NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR 2024 WILL EISNER COMIC INDUSTRY AWARDS
(Full article can be found at ComiCon International)
COMIC-CON IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE NOMINEES FOR THE WILL EISNER COMIC INDUSTRY AWARDS 2024. THE NOMINATIONS ARE FOR WORKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND DECEMBER 31, 2023 AND WERE CHOSEN BY A BLUE-RIBBON PANEL OF JUDGES.
Once again, this year’s nominees in 32 categories reflect the wide range of material being published in the U.S. in comics and graphic novels, representing more than 150 print and online titles from over 60 publishers, produced by creators from all over the world.
2024 WILL EISNER COMIC INDUSTRY AWARDS NOMINEES (Highlights)
BEST SHORT STORY
- “Friendship Is Forever,” by Sam Maggs and Keisha Okafor, in My Little Pony 40th Celebration (IDW)
- “The Kelpie,” by Becky Cloonan, in Four Gathered on Christmas Eve (Dark Horse)
- “The Lady of the Lake,” by Joe S. Farrar and Guilherme Grandizolli, in BUMP: A Horror Anthology #3 (BUMP)
- “Talking to a Hill,” by Larry Hancock and Michael Cherkas, in Comics for Ukraine (Zoop)
- “World’s Finest, Part 1,” by Tom King and Belen Ortega, in Wonder Woman #3 (DC)
BEST SINGLE ISSUE/ONE-SHOT
- Horologist, by Jared Lee and Cross (Grim Film)
- Nightwing #105, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)
- Star Trek: Day of Blood—Shax’s Best Day, by Ryan North and Derek Charm (IDW)
- Superman 2023 Annual, by Joshua Williamson and others (DC)
- Sweet Paprika: Black, White, & Pink, by Mirka Andolfo and others (Image)
BEST CONTINUING SERIES
- Birds of Prey, by Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Basto Romero (DC)
- Nightwing, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC Comics)Shazam! by Mark Waid and Dan Mora (DC)
- Transformers, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image Skybound)
- Wonder Woman, by Tom King and Daniel Sampere (DC)
BEST LIMITED SERIES
- The Cull, by Kelly Thompson and Mattia De Iulis (Image)
- Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons, by Frank Tieri and Inaki Miranda (IDW)
- Kill Your Darlings, by Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan, and Robert Quinn (Image)
- PeePee PooPoo, by Caroline Cash (Silver Sprocket)
- Superman: Lost, by Christopher Priest and Carlo Pagulayan (DC)
BEST NEW SERIES
- Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, by Patrick Horvath (IDW)
- Black Cloak, by Kelly Thompson and Meredith McClaren (Image)
- Local Man, by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs (Image)
- Phantom Road, by Jeff Lemire and Gabriel Hernández Walta (Image)
- Somna: A Bedtime Story, by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay (DSTLRY)
BEST WRITER
- Stephen Graham Jones, Earthdivers (IDW)
- Mariko Tamaki, Roaming (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Tom Taylor, Nightwing, Titans (DC)
- Kelly Thompson, Birds of Prey, Harley Quinn, Black White and Redder (DC); Black Cloak, The Cull (Image); It’s Jeff, Captain Marvel (Marvel)
- Mark Waid, Batman/Superman: World’s Finest, Shazam!, World’s Finest: Teen Titans (DC)
- G. Willow Wilson, Poison Ivy (DC); Hunger and the Dusk (IDW)
BEST PENCILLER/INKER OR PENCILLER/INKER TEAM
- Jason Shawn Alexander, Detective Comics (DC); Killadelphia, with Germán Erramouspe (Image)
- Tula Lotay, Barnstormers: A Ballad of Love and Murder (Comixology Originals/Best Jackett)
- Inaki Miranda, Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons (IDW)
- Dan Mora, Batman/Superman: World’s Finest, Shazam! (DC)
- Chris Samnee, Fire Power (Image Skybound)
- Jillian Tamaki, Roaming (Drawn & Quarterly)
BEST WRITER/ARTIST
- Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House (First Second/Macmillan)
- Bill Griffith, Three Rocks (Abrams ComicArts)
- Daniel Warren Johnson, Transformers (Image Skybound)
- Mokumokuren, The Summer Hikaru Died, vol. 1 (Yen Press)
- Zoe Thorogood, Hack/Slash: Back To School (Image)
- Tillie Walden, Clementine Book Two (Image Skybound)
