A premiação, considerada o Oscar dos quadrinhos, faz referência ao gênio Will Eisner, criador de Spirit e maior nome da indústria. Como no ano passado, os brasileiros Gabriel Bá e Fabio Moon foram mais uma vez indicados. O primeiro por Umbrella Academy e o segundo por um trabalho digital ao lado de Joss Whedon. Whedon, por sua vez, empilhou indicações por Surpreendentes X-Men e Buffy, da Dark Horse. Assim como ele, Brian K. Vaughan, criador de Fugitivos e autor de diversos trabalhos na Marvel, recebeu 4 indicações. Ambos lideram as indicações individuais ao lado dos ilustres desconhecidos Fred Chao, Jimmy Gownley, e James Sturm. No saldo geral, Marvel teve 13 indicações, sendo 3 deles da série Dark Tower. Confira a lista completa aqui:
Melhor história curta
“Book,” de Yuichi Yokoyama, em New Engineering (PictureBox)
“At Loose Ends,” de Lewis Trondheim, em Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)
“Mr. Wonderful,” de Dan Clowes, em New York Times Sunday Magazine (disponível na internet)
“Town of Evening Calm,” de Fumiyo Kouno, em Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (Last Gasp)
“Whatever Happened to Fletcher Hanks?” de Paul Karasik, em I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! (Fantagraphics)
”Young Americans,” de Emile Bravo, em Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)
Melhor edição individual
Amelia Rules! #18: “Things I Cannot Change,” de Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance)
Delilah Dirk e the Treasure of Constantemople, de Tony Cliff (sem editora)
Johnny Hiro #1, de Fred Chao (AdHouse)
Justice League of America #11: “Walls,” de Brad Meltzer e Gene Ha (DC)
Sensational Spider-Man Annual: “To Have or to Hold,” de Matt Fraction e Salvador Larroca (Marvel)
Melhor série continuada
The Boys, de Garth Ennis e Darick Robertson (Dynamite)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, de Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, e Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, de Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
The Spirit, de Darwyn Cooke (DC)
Y: The Last Man, de Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, e Jose Marzan, Jr. (Vertigo/DC)
Melhor mini-série
Atomic Robo, de Brian Clevinger e Scott Wegender (Red 5 Comics)
Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, de Peter David, Robin Furth, e Jae Lee (Marvel)
Nightly News, de Jonathan Hickman (Image)
Parade (with Fireworks), de Michael Cavallaro (Shadowline/Image)
The Umbrella Academy, de Gerard Way e Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)
Melhor nova série
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, de Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, e Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
Immortal Iron Fist, de Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja, e outros (Marvel)
Johnny Hiro, de Fred Chao (AdHouse)
The Infinite Horizon, de Gerry Duggan e Phil Noto (Image)
Scalped, de Jason Aaron e R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)
Melhor publicação infantil
Amelia Rules! e Amelia Rules! Funny Stories, de Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance)
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, editada por Jeremy Barlow (Dark Horse)
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 e Mouse Guard: Wemter 1152, de David Petersen (Archaia)
The Wall: Growing Up Behindd the Iron Curtain, de Peter Sis (Frank Foster Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Yotsuba&!, de Kiyohiko Azuma (ADV)
Melhor publicação adolescente
Laika, de Nick Abadzis (First Second)
The Mighty Skullboy Army, de Jacob Chabot (Dark Horse)
The Annotated Northwest Passage, de Scott Chantler (Oni)
PX! Book One: A Girl e Her Pea, de Manny Trembley e Eric A. Eerson (Shadowline/Image)
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, de James Sturm e Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
Melhor publicação de humor
Dwight T. Albatross’s The Goon Noir, editada por Matt Dryer (Dark Horse)
Johnny Hiro, de Fred Chao (AdHouse)
Lucha Libre, de Jerry Frissen, Bill, Gobi, Fabien M., Nikola Witko, Hervé Tanquelle et al. (Image)
Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto e Other Stories, de Nicholas Gurewitch (Dark Horse)
Wonton Soup, de James Stokoe (Oni)
Melhor antologia
Best American Comics 2007, editada por Anne Elizabeth Moore e Chris Ware (Houghton Mifflem)
5, de Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Fabio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, e Rafael Grampa (sem editora)
Mome, editada por Gary Groth e Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened, editada por Jason Rodriguez (Villard)
24Seven, vol. 2, editada por Ivan Breon (Image)
Melhor HQ digital
The Abomemable Charles Christopher, de Karl Kerschl (disponível online)
Billy Dogma, Immortal, de Dean Haspiel (disponível online)
The Process, de Joe Emfurnari (disponível online)
PX!, de Manny Trembley e Eric A. Eerson (disponível online)
Sugarshock!, de Joss Whedon e Fabio Moon (disponível online)
Melhor obra baseada em fatos
Laika, de Nick Abadzis (First Second)
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, de Ann Marie Fleming (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, de James Sturm e Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, de Percy Carey e Ronald Wimberly (Vertigo/DC)
White Rapids, de Pascal Blanchet (Drawn & Quarterly)
Melhor album gráfico – inédito
The Arrival, de Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Leveme/Scholastic)
Bookhunter, de Jason Shiga (Sparkplug Books)
Essex County, vols. 1-2: Tales from the Farm/Ghost Stories, de Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
Exit Wounds, de Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
Percy Gloom, de Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)
Melhor album gráfico – republicação
Agents of Atlas Hardcover, de Jeff Parker, Leonard Kirk, e Kris Justice (Marvel)
Gødle Celestial Edition, de Joe Casey e Tom Scioli (Image)
James Sturm’s America: God, Gold, e Golems, de James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, de David Petersen (Archaia)
Super Spy, de Matt Kemdt (Top Shelf)
Melhor projeto/coleção arquivo – tiras
(The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, de Wemsor McCay (Ulrich Merkl)
Complete Terry e the Pirates, vol. 1, de Milton Caniff (IDW)
Little Sammy Sneeze, de Wemsor McCay (Sunday Press)
Popeye, vol. 2: Well Blow Me Down, de E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics)
Sundays with Walt e Skeezix, de Frank Kemg (Sunday Press)
Melhor projeto/coleção arquivo - séries
Amazeing Spider-Man Omnibus, vol. 1, de Stan Lee e Steve Ditko (Marvel)
Apollo’s Song, de Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
The Completely MAD Don Martem, de Don Martem (Runnemg Press)
Daredevil Omnibus, de Frank Miller e Klaus Janson (Marvel)
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! de Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics)
Melhor edição americana de material estrangeiro
The Arrival, de Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Leveme/Scholastic)
Aya, de Marguerite Abouet e Clement Obrerie (Drawn & Quarterly)
Garage Be, de Gipi (First Second)
I Killed Adolf Hitler, de Jason (Fantagraphics)
The Killer, de Matz e Luc Jacamon (Archaia)
Melhor edição americana material estrangeiro – Japão
The Ice Weerer e Other Stories, de Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
MW, de Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, de Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
New Engemeeremg de Yuichi Yokoyama (PictureBox)
Tekkonkemkreet: Black & White, de Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz)
Town of Evenemg Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, de Fumiyo Kouno (Last Gasp)
Melhor escritor
Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Criminal, Daredevil, Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel)
James Sturm, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
Brian K. Vaughan, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse); Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC), Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC),
Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse)
Brian Wood, DMZ, Northlanders (Vertigo/DC); Local (Oni)
Melhor escritor/ilustrador
Jeff Lemire, Essex County: Tales from the Farm/Ghost Stories (Top Shelf)
Rutu Modan, Exit Wounds (Drawn & Quarterly)
Shaun Tan, The Arrival (Arthur A. Leveme/Scholastic)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)
Fumi Yoshemaga, Flower of Life; The Moon e Seals (Digital Manga)
Melhor escritor/ilustrador – humor
Kyle Baker, The Bakers: Babies e Kittens (Image)
Fred Chao, Johnny Hiro (AdHouse)
Breon Graham, Kemg City (Tokyopop); Multiple Warheads (Oni)
Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)
James Stokoe, Wonton Soup (Oni)
Melhor desenhista/arte-finalista ou dupla desenhista e arte-finalista
Steve Epting/Butch Guice/Mike Perkins, Captain America (Marvel)
Pia Guerra/Jose Marzan, Jr., Y: The Last Man (Vertical/DC)
Jae Lee, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
Takeshi Obata, Death Note, Hikaru No Go (Viz)
Ethan Van Sciver, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps (DC)
Melhor pintor/artista multimídia (arte interna)
Ann-Marie Fleming, The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
Eric Powell, The Goon: Chematown (Dark Horse)
Bryan Talbot, Alice in Sunderle (Dark Horse)
Ben Templesmith, Fell (Image); 30 Days of Night: Red Snow; Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW)
Melhor capista
John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2; Superior Showcase 2 (AdHouse)
J. G. Jones, 52 (DC)
Jae Lee, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
Jim Lee, All Star Batman e Robin the Boy Wonder (DC); World of Warcraft (WildStorm/DC)
Melhor colorização
Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! (Renaissance)
Steve Hamaker, Bone, vols. 5 e 6 (Scholastic); Shazam: Monster Society of Evil (DC)
Richard Isanove, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
Ronda Pattison, Atomic Robo (Red 5 Comics)
Dave Stewart, BPRD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cut, Hellboy, Lobster Johnson, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); The Spirit (DC)
Alex Wald, Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman)
Melhor letreirização
Jared K. Fletcher, Catwoman, The Spirit (DC); Sentences: Life of MF Grimm (Vertigo/DC)
Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! (Renaissance)
Todd Klein, Justice, Simon Dark (DC); Fables, Jack of Fables, Crossemg Midnight (Vertigo/DC); League of Extraordemary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (WildStorm/DC); Nexus (Rude Dude)
Lewis Trondheim, “At Loose Ends,” Mome 7 & 8 (Fantagraphics)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)
Reconhecimento especial
Chuck BB, Black Metal (ilustrador, Oni)
Matt Silady, The Homeless Channel (escritor/ilustrador, AiT/PlanetLar)
Jamie Tanner, The Aviary (escritor/ilustrador, AdHouse)
James Veming, First em Space (escritor/ilustrador, Oni)
Melhor periódico relacionado a quadrinhos
Comic Art #9, editada por Todd Hignite (Buenaventura Press)
Comic Foundry, editada por Tim Leong (Comic Foundry)
The Comics Journal, editada por Gary Groth, Michael Dean, e Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
The Comics Reporter, produzida Tom Spurgeon e Jordan Raphael (http://www.comicsreporter.com/)
Newsarama, produced de Matt Brady e Michael Doran (http://www.newsarama.com/)
Melhor livro relacionado a quadrinhos
The Art of P. Craig Russell, editada por Joe Pruett (Desperado)
The Artist Withem, de Greg Preston (Dark Horse)
Manga: The Complete Guide, de Jason Thompson (Del Rey Manga)
Meanwhile . . . A Biography of Milton Caniff, de R. C. Harvey (Fantagraphics)
Reademg Comics: How Graphic Novels Work e What They Mean, de Douglas Wolk (Da Capo Press)
Understeemg Manga e Anime, de Robem Brenner (Libraries Unlimited/Greenwood Publishemg)
Melhor design de publicação
(The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, design de Ulrich Merkl (Ulrich Merkl)
Complete Terry e the Pirates, design de Dean Mullaney (IDW)
Heroes, vol. 1, design de John Roshell/Comicraft (WildStorm/DC)
Little Sammy Sneeze, design de Philippe Ghielmetti (Sunday Press)
Process Recess 2, design de James Jean e Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)
Sundays with Walt e Skeezix, design de Chris Ware (Sunday Press)
Hall da Fama
Escolha dos juízes: R. F. Outcault, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Indicados ao voto popular (4 serão escolhidos pelos fãs):
Matt Baker
John Broome
Reed Creall
Rudolph Dirks
Arnold Drake
George Evans
Creig Flessel
Graham Emgels
Mort Meskin
Tarpe Mills
Gilbert Shelton
George Tuska
Mort Weisinger
Len Wein
Barry Windsor-Smith
Lembrando que essas revistas de 2007 dos EUA retratam o que os leitores vêem atualmente no Brasil. Portanto, é bom ficar de olho no material publicado que foi indicado.
Brizola
