1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees (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 1997.

Best Short Story

• "The Eltingville Comic Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Role-Playing Club In: The Marathon Men," Evan Dorkin, Dork! #4 (Slave Labor) *
• "A Matter of Some Gravity," Don Rosa, Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #610 (Gladstone)
• "The New European," Alan Moore, Gary Frank, and Cam Smith, Vampirella/Dracula: The Centennial (Harris)
• "Penny Century," Jaime Hernandez, Penny Century #1 (Fantagraphics)
• "The Willow Warriors," Ian Edgington and Eric Shanower, Weird War Tales #1 (DC)
• "Wrong Turn," Frank Miller, Sin City: Sex & Violence (Dark Horse)

Best Single Issue

• Batgirl Adventures #1, Paul Dini and Rick Burchett (DC)
• The Dreaming #15: "Day's Work, Night's Rest," Jeff Nicholson (DC/Vertigo)
• Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 #10: "Show `Em All," Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage) *
• Sof' Boy and Friends #1, Archer Prewitt (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Superman Adventures #3: "Distant Thunder," Scott McCloud, Rick Burchett, and Terry Austin (DC)

Best Serialized Story

• The Acme Novelty Library #6-9: "Jimmy Corrigan," Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
• Akiko #10-18: "The Wrath of Alia Rellapor," Mark Crilley (Sirius)
• Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 #4-9: "Confession," Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage) *
• Preacher #30-33: "Les Enfants Du Sang," Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (DC/Vertigo)
• Soulwind #1-4: "The Kid from Planet Earth," C. Scott Morse (Image)
• Superman Adventures #11-12: "The War Within," Scott McCloud, Rick Burchett, and Terry Austin (DC)

Best Continuing Series

• The Acme Novelty Library, Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
• Akiko, Mark Crilley (Sirius)
• Bone, Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
• Kurt Busiek's Astro City, Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage) *
• Leave It to Chance, James Robinson and Paul Smith (Homage)
• Preacher, Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (DC/Vertigo)

Best Limited Series

• Batman: The Long Halloween, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (DC) *
• Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold, Alisa Kwitney, Kent Williams, Michael Zulli, Scott Hampton, and Rebecca Guay (DC/Vertigo)
• The Land of Nod, Jay Stephens (Dark Horse)
• Red Rocket 7, Mike Allred (Dark Horse)
• Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti, Dean Motter and Michael Lark (DC/Vertigo)
• Uncle Sam, Steve Darnall and Alex Ross (DC/Vertigo)

Best New Series

• Castle Waiting, Linda Medley (Olio) *
• Lost Stories, John Riley, Garrett Berner, and Dave Sharpe (Creative Frontiers)
• Soulwind, C. Scott Morse (Image)
• Squee! Johnen Vasquez (Slave Labor)
• A Touch of Silver, Jim Valentino (Image)

Best Comics Publication for a Younger Audience

• Akiko, Mark Crilley (Sirius)
• Batman & Robin Adventures, Ty Templeton, Brandon Kruse, Rick Burchett, and others (DC) *
• Bone, Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
• Gon Swimmin, Masahi Tanaka (Paradox Press)
• Leave It to Chance, James Robinson and Paul Smith (Homage)
• Whats Michael, Makoto Kobayashi (Dark Horse)

Best Humor Publication

• Gon Swimmin', Masahi Tanaka (Paradox Press) *
• Mystic Funnies, R. Crumb (Alex Wood, publisher)
• Roswell, Little Green Man, Bill Morrison (Bongo)
• The Seduction of Mike, R. Sikoryak and Michael Smith (Fantagraphics)
• Squee! Jhonen Vasquez (Slave Labor)

Best Anthology

• Blab #9, ed. Monte Beauchamp (Fantagraphics)
• Hellboy Christmas Special, ed. Scott Allie (Dark Horse) *
• Mind Riot, ed. Karen Hirsch (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin Paperbacks)
• Two-Fisted Science, ed. Jim Ottaviani (General Tektronics)
• Vertigo: Winters Edge, ed. Shelly Roeberg (DC/Vertigo)
• Zero Zero, ed. Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album-New

• Batman & Superman Adventures: World's Finest, Paul Dini, Joe Staton, and Terry Beatty (DC) *
• The Borden Tragedy, Rick Geary (NBM)
• A History of Violence, John Wagner and Vince Locke (Paradox Press)
• A Jew in Communist Prague, vols. 1 and 2, Vittorio Giardino (NBM)
• Scary Godmother, Jill Thompson (Sirius)
• The Wizards Tale, Kurt Busiek and Dave Wenzel (Jukebox Productions/ Homage)

Best Graphic Album-Reprint

• Age of Reptiles: The Hunt, Ricardo Delgado (Dark Horse)
• Ghost World, Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics)
• Sin City: That Yellow Bastard, Frank Miller (Dark Horse) *
• The System, Peter Kuper (DC/Vertigo)
• Terminal City, Dean Motter and Michael Lark (DC/Vertigo)

Best Archival Collection

• The Complete Crumb, vol. 12, R. Crumb (Fantagraphics)
• Corto Maltese, Hugo Pratt (NBM)
• Jack Kirby's New Gods, Jack Kirby (DC) *
• Essential Spider-Man, vol. 2, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (Marvel)
• Wolverton in Space, Basil Wolverton (Dark Horse)

Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material

• Corto Maltese, Hugo Pratt (NBM)
• Gon Swimmin', Masahi Tanaka (Paradox Press) *
• A Jew in Communist Prague, Vittorio Giardino (NBM)
• Nausica of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki (Viz)
• Whats Michael? Makoto Kobayashi (Dark Horse)

Best Writer

• Kurt Busiek, Kurt Busiek's Astro City; The Wizard's Tale (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
• Garth Ennis, Hitman (DC); Preacher; Unknown Soldier (DC/Vertigo); Blood Mary: Lady Liberty (DC/Helix) *
• Scott McCloud, Superman Adventures (DC)
• John Ostrander, The Spectre; Kents; Tangent Comics: Nightwing (DC)
• James Robinson, Starman; The Shade; Tangent Comics: Green Lantern (DC); Leave It to Chance (Homage)

Best Writer/Artist

• Dan Clowes, Eightball (Fantagraphics)
• Rick Geary, The Borden Tragedy (NBM)
• Vittorio Giardino, A Jew in Communist Prague (NBM)
• David Lapham, Stray Bullets, Amy Racecar Color Special #1 (El Capitan)
• Jason Lutes, Berlin (Black Eye)
• Linda Medley, Castle Waiting (Olio)
• Mike Mignola, Hellboy: Almost Colossus; Hellboy Christmas Special; Hellboy Jr. Halloween Special (Dark Horse) *

Best Writer/Artist-Humor

• R. Crumb, Self-Loathing (Fantagraphics); Mystic Funnies (Alex Wood, publisher)
• Bill Morrison, Roswell, Little Green Man (Bongo)
• Jeff Smith, Bone (Cartoon Books) *
• Masashi Tanaka, Gon (Paradox Press)
• Chris Ware,The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

• Brent Anderson/Will Blyberg, Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
• Rick Burchett, Batgirl Adventures; Rick Burchett/Terry Austin, Superman Adventures (DC)
• Dave Gibbons, Martha Washington Saves the World #1 (Dark Horse)
• Michael Lark, Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti (DC/Vertigo); The Little Sister (Byron Priess Visual Productions)
• P. Craig Russell, Elric: Stormbringer (Dark Horse/Topps); Dr. Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (Marvel) *
• Paul Smith, Leave It to Chance (Homage)

Best Painter

• John Bolton, Menz Insana; "The Flowers of Romance,"Vertigo: Winter's Edge (DC/Vertigo)
• Gene Ha, "Free Fall,"Marvel Shadows and Light (Marvel)
• Scott Hampton, Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty (DC); Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold, Book Two (DC/Vertigo)
• Alex Ross, Uncle Sam (DC/Vertigo) *
• David Wenzel, The Wizard's Tale (Homage)

Best Coloring

• Laura Allred, Red Rocket 7 (Dark Horse)
• Jeromy Cox, Leave It to Chance (Homage); Mage (Image)
• Sarah Dyer, Amy Racecar Color Special #1 (El Capitan)
• Lovern Kindzierski, Elric: Stormbringer (Dark Horse/Topps); Dr. Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (Marvel)
• Archer Prewitt, Sof' Boy and Friends (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics) *

Best Lettering

• Dan Clowes, Eightball (Fantagraphics)
• Tim Harkins, Roswell, Little Green Man (Bongo); Adventures in the DC Universe (DC)
• Todd Klein, Batman, Batman: Poison Ivy (DC); The Dreaming, House of Secrets, The Invisibles, Uncle Sam (DC/Vertigo); Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Gladstone); Castle Waiting (Olio) *
• Archer Prewitt, Sof' Boy and Friends (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)

Best Cover Artist

• Mike Allred, Red Rocket 7 (Dark Horse)
• Mark Crilley, Akiko (Sirius)
• Glenn Fabry, Preacher; Preacher Specials (DC/Vertigo)
• Jerry Ordway, Power of Shazam (DC)
• Alex Ross, Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Homage); Uncle Sam (DC/Vertigo) *
• Steve Rude, Nexus: Nightmare in Blue; Nexus: God Con (Dark Horse)
• Ty Templeton, Batman & Robin Adventures (DC)

Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition

• Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage/Fantagraphics)
• Paul Grist (Kane/Dancing Elephant Press)
• Linda Medley (Castle Waiting/Olio) *
• Bill Morrison (Roswell, Little Green Man/Bongo)
• Gary and Rhoda Shipman (Pakkins' Land/Caliber)
• Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother/Sirius)

Best Comics-Related Periodical

• Comic Book Marketplace (Gemstone)
• The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics) *
• Feature (Charles Brownstein)
• Jack Kirby Collector (TwoMorrows)
• The Staros Report (Star House)

Best Comics-Related Book

• Alter Ego, ed. Roy Thomas and Bill Schelly (Hamster Press)
• Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing, Dave Sim (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
• The Collected Jack Kirby Collector, vol. 1, ed. John Morrow (TwoMorrows)
• The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book, ed. Pete Poplaski (Kitchen Sink) *
• Tijuana Bibles, Bob Adelman (Simon & Schuster)

Best Comics-Related Product

• Acme Novelty Library display stand, designed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics) *
• Batgirl cold-cast statue, sculpted by William Paquet, based on designs by Brian Stelfreeze (DC)
• Destiny cold-cast statue, sculpted by William Paquet, based on designs by Michael Zulli (DC/Vertigo)
• McFarlane Spawn and Kiss action figures (McFarlane Toys)
• Bone Red Dragon cold-cast statue, sculpted by Randy Bowen, based on designs by Jeff Smith (Graphitti Designs)
• Scenes from the Xenozoic Age Portfolio: Deluxe Boxed Edition, Mark Schultz (Kitchen Sink)
• Turok videogame (Acclaim)

Best Publication Design

• Isaac Mizrahi Presents The Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel, Isaac Mizrahi and William Frawley (Simon & Schuster)
• Kingdom Come deluxe slipcover edition, art director Bob Chapman/DC design director Georg Brewer (DC Comics/Graphitti Designs) *
• R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book, designed by Pete Poplaski (Kitchen Sink)
• The Sandman Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers, 1989-1996, designed by Dave McKean (DC/Vertigo)
• Scary Godmother designed by Jill Thompson (Sirius)

Hall of Fame

• Neal Adams *
• Charles Biro
• Vaughn Bode
• Jack Davis
• Al Feldstein
• Bill Finger
• Gardner Fox
• Archie Goodwin *
• Joe Kubert *
• Sheldon Mayer
• Jean "Moebius" Giraud *
• Jerry Robinson
• Alex Schomburg
• Joe Simon
• art spiegelman
• Dick Sprang
• Jim Steranko
• Al Williamson
• Basil Wolverton