Nomination and Selection Process

Five judges are selected annually from different branches of the comic book community to comprise a panel to nominate works from the previous year in each category. The judges select from entries submitted to them by creators and publishers as well as any works not submitted they see as noteworthy. The judge's nominations are sent out to members of the comics industry to select a winner. Four or five candidates are nominated per category for work released in the prior year with the exception of the Hall of Fame. Inductees into the Hall of Fame are chosen from a list of around 16 candidates, typically two candidates are inducted by the judges and four are voted in by the industry voters. Winners are announced at Comic-Con in San Diego.

Hall of Fame

• 1987 Carl Barks

• 1987 Will Eisner

• 1987 Jack Kirby

• 1988 Milton Caniff

• 1989 Harvey Kurtzman

• 1991 Robert Crumb

• 1991 Alex Toth

• 1992 Joe Shuster

• 1992 Jerry Siegel

• 1992 Wally Wood

• 1993 C. C. Beck

• 1993 Bill Gaines

• 1994 Steve Ditko

• 1994 Stan Lee

• 1995 Frank Frazetta

• 1995 Walt Kelly

• 1996 Hal Foster

• 1996 Bob Kane

• 1996 Winsor McCay

• 1996 Alex Raymond

• 1997 Gil Kane

• 1997 Julius Schwartz

• 1997 Charles M. Schulz

• 1997 Curt Swan

• 1998 Neal Adams

• 1998 Moebius

• 1998 Archie Goodwin

• 1998 Joe Kubert

• 1999 Murphy Anderson

• 1999 Jack Cole*

• 1999 L.B. Cole*

• 1999 Bill Finger*

• 1999 Gardner Fox*

• 1999 Mac Raboy*

• 1999 Alex Schomburg*

• 1999 Joe Simon

• 1999 Art Spiegelman

• 1999 Dick Sprang

• 2000 Bill Everett*

• 2000 George Herriman

• 2000 Carmine Infantino

• 2000 Sheldon Mayer*

• 2000 Al Williamson

• 2000 Basil Wolverton

• 2001 Roy Crane *

• 2001 Chester Gould

• 2001 Frank King

• 2001 Dale Messick *

• 2001 E.C. Segar
  

• 2001 Marie Severin

• 2002 Sergio Aragones

• 2002 Charles Biro *

• 2002 John Buscema

• 2002 Dan Decarlo

• 2002 John Romita

• 2002 Osamu Tezuka *

• 2003 Jack Davis

• 2003 William Elder

• 2003 Al Feldstein

• 2003 Hergé *

• 2003 Bernie Krigstein *

• 2003 John Severin

• 2004 Otto Binder *

• 2004 Al Capp

• 2004 Jules Feiffer

• 2004 Kazuo Koike *

• 2004 Goseki Kojima *

• 2004 Don Martin

• 2004 Jerry Robinson

• 2004 John Stanley *

• 2005 Nick Cardy

• 2005 Gene Colan

• 2005 Johnny Craig

• 2005 Lou Fine *

• 2005 Rene Goscinny

• 2005 Hugo Pratt

• 2005 Albert Uderzo *

• 2006 Vaughn Bode

• 2006 Ramona Fradon

• 2006 Floyd Gottfredson *

• 2006 Russ Manning

• 2006 William Moulton Marston *

• 2006 Jim Steranko

• 2007 Ross Andru
  

• 2007 Dick Ayers

• 2007 Wayne Boring

• 2007 Mike Esposito

• 2007 Robert Kanigher *

• 2007 Joe Orlando

• 2007 Ogden Whitney *

[*] Indicates judges' choice inductees.

Annual Artist Awards

Best Art Team

• 1988 Steve Rude, Will Blyberg, & Ken Steacy - Space Ghost

• 1989 Alan Davis & Paul Neary - Excalibur

Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

• 1988 Steve Rude - Nexus [First]

  

  Dave Gibbons' 1995 Winner

• 1989 Brian Bolland - Batman The Killing Joke [DC]

• 1991 Steve Rude (Best Artist)

• 1991 Al Williamson (Best Inker)

• 1992 Simon Bisley (Best Artist) - Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham [DC/Dark Horse]

• 1992 Adam Kubert (Best Inker) - Batman Versus Predator [DC/Dark Horse]

  
  

• 1993 Steve Rude (Best Penciller)- Nexus: The Origin [Dark Horse]

• 1993 Kevin Nowlan (Best Inker) - Batman: Sword of Azrael [DC]

• 1993 Frank Miller (Best Penciller/Inker Black & White Format) - Dark Horse Presents & Sin City [Dark Horse]

• 1993 P Craig Russell (Best Penciller/Inker Color Format) - Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, The [NBM], Robin 3000 [DC], & Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight [DC]

• 1994 P Craig Russell - The Sandman # 50 [DC/Vertigo]

• 1995 Dave Gibbons - Martha Washington Goes to War [Dark Horse]
  

• 1996 Geof Darrow - Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot [Dark Horse/Legend]

• 1997 Steve Rude - (Best Penciller) Nexus: Executioner's Song [Dark Horse]

• 1997 Al Williamson - (Best Inker) Untold Tales of Spider-Man #17-18 [Marvel]

• 1997 Charles Vess - (Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team) The Sandman # 75 [DC/Vertigo], The Book of Ballads and Sagas [Green Man Press]

• 1998 P Craig Russell - Elric: Stormbringer [Dark Horse/Topps], Doctor Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You Stephen? [Marvel]

  

  Cassaday's 2005 & 2006 Award Winning Series
  
  

• 1999 Tim Sale - Superman for All Seasons [DC], Grendel: Black, White, and Red [Dark Horse]

• 2000 Kevin Nowlan - Tomorrow Stories [ABC]

• 2001 P Craig Russell - Ring of the Nibelung, The [Dark Horse/Maverick]

• 2002 Eduardo Risso - 100 Bullets [DC/Vertigo]

• 2003 Kevin O'Neill - League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 [ABC]

• 2004 John Cassaday - Planetary/Batman [DC/Wildstorm], Hellboy: Weird Tales [Dark Horse]

• 2005 TIE John Cassaday - Astonishing X-Men [Marvel], Planetary [DC/Wildstorm], I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun [DC/Humanoids]
  

• 2005 TIE Frank Quitely - We3 [DC/Vertigo]

• 2006 John Cassaday- Astonishing X-Men [Marvel], Planetary [DC/Wildstorm]
  

• 2007 Steve Leialoha & Mark Buckingham - Fables [DC/Vertigo]

Best Colorist/Coloring

• 1992 Steve Oliff - Akira [Marvel], Legends of the Dark Knight [DC], John Byrne's 2112 [Dark Horse]

  

  Oliff's 1994 Winner

• 1993 Steve Oliff/Olyoptics - Legends of the Dark Knight #28-30 [DC], Martian Manhunter: American Secrets [DC], Spawn [Image], James Bond 007: Serpent's Tooth [Dark Horse]  
  
  

• 1994 Steve Oliff/Reuben Rude/Olyoptics - Spawn [Image]

• 1995 Angus Mckie - Martha Washington Goes to War [Dark Horse]

• 1996 Chris Ware - Acme Novelty Library [Fantagraphics]

• 1997 Matt Hollingsworth - Death: The Time of Your Life [DC/Vertigo], Preacher [DC/Vertigo], Bloody Mary [DC/Helix], Challengers of the Unknown [DC]

• 1998 Chris Ware - Acme Novelty Library [Fantagraphics]

• 1999 Lynn Varley - 300 [Dark Horse]

• 2000 Laura Depuy - Authority, The [DC/Wildstorm], Planetary [DC/Wildstorm]

• 2001 Chris Ware - Acme Novelty Library #14 [Fantagraphics]

• 2002 Laura Depuy - Ruse [Crossgen], Ministry of Space [Image]

• 2003 Dave Stewart - Hellboy: The Third Wish [Dark Horse], The Amazing Screw-On Head [Dark Horse], Star Wars: Empire [Dark Horse], Human Target: Final Cut [DC/Vertigo], Doom Patrol [DC/Vertigo], Tom Strong [ABC], Captain America [Marvel]
  

• 2004 Patricia Mulvihill - Batman [DC], Wonder Woman [_DC_], 100 Bullets [DC/Vertigo]

• 2005 Dave Stewart - Captain America [Marvel], Daredevil [Marvel], Ultimate Six [Marvel], Ultimate X-Men [Marvel], BPRD [Dark Horse], Conan [Dark Horse], DC: The New Frontier [DC]

• 2006 Chris Ware - Acme Novelty Library #16 [Fantagraphics]
  

• 2007 Dave Stewart - BPRD [Dark Horse], Conan [Dark Horse], The Escapists [Dark Horse], Hellboy [Dark Horse], Action Comics [DC], Batman / The Spirit [DC], Superman [DC]

Best Cover Artist

• 1992 Brian Bolland - Animal Man [DC], Wonder Woman [DC]

• 1993 Brian Bolland - Animal Man [DC], Wonder Woman [DC]

• 1994 Brian Bolland - Animal Man [DC], Wonder Woman [DC]

• 1995 Glenn Fabry - Hellblazer [DC/Vertigo]

• 1996 Alex Ross - Kurt Busiek's Astro City [Image]

  

  1997 Best Cover Winner

• 1997 Alex Ross - Kurt Busiek's Astro City [Image], Kingdom Come [DC]

• 1998 Alex Ross - Kurt Busiek's Astro City [Image], Uncle Sam [DC/Vertigo]

• 1999 Brian Bolland - The Invisibles [DC/Vertigo]

• 2000 Alex Ross - Kurt Busiek's Astro City [DC/Wildstorm], Batman: No Man's Land [DC], Batman: Harley Quinn [DC], Batman: War On Crime [DC], [ABC]  various titles' alternate covers

• 2001 Brian Bolland - The Invisibles [DC/Vertigo], Batman: Gotham Knights [DC], Flash [DC]

• 2002 Dave Johnson - 100 Bullets [DC/Vertigo], Detective Comics [DC]

• 2003 Adam Hughes - Wonder Woman [DC]

• 2004 James Jean - Fables [DC/Vertigo], Batgirl [DC]

• 2005 James Jean - Fables [DC/Vertigo], Batgirl [_DC_], Green Arrow [DC]

• 2006 James Jean - Fables [DC/Vertigo], Runaways [Marvel]

• 2007 James Jean - Fables [DC/Vertigo], Jack of Fables [DC/Vertigo], Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall [DC/Vertigo]

Best Editor

• 1992 Karen Berger - The Sandman [DC], Shade, the Changing Man [DC], Kid Eternity [DC], Books of Magic [DC]

• 1993 Archie Goodwin - Batman: Sword of Azrael [DC], Legends of the Dark Knight [DC], Deadman: Exorcism [DC]

• 1994 TIE Karen Berger- The Sandman [DC/Vertigo]

• 1994 TIE Mike Carlin

• 1995 Karen Berger - Sandman Mystery Theatre [DC/Vertigo], The Sandman [DC/Vertigo]

• 1996 TIE Stuart Moore- Saga of the Swamp Thing [DC/Vertigo], The Invisibles [DC/Vertigo], Preacher [DC/Vertigo]

• 1996 TIE Bronwyn Carlton Taggart - Brooklyn Dreams [DC/Paradox], The Big Book of Weirdos [DC/Paradox], Big Book of Conspiracies, The [DC/Paradox], Stuck Rubber Baby [DC/Paradox]

• 1997 Dan Raspler - Kingdom Come [DC], Hitman [DC], Spectre, The [DC], Sergio Aragones Destroys the DC Universe [DC]

Best Letterer/Lettering

• 1993 Todd Klein - The Sandman [DC], Demon, The [DC]

• 1994 Todd Klein - The Sandman [DC]

• 1995 Todd Klein - The Sandman [DC/Vertigo], Demon, The [DC], Batman Versus Predator II [Dark Horse/DC_], Uncle Scrooge [_Gladstone_]

• 1996 Stan Sakai - Sergio Aragones Groo [Image], Usagi Yojimbo [Mirage]

• 1997 Todd Klein - The Sandman [_DC/Vertigo_], Death: The Time of Your Life [_DC/Vertigo_], House of Secrets [_DC/Vertigo_], Batman [_DC_], Kingdom Come [_DC_], Spectre, The [_DC_], Dreaming, The [_DC/Vertigo_]

• 1998 Todd Klein - Batman [_DC_], Batman: Poison Ivy [_DC_], House of Secrets [_DC/Vertigo_], Dreaming, The [_DC/Vertigo_], The Invisibles [_DC/Vertigo_], Uncle Sam [_DC/Vertigo_], Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures [_Gladstone_], Castle Waiting [_Olio_]

• 1999 Todd Klein - House of Secrets [_DC/Vertigo_], Dreaming, The [_DC/Vertigo_], The Invisibles [_DC/Vertigo_], Castle Waiting [_Olio_]

• 2000 Todd Klein - Dreaming, The [_DC/Vertigo_], The Invisibles [_DC/Vertigo_], Sandman Presents: Lucifer [_DC/Vertigo_], Gifts Of The Night [_DC/Vertigo_], Top 10 [_ABC_], Promethea [_ABC_], Tomorrow Stories [_ABC_], Tom Strong [_ABC_]

• 2001 Todd Klein - Top 10 [_ABC_], Promethea [_ABC_], Tomorrow Stories [_ABC_], Tom Strong [_ABC_], Dreaming, The [_DC/Vertigo_], The Invisibles [_DC/Vertigo_], Castle Waiting [_Cartoon Books_]

• 2002 Todd Klein - Top 10 [_ABC_], Promethea [_ABC_], Tomorrow Stories [_ABC_], Tom Strong's Terrific Tales [_ABC_], Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset [_ABC_], Sandman Presents: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Dreams But Were Afraid To Ask [_DC/Vertigo_], Dark Knight Strikes Again, The [_DC_], Detective Comics [_DC_], Castle Waiting [_Olio_], Universe X [_Marvel_]

• 2003 Todd Klein - Promethea [_ABC_], Tom Strong [_ABC_], Dark Knight Strikes Again, The [_DC_], Detective Comics [_DC_], Wonder Woman [_DC_], Human Target: Final Cut [_DC/Vertigo_], Fables [_DC/Vertigo_], Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia [_DC_], Castle Waiting [_Olio_]

• 2004 Todd Klein - Promethea [ABC], Tom Strong [ABC], Detective Comics [DC], Fables [DC/Vertigo], Sandman: Endless Nights [DC/Vertigo], Marvel 1602 [Marvel]

• 2005 Todd Klein - Promethea [ABC], Tom Strong [ABC], Tom Strong's Terrific Tales [ABC], Wonder Woman [DC], Books of Magick: Life During Wartime [DC/Vertigo], We3 [DC/Vertigo], Fables [DC/Vertigo], Creatures of the Night [Dark Horse]

• 2006 Todd Klein - Wonder Woman [DC], Seven Soldiers [DC], Justice [DC], Desolation Jones [DC], Promethea [ABC], Top 10 [_ABC_], Tomorrow Stories Special [ABC], Top 10: The Forty-Niners [_ABC_], Fables [DC/Vertigo], 1602: New World [Marvel]

• 2007 Todd Klein - Fables [DC/Vertigo], Jack of Fables [DC/Vertigo], Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall [DC/Vertigo], Testament [DC/Vertigo], Pride of Baghdad [DC/Vertigo], Eternals [Marvel], 1602: Fantastick Four [Marvel], Lost Girls [Top Shelf]

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior)

• 1993 Dave Dorman - Aliens: Tribes [Dark Horse]

• 1994 Alex Ross - Marvels [Marvel]

• 1995 Jon Muth - The Mystery Play [DC/Vertigo]

• 1996 John Bolton - Batman: Manbat [DC]

  

  Ross' 1998 Winner
  
  

• 1997 Alex Ross - Kingdom Come [DC]

• 1998 Alex Ross - Uncle Sam [DC/Vertigo]
  

• 1999 Alex Ross - Superman: Peace on Earth [DC]

• 2000 Alex Ross - Batman: War On Crime [DC]

• 2001 Jill Thompson - Scary Godmother [Sirius]

• 2002 Charles Vess - Rose [Cartoon Books]

• 2003 George Pratt - Wolverine: Netsuke [Marvel]

• 2004 Jill Thompson - The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings [Dark Horse]

• 2005 Teddy Kristiansen - It's a Bird [DC/Vertigo]

• 2006 Jose Ladronn - Hip Flask: Mystery City [Active Images]

• 2007 Jill Thompson - Dark Horse Book of Monsters [Dark Horse], Sexy Chix [Dark Horse], Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall [DC/Vertigo]

Best Writer

• 1988 Alan Moore - Watchmen [DC]

• 1989 Alan Moore - Batman The Killing Joke [DC]

• 1991 Neil Gaiman - The Sandman [DC/Vertigo]

• 1992 Neil Gaiman - Miracleman [Eclipse], The Sandman [DC/Vertigo], Books of Magic [DC]

• 1993 Neil Gaiman - Miracleman [Eclipse], The Sandman [DC/Vertigo]

• 1994 Neil Gaiman- The Sandman [DC/Vertigo]

• 1995 Alan Moore - From Hell [Kitchen Sink]

• 1996 Alan Moore - From Hell [Kitchen Sink]

• 1997 Alan Moore - From Hell [Kitchen Sink], Supreme: The New Adventures [Maximum Press]

• 1998 Garth Ennis - Unknown Soldier [DC/Vertigo], Preacher [DC/Vertigo], Hitman [DC], Bloody Mary: Lady Liberty [DC/Helix]

• 1999 Kurt Busiek - Kurt Busiek's Astro City [Image], Avengers [Marvel]

• 2000 Alan Moore - League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 [ABC], Promethea [ABC], Tom Strong [ABC], Top 10 [ABC], Tomorrow Stories [ABC]

• 2001 Alan Moore - League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 [ABC], Promethea [ABC], Tom Strong [ABC], Top 10 [ABC], Tomorrow Stories [ABC]

• 2002 Brian Michael Bendis - Daredevil [Marvel], Alias [Marvel], Ultimate Spider-Man, Powers [Image]

• 2003 Brian Michael Bendis - Daredevil [Marvel], Alias [Marvel], Ultimate Spider-Man, Powers [Image]

• 2004 Alan Moore - League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 [ABC], Promethea [ABC], Tom Strong [ABC], Tom Strong's Terrific Tales [ABC], Smax [ABC]

• 2005 Brian K. Vaughan - Y: The Last Man [DC/Vertigo], Ex Machina [DC/Wildstorm], Runaways [Marvel], Ultimate X-Men [Marvel]

• 2006 Alan Moore - Top 10 [ABC], Promethea [ABC], Top 10: The Forty-Niners [ABC]

• 2007 Ed Brubaker - Criminal [Marvel], Daredevil [Marvel], Captain America [Marvel]

Best Writer/Artist

• 1988 Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons - Watchmen [DC]

• 1989 Paul Chadwick - Concrete [Dark Horse]

• 1991 Frank Miller & Geof Darrow

• 1992 Peter David & Dale Keown - Incredible Hulk, The Vol. II [Marvel]

• 1993 Frank Miller - Dark Horse Presents & Sin City [Dark Horse]

• 1993 Steve Rude & Mike Baron - Nexus: The Origin

• 1994 Jeff Smith - Bone [Cartoon Books]

  

  300 - Miller's 1999 Winner

• 1995 Mike Mignola - Hellboy: Seed of Destruction [Dark Horse]

• 1996 David Lapham - Stray Bullets [El Capitan]

• 1997 Mike Mignola - Hellboy: Wake the Devil [Dark Horse]

• 1998 Mike Mignola - Hellboy: Almost Colossus [Dark Horse], Hellboy Junior Halloween Special [Dark Horse], Hellboy Christmas Special [Dark Horse]

• 1999 Frank Miller - 300 [Dark Horse]

• 2000 Daniel Clowes - Eightball [Fantagraphics]
  

• 2001 Eric Shanower - Age of Bronze [Image]

• 2002 Daniel Clowes - Eightball [Fantagraphics]

• 2003 Eric Shanower - Age of Bronze [Image]

• 2004 Craig Thompson - Blankets [Top Shelf]

• 2005 Paul Chadwick - Concrete: The Human Dilemma [Dark Horse]

• 2006 Geof Darrow - Shaolin Cowboy [Burlyman]

• 2007 Paul Pope - Batman: Year 100 [DC]

Best Writer/Artist: Humor

• 1995 Jeff Smith - Bone [Cartoon Books]

• 1996 Sergio Aragones - Sergio Aragones Groo [Image]

• 1997 Don Rosa - Walt Disney's Comics & Stories: Uncle Scrooge [Gladstone]

• 1998 Jeff Smith - Bone [Cartoon Books]

  

  Baker's Plastic Man

• 1999 Kyle Baker - You Are Here [DC/Vertigo]

• 2000 Kyle Baker - I Die At Midnight [DC/Vertigo] & "Letitia Lerner Superman's Babysitter" in Elseworlds 80-page Giant [DC]

• 2001 Tony Millionaire - Maakies [Fantagraphics] & Sock Monkey [Dark Horse]

• 2002 Evan Dorkin - Dork [Slave Labor]

• 2003 Tony Millionaire - House at Maakies Corner [Fantagraphics]

• 2004 Kyle Baker - Plastic Man [DC] & The New Baker [Kyle Baker Publishing]

• 2005 Kyle Baker - Plastic Man [DC] & Kyle Baker, Cartoonist [Kyle Baker Publishing]

• 2006 Kyle Baker - Plastic Man [DC] & The Bakers [Kyle Baker Publishing]

• 2007 Tony Millionaire - Billy Hazelnuts [Fantagraphics] & Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident [Dark Horse]

Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition

• 1995 Evan Dorkin - Milk and Cheese [Slave Labor], Dork [Slave Labor], Instant Piano [Dark Horse], Hectic Planet [Slave Labor] 
  

• 1996 Stan Sakai - Usagi Yojimbo [Mirage]

• 1997 Ricardo Delgado - Age of Reptiles: The Hunt [Dark Horse]

• 1998 Linda Medley - Castle Waiting [Olio]

• 1999 Brian Michael Bendis - Torso [Image], Jinx [Image], A.K.A. Goldfish [Image]

• 2000 Tony Millionaire - Sock Monkey [Dark Horse]

  

  Renier's 2006 Winner

• 2001 Alex Robinson - Box Office Poison [Antarctic Press]

• 2002 Dylan Horrocks - Hicksville [Black Eye], Atlas - [Drawn & Quarterly]

• 2003 Jason Shiga - Fleep [Sparkplug Comics]

• 2004 Derek Kirk Kim - Same Difference & Other Stories [Top Shelf]

• 2005 Sean McKeever - Mary Jane [Marvel], Inhumans [Marvel], Sentinel [Marvel], The Waiting Place [Slave Labor]

• 2006 Aaron Renier - Spiral-Bound [Top Shelf]
  

• 2007 Hope Larson - Gray Horses [Oni]

Annual Publication Awards

Best Anthology

• 1992 Dark Horse Presents [Dark Horse]

• 1993 Taboo [Tundra]
  
• 1994 Dark Horse Presents [Dark Horse]
  
  

  2007 Best Anthology Winner
  
  
• 1995 The Big Book of Urban Legends [Paradox Press/DC]
  
• 1996 The Big Book of Conspiracies [Paradox Press/DC]
  
• 1997 Batman: Black and White [DC]
  
• 1998 Hellboy Christmas Special [Dark Horse]
• 1999 Grendel: Black, White, and Red [Dark Horse]
• 2000 Tomorrow Stories [ABC]
• 2001 Drawn & Quarterly vol. 3 [Drawn & Quarterly]
  
• 2002 Bizarro Comics [DC]
  
• 2003 SPX 2002 [CBLDF]
  
• 2004 Sandman: Endless Nights [DC/Vertigo]
• 2005 Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist [Dark Horse]
  
• 2006 Solo [DC]
  
• 2007 Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall [DC/Vertigo]  
  

Best Archival Collection/Project

• 1993 Carl Barks Library Album [Gladstone]
  
• 1994 The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay [Fantagraphics]
  
• 1995 The Christmas Spirit by Will Eisner [Kitchen Sink]
  
• 1996 The Complete Crumb Comics vol. 11 by Robert Crumb [Fantagraphics]
  
• 1997 Tarzan: The Land That Time Forgot and the Pool of Time by Russ Manning [Dark Horse]
  
• 1998 Jack Kirby's New Gods by Jack Kirby [DC]
  
• 1999 Plastic Man Archives vol. 1 by Jack Cole [DC]
  
• 2000 Peanuts: A Golden Celebration [HarperCollins]
  
• 2001 The Spirit Archives by Will Eisner [DC]
• 2002 Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo [Dark Horse]
  
• 2003 Krazy & Ignatz by George Herriman [Fantagraphics]
• 2004 Krazy & Ignatz, 1929-1930, by George Herriman [Fantagraphics]
  
• 2005 The Complete Peanuts, edited by Gary Groth [Fantagraphics]
  

Best Archival Collection/Project- Comic Strips

• 2006 The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson [Andrews McMeel]
  
• 2007 The Complete Peanuts 1959-1960, 1961-1962 by Charles M. Schulz [Fantagraphics]
  

Best Archival Collection/Project- Comic Books

• 2006 Absolute Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons [DC]
  
• 2007 Absolute Sandman, vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman [DC/Vertigo]