EISNER AWARDS 2014 - Die Gewinner...

...als große Gewinner in diesem Jahr dürfen Image Comics "Saga" und DC/Vertigo's "The Wake" gelten; beide Serien gewannen mehrere Preise. Einzige Superhelden-Serie mit Auszeichnung(en) 2014: Marvels "Hawkeye" (der allerdings schon bald ein neues Autoren/Zeichner-Team erhalten wird).

Die meisten Preise -sieben!- räumte in diesem Jahr Verlag IDW ab (bemerkenswert, wenn man bedenkt, das bis 2011 regelmäßig DC die meisten Awards einheimste, aber das war vor "The New 52"...). Qualität setzt sich eben durch.

...und erneut gewann der exzellente (und von vielen Lesern leider übersehene) Anthology-Titel "Dark Horse Presents" (Vol.2) einen Award (leider erhält die Serie jetzt einen erneuten relaunch und wird künftig nicht mehr im luxuriösen "Prestige Format" sondern nur noch als Standard- Heftchen veröffentlicht).  Aber genug geschwatzt, hier kommen...

Die Gewinner der  "Eisner Awards" 2014 :

Best Short Story

• “Untitled,” by Gilbert Hernandez, in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
          Hawkeye #11: “Pizza Is My Business,” by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)

Best Continuing Series
          Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Limited Series

• The Wake, by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (Vertigo / DC Comics)

Best New Series

• Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7)
          Itty Bitty Hellboy, by Art Baltazar and Franco (Dark Horse Comics)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12)

• The Adventures of Superhero Girl, by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse Comics)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

• Battling Boy, by Paul Pope (First Second)

Best Humor Publication

• Vader’s Little Princess, by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle Books)

Best Anthology

• Dark Horse Presents (Vol.2), edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse Comics)

Best Digital/Webcomic

• The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman, theoatmeal.com

Best Reality-Based Work

• The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker (M Press/Dark Horse Comics)

Best Graphic Album—New

• The Property, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

• Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground, by Donald Westlake, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• RASL, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

• Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, vol. 1, edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

• Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

• Goddam This War! by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

• The Mysterious Underground Men, by Osamu Tezuka (PictureBox)

Best Writer

• Brian K. Vaughan, Saga (Image)

Best Writer/Artist

• Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

• Sean Murphy, The Wake (DC / Vertigo)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)

Best Cover Artist

• David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)

Best Coloring

• Jordie Bellaire, The Manhattan Projects, Nowhere Men, Pretty Deadly, Zero (Image); The Massive (Dark Horse); Tom Strong (DC); X-Files Season 10 (IDW); Captain Marvel, Journey into Mystery (Marvel); Numbercruncher (Titan); Quantum and Woody (Valiant)

Best Lettering

• Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

• Comic Book Resources, produced by Jonah Weiland, www.comicbookresources.com

Best Comics-Related Book

• Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell (LOAC / IDW)

Best Scholarly/Academic Work

• Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation, edited by Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II (Bloomsbury)

Best Publication Design

• Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, designed by Dean Mullaney (LOAC / IDW)

 
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