1998 Will Eisner Comics Industry Award Nominees
Best Short Story:
"The Eltingville Comic Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and
Role-Playing Club In: The Marathon Men," Evan Dorkin, Dork! #4 (Slave Labor)
"A Matter of Some Gravity," Don Rosa, Walt Disney's Comics & Stories
#610 (Gladstone)
"The New European," Alan Moore, Gary Frank, and Cam Smith, Vampirella/Dracula:
The Centennial (Harris)
"Penny Century," Jaime Hernandez, Penny Century #1 (Fantagraphics)
"The Willow Warriors," Ian Edgington and Eric Shanower, Weird War Tales
#1 (DC)
"Wrong Turn," Frank Miller, Sin City: Sex & Violence (Dark Horse)
Best Single Issue
Batgirl Adventures #1, Paul Dini and Rick Burchett (DC)
The Dreaming #15: "Day's Work, Night's Rest," Jeff Nicholson
(DC/Vertigo)
Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 #10: "Show 'Em All," Kurt Busiek, Brent
Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
Sof' Boy and Friends #1, Archer Prewitt (Drawn & Quarterly)
Superman Adventures #3: "Distant Thunder," Scott McCloud, Rick
Burchett, and Terry Austin (DC)
Best Serialized Story
The Acme Novelty Library #6-9: "Jimmy Corrigan," Chris Ware
(Fantagraphics)
Akiko #10-18: "The Wrath of Alia Rellapor," Mark Crilley (Sirius)
Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 #4-9: "Confession," Kurt Busiek, Brent
Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
Preacher #30-33: "Les Enfants Du Sang," Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
(DC/Vertigo)
Soulwind #1-4: "The Kid from Planet Earth," C. Scott Morse (Image)
Superman Adventures #11-12: "The War Within," Scott McCloud, Rick
Burchett, and Terry Austin (DC)
Best Continuing Series
The Acme Novelty Library, Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
Akiko, Mark Crilley (Sirius)
Bone, Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
Kurt Busiek's Astro City, Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg (Jukebox
Productions/Homage)
Leave It to Chance, James Robinson and Paul Smith (Homage)
Preacher, Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (DC/Vertigo)
Best Limited Series
Batman: The Long Halloween, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (DC)
Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold, Alisa Kwitney, Kent Williams, Michael
Zulli, Scott Hampton, and Rebecca Guay (DC/Vertigo)
The Land of Nod, Jay Stephens (Dark Horse)
Red Rocket 7, Mike Allred (Dark Horse)
Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti, Dean Motter and Michael Lark (DC/Vertigo)
Uncle Sam, Steve Darnall and Alex Ross (DC/Vertigo)
Best New Series
Castle Waiting, Linda Medley (Olio)
Lost Stories, John Riley, Garrett Berner, and Dave Sharpe (Creative Frontiers)
Soulwind, C. Scott Morse (Image)
Squee! Johnen Vasquez (Slave Labor)
A Touch of Silver, Jim Valentino (Image)
Best Title for a Younger Audience
Akiko, Mark Crilley (Sirius)
Batman & Robin Adventures, Ty Templeton, Brandon Kruse, Rick Burchett, and
others (DC)
Bone, Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
Gon Swimmin', Masahi Tanaka (Paradox Press)
Leave It to Chance, James Robinson and Paul Smith (Homage)
What's Michael, Makoto Kobayashi (Dark Horse)
Best Humor Publication
Gon Swimmin', Masahi Tanaka (Paradox Press)
Mystic Funnies, R. Crumb (Alex Wood, publisher)
Roswell, Little Green Man, Bill Morrison (Bongo)
The Seduction of Mike, R. Sikoryak and Michael Smith (Fantagraphics)
Squee! Jhonen Vasquez (Slave Labor)
Best Anthology
Blab #9, ed. Monte Beauchamp (Fantagraphics)
Hellboy Christmas Special, ed. Scott Allie (Dark Horse)
Mind Riot, ed. Karen Hirsch (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin Paperbacks)
Two-Fisted Science, ed. Jim Ottaviani (General Tektronics)
Vertigo: Winter's Edge, ed. Shelly Roeberg (DC/Vertigo)
Zero Zero, ed. Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
Best Graphic Album-New
Batman & Superman Adventures: World's Finest, Paul Dini, Joe Staton,
and Terry Beatty (DC)
The Borden Tragedy, Rick Geary (NBM)
The History of Violence, John Wagner and Vince Locke (Paradox Press)
A Jew in Communist Prague, vols. 1 and 2, Vittorio Giardino (NBM)
Scary Godmother, Jill Thompson (Sirius)
The Wizard's Tale, Kurt Busiek and Dave Wenzel (Jukebox Productions/Homage)
Best Graphic Album-Reprint
Age of Reptiles: The Hunt, Ricardo Delgado (Dark Horse)
Ghost World, Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics)
Sin City: That Yellow Bastard, Frank Miller (Dark Horse)
The System, Peter Kuper (DC/Vertigo)
Terminal City, Dean Motter and Michael Lark (DC/Vertigo)
Best Archival Collection/Project
The Complete Crumb, vol. 12, R. Crumb (Fantagraphics)
Corto Maltese, Hugo Pratt (NBM)
Jack Kirby's New Gods, Jack Kirby (DC)
Essential Spider-Man, vol. 2, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (Marvel)
Wolverton in Space, Basil Wolverton (Dark Horse)
Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material
Corto Maltese, Hugo Pratt (NBM)
Gon Swimmin', Masahi Tanaka (Paradox Press)
A Jew in Communist Prague, Vittorio Giardino (NBM)
Nausicaae of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki (Viz)
What's Michael? Makoto Kobayashi (Dark Horse)
Best Writer
Kurt Busiek, Kurt Busiek's Astro City; The Wizard's Tale (Jukebox
Productions/Homage)
Garth Ennis, Hitman (DC); Preacher; Unknown Soldier (DC/Vertigo); Blood
Mary: Lady Liberty (DC/Helix)
Scott McCloud, Superman Adventures
John Ostrander, The Spectre; Kents; Tangent Comics: Nightwing (DC)
James Robinson, Starman; The Shade; Tangent Comics: Green Lantern (DC); Leave It to
Chance (Homage)
Best Writer/Artist
Dan Clowes, Eightball (Fantagraphics)
Rick Geary, The Borden Tragedy (NBM)
Vittorio Giardino, A Jew in Communist Prague (NBM)
David Lapham, Stray Bullets, Amy Racecar Color Special #1 (El Capitan)
Jason Lutes, Berlin (Black Eye)
Linda Medley, Castle Waiting (Olio)
Mike Mignola, Hellboy: Almost Colossus; Hellboy Christmas Special; Hellboy Jr.
Halloween Special (Dark Horse)
Best Writer/Artist-Humor
R. Crumb, Self-Loathing (Fantagraphics); Mystic Funnies (Alex
Wood, publisher)
Bill Morrison, Roswell, Little Green Man (Bongo)
Jeff Smith, Bone (Cartoon Books)
Masashi Tanaka, Gon (Paradox Press)
Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Brent Anderson/Will Blyberg, Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox
Productions/Homage)
Rick Burchett, Batgirl Adventures; Rick Burchett/Terry Austin, Superman
Adventures (DC)
Dave Gibbons, Martha Washington Saves the World #1 (Dark Horse)
Michael Lark, Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti (DC/Vertigo); The Little Sister
(Byron Priess Visual Productions)
P. Craig Russell, Elric: Stormbringer (Dark Horse/Topps); Dr. Strange: What
Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (Marvel)
Paul Smith, Leave It to Chance (Homage)
Best Painter
John Bolton, Menz Insana; "The Flowers of Romance," Vertigo:
Winter's Edge (DC/Vertigo)
Gene Ha, "Free Fall," Marvel Shadows and Light (Marvel)
Scott Hampton, Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty (DC); Destiny: A Chronicle of
Deaths Foretold, Book Two (DC/Vertigo)
Alex Ross, Uncle Sam (DC/Vertigo)
David Wenzel, The Wizard's Tale (Homage)
Best Coloring
Laura Allred, Red Rocket 7 (Dark Horse)
Jeromy Cox, Leave It to Chance (Homage); Mage (Image)
Sarah Dyer, Amy Racecar Color Special #1 (El Capitan)
Lovern Kindzierski, Elric: Stormbringer (Dark Horse/Topps); Dr. Strange: What
Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (Marvel)
Archer Prewitt, Sof' Boy and Friends (Drawn & Quarterly)
Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
Best Lettering
Dan Clowes, Eightball (Fantagraphics)
Tim Harkins, Roswell, Little Green Man (Bongo); Adventures in the DC Universe
(DC)
Todd Klein, Batman, Batman: Poison Ivy (DC); The Dreaming, House of Secrets,
The Invisibles, Uncle Sam (DC/Vertigo); Uncle Scrooge Adventures
(Gladstone); Castle Waiting (Olio)
Archer Prewitt, Sof' Boyand Friends (Drawn & Quarterly)
Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
Best Cover Artist
Mike Allred, Red Rocket 7 (Dark Horse)
Mark Crilley, Akiko (Sirius)
Glenn Fabry, Preacher; Preacher Specials (DC/Vertigo)
Jerry Ordway, Power of Shazam (DC)
Alex Ross, Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Homage); Uncle Sam (DC/Vertigo)
Steve Rude, Nexus: Nightmare in Blue; Nexus: God Con (Dark Horse)
Ty Templeton, Batman & Robin Adventures (DC)
Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition
Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage/Fantagraphics)
Paul Grist (Kane/Dancing Elephant Press)
Linda Medley (Castle Waiting/Olio)
Bill Morrison (Roswell, Little Green Man/Bongo)
Gary and Rhoda Shipman (Pakkins' Land/Caliber)
Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother/Sirius)
Best Comics-Related Periodical
Comic Book Marketplace (Gemstone)
The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics)
Feature (Charles Brownstein)
Jack Kirby Collector (TwoMorrows)
The Staros Report (Star House)
Best Comics-Related Book
Alter Ego, ed. Roy Thomas and Bill Schelly (Hamster Press)
Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing, Dave Sim (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
The Collected Jack Kirby Collector, vol. 1, ed. John Morrow (TwoMorrows)
The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book, ed. Pete Poplaski (Kitchen Sink)
Tijuana Bibles, Bob Adelman (Simon & Schuster)
Best Comics-Related Product
Acme Novelty Library display stand, designed by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics)
Batgirl cold-cast statue, sculpted by William Paquet, based on designs by Brian Stelfreeze
(DC)
Destiny cold-cast statue, sculpted by William Paquet, based on designs by Michael Zulli
(DC/Vertigo)
McFarlane Spawn and Kiss action figures (McFarlane Toys)
Bone Red Dragon cold-cast statue, sculpted by Randy Bowen, based on designs by Jeff Smith
(Graphitti Designs)
Scenes from the Xenozoic Age Portfolio: Deluxe Boxed Edition, Mark Schultz (Kitchen Sink)
Turok videogame (Acclaim)
Best Publication Design
Isaac Mizrahi Presents The Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel, Isaac Mizrahi and
William Frawley (Simon & Schuster)
Kingdom Come deluxe slipcover edition, art director Bob Chapman/DC design director Georg
Brewer (DC Comics/Graphitti Designs)
R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book, designed by Pete Poplaski (Kitchen Sink)
The Sandman Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers, 1989-1996, designed by Dave McKean
(DC/Vertigo)
Scary Godmother designed by Jill Thompson (Sirius)
Hall of Fame:
(Past winners: Barks, C.C. Beck, Caniff, Crumb, Ditko, Eisner, Foster, Frazetta, Gaines,
Gil Kane, Bob, Kane, Kelly, Kirby, Kurtzman, Stan Lee, Winsor McCay, Alex Raymond, Julie
Schwartz, Charles Schulz, Siegel & Shuster, Curt Swan, Toth, Wally Wood)
Neal Adams
Charles Biro
Vaughn Bode
Jack Davis
Al Feldstein
Bill Finger
Gardner Fox
Archie Goodwin
Joe Kubert
Sheldon Mayer
Moebius
Jerry Robinson
Alex Schomburg
Joe Simon
art spiegelman
Dick Sprang
Jim Steranko
Al Williamson
Basil Wolverton