For some masses , this is just early May . But for us , it ’s time to run down the leaning of Eisner award candidate — and to remind ourselves that San Diego Comic - Con , where the winners will be herald , is just a few forgetful month away .
This year , as always , there ’s something for everyone to root for , vagabond from the poetical apprehensiveness of Tom King ’s Vision to Ben Passmore ’s thoughtful reflections on anti-Semite microaggressions inYour Black Friend . Here ’s a selection of some of categories and nominees to keep an oculus on and be sure to channelize to SDCC ’s link below to see the full list .
“ The Comics Wedding of the Century , ” by Simon Hanselmann , in We Told You So : Comics as Art ( Fantagraphics )
“ Good Boy , ” by Tom King and David Finch , in Batman Annual # 1 ( DC )
“ Monday , ” by W. Maxwell Prince and John Amor , in One Week in the Library ( Image )
“ Shrine of the Monkey God ! ” by Kim Deitch , in Kramers Ergot 9 ( Fantagraphics )
Babybel Wax Bodysuit , by Eric Kostiuk Williams ( Retrofit / Big Planet )
Criminal tenth Anniversary Special , by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips ( double )
Sir Alfred # 3 , by Tim Hensley ( Pigeon Press)Your Black Friend , by Ben Passmore ( Silver Sprocket )
Sir Alfred # 3 , by Tim Hensley ( Pigeon Press )
Your Black Friend , by Ben Passmore ( Silver Sprocket )
Astro City , by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson ( Vertigo / DC )
Kill or Be belt down , by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips ( range of a function )
The Mighty Thor , by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman ( Marvel )
Paper Girls , by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang ( Image )
Saga , by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples ( Image )
Archangel , by William Gibson , Michael St. John Smith , Butch Guice , and Tom Palmer ( IDW )
Han Solo , by Marjorie Liu and Mark Brooks ( Marvel )
Kim and Kim , by Magdalene Visaggio and Eva Cabrera ( Black Mask )
The Vision , by Tom King and Gabriel Walta ( Marvel )
Clean Room , by Gail Simone and Jon Davis - Hunt ( Vertigo / DC )
Deathstroke : Rebirth , by Christopher Priest , Carlo Pagulayan , et al . ( DC )
Faith , by Jody Houser , Pere Pérez , and Marguerite Sauvage ( Valiant )
Mockingbird , by Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk ( Marvel )
Chelsea Cain , Mockingbird ( Marvel )
Max Landis , Green Valley ( Image / Skybound ) , Superman : American Alien ( DC )
Jeff Lemire , Black Hammer ( Dark Horse ) ; Descender , Plutona ( Image ) ; Bloodshot Reborn ( Valiant )
Brian K. Vaughan , Paper Girls , Saga , We Stand On Guard ( range )
Jessica Abel , Trish Trash : Roller Girl of Mars ( Papercutz / Super Genius )
Tom Hart , Rosalie Lightning : A Graphic Memoir ( St. Martin ’s )
Sonny Liew , The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye ( Pantheon )
Mark Brooks , Han Solo ( Marvel )
Francois Schuiten , The possibility of the Grain of Sand ( IDW )
Fiona Staples , Saga ( Image )
Brian Stelfreeze , Black Panther ( Marvel )
Mike Del Mundo , Avengers , Carnage , Mosaic , The Vision ( Marvel )
David Mack , Abe Sapien , BPRD Hell on Earth , Fight Club 2 , Hellboy and the BPRD 1953 ( Dark Horse )
Sean Phillips , reprehensible tenth Anniversary Special , Kill or Be Killed ( Image )
Sana Takeda , Monstress ( Image )
Jean - Francois Beaulieu , Green Valley ( Image / Skybound )
Elizabeth Breitweiser , Criminal tenth Anniversary Special , Kill or Be Killed , Velvet ( Image ) ;
Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta ( Image / Skybound )
Laura Martin , Wonder Woman ( DC ) ; Ragnorak ( IDW ) ; Black Panther ( Marvel )
Matt Wilson , Cry Havoc , Paper Girls , The Wicked + The Divine ( Image ) ; Black Widow , The Mighty Thor , Star - Lord ( Marvel )
Tom Gauld , Mooncop ( Drawn & Quarterly )
Nick Hayes , Woody Guthrie ( Abrams )
Todd Klein , Clean Room , Dark Night , Lucifer ( Vertigo / DC ) ; Black Hammer ( Dark Horse )
undimmed Than You recall : Ten Short Works by Alan Moore , with essays by Marc Sobel ( Uncivilized )
Forging the yesteryear : Set and the Art of Memory , by Daniel Marrone ( University Press of Mississippi )
Frank Miller ’s Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism , by Paul Young ( Rutgers University Press )
Pioneering Cartoonists of Color , by Tim Jackson ( University Press of Mississippi )
Superwomen : Gender , Power , and Representation , by Carolyn Cocca ( Bloomsbury )
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