Jednym z najważniejszych punktów corocznego festiwalu Comic-Con w San Diego jest uroczysta gala wręczenia Nagród Eisnera. Wśród laureatów znalazły się komiksy dobrze znane polskim czytelnikom (jak Zaduszki Rutu Modan) oraz komiksy, które na polskim rynku ukażą się w najbliższym czasie (będące na liście zapowiedzi wydawnictwa Mucha Comics Wake i Saga, Battling Boy znajdujący się w zapowiedziach Kultury Gniewu czy Parker: Slayground zapowiadany przez Taurus Media).
Poniżej pełna lista nagrodzonych:
Best Short Story:
- Untitled by Gilbert Hernandez, in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot):
- Hawkeye #11: Pizza Is My Business by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel) (PIZZA DOG!!!)
Best Continuing Series:
- Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
Best Limited Series:
- The Wake by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
Best New Series:
- Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7):
- Itty Bitty Hellboy by Art Baltazar and Franco (Dark Horse)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12):
- The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17):
- Battling Boy by Paul Pope (First Second)
Best Humor Publication:
- Vader’s Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)
Best Anthology:
- Dark Horse Presents edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
Best Digital/Webcomic:
- The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman, theoatmeal.com
Best Reality-Based Work:
- The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson and Kyle Baker (M Press/Dark Horse)
Best Graphic Album—New:
- The Property by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Adaptation from Another Medium:
- Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground by Donald Westlake, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint:
- RASL by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips:
- Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, vol. 1 edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books:
- Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material:
- Goddam This War! by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney (Fantagraphics)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia:
- The Mysterious Underground Men by Osamu Tezuka (PictureBox)
Best Writer:
- Brian K. Vaughan, Saga (Image)
Best Writer/Artist:
- Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team:
- Sean Murphy, The Wake (DC/Vertigo)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art):
- Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
Best Cover Artist:
- David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)
Best Coloring:
- Jordie Bellaire, The Manhattan Projects, Nowhere Men, Pretty Deadly, Zero (Image); The Massive (Dark Horse); Tom Strong (DC); X-Files Season 10 (IDW); Captain Marvel, Journey into Mystery (Marvel); Numbercruncher (Titan); Quantum and Woody (Valiant)
Best Lettering:
- Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground (IDW)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism:
- Comic Book Resources produced by Jonah Weiland, www.comicbookresources.com
Best Comics-Related Book:
- Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell (LOAC/IDW)
Best Scholarly/Academic Work:
- Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation edited by Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II (Bloomsbury)
Best Publication Design:
- Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth designed by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)
