Though the Comic-Con International: San Diego had announced the decision to do their event virtually for the second year in a row based on the still problematic pandemic (discussed HERE), some of the aspects of the convention will still be held and that means the Eisner Awards will be doled out. Some of you know this already but for those who don’t the Eisner Awards are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books and are coyly thought of as being the industry’s version of the Academy Awards. They are named after the legendary Wil Eisner (The Spirit) and are something that attendees of the SDCC look forward to each and every year. Now without any more lead in here are the 2021 Eisner Awards Nominations.
Best Short Story:
“Garden Boys” by Henry McCausland, in Now #8 (Fantagraphics)
“I Needed the Discounts” by Connor Willumsen, in The New York Times (January 3, 2020)
“Parts of Us,” by Chan Chau, in Elements: Earth, A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color (Ascend Press)
“Rookie,” by Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso, in Detective Comics #1027 (DC)
“Soft Lead,” by Chan Chau, https://chanchauart.com/comics#/soft-lead/
“When the Menopausal Carnival Comes to Town,” by Mimi Pond, in Menopause: A Comic Treatment (Graphic Medicine/Pennsylvania State University Press)
Best Single Issue:
The Burning Hotels, by Thomas Lampion (Birdcage Bottom Books)
Hedra, by Jesse Lonergan (Image)
The Other History of the DC Universe #1, by John Ridley and Giuseppe Camuncoli (DC)
Sports Is Hell, by Ben Passmore (Koyama Press)
Stanley’s Ghost: A Halloween Adventure, by Jeff Balke, Paul Storrie, and Dave Alvarez (Storm Kids)
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