Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

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The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are given for creative achievement in American comic books, considered the "Oscars" of the comic book industry.

Each category is nominated by a five-member panel, voted on by comic-book professionals, and presented in a gala ceremony at Comic-Con International: San Diego, the largest and oldest comics convention in the United States.

Eisner Awards Now Accepting Submissions for 2010

2010 Eisner Award: Call for Entries2010 Eisner Award: Call for Entries (pdf)

Creators can submit materials for consideration if: (a) their publisher is no longer in business; (b) their publisher is unlikely to participate in the nomination process; or (c) they have severed connections with the publisher or have similar reasons for believing that their publisher is unlikely to consider nominating them or their work.

Publishers may submit a maximum of five nominees for any one category, and the same item or person can be submitted in more than one category. Each imprint, line, or subsidiary of a publisher may submit its own set of entries. There are no entry fees.

All submissions should be sent before the deadline of March 8, 2010, to:

Jackie Estrada
Eisner Awards
8340 Allison Ave.
La Mesa, CA 91941

The Eisner Award nominees will be announced in April, and online voting (as well as pdf ballots) will be available to professionals in the comics industry, including creators, editors, publishers, distributors, and retailers. The results will be announced by celebrity presenters at the gala awards ceremony on the evening of July 23 at Comic-Con International in San Diego.

2009 Eisner Award Winners

A small sampling

While we're waiting for the 2010 nominees to be announced, here's a few of the 2009 winners! (The complete list of winners is available at comic-con.org.)
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Who would you nominate?

Only industry professionals can nominate a book or creator for an Eisner Award. But let's pretend for a moment that's not the case: who would you nominate for the 2010 award for Best Cover Artist? (The 2009 winner was James Jean, for his work in Fables and The Umbrella Academy.)

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I'm the Art Director for Gemstone Publishing's Uncle Scrooge comic book series, winner of the 2004 "Best Title for a Younger Audience" Eisner Award. more »

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