Congratulations to all of the nominees for the 2008 Eisner Awards. We're celebrating our 11 nominations (plus a few for some of our favorite artists) by putting all of our nominated titles on sale for 20% off through May 15, 2008! The full list of nominations is below; click here to browse all of the sale items.
Best Short Story
"At Loose Ends" by Lewis Trondheim, in Mome Vol. 8
"Whatever Happened to Fletcher Hanks?" by Paul Karasik, in I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!
"Young Americans" by Emile Bravo, in Mome Vol. 8
Best Anthology
Mome (Vols. 6-9)
Best Graphic Album — New
Percy Gloom by Cathy Malkasian
Best Archival Collection/Project — Comic Strips
Popeye Vol. 2: Well Blow Me Down! by E. C. Segar
Best Archival Collection/Project — Comic Books
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! by Fletcher Hanks
Best U.S. Edition of International Material
I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason
Best Lettering
Lewis Trondheim, "At Loose Ends," Mome Vols. 7 & 8
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, Michael Dean, and Kristy Valenti (issues #280-287)
Best Comics-Related Book
Meanwhile… A Biography of Milton Caniff by R. C. Harvey
Hall of Fame
Barry Windsor-Smith
Additional congratulations go out to Dan Clowes and Chris Ware for their nominations for "Mr. Wonderful" and Acme Novelty Library #18, respectively.