

The winners are announced at a gala presentation ceremony held July 25 at the San Diego Comic-Con International.Isabel Greenberg is a British graphic novelist and illustrator.


Named after the great comics innovator and creator of the newspaper comics strip, The Spirit, The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards honor the best comics and graphic novels published in the previous calendar year. Foster, reviewer Christian Lipski, Comic-Con International board member Lee Oeth, library curator Jenny Robb and Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist/critic James Romberger, author of Post York (Uncivilized Books) and 7 Miles a Second along with Marguerite Van Cook. The judging panel for the 2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards consists of comics retailer Kathy Bottarini, author/educator William H. In addition librarian and comics blogger Zainab Akhtar, who edits Panel Mania, PW Comics World’s look at notable upcoming graphic novels, has been nominated in the Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism category for her blog, Comics and Cola. Seven individual artists received three nominations including comics artists Nate Powell and Fiona Staples. Robinson, and Kyle Baker (Dark Horse), Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ullie Lust, (Fantagraphics), and The Art of Rube Goldberg selected by Jennifer George (Abrams ComicArts). In addition, a number of titles received multiple Eisner nominations including Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos (Image), Hip Hop Family Tree by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics), The Fifth Beatle by Vivek J. Three titles received three nominations: March Book One (Top Shelf) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell, Bluffton: My Summers with Buster by Matt Phelan (Candlewick), and Love and Rockets: New Stories (Fantagraphics). Three titles had more than three nominations: Hawkeye (Marvel), The Wake (DC/Vertigo) and Saga (Imagez).
