I vincitori degli Eisner Awards 2009

Best Writer
* Bill Willingham, Fables, House of Mystery (Vertigo/DC)

Best Writer/Artist
* Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library (Acme)

Best New Series
* Invincible Iron Man, by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca (Marvel)

Best Limited Series
* Hellboy: The Crooked Man, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)

Best Continuing Series
* All Star Superman. by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC)

Best Short Story
* “Murder He Wrote,” by Ian Boothby, Nina Matsumoto, and Andrew Pepoy, in The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #14 (Bongo)

Best Anthology
* Comic Book Tattoo: Narrative Art Inspired by the Lyrics and Music of Tori Amos, edited by Rantz Hoseley (Image)

Best Publication for Kids
* Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC)

Best Publication for Teens/Tweens
* Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, adapted by P. Craig Russell (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

Best Coloring
* Dave Stewart, Abe Sapien: The Drowning, BPRD, The Goon, Hellboy, Solomon Kane, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Body Bags (Image); Captain America: White (Marvel)

Best Lettering
* Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #19 (Acme)

Best Digital Comic
* Finder, by Carla Speed McNeil,
www.shadowlinecomics.com/webcomics/#/finder/

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
* Guy Davis, BPRD (Dark Horse)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist
* Jill Thompson, Magic Trixie, Magic Trixie Sleeps Over (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

Best Cover Artist
* James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
* Comic Book Resources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com)

Best Comics-Related Book
* Kirby: King of Comics, by Mark Evanier (Abrams)

Best Publication Design
* Hellboy Library Editions, designed by Cary Grazzini and Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
* Little Nemo in Slumberland, Many More Splendid Sundays, by Winsor McCay (Sunday Press Books)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
* Creepy Archives, by various (Dark Horse)

Best Humor Publication
* Herbie Archives, by “Shane O’Shea” (Richard E. Hughes) and Ogden Whitney (Dark Horse)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
* The Last Musketeer, by Jason (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan
* Dororo, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)

Best Reality-Based Work
* What It Is, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint
* Hellboy Library Edition, vols. 1 and 2, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)

Best Graphic Album—New
* Swallow Me Whole, by Nate Powell (Top Shelf)


RUSS MANNING AWARD WINNER:
Eleanor Davis!


Hall of Fame:
Harold Gray
Graham Ingalls
Matt Baker
Reed Crandall
Russ Heath


Spirit of retailing award winner Tate’s Comics Dt. Lauderdale Fl.