The Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It has been given out every year since 1993.
History and Name Change From the creation of the Eisner Awards in 1988 to 1992 an award titled "Best Writer/Artist (Team or Individual)" was presented. In 1993 this was split into "Best Writer/Artist" (which continues to present) and "Best Writer-Artist Team" (which was only awarded once). In 1996 the award was renamed to "Best Writer/Artist Drama" and a separate award for "Best Writer/Artist Humor" was created. In 1999 the award was changed back to "Best Writer/Artist." The award for "Best Writer/Artist—Humor" was presented until 2008. The award for Best Writer/Artist—Nonfiction was given out once, in 2010.
Winners and nominees
Year Nominees Titles 1993 (Dark Horse Comics) (Tundra Publishing) (Fantagraphics) (Dark Horse Comics) (Fantagraphics) (Fantagraphics) (Kitchen Sink Press) (Cartoon Books) (DC Comics) (DC Comics) 1994 (Cartoon Books) (Palliard Press) (Fantagraphics) (Fantagraphics/Mirage Studios) (Gladstone Publishing) and Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone Publishing) 1995 (Dark Horse Comics/Legend Comics) (Dark Horse Comics/Legend Comics) (Penny Dreadful Press) (Abstract Studio) (Dark Horse Comics) 1996 From 1996 to 1998 the award was renamed to "Best Writer/Artist Drama." (El Capitán Books) (Kitchen Sink Press) (Paradox Press) (Kitchen Sink Press) (Fantagraphics) (Cadence Books) 1997 (Dark Horse Comics/Legend Comics) (Dancing Elephant Press) (Dark Horse Comics) (Dark Horse Comics) graphic novel series(Cadence Books) 1998 (Dark Horse Comics) (Fantagraphics) (NBM Publishing) (NBM Publishing) (El Capitán Books) (Black Eye Productions) (Olio Press) 1999 (Dark Horse Comics) (DC Comics) (Kitchen Sink Press) (El Capitán Books) (Dark Horse Comics) 2000s 2000 (Fantagraphics) (NBM Publishing) (El Capitán Books) (Dark Horse Comics) (Fantagraphics) 2001 (Image Comics) (Viz Media) (Drawn & Quarterly) (Fantagraphics) (Humanoids Publishing) 2002 (Fantagraphics) (Fantagraphics) (Lightspeed Press) (Drawn & Quarterly) (Drawn & Quarterly) 2003 (Image Comics) (Fantagraphics) (NBM Publishing) (Sasquatch Books) (Lightspeed Press) 2004 (Top Shelf Productions) (Fantagraphics) (Absence of Ink) (Viz Media) (Horse Press) 2005 (Dark Horse Comics) (Fantagraphics) (El Capitán Books) (Dark Horse Comics) (Drawn & Quarterly) 2006 (Burlyman Entertainment) (Drawn & Quarterly) (Image Comics) (Drawn & Quarterly) (Acme Novelty Library) 2007 (DC Comics) (Houghton Mifflin) (Top Shelf Productions) (Fantagraphics), Sloth (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) (First Second Books) 2008 (Acme Novelty Library) (Top Shelf Productions) (Drawn & Quarterly) (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (Digital Manga Publishing) 2009 (Acme Novelty Library) (NBM Publishing), J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography (Hill & Wang) (First Second Books) (Drawn & Quarterly) (First Second Books) (Top Shelf Productions) 2010s 2010 (Pantheon Books) (IDW Publishing) (W. W. Norton & Company) (Abstract Studio) (Viz Media) 2011 (IDW Publishing) (Drawn & Quarterly) (DC Comics) (Abstract Studio) (Drawn & Quarterly) (Viz Media) 2012 (Pantheon Books) (NBM Publishing) (Abstract Studio) (Oni Press) (Fantagraphics), "Harvest of Fear" in "The Simpson's Treehouse of Horror" #17, (Bongo Comics) 2013 (Pantheon Books) (Pantheon Books) (Fantagraphics) (Fantagraphics) (Nobrow Press) (Fantagraphics) 2014 (Fantagraphics) (Little, Brown and Company) (Abstract Studio) (Nobrow Press) (Candlewick Press) (SelfMadeHero) 2015 (Graphix/Scholastic) (Bongo Comics), Groo vs. Conan (Dark Horse Comics) (Pantheon Books) (Picador) (Pantheon Books) (Dark Horse Comics) 2016 (Fantagraphics) (Abrams ComicArts) (Pantheon Books) , vol. 3 (Fantagraphics) (Fantagraphics) 2017 (Pantheon Books) (Papercutz/Super Genius) (First Second Books) (Drawn & Quarterly) (St. Martin's Press) 2018 (Fantagraphics) (Nobrow Press) (Dark Horse Comics), Alone (Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster), The Park Bench (Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster) (Fantagraphics) (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) 2019 (First Second Books) (Oni Press) (Drawn & Quarterly) (Black Crown/IDW Publishing), Stray Bullets (Image Comics) (Top Shelf Productions/IDW Publishing) (Magnetic Press/Lion Forge Comics) 2020s 2020 (Scholastic Graphix) (Fantagraphics) (Random House), “The Menopause” in The Believer, June 1, 2019 (Drawn & Quarterly) (ShortBox) (First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers) 2021 (Viz Media), Venus in the Blind Spot (Viz Media) (Magnetic Press) (Random House Graphic) (Uncivilized Books) (Drawn & Quarterly) (First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers) 2022 (Fantagraphics) (Mariner Books) (Viz Media) (DC Comics), Beta Ray Bill (Marvel Comics) (Mariner Books) 2023 (Drawn & Quarterly) (Andrews McMeel Publishing) (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press) (Viz Media) (Image Comics) 2024 (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) (First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers) (Abrams ComicArts) (Yen Press) (Image Comics) (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) 2025 (Fantagraphics), Final Cut, (Pantheon Books, Unwholesome Love (Partners & Son) (Fantagraphics) (Street Noise Books) (Fantagraphics) (Fantagraphics) 2026 Zatanna (DC) The Boy Wonder (DC); The Fable of Erkling Woods (Goats Flying Press); Monkey Meat Summer Batch (Image)Drome (23rd St. Books)Yan, vols. 1–2 (Titan Manga)A Garden of Spheres (Peow2)Land, vol. 1 (Yen Press)
Best Writer/Artist–Nonfiction The Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist—Nonfiction was an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It was only given out once, in 2010.
Year Nominees Titles 2010 (Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company) (Abrams ComicArts) (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) (W. W. Norton & Company) (Fantagraphics)
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