The Hilton Bayfront strikes are off, so the Eisner Awards are on! Nominations are below, will be updating this article as the winners are announced,
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Best Continuing Series (TIE)
- Bitter Root, by David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene (Image)
- Something Is Killing the Children, by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera (BOOM! Studios)
- The Department of Truth, by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds (Image)
- Immortal Hulk, by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, et al. (Marvel)
- Nightwing, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)
Best Limited Series
- The Good Asian, by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi (Image)
- Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Marvel)
- Hocus Pocus, by Rik Worth and Jordan Collver, hocuspocuscomic.squarespace.com
- The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, by Ram V and Filipe Andrade (BOOM! Studios)
- Stray Dogs, by Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner (Image)
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King and Bilquis Evely (DC)
Best New Series
- The Nice House on the Lake, by James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno (DC Black Label)
- The Human Target, by Tom King and Greg Smallwood (DC)
- Not All Robots, by Mark Russell and Mike Deodato Jr. (AWA Upshot)
- Radiant Black, by Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa (Image)
- Ultramega, by James Harren (Image Skybound)
Best Adaptation from Another Medium
- George Orwell's 1984: The Graphic Novel, adapted by Fido Nesti (Mariner Books)
- After the Rain, by Nnedi Okorafor, adapted by John Jennings and David Brame (Megascope/Abrams ComicArts)
- Bubble by Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, and Tony Cliff (First Second/Macmillan)
- Disney Cruella, adapted by Hachi Ishie (VIZ Media)
- The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, by Robert Tressell, adapted by Sophie and Scarlett Rickard (SelfMadeHero)
Best Anthology
- You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife, edited by Kel McDonald and Andrea Purcell (Iron Circus)
- Flash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (And Not So Possible) Tomorrows, by Rose Eveleth and various, edited by Laura Dozier (Abrams ComicArts)
- My Only Child, by Wang Ning and various, edited by Wang Saili, translation by Emma Massara (LICAF/Fanfare Presents)
- The Silver Coin, by Michael Walsh and various (Image)
- Superman: Red & Blue, edited by Jamie S. Rich, Brittany Holzherr, and Diegs Lopez (DC)
Best Single Issue/One-Shot (must be able to stand alone)
- Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons, by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Jimenez (DC)
- Marvel's Voices: Identity #1, edited by Darren Shan (Marvel)
- Mouse Guard: The Owlhen Caregiver and Other Tales, by David Petersen (BOOM!/Archaia)
- Nightwing #87: "Get Grayson," by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)
- Wolvendaughter, by Ver (Quindrie Press)
- Best Short Story
- "Funeral in Foam," by Casey Gilly and Raina Telgemeier, in You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife (Iron Circus)
- "Generations," by Daniel Warren Johnson, in Superman: Red & Blue #5 (DC)
- "I Wanna Be a Slob," by Michael Kamison and Steven Arnold, in Too Tough to Die (Birdcage Bottom Books)
- "Tap, Tap, Tap," by Larry O'Neil and Jorge Fornés, in Green Arrow 80th Anniversary (DC)
- "Trickster, Traitor, Dummy, Doll," by Triple Dream (Mel Hilario, Katie Longua, and Lauren Davis), in The Nib Vol 9: Secrets (The Nib)
- Best Academic/Scholarly Work
- Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist History, by Eike Exner (Rutgers University Press)
- The Life and Comics of Howard Cruse: Taking Risks in the Service of Truth, by Andrew J. Kunka (Rutgers University Press)
- Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity, by Zack Kruse (University Press of Mississippi)
- Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comics Imperialism, by Paul S. Hirsch (University of Chicao Press)
- Rebirth of the English Comic Strip: A Kaleidoscope, 1847–1870, by David Kunzle (University Press of Mississippi)
- Best Comics-Related Book
- All of the Marvels, by Douglas Wolk (Penguin Press)
- The Art of Thai Comics: A Century of Strips and Stripes, by Nicolas Verstappen (River Books)
- Fantastic Four No. 1: Panel by Panel, by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Chip Kidd, and Geoff Spear (Abrams ComicArts)
- Old Gods & New: A Companion to Jack Kirby's Fourth World, by John Morrow, with Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)
- True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee, by Abraham Riesman (Crown)
- Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
- Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
- Federico Bertolucci, Brindille, Love: The Mastiff (Magnetic)
- John Bolton, Hell's Flaw (Renegade Arts Entertainment)
- Juan Cavia, Ballad for Sophie (Top Shelf)
- Frank Pe, Little Nemo (Magnetic)
- Ileana Surducan, The Lost Sunday (Pronoia AB)
- Best Coloring
- Matt Wilson, Undiscovered Country (Image); Fire Power (Image Skybound); Eternals, Thor, Wolverine (Marvel); Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters (Oni)
- Filipe Andrade/Inês Amaro, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (BOOM! Studios)
- Terry Dodson, Adventureman (Image Comics)
- K. O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Oni)
- Jacob Phillips, Destroy All Monsters, Friend of the Devil (Image)
- Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
- Phil Jimenez, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (DC)
- Filipe Andrade, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (BOOM! Studios)
- Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)
- Esad Ribic, Eternals (Marvel)
- P. Craig Russell, Norse Mythology (Dark Horse)
- Best Writer/Artist
- Barry Windsor-Smith, Monsters (Fantagraphics)
- Alison Bechdel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength (Mariner Books)
- Junji Ito, Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection, Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection, Sensor (VIZ Media)
- Daniel Warren Johnson, Superman: Red & Blue (DC); Beta Ray Bill (Marvel)
- Will McPhail, In: A Graphic Novel (Mariner Books)
- Best Writer
- James Tynion IV, House of Slaughter, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Nice House on the Lake, The Joker, Batman, DC Pride 2021 (DC); The Department of Truth (Image); Blue Book, Razorblades (Tiny Onion Studios)
- Ed Brubaker, Destroy All Monsters, Friend of the Devil (Image)
- Kelly Sue DeConnick, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons Book One (DC)
- Filipe Melo, Ballad for Sophie (Top Shelf)
- Ram V, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (BOOM! Studios); The Swamp Thing (DC); Carnage: Black, White & Blood, Venom (Marvel)
- Best Lettering
- Barry Windsor-Smith, Monsters (Fantagraphics)
- Wes Abbott, Future State, Nightwing, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman Black & Gold (DC)
- Clayton Cowles, The Amazons, Batman, Batman/Catwoman, Strange Adventures, Wonder Woman Historia (DC); Adventureman (Image); Daredevil, Eternals, King in Black, Strange Academy, Venom, X-Men Hickman, X-Men Duggan (Marvel)
- Crank!, Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Oni); Money Shot (Vault)
- Ed Dukeshire, Once & Future, Seven Secrets (BOOM Studios)
Hope they release an oversized hardcover of Bitter Root soon. I've only read the first volume.
The Good Asian was good but it had no business beating Many Deaths of Laila Starr. That was by far the best miniseries of last year. Stray Dogs was cool, but somewhat overrated.
Barry Windsor-Smith definitely deserved best writer/artist for Monsters, which was my favorite comic of 2021, but not best lettering. The lettering in that book was actually kind of hard to decipher.
Ram V should have won best writer over Tynion. I love Tynion but Ram V's best books of last year (Swamp Thing, Laila Starr) are better than Tynion's best two (Joker, Nice House on the Lake).
Jorge Jimenez and Dan Mora not getting nominations for best penciller/inker (or best cover artist in Mora's case) is a downright travesty. They are my two favorite artists right now. Matt Wilson winning best coloring makes sense, but I'm surprised Jordie Bellaire and Tamra Bonvillain didn't get noms, nor Brad Simpson for Stray Dogs.
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he's saying it's "Sandman for the Marvel universe" and he's been working on it since 2019. 
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it took me till the second Hellions issue to fully "get" what it was all about and when I re read it was a dope. 