Gallery – 2017 Eisner Award Winners

Sonny Liew, Jill Thompson, Tom King, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples all win multiple awards.

July 23, 2017 Jeff Ayers Awards, Comics and Graphic Novels, New Item Gallery, Other Topics 0

Sonny Liew Pantheon Books Comics Eisner Award winner

The 2017 Eisner Awards were presented at San Diego Comic-Con Friday night and Sonny Liew was a big winner, taking the honors for Best Writer/Artist, Best US Edition of International Material and Best Publication Design for his book The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye.

Considered The Oscars of Comics, the Eisner Awards honor work published the year prior and have been given out for the past 29 years. Here’s a gallery of this year’s winners, all of which are available at Forbidden Planet NYC and on our webstore for mail order.

Jeff Lemire Dark horse Comics Black Hammer — Winner – Best New Series

Tom King Marvel Comics Vision — Winner – Best Limited Series

Saga Image Comics Brian K. Vaughan Fiona Staples — Winner – Best Continuing Series, Best Writer, Best Penciller/Inker, Best Cover Artist

Rep. John Lewis graphic novel March Civil Rights — Winner – Best Reality-Based Work

Jill Thompson Wonder Woman The True Amazon DC Comics — Winner – Best Graphic Album (New), Best Painter/Multimedia Artist

Wicked Divine Black Widow Comics Colorist Paper Girls Image Comics Marvel Comics — Winner – Best Colorist

Todd Klein Lettering comic book work — Winner – Best Lettering

Bandette by Paul Tobin — Winner – Best Digital Comic

Bird Boy Anne Szabla webcomic Dark Horse Comics — Winner – Best Webcomic, Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award

Moebius World of Edena — Winner – Best U.S. Edition of International Material

Love is Love Harry Potter Dumbledore Anthology — Winner – Best Anthology

Archie Comics Jughead Trade Paperback — Winner – Best Humor Publication

Mike Tisseran, George Herriman Krazy Kat Eisner Award — Winner – Best Comics-Related Book

Carolyn Cocca Gender Comic Books — Winner – Best Academic/Scholarly Work

Scholastic Raina Telgemeier Ghosts Drama — Winner – Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

Batman Good Boy Tom King — Winner – Best Short Story

Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Jill Thompson — Winner – Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Narwhal Kids comics comic book all ages — Winner – Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

Marvel Comics Squirrel Girl — Winner – Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

Dick Tracy comic strip hardcover — Winner – Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips:

Eisner Award Wimmin's Comics — Winner – Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

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