Once again, we are so very pleased and excited for all our Eisner Award nominations. Our many cartoonists, editors, designers, translators and interns really rocked it this last year and it is an honor just to be nominated. Haven't read all of them? Here's a handy shopping list! You can also check out many of these comics digitally via comiXology. Vote for your favorite comics soon and make sure to do so by June 13th, 2014.
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot): Love and Rockets: New Stories #6, by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez
Best Short Story: "Untitled," by Gilbert Hernandez, in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6
Best Reality-Based Work:
• Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life, by Ulli Lust
Best Graphic Album-New: Good Dog, by Graham Chaffee
Best Graphic Album-Reprint: Julio's Day, by Gilbert Hernandez
Best Writer/Artist: Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets: New Stories #6
Best Archival Collection/Project-Strips:
• Barnaby, vol. 1, by Crockett Johnson, edited by Philip Nel and Eric Reynolds
• Prince Valiant vols. 6-7, by Hal Foster, edited by Kim Thompson
• VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch, edited by Jonathan Barli
Best U.S. Edition of International Material:
• Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life, by Ulli Lust
Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia: The Heart of Thomas, by Moto Hagio
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art): Marguerite Van Cook, 7 Miles a Second
Best Lettering: Ed Piskor, Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 1
Best Comics-Related Book: The Love and Rockets Companion, edited by Marc Sobel and Kristy Valenti
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism:
• tcj.com, edited by Dan Nadel and Timothy Hodler
Best Publication Design: Beta Testing the Apocalypse, designed by Tom Kaczynski