Nominados premios Eisner 2008

Mejor historia corta

• "Book", de Yuichi Yokoyama, en New Engineering (PictureBox)
• "At Loose Ends", de Lewis Trondheim, en Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)
• "Mr. Wonderful", de Dan Clowes, en New York Times Sunday Magazine
• "Town of Evening Calm", de Fumiyo Kouno, en Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (Last Gasp)
• "Whatever Happened to Fletcher Hanks?", de Paul Karasik, en I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! (Fantagraphics)
• "Young Americans", de Emile Bravo, en Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)

Mejor número unitario

• Amelia Rules! #18: "Things I Cannot Change", de Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance)
• Delilah Dirk and the Treasure of Constantinople, de Tony Cliff (autopublicado)
• Johnny Hiro #1, de Fred Chao (AdHouse)
• Justice League of America #11: "Walls", de Brad Meltzer y Gene Ha (DC)
• Sensational Spider-Man Annual: "To Have or to Hold", de Matt Fraction y Salvador Larroca (Marvel)

Mejor serie

• The Boys, de Garth Ennis y Darick Robertson (Dynamite)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, de Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, y Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
• Naoki Urasawa's Monster, de Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
• The Spirit, de Darwyn Cooke (DC)
• Y: The Last Man, de Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, y Jose Marzan, Jr. (Vertigo/DC)

Mejor serie limitada

• Atomic Robo, de Brian Clevinger y Scott Wegender (Red 5 Comics)
• Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, de Peter David, Robin Furth, y Jae Lee (Marvel)
• Nightly News, de Jonathan Hickman (Image)
• Parade (with Fireworks), de Michael Cavallaro (Shadowline/Image)
• The Umbrella Academy, de Gerard Way y Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)

Mejor serie nueva

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, de Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, y Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
• Immortal Iron Fist, de Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja, y otros (Marvel)
• Johnny Hiro, de Fred Chao (AdHouse)
• The Infinite Horizon, de Gerry Duggan y Phil Noto (Image)
• Scalped, de Jason Aaron y R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)

Mejor publicación para niños

• Amelia Rules! y Amelia Rules! Funny Stories, de Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance)
• Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, editado por Jeremy Barlow (Dark Horse)
• Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 y Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, de David Petersen (Archaia)
• The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, de Peter Sis (Frank Foster Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
• Yotsuba&!, de Kiyohiko Azuma (ADV)

Mejor publicación para adolescentes

• Laika, de Nick Abadzis (First Second)
• The Mighty Skullboy Army, de Jacob Chabot (Dark Horse)
• The Annotated Northwest Passage, de Scott Chantler (Oni)
• PX! Book One: A Girl and Her Panda, de Manny Trembley y Eric A. Anderson (Shadowline/Image)
• Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, de James Sturm y Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)

Mejor publicación de humor

• Dwight T. Albatross's The Goon Noir, editado por Matt Dryer (Dark Horse)
• Johnny Hiro, de Fred Chao (AdHouse)
• Lucha Libre, de Jerry Frissen, Bill, Gobi, Fabien M., Nikola Witko, Hervé Tanquelle et al. (Image)
• Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories, de Nicholas Gurewitch (Dark Horse)
• Wonton Soup, de James Stokoe (Oni)

Mejor antología

• Best American Comics 2007, editado por Anne Elizabeth Moore y Chris Ware (Houghton Mifflin)
• 5, de Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Fabio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, y Rafael Grampa (autopublicado)
• Mome, editado por Gary Groth y Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
• Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened, editado por Jason Rodriguez (Villard)
• 24Seven, vol. 2, editado por Ivan Bryon (Image)

Mejor cómic online

• The Abominable Charles Christopher, de Karl Kerschl
• Billy Dogma, Immortal, de Dean Haspiel
• The Process, de Joe Infurnari
• PX!, de Manny Trembley y Eric A. Anderson
• Sugarshock!, de Joss Whedon y Fabio Moon

Mejor historia basada en hechos reales

• Laika, de Nick Abadzis (First Second)
• The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, de Ann Marie Fleming (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
• Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, de James Sturm y Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
• Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, de Percy Carey y Ronald Wimberly (Vertigo/DC)
• White Rapids, de Pascal Blanchet (Drawn & Quarterly)

Mejor novela gráfica - Nueva

• The Arrival, de Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
• Bookhunter, de Jason Shiga (Sparkplug Books)
• Essex County, vols. 1-2: Tales from the Farm/Ghost Stories, de Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
• Exit Wounds, de Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Percy Gloom, de Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)

Mejor novela gráfica - Reedición

• Agents of Atlas Hardcover, de Jeff Parker, Leonard Kirk, y Kris Justice (Marvel)
• Gødly Celestial Edition, de Joe Casey y Tom Scioli (Image)
• James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems, de James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, de David Petersen (Archaia)
• Super Spy, de Matt Kindt (Top Shelf)

Mejor proyecto de recuperación - Tiras

• (The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, de Winsor McCay (Ulrich Merkl)
• Complete Terry and the Pirates, vol. 1, de Milton Caniff (IDW)
• Little Sammy Sneeze, de Winsor McCay (Sunday Press)
• Popeye, vol. 2: Well Blow Me Down, de E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics)
• Sundays with Walt and Skeezix, de Frank King (Sunday Press)

Mejor proyecto de recuperación - Comic-book

• Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus, vol. 1, de Stan Lee y Steve Ditko (Marvel)
• Apollo's Song, de Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
• The Completely MAD Don Martin, de Don Martin (Running Press)
• Daredevil Omnibus, de Frank Miller y Klaus Janson (Marvel)
• I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!, de Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics)

Mejor edición de material internacional

• The Arrival, de Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
• Aya, de Marguerite Abouet y Clement Obrerie (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Garage Band, de Gipi (First Second)
• I Killed Adolf Hitler, de Jason (Fantagraphics)
• The Killer, de Matz y Luc Jacamon (Archaia)

Mejor edición de material internacional - Japón

• The Ice Wanderer and Other Stories, de Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
• MW, de Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
• Naoki Urasawa's Monster, de Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
• New Engineering, de Yuichi Yokoyama (PictureBox)
• Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White, de Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz)
• Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, de Fumiyo Kouno (Last Gasp)

Mejor guionista

• Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Criminal, Daredevil, Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel)
• James Sturm, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
• Brian K. Vaughan, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse); Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC), Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC)
• Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse)
• Brian Wood, DMZ, Northlyers (Vertigo/DC); Local (Oni)

Mejor escritor / artista

• Jeff Lemire, Essex County: Tales from the Farm/Ghost Stories (Top Shelf)
• Rutu Modan, Exit Wounds (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Shaun Tan, The Arrival (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
• Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)
• Fumi Yoshinaga, Flower of Life; The Moon and Syals (Digital Manga)

Mejor escritor / artista - Humor

• Kyle Baker, The Bakers: Babies and Kittens (Image)
• Fred Chao, Johnny Hiro (AdHouse)
• Bryon Graham, King City (Tokyopop); Multiple Warheads (Oni)
• Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)
• James Stokoe, Wonton Soup (Oni)

Mejor dibujante / entintador

• Steve Epting/Butch Guice/Mike Perkins, Captain America (Marvel)
• Pia Guerra/Jose Marzan, Jr., Y: The Last Man (Vertical/DC)
• Jae Lee, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
• Takeshi Obata, Death Note, Hikaru No Go (Viz)
• Ethan Van Sciver, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps (DC)

Mejor artista multimedia (arte interior)

• Ann-Marie Fleming, The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
• Eric Powell, The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse)
• Bryan Talbot, Alice in Sunderly (Dark Horse)
• Ben Templesmith, Fell (Image); 30 Days of Night: Red Snow; Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW)

Mejor portadista

• John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
• James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2; Superior Showcase 2 (AdHouse)
• J. G. Jones, 52 (DC)
• Jae Lee, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
• Jim Lee, All Star Batman y Robin the Boy Wonder (DC); World of Warcraft (WildStorm/DC)

Mejor colorista

• Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! (Renaissance)
• Steve Hamaker, Bone, vols. 5 y 6 (Scholastic); Shazam: Monster Society of Evil (DC)
• Richard Isanove, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
• Ronda Pattison, Atomic Robo (Red 5 Comics)
• Dave Stewart, BPRD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cut, Hellboy, Lobster Johnson, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); The Spirit (DC)
• Alex Wald, Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman)

Mejor rotulista

• Jared K. Fletcher, Catwoman, The Spirit (DC); Sentences: Life of MF Grimm (Vertigo/DC)
• Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! (Renaissance)
• Todd Klein, Justice, Simon Dark (DC); Fables, Jack of Fables, Crossing Midnight (Vertigo/DC); League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (WildStorm/DC); Nexus (Rude Dude)
• Lewis Trondheim, "At Loose Ends", Mome 7 & 8 (Fantagraphics)
• Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)

Reconocimiento especial

• Chuck BB, Black Metal (artista, Oni)
• Matt Silady, The Homeless Channel (escritor/artista, AiT/PlanetLar)
• Jamie Tanner, The Aviary (escritor/artista, AdHouse)
• James Vining, First in Space (escritor/artista, Oni)

Mejor medio de divulgación

• Comic Art #9, editado por Todd Hignite (Buenaventura Press)
• Comic Foundry, editado por Tim Leong (Comic Foundry)
• The Comics Journal, editado por Gary Groth, Michael Dean, y Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
• The Comics Reporter, de Tom Spurgeon y Jordan Raphael
• Newsarama, de Matt Brady y Michael Doran

Mejor libro sobre cómics

• The Art of P. Craig Russell, editado por Joe Pruett (Desperado)
• The Artist Within, de Greg Preston (Dark Horse)
• Manga: The Complete Guide, de Jason Thompson (Del Rey Manga)
• Meanwhile... A Biography of Milton Caniff, de R. C. Harvey (Fantagraphics)
• Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work y What They Mean, de Douglas Wolk (Da Capo Press)
• Understying Manga and Anime, de Robin Brenner (Libraries Unlimited/Greenwood Publishing)

Mejor diseño

• (The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, diseñado por Ulrich Merkl (Ulrich Merkl)
• Complete Terry and the Pirates, diseñado por Dean Mullaney (IDW)
• Heroes, vol. 1, diseñado por John Roshell/Comicraft (WildStorm/DC)
• Little Sammy Sneeze, diseñado por Philippe Ghielmetti (Sunday Press)
• Process Recess 2, diseñado por James Jean y Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)
• Sundays with Walt and Skeezix, diseñado por Chris Ware (Sunday Press)

Salón de la fama

Elección del jurado: R. F. Outcault, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Nominados (4 serán seleccionados por los votantes):

• Matt Baker
• John Broome
• Reed Cryall
• Rudolph Dirks
• Arnold Drake
• George Evans
• Creig Flessel
• Graham Ingels
• Mort Meskin
• Tarpe Mills
• Gilbert Shelton
• George Tuska
• Mort Weisinger
• Len Wein
• Barry Windsor-Smith

Fuente: Tirafrutas.