols. 5-8, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
• The Contract with God Trilogy, by Will Eisner (Norton)
• DC Comics Rarities Archives, vol. 1 (DC)
• Fantastic Four Omnibus, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (Marvel)

Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material

• Cromartie High School, by Eiji Nonaka (ADV)
• Dungeon: The Early Years, vol. 1, by Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, and Christophe Blain (NBM)
• Ordinary Victories, by Manu Larcenet (NBM)
• The Rabbi's Cat, by Joann Sfar (Pantheon) *
• Six Hundred Seventy-Six Apparitions of Killoffer, by Killoffer (Typocrat)

Best Writer

• Warren Ellis, for Fell (Image); Down (Top Cow/Image); Desolation Jones, Ocean, Planetary (WildStorm/DC)
• Alan Heinberg, for Young Avengers (Marvel)
• Alan Moore, for Promethea, Top Ten: The Forty-Niners (ABC) *
• Grant Morrison, for Seven Soldiers, All Star Superman (DC)
• Brian K. Vaughan, for Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC); Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC); Runaways (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist

• Geof Darrow, for Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman) *
• Guy Delisle, for Pyongyang (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Eric Shanower, for Age of Bronze (Image)
• Adrian Tomine, for Optic Nerve #10 (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Chris Ware, for Acme Novelty Library #16 (ACME Novelty)

Best Writer/Artist--Humor

• Kyle Baker, for Plastic Man (DC); The Bakers (Kyle Baker Publishing) *
• Paige Braddock, for Jane's World (Girl Twirl)
• Bryan Lee O'Malley, for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Oni)
• Eric Powell, for The Goon (Dark Horse)
• Seth, for Wimbledon Green (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Penciller/Inker

• John Cassaday, for Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Planetary (WildStorm/DC) *
• Gene Ha, for Top Ten: The Forty-Niners (ABC)
• J. G. Jones, for Wanted (Top Cow/Image)
• Frank Quitely, for All Star Superman (DC)
• J. H. Williams III, for Promethea, Desolation Jones (WildStorm/DC)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Paul Guinan, for Heartbreakers Meet Boilerplate (IDW)
• Ladronn, for Hip Flask: Mystery City (Active Images) *
• Ben Templesmith, for Fell (Image)
• Kent Williams, for The Fountain (Vertigo/DC)

Best Coloring

• Jeromy Cox, for Teen Titans (DC); Otherworld (Vertigo/DC)
• Steven Griffin, for Hawaiian Dick: The Last Resort (Image)
• Steve Hamaker, for Bone: The Great Cow Race (Scholastic Graphix)
• Jose Villarrubia, for Desolation Jones (WildStorm/DC)
• Chris Ware, for Acme Novelty Library #16 (ACME Novelty) *

Best Lettering

• Chris Eliopolis, for Ultimate Iron Man, Astonishing X-Men, Ultimates 2, House of M, Franklin Richards (Marvel); Fell (Image)
• Todd Klein, for Wonder Woman, Justice, Seven Soldiers #0 (DC); Desolation Jones (WildStorm/DC); Promethea, Top Ten: The Forty-Niners, Tomorrow Stories Special (ABC); Fables (Vertigo); 1602: New World (Marvel) *
• Richard Starkings, for Conan, Revelations (Dark Horse); Godland (Image); Gunpowder Girl and the Outlaw Squaw, Hip Flask: Mystery City (Active Images)
• Chris Ware, for Acme Novelty Library #16 (ACME Novelty)

Best Cover Artist

• Frank Espinosa, for Rocketo (Speakeasy)
• Tony Harris, for Ex Machina (Wildstorm/DC)
• James Jean, for Fables (Vertigo/DC); Runaways (Marvel) *
• Jock, for The Losers (Vertigo/DC)
• Eric Powell, for The Goon; Universal Monsters: Cavalcade of Horror (Dark Horse)

Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition

• Dawn Brown (Ravenous, Little Red Hot)
• Aaron Renier (Spiral-Bound) *
• Zak Sally (Recidivist)
• Ursula Vernon (Digger)

Best Comics-Related Periodical

• Comic Art, edited by M. Todd Hignite (Comic Art)
• Comic Book Artist, edited by Jon B. Cooke (Top Shelf) *
• The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth and Dirk Deppey (Fantagraphics)
• Draw!, edited by Michael Manley (TwoMorrows)
• Following Cerebus, edited by Craig Miller and John Thorne (Aardvark-Vanaheim/Win-Mill Productions)

Best Comics-Related Book

• The Comics Journal Library: Classic Comic Illustrators, edited by Tom Spurgeon (Fantagraphics)
• Eisner/Miller, edited by Charles Brownstein and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Books) *
• Foul Play: The Art and Artists of the Notorious 1950s EC Comics, by Grant Geissman (Harper Design)
• Masters of American Comics, edited by John Carlin, Paul Karasik, and Brian Walker (Hammer Museum/MOCA Los Angeles/Yale University Press)
• RGK: Art of Roy G. Krenkel, edited by J. David Spurlock and Barry Klugerman (Vanguard)

Best Publication Design

• Acme Novelty Library Annual Report to Shareholders, designed by Chris Ware (Pantheon) * (tie)
• Little Nemo in Slumberland, designed by Philippe Ghuilemetti (Sunday Press Books) * (tie)
• Promethea #32, designed by J. H. Williams III and Todd Klein (ABC)
• Walt and Skeezix, designed by Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Wimbledon Green, designed by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)

Hall of Fame

Judges' Choices: (Automatically inducted)

• Floyd Gottfredson *
• William Moulton Marston *
  Voters choices:
• Matt Baker
• Vaughn Bodé *
• Wayne Boring
• Reed Crandall
• Creig Flessel
• Ramona Fradon *
• Harold Gray
• Graham Ingels
• Robert Kanigher
• Russ Manning *
• Mort Meskin
• Marty Nodell
• Gilbert Shelton
• Jim Steranko *

2006 Eisner Awards Judges

• Christopher Allen (critic for Comic Book Galaxy)
• John Gallangher (cartoonist & publisher of Buzzboy)
• Nisha Gopalan (editor for Entertainment Weekly)
• Robert Randle (product manager for Diamond Comic Distributors)
• Robert Scott (retailer, Comikaze comics shop, San Diego)