– Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) – Hawkeye, by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, and Mike Walsh (Marvel) – Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Liz Fleming (BOOM! Box) – Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and David Rubín (Dark Horse) – What Is Left, by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (ShortBox) – The Spotted Stone, by Rick Veitch (Sun Comics) – Pope Hats #5, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books) – Hellboy: Krampusnacht, by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Dark Horse) – “Trans Plant,” by Megan Rose Gedris, in Enough Space for Everyone Else (Bedside Press) – “Small Mistakes Make Big Problems,” by Sophia Foster-Dimino, in Comics for Choice (Hazel Newlevant) – “A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green,” by Nick Sousanis, in Columbia Magazine (Summer 2017), – “Forgotten Princess,” by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Antonio Sandoval, in Adventure Time Comics #13 (kaboom!) – “Ethel Byrne,” by Cecil Castelluci and Scott Chantler, in Mine: A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood (ComicMix) Now without further ado, here are the winners, highlighted among the full list of nominees: The Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award went to Norma Comics in Barcelona, Spain, and the nominations for the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award resulted in a tie between Hamish Steele (“Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities”) and Pablo Tunica (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters II”). As previously announced, the 2018 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award was given to Seattle-based non-profit organization Comics4Kids, and Frederick Joseph, and Joye Murchison Kelly and Dorothy Woolfolk were the recipients the 2018 Bill Finger Award. This year’s Hall of Fame inductees were Jackie Ormes and Carol Kalish, Addams Family creator Charles Addams, Karen Berger, Dave Gibbons, and mangaka Rumiko Takahashi. Emil Ferris also won three Eisners for her debut graphic novel “My Favorite Thing is Monsters.”
“Monstress” emerged as the big winner of the evening, with writer Marjorie Liu and artist Sana Takeda winning five awards for the Image Comics series, although Liu tied with Tom King for the Best Writer Award. The 30th annual Eisner Awards, the most prestigious awards in the American comic book industry, were held last night at San Diego Comic Con.
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