The following is a list of winners of the Eisner Award, sorted by category.
The Eisner Awards have been presented since 1988, but there were no Eisner Awards in 1990 due to balloting mix-ups."Eisners Cancelled," The Comics Journal #137 (Sept. 1990), p. 16. The awards ceremony has been held at San Diego Comic-Con since 1991.
People Best Writer + Year Winner(s) Works Publisher(s) 1988 Alan Moore Watchmen DC 1989 Alan Moore Batman: The Killing Joke DC 1991 Neil Gaiman Sandman DC 1992 Neil Gaiman Sandman; The Books of Magic; Miracleman DC; DC; Eclipse 1993 Neil Gaiman Sandman; Miracleman DC; Eclipse 1994 Neil Gaiman Sandman DC 1995 Alan Moore From Hell Kitchen Sink 1996 Alan Moore From Hell Kitchen Sink 1997 Alan Moore From Hell; Supreme Kitchen Sink; Maximum Press 1998 Garth Ennis Hitman; Preacher; The Unknown Soldier; Blood Mary: Lady Liberty DC; DC/Vertigo; DC/Helix 1999 Kurt Busiek Kurt Busiek's Astro City; Avengers Homage/WildStorm/Image; Marvel 2000 Alan Moore The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Promethea; Tom Strong; Tomorrow Stories; Top 10 ABC 2001 Alan Moore The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Promethea; Tom Strong; Tomorrow Stories; Top 10 ABC 2002 Brian Michael Bendis Powers; Alias; Daredevil; Ultimate Spider-Man Image; Marvel; Marvel; Marvel 2003 Brian Michael Bendis Powers; Alias; Daredevil; Ultimate Spider-Man Image; Marvel; Marvel; Marvel 2004 Alan Moore The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Promethea; Smax; Tom Strong; Tom Strong's Terrific Tales ABC 2005 Brian K. Vaughan Y: The Last Man; Ex Machina; Runaways; Ultimate X-Men Vertigo/DC; WildStorm/DC; Marvel; Marvel 2006 Alan Moore Promethea; Top 10: The Forty-Niners ABC 2007 Ed Brubaker Captain America; Criminal; Daredevil Marvel; Marvel; Marvel 2008 Ed Brubaker Captain America; Criminal; Daredevil; Immortal Iron Fist Marvel; Marvel; Marvel; Marvel 2009 Bill Willingham Fables; House of Mystery Vertigo/DC; Vertigo/DC 2010 Ed Brubaker Captain America; Daredevil; The Marvels Project; Criminal; Incognito Marvel; Marvel; Marvel; Marvel; Marvel 2011 Joe Hill Locke & Key IDW 2012 Mark Waid Irredeemable; Incorruptible; Daredevil Boom!; Boom!; Marvel 2013 Brian K. Vaughan Saga Image 2014 Brian K. Vaughan Saga Image 2015 Gene Luen Yang Avatar: The Last Airbender; The Shadow Hero Dark Horse; First Second 2016 Jason Aaron Doctor Strange; Men of Wrath; Thor; Star Wars; Southern Bastards Marvel; Marvel; Marvel; Marvel; Image 2017 Brian K. Vaughan Paper Girls; Saga; We Stand On GuardSDCC: Here Are The Complete 2017 Eisner Award Winners Retrieved July 24, 2017 Image 2018 Tom King | Marjorie Liu (tie) Batman; Batman Annual #2; Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1; Mister Miracle | Monstress DC; DC; DC; DC; Image 2019 Tom King Batman, Mister Miracle, Heroes in Crisis, Swamp Thing Winter Special DC; DC; DC; DC 2020 Mariko Tamaki Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass; Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan) DC; First Second/Macmillan 2021 James Tynion IV Something Is Killing the Children; Wynd; Batman; The Department of Truth; Razorblades Boom!; Boom!; DC; Image; Tiny Onion 2022 James Tynion IV House of Slaughter; Something Is Killing the Children; Wynd; The Nice House on the Lake; The Joker; Batman; DC Pride 2021; The Department of Truth; Blue Book; Razorblades; Boom!; Boom!; Boom!; DC; DC; DC; DC; Image; Tiny Onion; Tiny Onion 2023 James Tynion IV House of Slaughter; Something Is Killing the Children; Wynd; The Nice House on the Lake; The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country; The Closet;The Department of Truth Boom!; Boom!; Boom!; DC; DC; DC; Image; Image2024Mariko TamakiRoamingDrawn & Quarterly2025Gene Luen Yang Lunar New Year Love StoryFirst Second/Macmillan2026Mariko Tamaki This Place Kills MeAbrams Fanfare
Best Writer/Artist + Year Winner(s) Works Publisher(s) 1988 Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons Watchmen DC 1989 Paul Chadwick Concrete Dark Horse 1991 Frank Miller and Geof Darrow Hard Boiled Dark Horse 1992 Peter David and Dale Keown The Incredible Hulk Marvel 1993 Frank Miller Sin City Dark Horse 1993 Mike Baron and Steve Rude Nexus: The Origin Dark Horse 1994 Jeff Smith Bone Cartoon Books 1995 Mike Mignola and John Byrne Hellboy: Seed of Destruction Dark Horse/Legend 1996 David Lapham Stray Bullets El Capitan Books 2009 Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library Acme 2010 David Mazzucchelli Asterios Polyp Pantheon 2011 Darwyn Cooke Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit IDW 2012 Craig Thompson Habibi Pantheon 2013 Chris Ware Building Stories Pantheon 2014 Jaime Hernandez Love and Rockets New Stories #6 Fantagraphics 2015 Raina Telgemeier Sisters Scholastic Graphix 2016 Bill Griffith Invisible Ink: My Mother's Secret Love Affair with Famous Cartoonist Fantagraphics 2017 Sonny Liew The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Pantheon 2018 Emil Ferris My Favorite Thing is Monsters Fantagraphics 2019 Jen Wang The Prince and the Dressmaker First Second 2020 Raina Telgemeier Guts Scholastic Graphix 2021 Junji Ito Remina, Venus in the Blind Spot VIZ Media 2022 Barry Windsor-Smith Monsters Fantagraphics 2023 Kate Beaton Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands Drawn & Quarterly2024Daniel Warren Johnson Transformers Image Skybound2025Charles Burns Kommix; Final Cut; Unwholesome Love Fantagraphics; Pantheon; co-published with Partners & Son2026Jamal CampbellZatanna DC
Best Writer/Artist: Drama + Caption Year Winner(s) Works Publishers 1997 Mike Mignola Hellboy: Wake the Devil Dark Horse/Legend 1998Mike MignolaHellboy: Almost Colossus; Hellboy Christmas Special; Hellboy Junior Halloween SpecialDark Horse1999Frank Miller300Dark Horse2000Daniel ClowesEightballFantagraphics2001Eric ShanowerAge of BronzeImage2002Daniel ClowesEightballFantagraphics2003Eric ShanowerAge of BronzeImage2004Craig ThompsonBlanketsTop Shelf2005Paul ChadwickConcrete: The Human DilemmaDark Horse2006Geoff DarrowShaolin CowboyBurlyman2007Paul PopeBatman: Year 100DC2008Chris WareAcme Novelty Library #18Self-published
Best Writer/Artist-Humor +YearWinner(s)WorksPublishers1995Jeff SmithBoneCartoon Books1996Sergio AragonésGrooImage Comics1997Don RosaWalt Disney's Comics & Stories, Uncle ScroogeEgmont1998Jeff SmithBoneCartoon Books1999Kyle BakerYou Are HereDC/Vertigo2000Kyle BakerDie at Midnight "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" in Elseworlds 80-Page GiantVertigo DC2001Tony MillionaireMaakies; Sock MonkeyFantagraphics2002Evan DorkinDork!Slave Labor2003Tony MillionaireHouse at Maakies CornerFantagraphics2004Kyle BakerPlastic Man; The New BakerKyle Baker Publishing2005Kyle BakerPlastic Man; Kyle Baker CartoonistKyle Baker Publishing2006Kyle BakerPlastic Man; The BakersKyle Baker Publishing2007Tony MillionaireBilly Hazelnuts; Sock Monkey: The Inches IncidentFantagraphics2008Eric PowellThe GoonDark Horse
Best Writer/Artist–Nonfiction 2010 Joe Sacco, Footnotes in Gaza (Metropolitan/Holt)
Best Painter/Digital Artist This award was previously known as "Best Painter" from 1993 to 1999, as "Best Painter/Multimedia Artist" from 2000 to 2019 and as Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art) as of 2023. 1993 Dave Dorman, Aliens: Tribes (Dark Horse) 1994 Alex Ross, Marvels (Marvel) 1995 Jon J. Muth, The Mystery Play (DC/Vertigo) 1996 John Bolton, Batman: Man-Bat (DC) 1997 Alex Ross, Kingdom Come (DC) 1998 Alex Ross, Uncle Sam (DC/Vertigo) 1999 Alex Ross, Superman: Peace on Earth (DC) 2000 Alex Ross, Batman: War on Crime (DC) 2001 Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother (Sirius) 2002 Charles Vess, Rose (Cartoon Books) 2003 George Pratt, Wolverine: Netsuke (Marvel) 2004 Jill Thompson, "Stray", in The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings (Dark Horse) 2005 Teddy Kristiansen, It's a Bird... (Vertigo/DC) 2006 José Ladrönn, Hip Flask: Mystery City (Active Images) 2007 Jill Thompson, "A Dog and His Boy" in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters; "Love Triangle" in Sexy Chix (Dark Horse); "Fair Division", in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC) 2008 Eric Powell, The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse) 2009 Jill Thompson, Magic Trixie, Magic Trixie Sleeps Over (HarperCollins Children's Books) 2010 Jill Thompson, Beasts of Burden (Dark Horse); Magic Trixie and the Dragon (HarperCollins Children's Books) 2011 Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse) 2013 Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse) 2014 Fiona Staples, Saga (Image) 2015 J.H. Williams III, The Sandman: Overture (Vertigo/DC) 2016 Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image) 2017 Jill Thompson, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC); Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse) 2018 Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image) 2019 Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image) 2020 Christian Ward, Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse) 2021 Anand RK/John Pearson, Blue in Green (Image) 2022 Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image) 2023 Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (Abrams ComicArts); Monstress (Image) 2024 Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters: Her Little Reapers (Abrams ComicArts); Monstress (Image) 2025 Eduardo Risso, The Blood Brothers Mother (DSTLRY) 2026 Martin Simmonds, The Department of Truth (Image)
Best Artist 1988 Steve Rude, Nexus (First) 1989 Brian Bolland, Batman: The Killing Joke (DC) 1991 Steve Rude 1992 Simon Bisley, Batman: Judgement on Gotham (DC)
Best Penciller 1993 Steve Rude, Nexus: The Origin (Dark Horse) 1997 Steve Rude, Nexus: Executioner's Song (Dark Horse) - Best Penciller
Best Inker 1991 Al Williamson 1992 Adam Kubert, Batman Versus Predator (DC and Dark Horse) 1993 Kevin Nowlan, Batman: Sword of Azrael (DC) 1997 Al Williamson, Spider-Man, Untold Tales of Spider-Man #17-18 (Marvel)
Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team 1993 Frank Miller, Sin City, Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse) - Best Penciller/Inker, Black & White Publication P. Craig Russell, Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (NBM); Robin 3000; Legends of the Dark Knight: Hothouse (DC) - Best Penciller/Inker, Color Publication 1994 P. Craig Russell, The Sandman #50 (DC) 1995 Dave Gibbons, Martha Washington goes to War (Dark Horse) 1996 Geof Darrow, The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (Dark Horse/Legend) 1997 Charles Vess, Book of Ballads and Sagas (Green Man Press); Sandman #75 (DC/Vertigo) 1998 P. Craig Russell, Elric: Stormbringer (Dark Horse/Topps); Dr. Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (Marvel) 1999 Tim Sale, Superman for All Seasons (DC); Grendel Black, White, and Red #1 (Dark Horse) 2000 Kevin Nowlan, "Jack B. Quick", Tomorrow Stories (ABC) 2001 P. Craig Russell, Ring of the Nibelung (Dark Horse/Maverick) 2002 Eduardo Risso, 100 Bullets (DC/Vertigo) 2003 Kevin O'Neill, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (ABC) 2004 John Cassaday, Planetary, Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth (WildStorm/DC); Hellboy Weird Tales (Dark Horse) 2005 (tie) John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Planetary (WildStorm/DC); I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun (Humanoids/DC) Frank Quitely, We3 (Vertigo/DC) 2006 John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Planetary (WildStorm/DC) 2007 Mark Buckingham/Steve Leialoha, Fables (Vertigo/DC) 2008 Pia Guerra/Jose Marzan, Jr., Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC) 2009 Guy Davis, BPRD (Dark Horse) 2010 J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC) 2011 Skottie Young for The Marvelous Land of Oz 2012 Ramón K. Pérez, Jim Henson's Tale of Sand (Archaia) 2013 (tie) David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel) Chris Samnee, Daredevil (Marvel); Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom (IDW) 2014 Sean Murphy, The Wake (DC/Vertigo) 2015 Fiona Staples, Saga (Image) 2016 Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls (Image) 2017 Fiona Staples, Saga (Image) 2018 Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC) 2019 Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC) 2020 Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan) 2021 Michael Allred, Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams (Insight Editions) 2022 Phil Jimenez, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (DC) 2023 Greg Smallwood, The Human Target (DC) 2024 Jillian Tamaki, Roaming (Drawn & Quarterly) 2025 Bilquis Evely, Helen of Wyndhorn (Dark Horse) 2026 Javier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter (DC)