Clearly, we love the comics we publish over right here, however we’re nonetheless fairly blown away over what number of DC books, artists and writers have been honored with Eisner nominations this 12 months. Acclaimed titles like Nightwing, Superman: Purple & Blue and Surprise Lady Historia: The Amazons together with DC expertise together with Tom Taylor, James Tynion IV, Tom King, Ram V, Bruno Redondo, Jen Bartel and Phil Jimenez all obtained nods. In complete, DC got here away with fifteen nominations plus seven shared ones for a complete of twenty-two probabilities at Eisners.
For any of you who don’t know, the Eisner Awards—or extra formally, the Will Eisner Comedian Trade Awards—are given for artistic excellence inside the comedian e book trade. They’re seen by many because the comedian e book equal of the Oscars. Every year the nominations are chosen by a specifically chosen jury after which voted on by comedian trade professionals earlier than being awarded at San Diego Comedian-Con.
You may see the complete listing of nominees under:
Greatest Quick Story: “Generations,” by Daniel Warren Johnson, in Superman: Purple & Blue #5 (DC)
Greatest Quick Story: “Faucet, Faucet, Faucet,” by Larry O’Neil and Jorge Fornés, in Inexperienced Arrow eightieth Anniversary (DC)
Greatest Single Subject/One-Shot: Nightwing #87: “Get Grayson,” by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)Greatest Single Subject/One-Shot: Surprise Lady Historia: The Amazons, by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Jimenez (DC)
Greatest Persevering with Sequence: Nightwing, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)
Greatest Restricted Sequence: Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow, by Tom King and Bilquis Evely (DC)
Greatest New Sequence: The Human Goal, by Tom King and Greg Smallwood (DC)
Greatest New Sequence: The Good Home on the Lake, by James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno (DC Black Label)
Greatest Anthology: Superman: Purple & Blue, edited by Jamie S. Wealthy, Brittany Holzherr, and Diego Lopez (DC)
Greatest Author: Kelly Sue DeConnick, Surprise Lady Historia: The Amazons (DC)
Greatest Penciller/Inker: Phil Jimenez, Surprise Lady Historia: The Amazons (DC)
Greatest Penciller/Inker: Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)
Greatest Cowl Artist: Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)
Greatest Lettering: Wes Abbott, Future State, Nightwing, Suicide Squad, Surprise Lady Black & Gold (DC)
Greatest Webcomic: Batman: Wayne Household Adventures, by CRC Payne and StarBrite (DC/WEBTOON): https://www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/batman-wayne-family-adventures/listing?title_no=3180&web page=1
Shared Nominations:
Greatest Author: Ram V, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (BOOM! Studios); The Swamp Factor (DC); Carnage: Black, White & Blood, Venom (Marvel)
Greatest Author: James Tynion IV, Home of Slaughter, One thing Is Killing the Kids, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Good Home on the Lake, The Joker, Batman, DC Satisfaction 2021 (DC); The Division of Reality (Picture); Razorblades (Tiny Onion)
Greatest Author/Artist: Daniel Warren Johnson, Superman: Purple & Blue (DC); Beta Ray Invoice (Marvel)
Greatest Cowl Artist: Jen Bartel, Future State Immortal Surprise Lady #1 & 2, Surprise Lady Black & Gold #1, Surprise Lady eightieth Anniversary (DC); Ladies’s Historical past Month variant covers (Marvel)
Greatest Cowl Artist: Julian Totino Tedesco, Simply Past: Monstrosity (BOOM!/KaBoom!); Dune: Home Atreides (BOOM! Studios); Motion Comics (DC); The Strolling Lifeless Deluxe (Picture Skybound)
Greatest Cowl Artist: Yoshi Yoshitani, I Am Not Starfire (DC); The Blue Flame, Giga, Witchblood (Vault)
Greatest Lettering: Clayton Cowles, The Amazons, Batman, Batman/Catwoman, Unusual Adventures, Surprise Lady Historia (DC); Adventureman, Bitter Root (Picture); Daredevil #26-36, Eternals #3-8, King in Black #4-5, Unusual Academy #10-14, Venom #1-3, X-Males Hickman #18-21, X-Males Duggan #3-6 (Marvel)
We all know you’re a DC fan, so chances are high you’ve learn at the least a number of the nominated comics, however for those who haven’t but, now’s your probability. From now till June, we’re making 4 nominated comics fully free-to-read on DC UNIVERSE INFINITE (you’ll need to register—nevertheless it’s free and also you solely need to do it as soon as). The 4 comics are Nightwing #78 (the start of Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo’s nominated run), Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow #1, The Good Home on the Lake #1 and Superman: Purple & Blue #5 (which incorporates Daniel Warren Johnson’s nominated quick story, “Generations”). You could find all of them, together with different free-to-read DC UNIVERSE INFINITE comics, by clicking right here.
As for once you’ll discover out which of the nominees have received, the Eisner Awards ceremony is being held the night of July 22, so search for the winners to be introduced then!
