2021 Will Eisner Awards

Posted on: 28 July 2021
By: Jon Schafle

It's that time of year again - the biggest award for the comics and graphic novel community is here! Every year in June the nominees are announced with the winners presented at San Diego Comic Con, the largest and most well known comic book convention in North America. Below I've listed the titles we currently have available for checkout currently in our collection along with the categories they were nominated for with the winners highlighted, and you can check out the complete list of nominees on the official website.

	Best Continuing Series Nominee Best Penciler/Inker Nominee - Sanford Greene Best Lettering Nominee - Clayton Cowles Bitter Root by David Walker, Chuck Brown, & Sanford Greene
	Best Continuing Series Nominee Best Penciler/Inker Nominee - Marco Checchetto Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky & Marco Checchetto
	Best Continuing Series Nominee Best New Series Nominee Best Writer Winner - James Tynion IV Best Lettering Nominee - Aditya Bidikar Department of Truth by James Tynion IV & Martin Simmonds
	Best Continuing Series Nominee Best Writer Nominee - Jeff Lemire Gideon Falls by Jeff Lemire & Andrea Sorrentino
	Best Continuing Series Nominee Best Writer Nominee - Chip Zdarsky Best Cover Artist Nominee - Ramón K Pérez Best Lettering Nominee - Russ Wooton Stillwater by Chip Zdarsky & Ramón K Pérez
	Best Limited Series Nominee Best Writer Nominee - Jeff Lemire Barbalien: Red Planet by Jeff Lemire & Gabriel Hernandez Walta
	Best Limited Series Nominee Far Sector by N.K. Jemison & Jamal Campbell
	Best New Series Winner Black Widow by Kelly Thompson & Elena Casagrande
	Best New Series Nominee Crossover by Donny Cates & Geoff Shaw
	Best New Series Nominee Killadelphia by Rodney Barnes & Jason Shawn Alexander
	Best New Series Nominee Best Cover Artist Nominee - Simone Di Meo Best Lettering Nominee - Deron Bennett We Only Find Them When They're Dead by Al Ewing & Simone Di Meo
	Best Publication for Early Readers Nominee Cat Kid Comic Club by Dave Pilkey
	Best Publication for Early Readers Nominee Donut Feed the Squirrels by Mika Song
	Best Publication for Kids Nominee Go With the Flow by Lily Williams & Karen Schneemann
	Best Publication for Kids Nominee Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
	Best Publication for Kids Nominee Twins by Varian Johnson & Shannon Wright
	Best Publication for Teens Nominee Displacement by Kiku Hughes
	Best Publication for Teens Winner Best Reality-Based Work Nominee Best Writer/Artist Nominee - Gene Luen Yang Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
	Best Publication for Teens Nominee Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence by Joel Christian Gill
	Best Publication for Teens Nominee Best Lettering Nominee - Aditya Bidikar A Map to the Sun by Slone Leong
	Best Publication for Teens Nominee Best Graphic Memoir Nominee When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed
	Best Humor Publication Nominee Fangs by Sarah Andersen
	Best Anthology Nominee Hey, Amateur! Go From Novice to Nailing It in Nine Panels edited by Shelly Bond
	Best Reality-Based Work Nominee Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank “Big Black” Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane
	Best Reality-Based Work Nominee Invisible Differences: A Story of Aspergers, Adulting & Living a Life in Full Color by Mme. Caroline & Julie Dachez
	Best Reality-Based Work Winner Kent State by Derf Backderf
	Best Reality-Based Work Nominee Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
	Best Graphic Memoir Nominee Dancing after TEN by Vivian Chong & Georgia Webber
	Best Graphic Memoir Winner Best Writer/Artist Nominee - Adrian Tomine Best Publication Design Winner The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine
	Best Graphic Album (New) Winner Best Writer Nominee - Ed Brubaker Pulp by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
	Best Graphic Album (Reprint) Nominee Best Writer Nominee - Jeff Lemire Best Coloring Winner - Dave Stewart Black Hammer Library Edition Vol. 2 by Jeff Lemire & Dean Ormstom
	Best Adaption of Another Medium Nominee Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy & John Jennings
	Best Adaption of Another Medium Nominee Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Mankind Vol. 1 by Yuval Noah Harari, adapted by David Vandermeulen & Daniel Casanave
	Best Adaption of Another Medium Nominee Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, adpated by Ryan North & Albert Monteys
	Best U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia) Nominee I Had That Same Dream Again by Yoru Sumino & Idumi Kirihara
	Best Comics-Related Book Winner Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books by Ken Quattro