Eisner Award for Best Painter/Digital Artist

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Eisner Award for Best Painter/Digital Artist
Awarded forBest Painter/Digital Artist for Comic Books
CountryUnited States
First awarded1993
Most recent winner/ (2021)
Websitewww.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info

The Eisner Award for Best Painter/Digital Artist is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It is awarded to a comic book artist..

Name change[]

The award was named "Best Painter" from 1993 to 1999, "Best Painter/Multimedia Artist" from 2000 to 2019, and "Best Painter/Digital Artist" from 2020 to present. The term "(interior art)" has been inconsistently added to the end of the award's name.

Winners and nominees[]

Year Nominee Titles Ref.
1993 Dave Dorman Aliens: Tribes (Dark Horse Comics) [1]
Simon Bisley in Mr. Monster Attacks #3 (Tundra Publishing)
John Bolton Army of Darkness (Dark Horse Comics)
Dan Brereton (Eclipse Comics)
Teddy Kristiansen Tarzan: Loves, Lies, and the Lost City (Malibu Comics)
Dave McKean Signal to Noise (/Dark Horse Comics)
Jim Woodring Frank in the River (Tundra Publishing), "Frank" in #2 (Fantagraphics Books)
1994 Alex Ross Marvels (Marvel Comics) [2]
Mark Chiarello Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop (DC Comics)
Scott Hampton (Kitchen Sink Press)
Teddy Kristiansen Grendel Tales: Four Devils, One Hell (Dark Horse Comics)
1995 Jon J. Muth The Mystery Play ([[DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) [3]
Christopher Moeller Shadow Empires: Faith Conquers (Dark Horse Comics)
Miguelanxo Prado (NBM Publishing)
Rascals in Paradise (Dark Horse Comics)
Jim Woodring Jim (Fantagraphics Books)
1996 John Bolton Batman: Manbat (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) [4]
Dan Brereton The Nocturnals (Malibu Comics/Bravura Comics)
Teddy Kristiansen Bacchus Color Special (Dark Horse Comics)
David Wenzel (NBM Publishing)
Phil Winslade (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
1997 Alex Ross Kingdom Come (DC Comics) [5]
Dan Brereton Batman: Thrillkiller (DC Comics)
Joseph Michael Linsner Dawn (Sirius Entertainment)
Miguelanxo Prado (NBM Publishing)
1998 Alex Ross Uncle Sam (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) [6]
John Bolton (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), "The Flowers of Romance" in (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
Gene Ha "Free Fall" in (Marvel Comics)
Scott Hampton Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty (DC Comics), Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold Book Two (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
David Wenzel (Homage Comics)
1999 Alex Ross Superman: Peace on Earth (DC Comics) [7]
Kyle Baker (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
Dan Brereton Batgirl and Batman: Thrillkiller '62 (DC Comics)
David W. Mack Kabuki (Image Comics)
2000s
2000 Alex Ross Batman: War on Crime (DC Comics) [8]
Kyle Baker (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC Comics)
John Bolton (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
Jill Thompson Scary Godmother: The Mystery Date (Sirius Entertainment)
2001 Jill Thompson Scary Godmother (Sirius Entertainment) [9]
Christian Gossett and Team Red Star The Red Star (Image Comics)
David W. Mack Kabuki #9 (Image Comics)
George Pratt (DC Comics)
Charles Vess Rose #1 (Cartoon Books)
Yslaire (Humanoids Publishing)
2002 Charles Vess Rose (Cartoon Books) [10]
and The Red Star (Image Comics)
Dave McKean (/)
David W. Mack Daredevil #16-19 (Marvel Comics)
(DC Comics)
2003 George Pratt (Marvel Comics) [11]
Eric Drooker (Harcourt)
David W. Mack Kabuki: The Ghost Play (Image Comics)
Lorenzo Mattotti Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (NBM Publishing)
2004 Jill Thompson "Stray" in The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings (Dark Horse Comics) [12]
Juanjo Guarnido Blacksad (ibooks)
Ladronn Hip Flask: Elephantmen (Comicraft)
Miguelanxo Prado "Dream" in The Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
Frank Quitely "Destiny" in The Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
2005 Teddy Kristiansen It's a Bird... (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) [13]
Juanjo Guarnido Blacksad, Book 2: Arctic Nation (ibooks)
David W. Mack Kabuki (Marvel Comics)
Ben Templesmith 30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow (IDW Publishing)
Michael Zulli Creatures of the Night (Dark Horse Comics)
2006 Ladronn Hip Flask: Mystery City (Active Images) [14]
Paul Guinan Heartbreakers Meet Boilerplate (IDW Publishing)
Ben Templesmith Fell (Image Comics)
Kent Williams The Fountain (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
2007 Jill Thompson "A Dog and His Boy" in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters (Dark Horse Comics), "Love Triangle" in (Dark Horse Comics), "Fair Division" in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) [15]
Nicolas de Crécy (NBM Publishing)
Melinda Gebbie Lost Girls (Top Shelf Productions)
Ben Templesmith Fell (Image Comics), The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M (Desperado Publishing/Image Comics), Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW Publishing)
Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga (), (Markosia)
2008 Eric Powell The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse Comics) [16]
Ann Marie Fleming The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
Bryan Talbot Alice in Sunderland (Dark Horse Comics)
Ben Templesmith Fell (Image Comics), 30 Days of Night: Red Snow (IDW Publishing), Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW Publishing)
2009 Jill Thompson (Harper Children's Books), (Harper Children's Books) [17][18]
Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
Eddie Campbell (First Second Books)
Enrico Casarosa (/AdHouse Books)
Scott Morse ()
2010s
2010 Jill Thompson Beasts of Burden (Dark Horse Comics), (Harper Children's Books) [19][20]
Émile Bravo (/)
Justice League: Cry for Justice (DC Comics)
Charles Darwin on the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation (Rodale Books)
Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics Books)
2011 Juanjo Guarnido Blacksad (Dark Horse Comics) [21][22]
Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
Brecht Evens The Wrong Place (Drawn & Quarterly)
(Archaia Entertainment)
(NBM Publishing)
Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics Books)
2012 There was no Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist in 2012 as the judges "didn't find enough contenders that reached the level of quality they were looking for."[23]
2013 Juanjo Guarnido Blacksad (Dark Horse Comics) [24][22]
Brecht Evens (Drawn & Quarterly)
Teddy Kristiansen The Red Diary/The RE[a]D Diary (Man of Action Entertainment/Image Comics)
Lorenzo Mattotti (Fantagraphics Books)
Katsuya Terada The Monkey King, vol. 2 (Dark Horse Comics)
2014 Fiona Staples Saga (Image Comics) [25][22]
The Fifth Beetle (Dark Horse Comics)
(Capstone Publishers)
Thor (Marvel Comics)
Marguerite Van Cook (Fantagraphics Books)
(SelfMadeHero)
2015 J. H. Williams III The Sandman: Overture (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) [26][22]
and (Dark Horse Comics)
Colleen Coover (MonkeyBrain Books)
Mike del Mundo Elektra (Marvel Comics)
Juanjo Guarnido Blacksad: Amarillo (Dark Horse Comics)
2016 Dustin Nguyen Descender (Image Comics) [27][22]
(Magnetic Press), (Magnetic Press)
Colleen Coover (MonkeyBrain Books)
(Humanoids Publishing)
(Magnetic Press)
2017 Jill Thompson (DC Comics), Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse Comics) [28][22]
(Magnetic Press)
Brecht Evens (Drawn & Quarterly)
(Fantagraphics Books)
Dave McKean (Dark Horse Comics)
Sana Takeda Monstress (Image Comics)
2018 Sana Takeda Monstress (Image Comics) [29][22]
(Lion Forge Comics/Magnetic Press), (Lion Forge Comics/Magnetic Press)
(NBM Publishing)
Jean-Pierre Gibrat (EuroComics/IDW Publishing)
Cyril Pedrosa (NBM Publishing)
2019 Dustin Nguyen Descender (Image Comics) [30][31]
Lee Bermejo Batman: Damned (DC Comics)
(Humanoids Publishing)
(Magnetic Press/Lion Forge Comics)
(Magnetic Press/Lion Forge Comics)
2020s
2020 (Berger Books/Dark Horse Comics) [32][33]
(Europe Comics)
(IDW Publishing)
David W. Mack (DC Comics)
(Europe Comics)
Julie Rocheleau (Titan Books)
2021 / (Image Comics) [34][35]
(Europe Comics)
(Europe Comics)
(Top Shelf Productions)
()
(Europe Comics)

Multiple awards and nominations[]

See also[]

References[]

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