It finger like only yesterday that we were thinking about ourfavorite comics of 2018 . Now the unstoppable march of prison term itself has prompt us otherwise : We ’re actually a good clump of the way through the twelvemonth — which means another instalment of the expectant comic strip awards ceremony is nearly upon us !
Ahead of this summer ’s San Diego Comic - Con , Comic - Con International has revealed the full list of nominees for the 2019 Eisner Awards , and as always , it ’s a veritable smorgasbord of excellent comics ( and cracking reading recommendations ! ) and the solemnization of the hoi polloi behind them .
Highlights let in chip shot Zdarsky’sstunning last issueof Spectacular Spider - Man get a nod in the single emergence family , io9 favoriteMister Miracle getting a Best Limited Series nod , and Image sweeping the Best New Series class with nod for everything from Bitter Root to Twisted Love — which is actually the first time in Eisners history that any publisher has all taken the Best New Series family . Check out a sample of class and their campaigner below :
A round of applause for all the nominees!Image: Chip Zdarsky (Marvel Comics) / Image: Nick Derington (DC Comics) / Image: Sanford Greene (Image Comics)
“ Get Naked in Barcelona , ” by Steven T. Seagle and Emei Olivia Burrell , in Get Naked ( Image )
“ The Ghastlygun Tinies , ” by Matt Cohen and Marc Palm , in MAD magazine # 4 ( DC )
“ Here I Am , ” by Shaun Tan , in I Feel Machine ( SelfMadeHero )
“ sprightliness During Interesting Times , ” by Mike Dawson ( The Nib ) ,
“ Supply Chains , ” by Peter and Maria Hoey , in Coin - Op # 7 ( Coin - Op Books )
“ The Talk of the Saints , ” by Tom King and Jason Fabok , in Swamp Thing Winter Special ( DC )
Beneath the Dead Oak Tree , by Emily Carroll ( ShortBox )
Black Hammer : Cthu - Louise , by Jeff Lemire and Emi Lenox ( Dark Horse )
No Better Words , by Carolyn Nowak ( Silver Sprocket )
Peter Parker : The Spectacular Spider - Man # 310 , by Chip Zdarsky ( Marvel )
The Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils In suit , by Arabson , read by James Robinson ( IHQ Studio/ Image )
Batman , by Tom King et al . ( DC )
Black Hammer : Age of Doom , by Jeff Lemire , Dean Ormston , and Rich Tommaso ( Dark Horse )
Gasolina , by Sean Mackiewicz and Niko Walter ( Skybound / Image )
Giant Days , by John Allison , Max Sarin , and Julaa Madrigal ( Boom Box )
The Immortal Hulk , by Al Ewing , Joe Bennett , and Ruy José ( Marvel )
Runaways , by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka ( Marvel )
Batman : White Knight , by Sean Murphy ( DC )
Eternity Girl , by Magdalene Visaggio and Sonny Liew ( Vertigo / DC )
Exit point give : The Snagglepuss Chronicles , by Mark Russell , Mike Feehan , and Mark Morales ( DC )
Mister Miracle , by Tom King and Mitch Gerads ( DC )
X - Men : Grand Design : Second Genesis , by Ed Piskor ( Marvel )
Bitter Root , by David Walker , Chuck Brown , and Sanford Green ( Image )
crowd together , by Christopher Sebela , Ro Stein , and Ted Brandt ( Image )
Gideon Falls , by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino ( Image )
Isola , by Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl ( Image )
Man - Eaters , by Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk ( Image )
Skyward , by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett ( Image )
Alex de Campi , Bad Girls ( Gallery 13 ) ; Twisted Romance ( Image )
Tom King , Batman , Mister Miracle , Heroes in Crisis , Swamp Thing Winter Special ( DC )
Jeff Lemire , Black Hammer : Age of Doom , Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows , Quantum Age ( Dark Horse ) ; Descender , Gideon Falls , Royal City ( Image )
Mark Russell , Exit Stage give : The Snagglepuss Chronicles , Green Lantern / Huckleberry Hound , Lex Luthor / Porky Pig ( DC ) ; Lone Ranger ( Dynamite )
Kelly Thompson , Nancy Drew ( Dynamite ) ; Hawkeye , Jessica Jones , Mr. & Mrs. X , Rogue & Gambit , Uncanny X - Men , West Coast Avengers ( Marvel )
Chip Zdarsky , Peter Parker : The Spectacular Spider - Man , Marvel Two - in - One ( Marvel )
Sophie Campbell , Wet Moon ( Oni )
Nick Drnaso , Sabrina ( Drawn & Quarterly )
David Lapham , Lodger ( Black Crown / IDW ) ; Stray Bullets ( Image )
Nate Powell , Come Again ( Top Shelf / IDW )
Tony Sandoval , Watersnakes ( Magnetic / Lion Forge )
Jen Wang , The Prince and the Dressmaker ( First Second )
Matías Bergara , Coda ( Boom )
Mitch Gerads , Mister Miracle ( DC )
Karl Kerschl , Isola ( Image )
Sonny Liew , Eternity Girl ( Vertigo / DC )
Sean Phillips , Kill or Be kill , My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies ( Image )
Yanick Paquette , Wonder Woman Earth One , Vol . 2 ( DC )
Jen Bartel , Blackbird ( Image ) ; Submerged ( Vault )
Nick Derington , Mister Miracle ( DC )
Joshua Middleton , Batgirl and Aquaman variants ( DC )
Julian Tedesco , Hawkeye , Life of Captain Marvel ( Marvel )
Jordie Bellaire , Batgirl , Batman ( DC ) ; The Divided Earth ( First Second ) ; Days of Hate , Dead Hand , Head Lopper , Redlands ( Image ) ; Shuri , Doctor Strange ( Marvel )
Tamra Bonvillain , Alien 3 ( Dark Horse ) ; Batman , Doom Patrol ( DC ) ; Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur , Multiple Man ( Marvel )
Nathan Fairbairn , Batman , Batgirl , Birds of Prey , Wonder Woman Earth One , Vol . 2 ( DC ) ; Die!Die!Die ! ( Image )
Matt Hollingsworth , Batman : White Knight ( DC ) ; Seven to timeless existence , Wytches ( Image )
Matt Wilson , Black Cloud , Paper Girls , The Wicked + The Divine ( Image ) ; The Mighty Thor , Runaways ( Marvel )
David Aja , Seeds ( Berger Books / Dark Horse )
Jim Campbell , Breathless , Calexit , Gravetrancers , Snap Flash Hustle , Survival Fetish , The Wilds ( Black Mask ) ; Abbott , Alice : Dream to Dream , Black Badge , Clueless , Coda , Fence , Firefly , Giant Days , Grass Kings , Lumberjanes : The Infernal Compass , Low Road West , Sparrowhawk ( Boom ) ; Angelic ( Image ) ; Wasted Space ( Vault )
Jared Fletcher , Batman : Damned ( DC ) ; The Gravediggers Union , Moonshine , Paper Girls , Southern Bastards ( icon )
Todd Klein , Black Hammer : Age of Doom , Neil Gaiman ’s A Study in Emerald ( Dark Horse ) ; Batman : White Night ( DC ) ; Eternity Girl , Books of Magic ( Vertigo / DC ) ; The League of Extraordinary gentleman’s gentleman : The Tempest ( Top Shelf / IDW )
Between Pen and Pixel : strip , physicalness , and the Book of the Future , by Aaron Kashtan ( Ohio State University Press )
let out the Frames : Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies , by Marc Singer ( University of Texas Press )
The Goat - Getters : Jack Johnson , the Fight of the Century , and How a Bunch of Raucous Cartoonists Reinvented Comics , by Eddie Campbell ( Library of American Comics / IDW / Ohio State University Press )
Incorrigibles and Innocents , by Lara Saguisag ( Rutgers Univeristy Press )
Sweet Little C*nt : The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet , by Anne Elizabeth Moore ( Uncivilized Books )
you’re able to head on over toComic - Con Internationalto see the full list . This twelvemonth ’s Eisner Awards ceremony will take spot on Friday , July 19 , at San Diego Comic - Con .
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