The winners of the annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced this weekend at Comic-Con International: San Diego. It's the crème de la crème of comic books, the Academy Awards of the comic world. Last year's big winner, Saga, again dominated the award recipients, taking home the title of best writer for Brian K. Vaughan and best continuing series.
A web comic that makes us laugh day in and day out received big praise from the award committee, and our forever favorite Hayao Miyazaki was honored in the hall of fame. Check out the whole list of honorees:
Best Writer - Brian K. Vaughan, Saga
Best Continuing Series - Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Best Short Story - "Untitled" by Gilbert Hernandez in Love and Rockets: New Stories Number Six
Best Humor Publication - Vader's Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown
Best New Series - Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
Best Limited Series - The Wake by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy
Best Single Issue (or One Shot): - Hawkeye Number 11 Pizza Is My Business by Matt Fraction and David Aja
Best Publication For Early Readers - Itty Bitty Hellboy by Art Baltazar and Franco
Best Publication For Kids - The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks
Best Publication For Teens - Battling Boy by Paul Pope
Best Digital Comic - The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman
Best Anthology - Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson
Best Reality-Based Work - The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker
Best Adaptation From Another Medium - Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground, adapted by Darwyn Cooke
Best Graphic Album: New - The Property by Rutu Modan
Best Graphic Album: Reprint - RASL by Jeff Smith
Best Archival Collection/Project: Strips - Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Vol. 1, edited by Dean Mullaney
Best Archival Collection/Project: Comic Books - Will Eisner's The Spirit Artist's Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier
Best US Edition of International Material - Goddamn This War! by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney
Best US Edition of International Material: Asia - The Mysterious Underground Men by Osamu Tezuka
Best Writer/Artist - Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories, Vol. Six
Best Penciler/Inker - Sean Murphy, The Wake
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist - Fiona Staples, Saga
Best Cover Artist - David Aja, Hawkeye
Best Coloring - Jordie Bellaire, The Manhattan Projects, Nowhere Men, Pretty Deadly Zero, The Massive, Tom Strong, X-Files Season 10, Captain Marvel, Journey Into Mystery, Numbercruncher, and Quantum and Woody
Best Lettering - Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism - Comic Book Resources, produced by Jonah Weiland
Best Comics-Related Book - Genius Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell
Best Scholarly/Academic Work - Black Comics: The Politics of Race and Representation, edited by Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II
Best Publication Design - Genius Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, designed by Dean Mullaney
Hall of Fame - Orrin C. Evans, Irwin Hasen, Sheldon Moldoff, Hayao Miyazaki, Alan Moore, and Bernie Wrightson
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award - Aaron Conley, artist of Sabertooth Swordsman
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award - Joe Field
Bill Finger Excellence in Comic Book Writing Award - Robert Kanigher, Bill Mantlo, and Jack Mendelsohn
Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award - All Star Comics, Melbourne, Australia; Legend Comics & Coffee, Omaha, Nebraska
Source: Image Comics