Eisner Award for Best Writer
Eisner Award for Best Writer | |
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Awarded for | Best Writer for Comic Books |
Country | United States |
First awarded | 1988 |
Most recent winner | James Tynion IV (2021) |
Website | www |
The Eisner Award for Best Writer is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books.
Winners and nominees[]
Year | Nominee | Titles | Ref. |
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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 (/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 (/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 (/Homage), (/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 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), (IDW), (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 () | ||
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 | (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 | (Archaia) | ||
Nick Spencer | Morning Glories (Image), (Image), (Image), (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 | (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) | ||
(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), (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 | (Image/Skybound), (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), #1 (DC), Mister Miracle (DC) | [34][27] |
Marjorie Liu [note 1] | Monstress (Image) | ||
Matt Kindt | (Boom!), (Dark Horse), (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 | (Gallery 13), (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), (DC), (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 | (DC), Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan), Archie (Archie) | [36][37] |
(IDW) | |||
and | (Top Shelf) | ||
Lewis Trondheim | (Magnetic Press), (SelfMadeHero) | ||
G. Willow Wilson | (Berger Books/Dark Horse), Ms. Marvel (Marvel) | ||
Chip Zdarsky | (Image), Daredevil (Marvel), Spider-Man: Life Story (Marvel), (comiXology Originals) | ||
2021 | James Tynion IV | Something Is Killing the Children (Boom!), (Boom!), Batman (DC), (Image), () | [38][39] |
Ed Brubaker | (Image), (Image), (Panel Syndicate) | ||
Matt Fraction | Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC), (Image), vols. 2–3 (Image), Sex Criminals (Image) | ||
Jonathan Hickman | (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), (DC), (Image), Gideon Falls (Image) | ||
Chip Zdarsky | (Image/Skybound), Daredevil (Marvel), (Marvel) |
Notes[]
Multiple awards and nominations[]
The following individuals have won Best Writer one or more times:
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The following individuals have received two or more nominations but never won Best Writer:
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See also[]
- Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers
- Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work
- Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist
- Eisner Award for Best Coloring
- Eisner Award for Best Lettering
References[]
- ^ "1988 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "1989 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "Eisners Cancelled," The Comics Journal #137 (Sept. 1990), p. 16.
- ^ "1991 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "1992 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "1993 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "1994 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "1995 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "1999 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "2000 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "2003 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
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- ^ "2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
- ^ "2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
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