The list of nominees for the 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards has just been announced and we are pleased to report that our artists and publications received 11 nominations in 7 categories for 9 titles:
It Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques Tardi:
• Best Reality-Based Work
• Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir by Joyce Farmer:
• Best Reality-Based Work
You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage by Carol Tyler:
• Best Reality-Based Work
• Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art) — Carol Tyler
Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips Vol. 1 (1933-1935) by Roy Crane:
• Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave by Mezzo and Pirus:
• Best U.S. Edition of International Material
The Littlest Pirate King by David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan:
• Best U.S. Edition of International Material
A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio:
• Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
Stephen DeStefano, Lucky in Love Book One: A Poor Man’s History:
• Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Fire and Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics by Blake Bell:
• Best Comics-Related Book
As previously noted, Ernie Bushmiller and Jack Jackson have been inducted via judges' choice into the Eisner Hall of Fame. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on Friday, July 22, 2011 at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Browse and order all of our 2011 nominated titles here, and see here for links to past years' award honorees. Congratulations to all the nominees!