2008 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards Winners

I fibbed a little-I waited til I got back to the hotel room to post the winners (battery was low on the 'puter). So here we are, it's 12:30 a.m.

The Eisner Awards Administrator is Jackie Estrada

Keynote Speaker: Frank Miller

Master of Ceremonies: Bill Morrison assisted by Kayre Morrison

2008 Comic Con International Awards Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards Winners are:

Tom Lennon & Ben Garant presented:
Best Penciller/inker or penciller/inker team:
Pia Guerra/Jose Marzan, Jr: Y: The Last Man (Vertical/DC)

Best Painter or Multimedia Artist(Interior Art)
Eric Powell: The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse)

Best Cover Artist
James Jean: Fables (Vertigo/DC), The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2; Superior Showcase 2 (Adhouse)

Paul Dini & Misty Lee presented:
Best Coloring
Dave Stewart, BPRD: Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Cut, Hellboy, Lobster Johnson, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse), The Spirit (DC)

Best Lettering
Todd Klein: Justice, Simon Dark (DC); Fables, Jack of Fables, Crossing Midnight (Vertigo/DC); League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: the Black Dossier (WildStorm/DC); Nexus (Rude Dude)

Best Anthology
Gabriel Ba, Becky Cloonan, Fabio Moon, Vasilis Lolos and Rafael Grampa: 5 (Self published!)

Samuel Jackson (!!!) presented:
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot):
Justice League of America #11: "Walls" by Brad Meltzer and Gene Ha (DC)

Best Limited Series
The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba (Dark Horse)

Best Continuing Series
Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaugh, Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan, Jr (Vertigo/DC)

Tom Kenny (Tristan woke RIGHT up a.k.a. Spongebob and many other voices) presented:
Best Publication for Kids
Mouse Guard:Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 by David Petersen (Archaia)

Best Publication for Teens:
Laika by Nick Abadzis

Special Recognition:
Chuck BB Black Metal (artist, Onj)

Al Jaffee and Dana Wheeler-Nicholson presented:
Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Strips
The Complete Terry & The Pirates, vol 1 Milton Caniff (IDW)

Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books
I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets by Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics)

Best Humor Publication
Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories by Nicholas Gurewitch (Dark Horse)

Ann Marie Fleming and Rutu Modan presented:
Best US Edition of International Material
I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason (Fantagraphics)

The Best US Edition of International Material-Japan
Tekkonkinkreet: Black and White by Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz)

Hall of Fame:
Judges' Choices: R.F. Outcault, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
John Broome
Arnold Drake
Len Wein
Barry Windsor-Smith

Len Wein & Joe Staton presented:
Best Writer
Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Criminal, Daredevil, Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)

Best Writer/Artist-Humor
Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)

Jane Weidlin and a troop of storm troopers presented:
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
Newsarama produced by Matt Brady and Michael Doran www.newsarama.com

Best Comics-Related Book
Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk (Da Capo Press)

Best Publication Design
Process Recess 2, designed by James Jean and Chris Pitzer (Adhouse)

Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba presented:
Best Digital Comic
Sugarshock! by Joss Whedon and Fabio Moon

Best Short Story
"Mr. Wonderful" by Dan Clowes in NY Times Sunday Magazine

Best New Series
Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 8 by Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty and Andy Owens (Dark Horse)

Gabriel Macht presented:
Best Reality-Based Work
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow by James Sturm and Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)

Best Graphic Reprint
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Petersen (Archaia)

Best Graphic Album-New
Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan (Drawn and Quarterly)

Mark Evanier and Jerry Robinson presented The Bill Finger Excellence in Comics Writing Award to Archie Goodwin and Larry Lieber.

William Stout presented the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer award to Cathy Malsakian, writer/artist of Percy Gloom (Fantagraphics)

Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Awards were presented by Joe Ferrara to Brave New World Comics in Newhall, CA. Joe Field also paid tribute to Rory Root.

The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award was presented by Ruth Clampett and went to Paul Levitz.

Maggie Thompson remembered those we have lost in the past year:
Gus Arriola
Robert Asprin
Danton Burroughs
Creig Flessel
Richard Goldwater
Paul Grant "Zeus"
Ollie Johnston
Muriel Kubert
Phil LaSorda
Steve Massasky
Jim Mooney
Paul Norris
John Simpson
Michael Turner
Mike Wieringo
Stan Winston
Will Elder
Steve Gerber
Dave Stevens