The nominees have been announced. Have your favorites been nominated?
www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_08nom.shtml#nominees
No one company or creator dominates this year’s nominations, which were chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges. DC Comics, which has traditionally been at the top of the list, has 11 nods, plus 6 shared, for such titles as Y the Last Man (Continuing Series, Penciller/Inker, Writer) and The Spirit (Continuing Series, Coloring, Lettering). Dark Horse has 12 nominations plus 4 shared, spearheaded by Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 (Continuing Series, New Series, Writer, Coloring) and Umbrella Academy (Limited Series, Cover Artist, Coloring). Also right up there is Marvel, with 11 nominations plus 2 shared, with Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born garnering 4 of those (Limited Series, Penciller/Inker, Cover Artist, Coloring). Close behind is Fantagraphics, with 11 nominations, including 4 for Mome (two in Short Story, Anthology, lettering) and 2 for the Fletcher Hanks book I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!
Image Comics has 8 nominations and 1 shared for a wide variety of titles, while AdHouse has 6 + 1, including 4 for Fred Chao’s Johnny Hiro (Single Issue, New Series, Humor Publication, Writer/Artist-Humor). Oni Press clocks in with 5 (+ 2) nominations, while Drawn & Quarterly has 5 (including 2 for Rutu Modan’s critically acclaimed Exit Wounds). Companies with 4 nominations each are Renaissance Press (all for Jimmy Gownley’s Amelia Rules!), Sunday Press, Viz, and Scholastic (3 for Shaun Tan’s The Arrival).The results in all categories will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 25 at Comic-Con International.
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