The 2021San Diego Comic - Conbe shrunk down to a virtual event again , but the Eisners — the most prestigious awards in the comics field , make after pioneer and creator of The Spirit , Will Eisner — must go on . This year’scrop of nomineesis surprisingly light onMarvelandDC Comicstitles , instead highlighting a diverse bunch of indie and non - superhero claim . The Jehovah of some of those works ? Not quite as diverse .
As usual , there will be a stop of on-line voting , but afterlast year’scontroversial issueswith the organization , comicindustry professionalswill need toapply firstto wander their ballots . While things sure seem to have meliorate , there are a important and disproportional of valet de chambre ’s epithet under the immense majority of the category below . The Writers Award nominees , in picky , are made up of alone white-hot guy known mainly for their superhero amusing employment — all of them fantabulous writer to be indisputable , but that ’s not enceinte . It ’s deserving noting that two of the awards ’ control panel of six jurist were women ( although all six were located in Southern California , presumptively for Covid - tie in ground ) .
Anyway , with no further ado , here ’s your full list of 2021 nominees .
Panel from Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru’s Superman Smashes the Klan, nominee for Best Publication for Kids.Image: DC Comics
“ Garden Boys ” by Henry McCausland , in Now # 8 ( Fantagraphics )
“ I Needed the Discounts ” by Connor Willumsen , inThe New York Times(January 3 , 2020 )
“ role of Us , ” by Chan Chau , in Elements : Earth , A Comic Anthology by God Almighty of Color ( Ascend Press )
“ Rookie , ” by Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso , in Detective Comics # 1027 ( DC )
“ Soft Lead , ” by Chan Chau ,
“ When the Menopausal Carnival Comes to Town , ” by Mimi Pond , in Menopause : A Comic Treatment ( Graphic Medicine / Pennsylvania State University Press )
The Burning Hotels , by Thomas Lampion ( Birdcage Bottom Books )
Hedra , by Jesse Lonergan ( Image )
The Other History of the DC Universe # 1 , by John Ridley and Giuseppe Camuncoli ( DC )
Sports Is Hell , by Ben Passmore ( Koyama Press )
Stanley ’s Ghost : A Halloween Adventure , by Jeff Balke , Paul Storrie , and Dave Alvarez ( Storm Kids )
Bitter Root , by David F. Walker , Chuck Brown , and Sanford Greene ( Image )
lunatic , by Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto ( Marvel )
The Department of Truth , by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds ( Image )
Gideon Falls , by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino ( Image )
Stillwater , by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez ( Image / Skybound )
Usagi Yojimbo , by Stan Sakai ( IDW )
Barbalien : Red Planet , by Jeff Lemire , Tate Brombal , and Gabriel Hernandez Walta ( Dark Horse )
Decorum , by Jonathan Hickman and Mike Huddleston ( Image )
Far Sector , by N. K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell ( DC )
Strange Adventures , by Tom King , Mitch Gerads , and Evan “ Doc ” Shaner ( DC Black Label )
Superman ’s Pal Jimmy Olsen , by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber ( DC )
We Live , by Inaki Miranda and Roy Miranda ( AfterShock )
Black Widow , by Kelly Thompson and Elena Casagrande ( Marvel )
crossing , by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw ( Image )
Killadelphia , by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander ( Image )
We Only recover Them When They ’re deadened , by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo ( BOOM ! Studios )
Bear , by Ben Queen and Joe Todd - Stanton ( Archaia / BOOM ! )
Cat Kid Comic Club , by Dav Pilkey ( Scholastic Graphix )
Donut Feed the Squirrels , by Mika Song ( RH Graphic / RH Children ’s Books )
Kodi , by Jared Cullum ( Top Shelf )
Lift , by Minh Lê and Dan Santat ( Little , Brown Young Readers )
Our Little Kitchen , by Jillian Tamaki ( Abrams Books for Young Readers )
Doodleville , by Chad Sell ( Knopf / BFYR / RH Children ’s Books )
Go with the Flow , by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann ( First Second / Macmillan )
Mister Invincible : Local Hero , by Pascal Jousselin ( Magnetic Press )
Snapdragon , by Kat Leyh ( First Second / Macmillan )
Superman Smashes the Klan , by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru ( DC )
Twins , by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright ( Scholastic Graphix )
fit , Please ! Book 2 : Sticks & Scones , by Ngozi Ukazu ( First Second / Macmillan )
Displacement , by Kiku Hughes ( First Second / Macmillan )
Dragon Hoops , by Gene Luen Yang ( First Second / Macmillan )
Fights : One Boy ’s Triumph Over Violence , by Joel Christian Gill ( Oni Press )
A Map to the Sun , by Sloane Leong ( First Second / Macmillan )
When champion are Scattered , by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed ( Dial Books )
The Complete Fante Bukowski , by Noah Van Sciver ( Fantagraphics )
Department of Mind - Blowing Theories , by Tom Gauld ( Drawn & Quarterly )
FANGS , by Sarah Andersen ( Andrews McMeel )
Wendy , Master of Art , by Walter Scott ( Drawn & Quarterly )
What If We Were . . . , by Axelle Lenoir ( Top Shelf )
Ex Mag , vols . 1–2 , edited by Wren McDonald ( PEOW )
Guantanamo Voices : True account statement from the World ’s Most Infamous Prison , edit out by Sarah Mirk ( Abrams )
Hey , Amateur ! Go From Novice to Nailing It in 9 Panels , blue-pencil and curated by Shelly Bond ( IDW Black Crown )
Los Angeles Times , cut by Sammy Harkham ( NTWRK )
Menopause : A Comic Treatment , edit by MK Czerwiec ( Graphic Medicine / Pennsylvania State University Press )
Now , edit out by Eric Reynolds ( Fantagraphics )
Big Black : Stand at Attica , by Frank “ Big Black ” Smith , Jared Reinmuth , and Améziane ( Archaia / BOOM ! )
Invisible difference : A Story of Asperger ’s , Adulting , and Living a Life in Full Color , by Mme Caroline and Julie Dachez , transformation by Edward Gauvin ( Oni Press )
Kent State : Four Dead in Ohio , by Derf Backderf ( Abrams )
pay the Land , by Joe Sacco ( Metropolitan / Henry Holt )
twelvemonth of the Rabbit , by Tian Veasna , translation by Helge Dascher ( Drawn & Quarterly )
Banned Book Club , by Kim Hyun Sook , Ryan Estrada , and Ko Hyung - Ju ( Iron Circus )
dance After TEN : A Graphic Memoir , by Vivian Chong and Georgia Webber ( Fantagraphics )
Ginseng Roots , by Craig Thompson ( Uncivilized )
I Do n’t Know How to Give Birth ! by Ayami Kazama , translate by Julie Goniwich ( Yen Press )
The Loneliness of the Long - Distance Cartoonist , by Adrian Tomine ( Drawn & Quarterly )
When Stars Are Scattered , by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed ( Dial Books )
The Book Tour , by Andi Watson ( Top Shelf )
Dragman , by Steven Appleby ( Metropolitan )
Flake , by Matthew Dooley ( Jonathan Cape )
Labyrinth , by Ben Argon ( Abrams )
Paul at Home , by Michel Rabagliati , displacement by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall ( Drawn & Quarterly )
Pulp , by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips ( Image )
Black Hammer Library Edition , vol . 2 , by Jeff Lemire , Dean Ormstom , Emi Lenox , and Rich Tommaso ( Dark Horse )
Criminal Deluxe Edition , vol . 3 , by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips ( prototype )
Eight - Lane Runaways , by Henry McCausland ( Fantagraphics )
Fante Bukowski : The Complete Works , by Noah Van Sciver ( Fantagraphics )
Herobear and the Kid : The Heritage , by Mike Kunkel ( Astonish Factory )
seed and Stems , by Simon Hanselmann ( Fantagraphics )
Constitution Illustrated , by R. Sikoryak ( Drawn & Quarterly )
Parable of the Sower : The Graphic Novel Adaptation , by Octavia E. Butler , adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings ( Abrams )
Sapiens : A Graphic account : The Birth of Mankind , vol . 1 , by Yuval Noah Harari , adjust by David Vandermeulen and Daniel Casanave ( Harper Perennial )
Slaughterhouse - Five , by Kurt Vonnegut , adapted by Ryan North and Albert Monteys ( Archaia / BOOM ! )
Superman smash the Klan , adapt by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru ( DC )
Altitude , by Olivier Bocquet and Jean - Marc Rochette , translation by Edward Gauvin ( SelfMadeHero )
Gamayun Tales I : An Anthology of Modern Russian Folk Tales , by Alexander Utkin , translation by Lada Morozova ( Nobrow )
Goblin Girl , by Moa Romanova , version by Melissa Bowers ( Fantagraphics )
Irena Books 2 - 3 , by Jean - David Morvan , Severine Tréfouël , and David Evrard , translation by Dan Christensen ( Magnetic Press )
When You Look Up , by Decur , translation by Chloe Garcia Roberts ( Enchanted Lion Books )
The Winter of the Cartoonist , by Paco Roca , translation by Erica Mena ( Fantagraphics )
I Had That Same aspiration Again , by Yoru Sumino and Idumi Kirihara , rendering by Beni Axia Conrad ( Seven Seas )
I Wish I Could Say “ Thank You , ” by Yukari Takinami , translation by Yukari Takeuchi ( Fanfare / Ponent Mon )
A Journal Of My Father , by Jiro Taniguchi , translation by Kumar Sivasubramanian ( Fanfare / Ponent Mon )
Ping Pong , vols . 1–2 , by Taiyo Matsumoto , interlingual rendition by Michael Arias ( VIZ Media )
Remina , by Junji Ito , interlingual rendition by Jocelyne Allen ( VIZ Media )
Spy x Family , vols . 1–3 , by Tatsuya Endo , rendering by Casey Loe ( VIZ Media )
The Flapper Queens : Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age , edited by Trina Robbins ( Fantagraphics )
Gross Exaggerations : The Meshuga Comic Strips of Milt Gross , by Milt Gross , edited by Peter Maresca ( Sunday Press / IDW )
Krazy & Ignatz 1919 - 1921 by George Herriman , delete by RJ Casey ( Fantagraphics )
Little Debbie and the Second Coming of Elmo : Daily Comic Strips , August 1960 – September 1961 , by Cecil Jensen , edited by Frank Young ( Labor of Love )
Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips : mass 7 : Clean as a Weasel , by Walt Kelly , edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds ( Fantagraphics )
Art Young ’s Inferno , by Art Young , edited by Glenn Bray ( Fantagraphics )
Atlas at War ! edit out by Michael J. Vassallo ( Dead Reckoning )
The Complete Hate , by Peter Bagge , delete by Eric Reynolds ( Fantagraphics )
Corto Maltese : The Ballad of the Salty Sea , by Hugo Pratt , translation by Dean Mullaney and Simone Castaldi ( EuroComics / IDW )
picayune Lulu : The Fuzzythingus Poopi , by John Stanley , edit out by Frank Young and Tom Devlin ( Drawn & Quarterly )
Man and Superman and Other Stories , by Harvey Kurtzman , edited by J. Michael Catron ( Fantagraphics )
Ed Brubaker , Pulp , Reckless ( Image ) ; Friday ( Panel Syndicate )
Matt Fraction , Superman ’s Pal Jimmy Olsen ( DC ) ; Adventureman , November vols . 2–3 , Sex Criminals ( figure of speech )
Jonathan Hickman , Decorum ( Image ) ; Giant - Size X - Men , X - Men ( Marvel )
Jeff Lemire , Barbalien , Black Hammer , Colonel Weird : Cosmagog ( Dark Horse ) ; The Question : The Deaths of Vic Sage ( DC Black Label ) ; Family Tree , Gideon Falls ( Image )
James Tynion IV , Something Is Killing the Children , Wynd ( BOOM ! Studios ) ; Batman ( DC ) ; The Department of Truth ( Image ) ; Razorblades ( Tiny Onion )
Chip Zdarsky , Stillwater ( Image / Skybound ) , Daredevil , Fantastic Four / X - Men ( Marvel )
Junji Ito , Remina , Venus in the Blind Spot ( VIZ Media )
Pascal Jousselin , Mister Invincible : Local Hero ( Magnetic Press )
Trung Le Nguyen , The Magic Fish ( RH Graphic / RH Children ’s Books )
Craig Thompson , Ginseng Roots ( Uncivilized )
Adrian Tomine , The Loneliness of the Long - Distance Cartoonist ( Drawn & Quarterly )
Gene Luen Yang , Dragon Hoops ( First Second / Macmillan )
Michael Allred , Bowie : Stardust , Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams ( Insight Editions )
Marco Chechetto , Daredevil ( Marvel )
Jorge Corona , Middlewest ( simulacrum )
Bertrand Gatignol , Pistouvi ( Magnetic Press )
Mitch Gerads / Evan “ Doc ” Shaner , Strange Adventures ( DC Black Label )
Sanford Greene , Bitter Root ( Image )
Benjamin Adam , Soon ( Europe Comics )
Alice Chemama , The Zolas ( Europe Comics )
Jared Cullum , Kodi ( Top Shelf )
Decur , When You appear Up ( Enchanted Lion Books )
Antonio Lapone , Gentlemind ( Europe Comics )
Anand RK / John Pearson , Blue in Green ( Image )
Jamal Campbell , Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ( BOOM ! studio ) ; Far Sector ( DC )
Simone Di Meo , We Only Find Them When They ’re Dead ( BOOM ! Studio )
Mike Huddleston , Decorum ( figure of speech )
Dave Johnson , Butcher of Paris ( Dark Horse )
Peach Momoko , Buffy the Vampire Slayer # 19 , Mighty Morphin # 2 , Something Is Killing the Children # 12 , Power Rangers # 1 ( BOOM ! studio ) ; DIE!namite , Vampirella ( Dynamite ) ; The Crow : Lethe ( IDW ) ; Marvel Variants ( Marvel
Ramón K. Pérez , Stillwater ( Image / Skybound )
Laura Allred , X - Ray Robot ( Dark Horse ) ; Bowie : Stardust , Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams ( Insight Editions )
Jean - Francois Beaulieu , Middlewest ( Image )
Gipi , One Story ( Fantagraphics )
Marte Gracia , Empyre , X of Swords ( Marvel )
Dave Stewart , Promethee 13:13 ( comiXology ) ; Black Hammer ( Dark Horse ) ; Gideon Falls ( Image ) ; Spider - Man # 4-#5 ( Marvel )
Matt Wilson , Undiscovered Country ( Image ) ; Fire Power ( Image / Skybound ) ; Thor ( Marvel )
Mike Allred , Bowie : Stardust , Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams ( Insight Editions )
Deron Bennett , Bear , The Sacrifice of Darkness ( Archaia ) ; King of Nowhere , Something Is Killing the baby , We Only discover Them When They ’re Dead ( BOOM ! Studios ) ; Far Sector , Harley Quinn : Black + White + Red , Martian Manhunter ( DC ) ; Excellence ( Image / Skybound ) ; A Dark Interlude , Dark One , Relics of Youth , Resonant , Shadow Service , Vampire : The Masquerade : Winter ’s Teeth ( Vault ) ; Ping Pong ( VIZ Media )
Aditya Bidikar , Barbalien : Red Planet , Grafity ’s Wall Expanded Edition ( Dark Horse ) ; John Constantine , Hellblazer ( DC ) ; A Map to the Sun ( First Second ) ; The Department of Truth , Lost Soldiers ( range ) ; Giga , The Picture of Everything Else ( Vault )
Clayton Cowles , Aquaman , Batman , Batman and the Outsiders , Strange Adventures , Superman : Man of Tomorrow , Superman ’s Pal Jimmy Olsen ( DC ) ; Adventureman , Bitter Root , Bog Bodies , Die ( picture ) ; Reaver ( Image / Skybound ) ; Morbius , X Of Swords ( Marvel )
Stan Sakai , Usagi Yojimbo ( IDW )
Rus Wooton , Wonder Woman : Dead Earth ( DC ) ; Decorum , Monstress ( Image ) ; Die!Die!Die ! , Fire Power , Oblivion Song , Outcast , Stillwater ( Image / Skybound )
Alter Ego , edited by Roy Thomas ( TwoMorrows )
Back Issue , edited by Michael Eury ( TwoMorrows )
The Comics Blog , by Michael Cavna and David Betancourt ,
The Comics Journal , edited by RJ Casey , Kristy Valenti , and Gary Groth ( Fantagraphics )
PanelxPanel magazine , edited by Hassan Otsmane - Elhaou , PanelxPanel.com
cleaning woman indite About Comics , edited by Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne , www . WomenWriteAboutComics.com
American Daredevil : Comics , Communism , and the Battles of Lev Gleason , by Brett Dakin ( Comic House / Lev Gleason )
Ditko Shrugged : The Uncompromising Life of the Artist Behind Spider - Man and the Rise of Marvel Comics , by David Currie ( Hermes Press )
The History of EC Comics , by Grant Geissman ( TASCHEN )
Invisible Men : The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books , by Ken Quattro ( Yoe Books / IDW )
Masters of British Comic Art , by David Roach ( 2000AD )
Comic Art in Museums , delete by Kim A. Munson ( University Press of Mississippi )
Comic Studies : A Guidebook , edited by Charles Hatfield and Bart Beaty ( Rutgers University Press )
The Content of Our Caricature : African American Comic Art and Political Belonging , by Rebecca Wanzo ( New York University Press )
Webcomics , by Sean Kleefeld ( Bloomsbury )
Who understand Comics : Questioning the Universality of Visual Language Comprehension , by Neil Cohn ( Bloomsbury )
Chasin ’ the Bird : Charlie Parker in California deluxe edition , design by David Chisholm and Tyler Boss ( Z2 Comics )
Dbury@50 : The Complete Digital Doonesbury , by G.B. Trudeau , designed by George Corsillo and Susan McCaslin ( Andrews McMeel )
J & K , designed by John Pham ( Fantagraphics )
The Loneliness of the Long - Distance Cartoonist , designed by Adrian Tomine and Tracy Huron ( Drawn & Quarterly )
Original Art : The Dan Clowes Studio Edition , designed by Daniel Clowes ( Fantagraphics )
Friday , by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin ( Panel Syndicate )
Genius Animals ? by Vali Chandrasekaran and Jun - Pierre Shiozawa , geniusanimals.net
Gentlemind , by Juan Díaz Canales , Teresa Valero , and Antonio Lapone , translation by Jeremy Melloul ( Europe Comics )
Promethee 13:13 , by Andy Diggle and Shawn Martinbrough ( comiXology Originals / Delcourt )
Olive , by Véro Cazot and Lucy Mazel , translation by Jessie Aufiery ( Europe Comics )
shortly , by Thomas Cadène and Benjamin Adam , translation by Margaret Besser ( Europe Comics )
BFF , by Clément C. Fabre , Joseph Saffiedine , and Thomas Cadène , translation by Emma Wilson ,
Crisis Zone , bySimon Hanselmann ,
DPS ! Only , by Vel ,
islet of Elsi , by Alec Longstreth ,
The Kiss Bet , by Ingrid Ochoa ,
The Middle Age , by Steve Conley , middleagecomic.com
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