Nella giornata di oggi, il sito ufficiale del San Diego Comic-Con ha annunciato le nomination ai prestigiosissimi premi Eisner Awards di quest’anno: i vincitori verranno svelati il 19 luglio.
BEST SHORT STORY
“Get Naked in Barcelona,” di Steven T. Seagle e Emei Olivia Burrell, in Get Naked (Image)
“The Ghastlygun Tinies,” di Matt Cohen e Marc Palm, in MAD magazine #4 (DC)
“Here I Am,” di Shaun Tan, in I Feel Machine (SelfMadeHero)
“Life During Interesting Times,” di Mike Dawson (The Nib),
“Supply Chains,” di Peter e Maria Hoey, in Coin-Op #7 (Coin-Op Books)
“The Talk of the Saints,” Tom King e Jason Fabok, in Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)
BEST SINGLE ISSUE/ONE-SHOT
Beneath the Dead Oak Tree, di Emily Carroll (ShortBox)
Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise, di Jeff Lemire e Emi Lenox (Dark Horse)
No Better Words, di Carolyn Nowak (Silver Sprocket)
Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310, di Chip Zdarsky (Marvel)
The Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils In Suits, di Arabson, translated by James Robinson (IHQ Studio/ Image)
BEST CONTINUING SERIES
Batman, di Tom King et al. (DC)
Black Hammer: Age of Doom, di Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, e Rich Tommaso (Dark Horse)
Gasolina, di Sean Mackiewicz e Niko Walter (Skybound/Image)
Giant Days, di John Allison, Max Sarin, e Julaa Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
Eternity Girl, di Magdalene Visaggio e Sonny Liew (Vertigo/DC)
Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, di Mark Russell, Mike Feehan, e Mark Morales (DC)
Mister Miracle, di Tom King e Mitch Gerads (DC)
X-Men: Grand Design: Second Genesis, di Ed Piskor (Marvel)
BEST NEW SERIES
Bitter Root, di David Walker, Chuck Brown, e Sanford Greene (Image)
Crowded, di Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, e Ted Brandt (Image)
Gideon Falls, di Jeff Lemire e Andrea Sorrentino (Image)
Isola, di Brenden Fletcher e Karl Kerschl (Image)
Man-Eaters, di Chelsea Cain, Lia Miternique e Kate Niemczyk (Image)
Skyward, di Joe Henderson e Lee Garbett (Image)
BEST PUBLICATION FOR EARLY READERS (UP TO AGE 8)
Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer, di James Kochalka (Top Shelf/IDW)
Petals, di Gustavo Borges (KaBOOM!)
Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths, di Graham Annable (First Second)
This Is a Taco! By Andrew Cangelose e Josh Shipley (CubHouse/Lion Forge)
Tiger Vs. Nightmare, di Emily Tetri (First Second)
BEST PUBLICATION FOR KIDS (AGES 9–12)
Aquicorn Cove, di Katie O’Neill (Oni)
Be Prepared, di Vera Brosgol (First Second)
The Cardboard Kingdom, di Chad Sell (Knopf/Random House Children’s Books)
Crush, di Svetlana Chmakova (JY/Yen Press)
The Divided Earth, di Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
BEST PUBLICATION FOR TEENS (AGES 13–17)
All Summer Long, di Hope Larson (Farrar Straus Giroux)
Gumballs, di Erin Nations (Top Shelf/IDW)
Middlewest, di Skottie Young and Jorge Corona (Image)
Norroway, Book 1: The Black Bull of Norroway, di Cat Seaton e Kit Seaton (Image)
The Prince and the Dressmaker, di Jen Wang (First Second)
Watersnakes, di Tony Sandoval, tradotto da Lucas Marangon (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
BEST HUMOR PUBLICATION
Get Naked, di Steven T. Seagle e altri (Image)
Giant Days, di John Allison, Max Sarin, e Julia Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
MAD magazine, curato da Bill Morrison (DC)
A Perfect Failure: Fanta Bukowski 3, di Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)
Woman World, di Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)
BEST ANTHOLOGY
Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World,curata da Shelly Bond (Black Crown/IDW)
Puerto Rico Strong, curata da Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz, e Neil Schwartz (Lion Forge)
Twisted Romance, curata da Alex de Campi (Image)
Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, curata da Will Dennis e da J. H. Williams III e Wendy Wright-Williams (Image)
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM—NEW
Bad Girls, di Alex de Campi e Victor Santos (Gallery 13)
Come Again, di Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1, di Corinna Bechko e Gabriel Hardman (DC)
Homunculus, di Joe Sparrow (ShortBox)
My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, di Ed Brubaker e Sean Phillips (Image)
Sabrina, di Nick Drnaso (Drawn & Quarterly)
BEST ADAPTATION FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM
Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation, adattato da Ari Folman e David Polonsky (Pantheon)
“Frankenstein” di Mary Shelley, in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, adattato da Junji Ito, tradotto da Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)
Out in the Open di Jesús Carraso, adattato da Javi Rey, tradotto da Lawrence Schimel (SelfMadeHero)
Speak: The Graphic Novel, di Laurie Halse Anderson e Emily Carroll (Farrar Straus Giroux)
To Build a Fire: Based on Jack London’s Classic Story, di Chabouté (Gallery 13)
BEST U.S. EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL
About Betty’s Boob, di Vero Cazot e Julie Rocheleau, tradotto da Edward Gauvin (Archaia/BOOM!)
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, di Pénélope Bagieu, tradotto da Montana Kane (First Second)
Herakles Book 1, di Edouard Cour, tradotto da Jeremy Melloul (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Niourk, di Stefan Wul e Olivier Vatine, tradotto da Brandon Kander e Diana Schutz (Dark Horse)
A Sea of Love, di Wilfrid Lupano e Grégory Panaccione (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
BEST U.S. EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL—ASIA
Abara: Complete Deluxe Edition, di Tsutomu Nihei, tradotto da Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, di Inio Asano, tradotto da John Werry (VIZ Media)
Laid-Back Camp, di Afro, tradotto da Amber Tamosaitis (Yen Press)
My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder, di Nie Jun, tradotto da Edward Gauvin (Graphic Universe/Lerner)
Tokyo Tarareba Girls, di Akiko Higashimura (Kodansha)
BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT—COMIC BOOKS
Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman Deluxe Edition, curato da Paul Levitz (DC)
Bill Sienkiewicz’s Mutants and Moon Knights… And Assassins… Artifact Edition, curato da Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet (Drawn & Quarterly)
Madman Quarter Century Shindig, by Mike Allred, curato da Chris Ryall (IDW)
Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, curato da Bob Chapman, Joseph Melchior, e Terry Moore (Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs)
Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, curato da John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)
BEST WRITER
Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)
Tom King, Batman, Mister Miracle, Heroes in Crisis, Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)
Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer: Age of Doom,Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, Quantum Age (Dark Horse); Descender, Gideon Falls, Royal City (Image)
Mark Russell, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound, Lex Luthor/Porky Pig (DC); Lone Ranger(Dynamite)
Kelly Thompson, Nancy Drew (Dynamite); Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Mr. & Mrs. X, Rogue & Gambit, Uncanny X-Men, West Coast Avengers (Marvel)
Chip Zdarsky, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel)
BEST WRITER/ARTIST
Sophie Campbell, Wet Moon (Oni)
Nick Drnaso, Sabrina (Drawn & Quarterly)
David Lapham, Lodger (Black Crown/IDW); Stray Bullets (Image)
Nate Powell, Come Again (Top Shelf/IDW)
Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker (First Second)
BEST PENCILLER/INKER OR PENCILLER/INKER TEAM
Matías Bergara, Coda (BOOM!)
Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)
Sonny Liew, Eternity Girl (Vertigo/DC)
Sean Phillips, Kill or Be Killed, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies(Image)
Gregory Panaccione, A Sea of Love (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
BEST COVER ARTIST (FOR MULTIPLE COVERS)
Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image); Submerged (Vault)
Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC)
Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)
Joshua Middleton, Batgirl and Aquaman variants (DC)
Julian Tedesco, Hawkeye, Life of Captain Marvel (Marvel)
BEST COLORING
Jordie Bellaire, Batgirl, Batman (DC); The Divided Earth (First Second); Days of Hate, Dead Hand, Head Lopper, Redlands (Image); Shuri, Doctor Strange (Marvel)
Tamra Bonvillain, Alien 3 (Dark Horse); Batman, Doom Patrol (DC); Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Multiple Man (Marvel)
Matt Hollingsworth, Batman: White Knight (DC): Seven to Eternity, Wytches (Image)
Matt Wilson, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); The Mighty Thor, Runaways (Marvel)
BEST LETTERING
David Aja, Seeds (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
Jim Campbell, Breathless, Calexit, Gravetrancers,Snap Flash Hustle,Survival Fetish, The Wilds (Black Mask); Abbott, Alice: Dream to Dream, Black Badge,Clueless, Coda, Fence, Firefly, Giant Days, Grass Kings,Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, Low Road West, Sparrowhawk (BOOM); Angelic (Image); Wasted Space (Vault)
Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)
Jared Fletcher, Batman: Damned (DC); The Gravediggers Union, Moonshine, Paper Girls, Southern Bastards (Image)
Todd Klein— Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald (Dark Horse); Batman: White Night (DC); Eternity Girl, Books of Magic (Vertigo/DC); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest (Top Shelf/IDW)
