Ya han sido publicados los nominados 2015 a los Premios Eisner (Los Oscars de los comics) en donde me sorprende que Fantagraphics logro tener 18 nominaciones, aunque también lo lograron DC y Marvel.

Los ganadores los conoceremos en 10 de julio en el marco de la Comic-Con de San Diego. Los Nominados en cada una de las categorías son:

Estatuilla de los Premios Eisner

Mejor Historia Corta

• “Beginning’s End”, de Rina Ayuyang, muthamagazine.com
• “Corpse on the Imjin!”, by Peter Kuper, en Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Simon & Schuster)
• “Rule Number One”, de Lee Bermejo, en Batman Black and White #3 (DC)
• “The Sound of One Hand Clapping”, de Max Landis & Jock, in Adventures of Superman #14 (DC)
• “When the Darkness Presses”, de Emily Carroll, http://emcarroll.com/comics/darkness

Mejor Número

• Astro City #16: “Wish I May” de Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC)
• Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, de Evan Dorkin & Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
• Madman in Your Face 3D Special, de Mike Allred (Image)
• Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration #1 (Marvel)
• The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1, de Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely (DC)

Mejor Serie Regular

• Astro City, de Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson (Vertigo)
• Bandette, de Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
• Hawkeye, de Matt Fraction & David Aja (Marvel)
• Saga, de Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Image)
• Southern Bastards, de Jason Aaron & Jason Latour (Image)
• The Walking Dead, de Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, & Stefano Gaudiano (Image/Skybound)

Mejor Serie Limitada

• Daredevil: Road Warrior, de Mark Waid & Peter Krause (Marvel Infinite Comics)
• Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, de Eric Shanower & Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
• The Multiversity, de Grant Morrison et al. (DC)
• The Private Eye, de Brian K. Vaughan & Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)
• The Sandman: Overture, de Neil Gaiman & J. H. Williams III (Vertigo/DC)

Mejor Serie Nueva

• The Fade Out, de Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips (Image)
• Lumberjanes, de Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)
• Ms. Marvel, de G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona (Marvel)
• Rocket Raccoon, de Skottie Young (Marvel)
• The Wicked + The Divine, de Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)

Mejor Publicación para Primeros Lectores (7 años)

• BirdCatDog, de Lee Nordling & Meritxell Bosch (Lerner/Graphic Universe)
• A Cat Named Tim And Other Stories, de John Martz (Koyama Press)
• Hello Kitty, Hello 40: A Celebration in 40 Stories, editado por Traci N. Todd & Elizabeth Kawasaki (VIZ)
• Mermin, Book 3: Deep Dives, de Joey Weiser (Oni)
• The Zoo Box, de Ariel Cohn & Aron Nels Steinke (First Second)

Mejor Publicación para Niños (8 – 12 años)

• Batman Li’l Gotham, vol. 2, de Derek Fridolfs & Dustin Nguyen (DC)
• El Deafo, de Cece Bell (Amulet/Abrams)
• I Was the Cat, de Paul Tobin & Benjamin Dewey (Oni)
• Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, de Eric Shanower & Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
• Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse, de Art Baltazar & Franco (DC)

Mejor Publicación para Jóvenes (13 y 17 años)

• Doomboy, de Tony Sandoval (Magnetic Press)
• The Dumbest Idea Ever, de Jimmy Gownley (Graphix/Scholastic)
• Lumberjanes, de Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)
• Meteor Men, de Jeff Parker & Sandy Jarrell (Oni)
• The Shadow Hero, de Gene Luen Yang & Sonny Liew (First Second)
• The Wrenchies, de Farel Dalrymple (First Second)

Mejor Publicación de Humor

• The Complete Cul de Sac, de Richard Thompson (Andrews McMeel)
• Dog Butts and Love. And Stuff Like That. And Cats. de Jim Benton (NBM)
• Groo vs. Conan, de Sergio Aragonés, Mark Evanier, & Tom Yeates (Dark Horse)
• Rocket Raccoon, de Skottie Young (Marvel)
• Superior Foes of Spider-Man, by Nick Spencer & Steve Lieber (Marvel)

Mejor Cómic Digital/Web

• Bandette, de Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover, Monkeybrain/comiXology.com
• Failing Sky de Dax Tran-Caffee, http://failingsky.com
• The Last Mechanical Monster, de Brian Fies, http://lastmechanicalmonster.blogspot.com
• Nimona, de Noelle Stephenson, http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic
• The Private Eye de Brian Vaughan & Marcos Martin http://panelsyndicate.com/

Mejor Antología

• In the Dark: A Horror Anthology, editado por Rachel Deering (Tiny Behemoth Press/IDW)
• Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, editado por Josh O’Neill, Andrew Carl, & Chris Stevens (Locust Moon)
• Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It, editado por Anne Ishii, Chip Kidd, & Graham Kolbeins (Fantagraphics)
• Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World, editado por Monte Beauchamp (Simon & Schuster)
• To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of The First World War, editado por Jonathan Clode & John Stuart Clark (Soaring Penguin)

Mejor Trabajo Inspirado en la Realidad

• Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? de Roz Chast (Bloomsbury)
• Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories, de MariNaomi (2d Cloud/Uncivilized Books)
• El Deafo, de Cece Bell (Amulet/Abrams)
• Hip Hop Family Tree, vol. 2, de Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
• Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood, de Nathan Hale (Abrams)
• To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of The First World War, editado por Jonathan Clode & John Stuart Clark (Soaring Penguin)

Mejor Álbum Gráfico – Nuevo

• The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil, de Stephen Collins (Picador)
• Here, de Richard McGuire (Pantheon)
• Kill My Mother, de Jules Feiffer (Liveright)
• The Motherless Oven, de Rob Davis (SelfMadeHero)
• Seconds, de Bryan Lee O’Malley (Ballantine Books)
• This One Summer, de Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (First Second)

Mejor Álbum Gráfico – Reimpresión

• Dave Dorman’s Wasted Lands Omnibus (Magnetic Press)
• How to Be Happy, de Eleanor Davis (Fantagraphics)
• Jim, de Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
• Sock Monkey Treasury, de Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics)
• Through the Woods, de Emily Carroll (McElderry Books)

Mejor Colección Archivo / Proyecto – Tiras

• Winsor McCay’s Complete Little Nemo, editado por Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)
• Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Tarzan: The Sunday Comics, 1933–1935, por Hal Foster, editado por Brendan Wright (Dark Horse)
• Moomin: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition, por Tove Jansson, editado por by Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Pogo, vol. 3: Evidence to the Contrary, de Walt Kelly, editado por Carolyn Kelly & Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
• Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse, vols. 5-6, por Floyd Gottfredson, editado por David Gerstein & Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Mejor Colección Archivo / Proyecto – Comic books

• The Complete ZAP Comix Box Set, edited by Gary Groth, with Mike Catron (Fantagraphics)
• Steranko Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
• Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: Trail of the Unicorn, by Carl Barks, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
• Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Son of the Son, by Don Rosa, edited by David Gerstein (Fantagraphics)
• Walt Kelly’s Pogo: The Complete Dell Comics, vols. 1–2, edited by Daniel Herman (Hermes)
• Witzend, by Wallace Wood et al., edited by Gary Groth, with Mike Catron (Fantagraphics)

Mejor Edición Norteamericana de Material Internacional

• Beautiful Darkness, de Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoët (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Blacksad: Amarillo, de Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)
• Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn, de Hugo Pratt (IDW/Euro Comics)
• Jaybird, de Lauri & Jaakko Ahonen (Dark Horse/SAF)
• The Leaning Girl, de Benoît Peeters & François Schuiten (Alaxis Press)

Mejor Edición Norteamericana de Material Internacional – Asia

• All You Need Is Kill, de Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Takeshi Obata & yoshitoshi ABe (VIZ)
• In Clothes Called Fat, de Moyoco Anno (Vertical)
• Master Keaton, vol 1, de Naoki Urasawa, Hokusei Katsushika, & Takashi Nagasaki (VIZ)
• One-Punch Man, de One & Yusuke Murata (VIZ)
• Showa 1939–1943 and Showa 1944–1953: A History of Japan, de Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki, de Mamoru Hosada & Yu (Yen Press)

Mejor Escritor

• Jason Aaron, Original Sin, Thor, Men of Wrath (Marvel); Southern Bastards (Image)
• Kelly Sue DeConnick, Captain Marvel (Marvel); Pretty Deadly (Image)
• Grant Morrison, The Multiversity (DC); Annihilator (Legendary Comics)
• Brian K. Vaughan, Saga (Image); Private Eye (Panel Syndicate)
• G. Willow Wilson, Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
• Gene Luen Yang, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Dark Horse); The Shadow Hero (First Second)

Mejor Escritor /Artista

• Sergio Aragonés, Sergio Aragonés Funnies (Bongo); Groo vs. Conan (Dark Horse)
• Charles Burns, Sugar Skull (Pantheon)
• Stephen Collins, The Giant Beard That Was Evil (Picador)
• Richard McGuire, Here (Pantheon)
• Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: The Artist (Dark Horse)
• Raina Telgemeier, Sisters (Graphix/Scholastic)

Mejor Dibujante / Entintador

• Adrian Alphona, Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
• Mike Allred, Silver Surfer (Marvel); Madman in Your Face 3D Special (Image)
• Frank Quitely, Multiversity (DC)
• François Schuiten, The Leaning Girl (Alaxis Press)
• Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
• Babs Tarr, Batgirl (DC)

Mejor Pintor / Artista Multimedia (interior)

• Lauri & Jaakko Ahonen, Jaybird (Dark Horse)
• Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain)
• Mike Del Mundo, Elektra (Marvel)
• Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad: Amarillo (Dark Horse)
• J. H. Williams III, The Sandman: Overture (Vertigo/DC)

Mejor Artista de Portada

• Darwyn Cooke, DC Comics Darwyn Cooke Month Variant Covers (DC)
• Mike Del Mundo, Elektra, X-Men: Legacy, A+X, Dexter, Dexter Down Under (Marvel)
• Francesco Francavilla, Afterlife with Archie (Archie); Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight (Dark Horse); The Twilight Zone, Django/Zorro (Dynamite); X-Files (IDW)
• Jamie McKelvie/Matthew Wilson, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
  Phil Noto, Black Widow (Marvel)
• Alex Ross, Astro City (Vertigo/DC); Batman 66: The Lost Episode, Batman 66 Meets Green Hornet (DC/Dynamite)

Mejor Colorista

• Laura Allred, Silver Surfer (Marvel); Madman in Your Face 3D Special (Image)
• Nelson Dániel, Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, Judge Dredd, Wild Blue Yonder (IDW)
• Lovern Kindzierski, The Graveyard Book, vols. 1-2 (Harper)
• Matthew Petz, The Leg (Top Shelf)
• Dave Stewart, Hellboy in Hell, BPRD, Abe Sapien, Baltimore, Lobster Johnson, Witchfinder, Shaolin Cowboy, Aliens: Fire and Stone, DHP (Dark Horse)
• Matthew Wilson, Adventures of Superman (DC); The Wicked + The Divine (Image), Daredevil, Thor (Marvel)

Mejor Rotulación

• Joe Caramagna, Ms. Marvel, Daredevil (Marvel)
• Todd Klein, Fables, The Sandman: Overture, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC); Nemo: The Roses of Berlin (Top Shelf)
• Max, Vapor (Fantagraphics)
• Jack Morelli, Afterlife with Archie, Archie, Betty and Veronica, etc. (Archie)
• Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: The Artist (Dark Horse)

Mejor Periódico Relacionado con Cómics / Periodismo

• Alter Ego, editado por Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
• Comic Book Creator, editado por Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)
• Comic Book Resources, editado por Jonah Weiland, www.comicbookresources.com
• Comics Alliance, editado por Andy Khouri, Caleb Goellner, Andrew Wheeler, & Joe Hughes, www.comicsalliance.com
• tcj.com, editado por Dan Nadel & Timothy Hodler (Fantagraphics)

Mejor Publicación Relacionada con Cómics

• Comics Through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas (4 vols.), editado por M. Keith Booker (ABC-CLIO)
• Creeping Death from Neptune: The Life and Comics of Basil Wolverton, de Greg Sadowski (Fantagraphics)
• Genius Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth, vol. 3, de Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell (IDW/LOAC)
• What Fools These Mortals Be: The Story of Puck, de Michael Alexander Kahn & Richard Samuel West (IDW/LOAC)
• 75 Years of Marvel Comics: From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen, de Roy Thomas & Josh Baker (TASCHEN)

Mejor Trabajo Académico

• American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife, de A. David Lewis (Palgrave Macmillan)
• Considering Watchmen: Poetics, Property, Politics, de Andrew Hoberek (Rutgers University Press)
• Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books, de Michael Barrier (University of California Press)
• Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews, editado por Sarah Lightman (McFarland)
• The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay, de Thierry Smolderen, traducidos por Bart Beaty & Nick Nguyen (University Press of Mississippi)
• Wide Awake in Slumberland: Fantasy, Mass Culture, and Modernism in the Art of Winsor McCay, de Katherine Roeder (University Press of Mississippi)

Mejor Diseño de Publicación

• Batman: Kelley Jones Gallery Edition, diseñado por Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios (Graphitti/DC)
• The Complete ZAP Comix Box Set, diseñado por Tony Ong (Fantagraphics)
• Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, diseñado por Jim Rugg (Locust Moon)
• Street View, diseñado por Pascal Rabate (NBM/Comics Lit)
• Winsor McCay’s Complete Little Nemo, diseñado por Anna Tina Kessler (TASCHEN)