| Year |
Title |
Authors |
Ref. |
|---|
| 1980s |
| 1988 |
Gumby Summer Fun Special #1 (Comico: The Comic Company) |
Bob Burden and Art Adams |
[1] |
| Concrete #5 (Dark Horse Comics) |
Paul Chadwick |
| Eddy Current #1 (Mad Dog Graphics) |
Ted McKeever |
| Grendel #12 (Comico: The Comic Company) |
Matt Wagner, Arnold Pander, Jacob Pander, and Jay Geldof |
| Justice League International #1 (DC Comics) |
Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, and Terry Austin |
| Zot! #14 (Eclipse Comics) |
Scott McCloud |
| 1989 |
Kings in Disguise #1 (Kitchen Sink Press) |
James Vance and Dan Burr |
[2] |
| Animal Man #5 (DC Comics) |
Grant Morrison, Chas Truog, and Doug Hazlewood |
| Batman: The Killing Joke (DC Comics) |
Alan Moore and Brian Bolland |
| Swamp Thing #75 (DC Comics) |
Rick Veitch |
| Twist #2 (Kitchen Sink Press) |
Various creators |
| 1990s |
| 1990 |
There was no Eisner Award ceremony, or awards distributed, in 1990, due to widespread balloting mix-ups.[3] |
| 1991 |
Concrete Celebrates Earth Day (Dark Horse Comics) |
Paul Chadwick, Charles Vess, and Jean "Moebius" Giraud |
[4] |
| BLAB! #5 (Kitchen Sink Press) |
edited by Monte Beauchamp |
| Marshall Law: Kingdom of the Blind (Apocalypse Ltd) |
Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill |
| Zot! #33 (Eclipse Comics) |
Scott McCloud |
| 1992 [note 1] |
Sandman #22-#28 (DC Comics) |
Neil Gaiman and various artists |
[5] |
| American Splendor #16 (Tundra Publishing) |
Harvey Pekar and various artists |
| Dark Horse Presents "Sin City" (Dark Horse Comics) |
Frank Miller |
| Groo the Wanderer #78 (Marvel Comics/Epic Comics) |
Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragonés |
| Swamp Thing #113 (DC Comics) |
Nancy A. Collins, Thomas Yeates, and Shepherd Hendrix |
| 1993 |
Nexus: The Origin (Dark Horse Comics) |
Mike Baron and Steve Rude |
[6] |
| Bloodlines: A Tale from the Heart of Africa (Epic Comics) |
Cindy Goff, Rafael Nieves, and Seitu Hayden |
| Hellblazer #56: "Diary of Danny Drake" (DC Comics) |
Garth Ennis and David Lloyd |
| Peepshow #1 (Drawn & Quarterly) |
Joe Matt |
| Sandman #40: "The Parliament of Rooks" (DC Comics) |
Neil Gaiman and Jill Thompson |
| Sandman #39: "Soft Places" (DC Comics) |
Neil Gaiman and John Watkiss |
| 1994 |
The Batman Adventures: Mad Love (DC Comics) |
Paul Dini and Bruce Timm |
[7] |
| Spawn #10: "Crossing Over" (Image Comics) |
Dave Sim and Todd McFarlane |
| Groo the Wanderer #100: "A Little Knowledge" (Marvel Comics) |
Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragonés |
| Marvels #2: "Monsters" (Marvel Comics) |
Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross |
| Sandman #50: "Ramadan" (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell |
| 1995 |
The Batman Adventures Holiday Special (DC Comics) |
Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Ronnie del Carmen, and others |
[8] |
| Acme Novelty Library #1 (Fantagraphics) |
Chris Ware |
| Bone #16: "Eyes of the Storm" (Cartoon Books) |
Jeff Smith |
| The Dance of Lifey Death (Dark Horse Comics) |
Eddie Campbell |
| Sandman Mystery Theatre Annual #1 (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
Matt Wagner, Steven T. Seagle, and various artists |
| 1996 |
Kurt Busiek's Astro City" #4: "Safeguards (Jukebox Productions/Image Comics) |
Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson |
[9] |
| Acme Novelty Library #4 (Fantagraphics) |
Chris Ware |
| Bacchus Color Special (Dark Horse Comics) |
Eddie Campbell and Teddy Kristiansen |
| Eightball #16 (Fantagraphics) |
Daniel Clowes |
| Stray Bullets #3: "The Party" (El Capitan Books) |
David Lapham |
| 1997 |
Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 #1: "Welcome to Astro City" (Jukebox Productions/Homage Comics) |
Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg |
[10] |
| Giant THB Parade (Horse Press) |
Paul Pope |
| Kane #13: "Point of View" (Dancing Elephant Press) |
Paul Grist |
| Elric #0: Neil Gaiman's "One Life Furnished in Early Moorcock" (Topps) |
adapted by P. Craig Russell |
| Optic Nerve #3 (Drawn & Quarterly) |
Adrian Tomine |
| Sandman #75: "The Tempest" (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess |
| Stray Bullets #10: "Here Comes the Circus" (El Capitan Books) |
David Lapham |
| 1998 |
Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 #10: "Show `Em All" (Jukebox Productions/Homage Comics) |
Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg |
[11] |
| Batgirl Adventures #1 (DC Comics) |
Paul Dini and Rick Burchett |
| The Dreaming #15: "Day's Work, Night's Rest" (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
Jeff Nicholson |
| Sof' Boy and Friends #1 (Drawn & Quarterly) |
Archer Prewitt |
| Superman Adventures #3: "Distant Thunder (DC Comics) |
Scott McCloud, Rick Burchett, and Terry Austin |
| 1999 |
Hitman #34: "Of Thee I Sing" (DC Comics) |
Garth Ennis, John McCrea, and Garry Leach |
[12] |
| The Clowns (I Pagliacci) (Dark Horse Comics) |
P. Craig Russell and Galen Showman |
| Empty Love Stories (Funny Valentine Press) |
Steve Darnall and various artists |
| From Hell: Dance of the Gull Catchers (Kitchen Sink Press) |
Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell |
| Kane #22: "Fwankie's Big Night Out" (Dancing Elephant Press) |
Paul Grist |
| 2000s |
| 2000 |
Tom Strong #1: "How Tom Strong Got Started" (America's Best Comics) |
Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse, and Al Gordon |
[13] |
| I Die at Midnight (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
Kyle Baker |
| Promethea #3: "Misty Magicland" (America's Best Comics) |
Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray |
| Stray Bullets #19: "Live Nude Girls!" (El Capitan Books) |
David Lapham |
| Transmetropolitan #27: "Monstering" (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, and Rodney Ramos |
| 2001 |
Promethea #10: "Sex, Stars and Serpents" (America's Best Comics) |
Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray |
[14] |
| Finder #19: "Talisman" (Lightspeed Press) |
Carla Speed McNeil |
| Hey Mister: The Trouble with Jesus (Top Shelf Productions) |
Pete Sickman-Garner |
| Lucifer #4: "Born with the Dead" (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
Mike Carey, Warren Pleece, and Dean Ormston |
| Paul in the Country (Drawn & Quarterly) |
Michel Rabagliati |
| Sock Monkey, vol. 3 #2 (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick) |
Tony Millionaire |
| 2002 |
Eightball #22 (Fantagraphics) |
Daniel Clowes |
[15] |
| The Fall (Drawn & Quarterly) |
Ed Brubaker and Jason Lutes |
| Finder #22: "Fight Scene" (Lightspeed Press) |
Carla Speed McNeil |
| 100 Bullets #27: "Idol Chatter" (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso |
| Optic Nerve #8: "Bomb Scare" (Drawn & Quarterly) |
Adrian Tomine |
| 2003 |
The Stuff of Dreams (Fantagraphics) |
Kim Deitch |
[16] |
| The Castaways (Absence of Ink) |
Rob Vollmar and Pablo Callejo |
| Fleep (Sparkplug Comics) |
Jason Shiga |
| My Friend Dahmer (Derfcity Comics) |
Derf Backderf |
| My Uncle Jeff (Origin) |
Damon Hurd and Pedro Camello |
| 2004 |
Conan: The Legend #0 (Dark Horse Comics) [note 2] |
Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord |
[17] |
| The Goon #1 (Dark Horse Comics) [note 2] |
Eric Powell |
| Finder #30: "Beware of Dog" (Lightspeed Press) |
Carla Speed McNeil |
| Giant THB v.2 #1 (Horse Press) |
Paul Pope |
| Global Frequency #5: "Big Sky" (WildStorm/DC Comics) |
Warren Ellis and Jon J Muth |
| Usagi Yojimbo #65: "Usagi and the Tengu" (Dark Horse Comics) |
Stan Sakai |
| 2005 |
Eightball #23: "The Death Ray" (Fantagraphics) |
Daniel Clowes |
[18] |
| Demo #7: "One Shot, Don't Miss" (AiT/Planet Lar) |
Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan |
| Ex Machina #1: "The Pilot" (WildStorm/DC Comics) |
Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Feister |
| Global Frequency #12: "Harpoon" (WildStorm/DC Comics) |
Warren Ellis and Gene Ha |
| The Goon #6: "Ilagarto Hombre!" (Dark Horse Comics) |
Eric Powell |
| 2006 |
Solo #5 (DC Comics) |
Darwyn Cooke |
[19] |
| The Bakers (Kyle Baker Publishing) |
Kyle Baker |
| Ex Machina #11: "Fortune Favors" (WildStorm/DC Comics) |
Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Feister |
| The Innocents (Fantagraphics/Coconino Press) |
Gipi |
| Promethea #32: "Wrap Party" (America's Best Comics) |
Alan Moore and J. H. Williams III |
| 2007 |
Batman/The Spirit #1: "Crime Convention" (DC Comics) |
Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke |
[20] |
| A Late Freeze |
Danica Novgorodoff |
| The Preposterous Adventures of IronHide Tom (AdHouse Books) |
Joel Priddy |
| Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3 (AdHouse Books) |
Joshua Cotter |
| They Found the Car (Fantagraphics) |
Gipi |
| 2008 |
Justice League of America #11: "Walls" (DC Comics) |
Brad Meltzer and Gene Ha |
[21] |
| Amelia Rules! #18: "Things I Cannot Change" (Renaissance Press) |
Jimmy Gownley |
| Delilah Dirk and the Treasure of Constantinople |
Tony Cliff |
| Johnny Hiro #1 (AdHouse Books) |
Fred Chao |
| The Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1: "To Have or to Hold" (Marvel Comics) |
Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca |
| 2009 |
No award given out in 2009.[22] |
| 2010s |
| 2010 |
Captain America #601: “Red, White and Blue-Blood" (Marvel Comics) |
Ed Brubaker and Gene Colan |
[23][24] |
| The Brave and the Bold #28: “Blackhawk and the Flash: Firing Line" (DC Comics) |
J. Michael Straczynski and Jesus Saiz |
| Ganges #3 (Fantagraphics) |
Kevin Huizenga |
| The Unwritten #5: “How the Whale Became" (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
Mike Carey and Peter Gross |
| Usagi Yojimbo #123: “The Death of Lord Hikiji” (Dark Horse Comics) |
Stan Sakai |
| 2011 |
Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil (Dark Horse Comics) |
Mike Mignola and Richard Corben |
[25][26] |
| The Cape (IDW Publishing) |
Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, and Zack Howard |
| Fables #100 (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and others |
| Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1: “Sparrow" (IDW Publishing) |
Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez |
| Unknown Soldier #21: “A Gun in Africa" (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
Joshua Dysart and Rick Veitch |
| 2012 |
Daredevil #7 (Marvel Comics) |
Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera |
[27][26] |
| Ganges #4 (Fantagraphics) |
Kevin Huizenga |
| Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys (IDW Publishing) |
Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez |
| Princeless #3 (Action Lab Comics) |
Jeremy Whitley and Mia Goodwin |
| The Unwritten #24: "Stairway to Heaven" (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Al Davison |
| 2013 |
The Mire |
Becky Cloonan |
[28][26] |
| Lose #4: "The Fashion Issue" (Koyama Press) |
Michael DeForge |
| Pope Hats #3 (AdHouse Books) |
Ethan Rilly |
| Post York #1 (Uncivilized Books) |
James Romberger and Crosby |
| Tales Designed to Thrizzle #8 (Fantagraphics) |
Michael Kupperman |
| 2014 |
Hawkeye #11: “Pizza Is My Business" (Marvel Comics) |
Matt Fraction and David Aja |
[29][26] |
| Demeter |
Becky Cloonan |
| Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics) |
Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez |
| Viewotron #2 |
Sam Sharpe |
| Watson and Holmes #6 (New Paradigm Studios) |
Brandon M. Easton and N. Steven Harris |
| 2015 |
Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers (Dark Horse Comics) |
Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson |
[30][26] |
| Astro City #16: “Wish I May” (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson |
| Madman in Your Face 3D Special (Image Comics) |
Mike Allred |
| Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration #1 (Marvel Comics) |
Various creators |
| The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1 (DC Comics) |
Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely |
| 2016 |
Silver Surfer #11: “Never After" (Marvel Comics) |
Dan Slott and Mike Allred |
[31][26] |
| A Blanket of Butterflies (HighWater Press) |
Richard Van Camp and Scott B. Henderson |
| I Love This Part (Avery Hill Publishing) |
Tillie Walden |
| Mowgli’s Mirror (Retrofit Comics/Big Planet Comics) |
Olivier Schrauwen |
| Pope Hats #4 (AdHouse Books) |
Ethan Rilly |
| 2017 |
Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse Comics) |
Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Jill Thompson |
[32][26] |
| Babybel Wax Bodysuit (Retrofit Comics/Big Planet Comics) |
Eric Kostiuk Williams |
| Blammo #9 (Kilgore Books) |
Noah Van Sciver |
| Criminal 10th Anniversary Special (Image Comics) |
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips |
| Sir Alfred #3 (Pigeon Press) |
Tim Hensley |
| Your Black Friend (Silver Sprocket) |
Ben Passmore |
| 2018 |
Hellboy: Krampusnacht (Dark Horse Comics) |
Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes |
[33][26] |
| Barbara (ShortBox) |
Nicole Miles |
| Pope Hats #5 (AdHouse Books) |
Ethan Rilly |
| The Spotted Stone (Sun Comics) |
Rick Veitch |
| What Is Left (ShortBox) |
Rosemary Valero-O'Connell |
| 2019 |
Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310 (Marvel Comics) |
Chip Zdarsky |
[34] |
| Beneath the Dead Oak Tree (ShortBox) |
Emily Carroll |
| Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise (Dark Horse Comics) |
Jeff Lemire and Emi Lenox |
| No Better Words (Silver Sprocket) |
Carolyn Nowak |
| The Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils In Suits (IHQ Studio/Image Comics) |
Arabson Assis, translated by James Robinson |
| 2020s |
| 2020 |
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics) |
Emil Ferris |
[35][36] |
| Coin-Op #8: Infatuation (Coin-Op Books) |
Peter Hoey and Maria Hoey |
| The Freak (AdHouse Books) |
Matt Lesniewski |
| Minotäar (ShortBox) |
Lissa Treiman |
| Sobek (ShortBox) |
James Stokoe |
| 2021 |
Sports is Hell (Koyama Press) |
Ben Passmore |
[37][38] |
| The Burning Hotels (Birdcage Bottom Books) |
Thomas Lampion |
| Hedra (Image Comics) |
Jesse Lonergan |
| The Other History of the DC Universe #1 (DC Comics) |
John Ridley and Giuseppe Camuncoli |
| Stanley's Ghost: A Halloween Adventure (Storm Kids) |
Jeff Balke, Paul Storrie, and Dave Alvarez |
| 2022 |
Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (DC Comics) |
Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Jimenez |
[39] |
| Marvel’s Voices: Identity #1 (Marvel Comics) |
edited by Darren Shan |
| Mouse Guard: The Owlhen Caregiver and Other Tales (Boom! Comics/Archaia) |
David Petersen |
| Nightwing #87: "Get Grayson" (DC Comics) |
Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo |
| Wolvendaughter (Quindrie Press) |
Ver |
| 2023 |
Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler (DC Comics) |
by Tom King and Mitch Gerads |
[40] |
| Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond |
Jed Mackay and C. F. Villa |
| Moon Knight: Black, White, and Blood #3 (Marvel Comics) |
edited by Tom Brevoort |
| Star Trek #400 (IDW) |
edited by Heather Antos |
| A Vicious Circle Book 1 (BOOM! Studios) |
by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo |
|