| 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
|
Our Favorite Thing Is 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
|
