Eisner Award for Best Writer
Awarded forBest Writer for Comic Books
CountryUnited States
First awarded1988
Most recent winnerJames Tynion IV (2022)
Websitewww.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info

The Eisner Award for Best Writer is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books.

Winners and nominees

Year Nominee Titles Ref.
1980s
1988 Alan Moore Watchmen (DC) [1]
Mike Baron Nexus (First Comics)
Paul Chadwick Concrete (Dark Horse)
Matt Wagner Grendel (Comico)
1989 Alan Moore Batman: The Killing Joke (DC) [2]
Mike Baron Nexus (First Comics)
William Messner-Loebs Johnny Quest (Comico)
Grant Morrison Animal Man (DC)
Ann Nocenti Daredevil (Marvel)
1990s
1990 There was no Eisner Award ceremony, or awards distributed, in 1990, due to widespread balloting mix-ups.[3]
1991 Neil Gaiman The Sandman (DC) [4]
Steve Gerber
Gilbert Hernandez Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics)
Scott McCloud Zot! (Kitchen Sink)
Frank Miller
Alan Moore Miracleman (Eclipse)
Grant Morrison
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
James Vance
Kate Worley Omaha the Cat Dancer (Kitchen Sink)
1992 Neil Gaiman The Sandman (DC), Books of Magic (DC), Miracleman (Eclipse) [5]
Peter Bagge Hate (Fantagraphics)
Sarah Byam Billi 99 (Dark Horse)
Alan Moore From Hell (Spiderbaby Grafix/Tundra), Lost Girls (Spiderbaby Grafix/Tundra)
Grant Morrison Doom Patrol (DC)
Harvey Pekar American Splendor (Tundra)
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
1993 Neil Gaiman Miracleman (Eclipse), The Sandman (DC) [6]
Peter Bagge Hate (Fantagraphics)
Dennis Eichhorn Real Stuff (Fantagraphics)
Garth Ennis Hellblazer (DC)
Roberta Gregory Naughty Bits (Fantagraphics)
Frank Miller "Sin City," Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse)
Alan Moore "From Hell" and "Lost Girls," Taboo (Spiderbaby Grafix/Tundra)
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
1994 Neil Gaiman The Sandman (DC/Vertigo), Death: The High Cost of Living (DC/Vertigo) [7]
Peter David The Incredible Hulk (Marvel), The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect (Marvel)
Garth Ennis Hellblazer (DC/Vertigo)
Alan Moore 1963 (Image), Spawn #8 (Image), A Small Killing (VG Graphics/Dark Horse)
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim), Spawn #10 (Image)
1995 Alan Moore From Hell (Kitchen Sink) [8]
Dwayne McDuffie Icon (Milestone)
Harvey Pekar American Splendor: A Step Out of the Nest (Dark Horse), Our Cancer Year (with Joyce Brabner) (Four Walls Eight Windows)
James Robinson Starman (DC)
Matt Wagner/Steven Seagle Sandman Mystery Theatre (DC/Vertigo)
1996 Alan Moore From Hell (Kitchen Sink) [9]
Kurt Busiek Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Image)
Garth Ennis Preacher (DC/Vertigo), Goddess (DC/Vertigo)
Neil Gaiman The Sandman (DC/Vertigo)
Grant Morrison The Invisibles (DC/Vertigo)
1997 Alan Moore From Hell (Kitchen Sink), Supreme (Maximum Press) [10]
Kurt Busiek Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Homage), Untold Tales of Spider-Man (Marvel)
Neil Gaiman The Sandman (DC/Vertigo), Death: The Time of Your Life (DC/Vertigo)
John Ostrander The Spectre (DC)
James Robinson Starman (DC), Leave It to Chance (Homage)
Mark Waid The Flash (DC), Impulse (DC), Kingdom Come (DC), Captain America (Marvel)
1998 Garth Ennis Hitman (DC), Preacher (DC/Vertigo), Unknown Soldier (DC/Vertigo), Bloody Mary: Lady Liberty (DC/Helix) [11]
Kurt Busiek Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Homage), The Wizard's Tale (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
Scott McCloud Superman Adventures (DC)
John Ostrander The Spectre (DC), The Kents (DC), Tangent Comics: Nightwing (DC)
James Robinson Starman (DC), The Shade (DC), Tangent Comics: Green Lantern (DC), Leave It to Chance (Homage)
1999 Kurt Busiek Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Homage/WildStorm/Image), The Avengers (Marvel) [12]
Jeph Loeb Superman for All Seasons (DC)
Greg Rucka Whiteout (Oni Press)
Steven Seagle "Drive By," Oni Double Feature (Oni Press), Sandman Mystery Theatre (DC/Vertigo)
Matt Wagner Grendel: Black, White, and Red (Dark Horse)
2000s
2000 Alan Moore League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (ABC), Promethea (ABC), Tom Strong (ABC), Tomorrow Stories (ABC), Top Ten (ABC) [13]
Ed Brubaker Scene of the Crime (DC/Vertigo)
Warren Ellis The Authority (DC/WildStorm), Planetary, (DC/WildStorm), Transmetropolitan (DC/Vertigo)
Mark Millar Superman Adventures (DC)
Greg Rucka Whiteout: Melt (Oni Press)
2001 Alan Moore League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (ABC), Promethea (ABC), Tom Strong (ABC), Tomorrow Stories (ABC), Top Ten (ABC) [14]
Brian Michael Bendis Powers (Image), Fortune and Glory (Oni Press), Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel)
Mike Carey Lucifer (DC/Vertigo)
Garth Ennis Preacher (DC/Vertigo)
Mark Millar The Authority (WildStorm), Ultimate X-Men (Marvel)
2002 Brian Michael Bendis Powers (Image), Alias (Marvel), Daredevil (Marvel), Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel) [15]
Brian Azzarello 100 Bullets (DC/Vertigo), Hellblazer (DC/Vertigo)
Grant Morrison Fantastic Four: 1234 (Marvel), New X-Men (Marvel)
Greg Rucka Queen & Country (Oni Press), Detective Comics (DC)
Mark Waid Ruse (CrossGen)
2003 Brian Michael Bendis Powers (Image), Alias (Marvel), Daredevil (Marvel), Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel) [16]
Ed Brubaker Catwoman (DC), Detective Comics (DC), Gotham Central (DC)
Bruce Jones Incredible Hulk (Marvel)
Greg Rucka Queen & Country (Oni Press), Gotham Central (DC), Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia (DC)
Bill Willingham Fables (DC/Vertigo)
2004 Alan Moore League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (ABC), Promethea (ABC), Smax (ABC), Tom Strong (ABC), Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (ABC) [17]
Brian Azzarello 100 Bullets (DC/Vertigo), Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and Hard Place (DC/Vertigo), Batman (DC)
Brian Michael Bendis Alias (Marvel), Daredevil (Marvel), Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel), Ultimate X-Men (Marvel), Powers (Image)
Ed Brubaker Catwoman (DC), Detective Comics (DC), Gotham Central (DC), Sleeper (DC/WildStorm)
Warren Ellis Orbiter (DC/Vertigo), Global Frequency, (DC/WildStorm), Red, (DC/WildStorm), Planetary, (DC/WildStorm), Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth, (DC/WildStorm)
Greg Rucka Queen & Country (Oni Press), Gotham Central (DC), Wonder Woman (DC), Wolverine (Marvel)
2005 Brian K. Vaughan Y: The Last Man (DC/Vertigo), Ex Machina (DC/WildStorm), Runaways (Marvel) [18]
Steve Niles 30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow (IDW), 30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales (IDW), Aleister Arcane (IDW), Freaks of the Heartland (Dark Horse), Last Train to Deadsville (Dark Horse)
Greg Rucka Queen & Country (Oni Press), Gotham Central (DC)
Joss Whedon Astonishing X-Men (Marvel)
Bill Willingham Fables (DC/Vertigo)
2006 Alan Moore Promethea (ABC), Top 10: The Forty-Niners (ABC) [19]
Warren Ellis Fell (Image), Down (Top Cow/Image), Desolation Jones (DC/WildStorm), Ocean (DC/WildStorm), Planetary, (DC/WildStorm)
Allan Heinberg Young Avengers (Marvel)
Grant Morrison Seven Soldiers (DC), All Star Superman (DC)
Brian K. Vaughan Ex Machina (DC/WildStorm), Y: The Last Man (DC/Vertigo), Runaways (Marvel)
2007 Ed Brubaker Captain America (Marvel), Daredevil (Marvel), Criminal (Marvel/Icon) [20]
Bob Burden Gumby (Wildcard Ink)
Ian Edginton Scarlet Traces: The Great Game (Dark Horse)
Grant Morrison All Star Superman (DC), Batman (DC), 52 (DC), Seven Soldiers (DC)
Bill Willingham Fables (DC/Vertigo), Jack of Fables (DC/Vertigo), Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (DC/Vertigo)
2008 Ed Brubaker Captain America (Marvel), Criminal (Marvel/Icon), Daredevil (Marvel), The Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel) [21]
James Sturm Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion Books)
Brian K. Vaughan Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse), Ex Machina (DC/WildStorm), Y: The Last Man (DC/Vertigo)
Joss Whedon Astonishing X-Men (Marvel), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse)
Brian Wood DMZ (DC/Vertigo), Northlanders (DC/Vertigo), Local (Oni Press)
2009 Bill Willingham Fables (DC/Vertigo), House of Mystery (DC/Vertigo) [22][23]
Joe Hill Locke & Key (IDW)
J. Michael Straczynski Thor (Marvel), The Twelve (Marvel)
Mariko Tamaki Skim (Groundwood Books)
Matt Wagner Zorro (Dynamite), Madame Xanadu (DC/Vertigo)
2010s
2010 Ed Brubaker Captain America (Marvel), Daredevil (Marvel), The Marvels Project (Marvel), Criminal (Marvel/Icon), Incognito (Marvel/Icon) [24][25]
Geoff Johns Adventure Comics (DC), Blackest Night (DC), The Flash: Rebirth (DC), Superman: Secret Origin (DC)
James Robinson Justice League: Cry for Justice (DC)
Mark Waid Irredeemable (Boom!), The Incredibles (Boom!)
Bill Willingham Fables (DC/Vertigo)
2011 Joe Hill Locke & Key (IDW) [26][27]
Ian Boothby Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book (Bongo), Futurama Comics #47-50 (Bongo), Simpsons Comics #162, 168 (Bongo), Simpsons Super Spectacular #11-12 (Bongo)
John Layman Chew (Image)
Jim McCann Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
Nick Spencer Morning Glories (Image), Shuddertown (Image), Forgetless (Image), Existence 3.0 (Image),
2012 Mark Waid Irredeemable (Boom!) Incorruptible (Boom!), Daredevil (Marvel) [28][27]
Cullen Bunn The Sixth Gun (Oni)
Mike Carey The Unwritten (DC/Vertigo)
Jeff Jensen Green River Killer: A True Detective Story (Dark Horse)
Jeff Lemire Animal Man (DC), Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown (DC), Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. (DC), Sweet Tooth (DC/Vertigo)
2013 Brian K. Vaughan Saga (Image) [29][27]
Ed Brubaker Fatale (Image)
Matt Fraction Hawkeye (Marvel), Casanova: Avaritia (Marvel/Icon)
Brandon Graham Multiple Warheads (Image), Prophet (Image)
Jonathan Hickman The Manhattan Projects (Image)
Frank M. Young The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song (Abrams ComicArts)
2014 Brian K. Vaughan Saga (Image) [30][27]
Kelly Sue DeConnick Pretty Deadly (Image), Captain Marvel (Marvel)
Matt Fraction Sex Criminals (Image), Hawkeye (Marvel), Fantastic Four (Marvel), FF (Marvel)
Jonathan Hickman East of West (Image), The Manhattan Projects (Image), Avengers (Marvel), Infinity (Marvel)
Eric Stephenson Nowhere Men (Image)
2015 Gene Luen Yang Avatar: The Last Airbender (Dark Horse), The Shadow Hero (First Second) [31][27]
Jason Aaron Original Sin (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Men of Wrath (Marvel/Icon), Southern Bastards (Image)
Kelly Sue DeConnick Captain Marvel (Marvel), Pretty Deadly (Image)
Grant Morrison The Multiversity (DC), Annihilator (Legendary Comics)
Brian K. Vaughan Saga (Image), The Private Eye (Panel Syndicate)
G. Willow Wilson Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
2016 Jason Aaron Southern Bastards (Image), Men of Wrath (Marvel/Icon), Doctor Strange (Marvel), Star Wars (Marvel), Thor (Marvel) [32][27]
John Allison Giant Days (Boom!)
Ed Brubaker The Fade Out (Image), Velvet (Image), Criminal Special Edition (Image)
Marjorie Liu Monstress (Image)
G. Willow Wilson Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
2017 Brian K. Vaughan Paper Girls (Image), Saga (Image), We Stand On Guard (Image) [33][27]
Ed Brubaker Criminal 10th Anniversary Special (Image), Kill or Be Killed (Image), Velvet (Image)
Kurt Busiek Astro City (DC/Vertigo)
Chelsea Cain Mockingbird (Marvel)
Max Landis Green Valley (Image/Skybound), Superman: American Alien (DC)
Jeff Lemire Black Hammer (Dark Horse), Descender (Image), Plutona (Image), Bloodshot Reborn (Valiant)
2018 Tom King [note 1] Batman (DC), Batman Annual #2 (DC), Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1 (DC), Mister Miracle (DC) [34][27]
Marjorie Liu [note 1] Monstress (Image)
Matt Kindt Grass Kings (Boom!), Ether (Dark Horse), Eternity (Valiant), X-O Manowar (Valiant)
Jeff Lemire Black Hammer (Dark Horse), Descender (Image)
Mark Russell The Flintstones (DC)
2019 Tom King Batman (DC), Mister Miracle (DC), Heroes in Crisis (DC), Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC) [35]
Alex de Campi Bad Girls (Gallery 13), Twisted Romance (Image)
Jeff Lemire Black Hammer: Age of Doom (Dark Horse), Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows (Dark Horse), Quantum Age (Dark Horse), Descender (Image), Gideon Falls (Image), Royal City (Image)
Mark Russell Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles (DC), Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound (DC), Lex Luthor/Porky Pig (DC), Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
Kelly Thompson Nancy Drew (Dynamite), Hawkeye (Marvel), Jessica Jones (Marvel), Mr. & Mrs. X (Marvel), Rogue & Gambit (Marvel), Uncanny X-Men (Marvel), West Coast Avengers (Marvel)
Chip Zdarsky Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel), Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel)
2020s
2020 Mariko Tamaki Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC), Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan), Archie (Archie) [36][37]
Bobby Curnow Ghost Tree (IDW)
MK Reed and Greg Means Penny Nichols (Top Shelf)
Lewis Trondheim Stay (Magnetic Press), Maggy Garrisson (SelfMadeHero)
G. Willow Wilson Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse), Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
Chip Zdarsky The White Trees (Image), Daredevil (Marvel), Spider-Man: Life Story (Marvel), Afterlift (comiXology Originals)
2021 James Tynion IV Something Is Killing the Children (Boom!), Wynd (Boom!), Batman (DC), The Department of Truth (Image), Razorblades (Tiny Onion) [38][39]
Ed Brubaker Pulp (Image), Reckless (Image), Friday (Panel Syndicate)
Matt Fraction Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC), Adventureman (Image), November vols. 2–3 (Image), Sex Criminals (Image)
Jonathan Hickman Decorum (Image), Giant-Size X-Men (Marvel), X-Men (Marvel)
Jeff Lemire Barbalien: Red Planet (Dark Horse), Black Hammer (Dark Horse), Colonel Weird: Cosmagog (Dark Horse), The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage (DC), Family Tree (Image), Gideon Falls (Image)
Chip Zdarsky Stillwater (Image/Skybound), Daredevil (Marvel), Fantastic Four/X-Men (Marvel)
2022 James Tynion IV House of Slaughter (Boom!), Something Is Killing the Children (Boom!), Wynd (Boom!), The Nice House on the Lake (DC), The Joker (DC), Batman (DC), DC Pride (DC), The Department of Truth (Image), Blue Book (Tiny Onion Studios), Razorblades (Tiny Onion Studios) [40][41]
Ed Brubaker Destroy All Monsters (Image), Friend of the Devil (Image)
Kelly Sue DeConnick Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (DC)
Filipe Melo Ballad for Sophie (Top Shelf)
Ram V The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Boom!), The Swamp Thing (DC), Carnage: Black, White & Blood (Marvel), Venom (Marvel)

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 There was a tie between Tom King and Marjorie Liu for best writer in 2018.

Multiple awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ "1988 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  2. ↑ "1989 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  3. ↑ "Eisners Cancelled," The Comics Journal #137 (Sept. 1990), p. 16.
  4. ↑ "1991 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  5. ↑ "1992 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  6. ↑ "1993 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  7. ↑ "1994 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  8. ↑ "1995 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  9. ↑ "1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  10. ↑ "1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  11. ↑ "1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  12. ↑ "1999 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  13. ↑ "2000 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  14. ↑ "2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  15. ↑ "2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  16. ↑ "2003 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  17. ↑ "2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  18. ↑ "2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  19. ↑ "2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  20. ↑ "2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  21. ↑ "Your 2008 Eisner Award Winners, The Comics Reporter".
  22. ↑ "Eisner Nominations Released, ICV2".
  23. ↑ "2009 Eisner Award Winners, ICV2".
  24. ↑ "2010 Eisner Award nominations announced, The Beat".
  25. ↑ "The 2010 Eisner Award winners include Ed Brubaker, Batwoman illustrator J.H. Williams III, IO9".
  26. ↑ "Presenting the Eisner Award Nominees for 2011, Tor.com".
  27. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present, San Diego Comic-Con International".
  28. ↑ "Nominees Announced For 2012 Eisner Awards, Comic Book Resources".
  29. ↑ "2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, Comic Book Resources".
  30. ↑ "2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees, Comic Alliance".
  31. ↑ "2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced, Comic Alliance".
  32. ↑ "Here Are Your 2016 Eisner Award Nominees, io9".
  33. ↑ "Fantagraphics and Image Comics Lead Eisner Awards Nominations, Syfy Wire".
  34. ↑ "Here Are Your 2018 Eisner Award Nominees, io9".
  35. ↑ "Here Are Your 2019 Eisner Awards Winners, io9".
  36. ↑ "2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List, The Hollywood Reporter".
  37. ↑ "SDCC '20: The 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winners, The Beat".
  38. ↑ "2021 Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Image and Fantagraphics Lead With Most Nominations, comicbook.com".
  39. ↑ "ComicCon@Home '21: The 2021 Eisner Award winners, The Beat".
  40. ↑ Adams, Timothy (May 18, 2022). "Comic-Con Announces Nominees for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2022". ComicBook. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  41. ↑ Kaplan, Rebecca Oliver (2022-07-23). "SDCC '22: 2022 Eisner Award winners, top moments, and more!". The Beat. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
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