Saiu a lista dos indicados ao prémio Eisner - referente a Will Eisner, criador de Spirit e certamente o nome mais relacionado a quadrinhos em todo o mundo. Neste ano, temos os brasileiros Fábio Moon e Gabriel Bá concorrendo com seu "De:TALES" e meu xará radicano nos Estados Unidos Sérgio Cariello com The "Lone Ranger". A Marvel aparece em pelo menos seis categorias direta e indiretamente, sendo Brubaker o nome de maior destaque da Editora. Confira toda a lista aqui:
Melhor história curta
"The Black Knight Glorps Again", de Don Rosa, em Uncle Scrooge #354 (Gemstone)
"Felix", de Gabrielle Bell, em Drawn & Quarterly Showcase 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
"A Frog's Eye View", de Bill Willingham e James Jean, em Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
"Old Oak Trees", de Tony Cliff, em Flight 3 (Ballantine)
"Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man", de Stan Lee, Oliver Coipel e Mark Morales, em Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man (Marvel)
"Willie: Portrait of a Groundskeeper", de Eric Powell, em Bart Simpsons's Treehouse of Horror #12 (Bongo)
Melhor edição individual
Batman/The Spirit #1: "Crime Convention", de Jeph Loeb e Darwyn Cooke (DC)
A Late Freeze, de Danica Novgorodoff (Danica Novgorodoff)
The Preposterous Adventures of Ironhide Tom, de Joel Priddy (AdHouse)
Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3, de Joshua Cotter (AdHouse)
They Found the Car, de Gipi (Fantagraphics)
Melhor série continuada
All-Star Superman, de Grant Morrison e Frank Quitely (DC)
Captain America, de Ed Brubaker e Steve Epting (Marvel)
Daredevil, de Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark e Stefano Gaudiano (Marvel)
Naoki Urasawa's Monster, de Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
The Walking Dead, de Robert Kirkman e Charles Adlard (Image)
Young Avengers, de Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung e outros (Marvel)
Melhor minissérie
Batman: Year 100, de Paul Pope (DC)
The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M, de Frank Beddor, Liz Cavalier e Ben Templesmith (Desperado/Image)
The Other Side, de Jason Aaron e Cameron Stewart (Vertigo/DC)
Scarlet Traces: The Great Game, de Ian Edginton e D'Israeli (Dark Horse)
Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident, de Tony Millionaire (Dark Horse)
Melhor nova série
Criminal, de Ed Brubaker e Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
East Coast Rising, de Becky Cloonan (Tokyopop)
Gumby, de Bob Burden e Rick Geary (Wildcard)
Jack of Fables, de Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins e Andrew Pepoy (Vertigo/DC)
The Lone Ranger, de Brett Matthews e Sergio Cariello (Dynamite)
Melhor publicação infanto-juvenil
Chickenhare, de Chris Grine (Dark Horse)
Drawing Comics Is Easy (Except When It's Hard), de Alexa Kitchen (Denis Kitchen Publishing)
Gumby, de Bob Burden e Rick Geary (Wildcard)
Moomin, de Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel, de Sienna Cherson e Mark Siegel (Simon & Schuster)
Melhor publicação de humor
Flaming Carrot Comics, de Bob Burden (Desperado/Image)
Onionhead Monster Attacks, de Paul Friedrich (Hellcar)
Schizo #4, de Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics)
Tales Designed to Thrizzle, de Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics)
Truth Serum, de Jon Adams (City Cyclops)
Melhor antologia
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, de Bill Willingham e vários (Vertigo/DC)
Hotwire Comix and Capers #1, editada por Glenn Head (Fantagraphics)
Japan as Viewed de 17 Creators, editada por Frédéric Boilet (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
Kramer's Ergot 6, editada por Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura Press)
Project: Romantic, editada por Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)
Melhor HQ digital
Bee, em "Motel Art Improvement Service", de Jason Little
Girl Genius, de Phil and Kaja Foglio
Minus, de Ryan Armand
Phables, de Brad Guigar
Sam and Max, de Steve Purcell
Shooting War, de Anthony Lappe e Dan Goldman
Melhor obra baseada em fatos
Fun Home, de Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
I Love Led Zeppelin, de Ellen Forney (Fantagraphics)
Mom's Cancer, de Brian Fies (Abrams)
Project X Challengers: Cup Noodle, de Tadashi Katoh (Digital Manga)
Stagger Lee, de Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix (Image)
Melhor álbum gráfico - inédito
American Born Chinese, de Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
Billy Hazelnuts, de Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics)
Fun Home, de Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
Ninja, de Brian Chippendale (Gingko Press)
Scrublands, de Joe Daly (Fantagraphics)
The Ticking, de Renée French (Top Shelf)
Melhor álbum gráfico - republicação
Absolute DC: The New Frontier, de Darwyn Cooke (DC)
Castle Waiting, de Linda Medley (Fantagraphics)
Mom's Cancer, de Brian Fies(Abrams)
Shadowland, de Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)
Truth Serum, de Jon Adams (City Cyclops)
Melhor projeto/coleção arquivo - tiras
The Complete Peanuts, 1959-1960, 1961-1962, de Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics)
Mary Perkins On Stage, de Leonard Starr (Classic Comics Press)
Moomin, de Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)
Popeye: I Yam What I Yam, de E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics)
Walt & Skeezix, vol. 2, de Frank King (Drawn & Quarterly)
Melhor projeto/coleção arquivo - séries
Abandon the Old In Tokyo, de Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
Absolute Sandman, vol. 1, de Neil Gaiman and various (Vertigo/DC)
Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969, de Dan Nadel (Abrams)
The Eternals, de Jack Kirby (Marvel)
Ode to Kirihito, de Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
Melhor edição americana de material estrangeiro
A.L.I.E.E.E.N., de Lewis Trondheim (First Second)
De:TALES, de Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)
Hwy 115, de Matthias Lehmann (Fantagraphics)
The Left Bank Gang, de Jason (Fantagraphics)
Pizzeria Kamikaze, de Etgar Keret and Asaf Hanuka (Alternative)
Melhor edição americana material estrangeiro - Japão
After School Nightmare , de Setona Mizushiro (Go! Comi)
Antique Bakery, de Fumi Yoshinaga (Digital Manga)
Naoki Urasawa's Monster , de Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
Old Boy, de Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi (Dark Horse Manga)
Walking Man, de Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
Melhor escritor
Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Daredevil (Marvel); Criminal (Marvel Icon)
Bob Burden, Gumde (Wildcard)
Ian Edginton, Scarlet Traces: The Great Game (Dark Horse)
Grant Morrison, All-Star Superman, Batman, 52, Seven Soldiers (DC)
Bill Willingham, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
Melhor escritor/ilustrador
Allison Bechdel, Fun Home (Houghton Mifflin)
Renée French, The Ticking (Top Shelf)
Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets, New Tales of Old Palomar (Fantagraphics); Sloth (Vertigo/DC)
Paul Pope, Batman: Year 100 (DC)
Joann Sfar, Klezmer, Vampire Loves (First Second)
Melhor escritor/ilustrador de humor
Ivan Brunetti, Schizo (Fantagraphics)
Lilli Carré, Tales of Woodsman Pete (Top Shelf)
Michael Kupperman, Tales Designed to Thrizzle (Fantagraphics)
Tony Millionaire, Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics); Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident (Dark Horse)
Lewis Trondheim, A.L.I.E.E.E.N. (First Second); Mr. I (NBM)
Melhor desenhista/arte-finalista ou dupla desenhista e arte-finalista
Mark Buckingham/Steve Leialoha, Fables (Vertigo/DC)
Tony Harris/Tom Feister, Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC)
Niko Henrichon, Pride of Baghdad (Vertigo/DC)
Michael Lark/Stefano Gaudiano, Daredevil (Marvel)
Sonny Liew, Wonderland (SLG)
Steven McNiven/Dexter Vines, Civil War (Marvel)
Melhor pintor/artista multimídia (arte interna)
Nicolas De Crecy, Glacial Period (NBM)
Melinda Gebbie, Lost Girls (Top Shelf)
Ben Templesmith, Fell (Image); The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M (Desperado/Image); Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW)
Jill Thompson, "A Dog and His Boy" in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters; "Love Triangle" in Sexy Chix (Dark Horse); "Fair Division", in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
Brett Weldele, Southland Tales: Prequel Saga (Graphitti); Silent Ghost (Markosia)
Melhor capista
John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); The Escapists (Dark Horse); The Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
Tony Harris, Conan (Dark Horse); Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC)
James Jean, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
Dave Johnson, 100 Bullets (Vertigo/DC); Zombie Tales, Cthulu Tales, Black Plague (Boom!)
J. G. Jones, 52 (DC)
Melhor colorização
Kristian Donaldson, Supermarket (IDW)
Hubert, The Left Bank Gang (Fantagraphics)
Lark Pien, American Born Chinese (First Second)
Dave Stewart, BPRD, Conan, The Escapists, Hellboy (Dark Horse); Action Comics, Batman/The Spirit, Superman (DC)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #17 (ACME Novelty)
Melhor letreirização
Ivan Brunetti, Schizo (Fantagraphics)
Todd Klein, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, Pride of Baghdad, Testament (Vertigo/DC); Fantastic Four: 1602, Eternals (Marvel); Lost Girls (Top Shelf)
Clem Robins, BPRD, The Dark Horse Book of Monsters, Hellboy (Dark Horse); Loveless, 100 Bullets, Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC)
Richard Sala, The Grave Robber's Daughter, Delphine (Fantagraphics)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #17 (ACME Novelty)
Reconhecimento especial
Ross Campbell, Abandoned (Tokyopop); Wet Moon 2 (Oni)
Svetlana Chmakova, Dramacon (Tokyopop)
Hope Larson, Gray Horses (Oni)
Dash Shaw, The Mother's Mouth (Alternative)
Kasimir Strzepek, Mourning Star (Bodega)
Melhor periódico relacionado a quadrinhos
Alter Ego, editado por Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
Comic Art 8, editado por Todd Hignite (Buenaventura Press)
The Comics Journal, editado por Gary Groth, Dirk Deppey, Michael Dean, e Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
The Comics Reporter, produzido por Tom Spurgeon e Jordan Raphael
¡Journalista!, produzido por Dirk Deppey (Fantagraphics)
Melhor livro relacionado a quadrinhos
The Art of Brian Bolland, editado por Joe Pruett (Desperado/Image)
Cartoon America: Comic Art in the Library of Congress, editado por Harry Katz (Abrams)
Dear John: The Alex Toth Doodle Book, de John Hitchcock (Octopus Press)
In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists, de Todd Hignite (Yale University Press)
Wally's World, de Steve Sarger e J. David Spurlock (Vanguard)
Melhor design de publicação
Absolute DC: The New Frontier, design de Darwyn Cooke (DC)
Castle Waiting graphic novel, design de Adam Grano (Fantagraphics)
Lost Girls, design de Matt Kindt and Brett Warnock (Top Shelf)
Popeye: I Yam What I Yam, design de Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
The Ticking, design de Jordan Crane (Top Shelf)
Hall da Fama
Escolha dos juízes: Robert Kanigher e Ogden Whitney
Escolha pelo voto popular: Ross Andru & Mike Esposito
Dick Ayers
Bernard Baily
Matt Baker
Wayne Boring
Creig Flessel
Harold Gray
Irwin Hasen
Graham Ingels
Joe Orlando
Lily Renée (Peters) Phillips
Bob Powell
Gilbert Shelton
Cliff Sterrett
Lembrando que essas revistas de 2006 dos EUA retrata exatamente o que os leitores vêem exatamente em 2007 no Brasil. Portanto, é bom ficar de olho no material atualmente publicado que foi indicado.
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