IDW Publishing led the 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards with five wins, including Joe Hill for best writer for Locke & Key and Darwyn Cooke for best writer/artist for Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit. The awards were announced last night during a ceremony at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Other winners included Vertigo's American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque, for best new series, Image's Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory, for best continuing series, and Skottie Young for best penciler/inker for Marvel's The Marvelous Land of Oz. Comic Book Resources earned its second Eisner for best comics-related periodical/journalism.
The complete list of winners can be found below:
Best Short Story: "Post Mortem," by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot): Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
Best Continuing Series: Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
Best Limited Series: Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
Best New Series: American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
Best Publication for Kids: Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC Comics)
Best Publication for Teens: Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
Best Humor Publication: I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM! Studios)
Best Anthology: Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen (Archaia)
Best Digital Comic: Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl
Best Reality-Based Work: It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
Best Graphic Album — New: Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia), and Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Graphic Album — Reprint: Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC Comics)
Best Adaptation from Another Work: The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein (IDW Publishing)
Best Archival Collection/Project — Comic Books: Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW Publishing)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material: It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material — Asia: Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
Best Writer: Joe Hill, Lock & Key (IDW Publishing)
Best Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW Publishing)
Best Penciler/Inker or Penciler/Inker Team: Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art): Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
Best Cover Artist: Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse)
Best Coloring: Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young's Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC)
Best Lettering: Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC); SHIELD (Marvel); Driver for the Dead (Radical)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: Comic Book Resources, produced by Jonah Weiland
Best Comics-Related Book: 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN)
Best Publication Design: Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW Publishing)
HALL OF FAME
Judges' Choices: Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Jackson, Martin Nodell, Lynd Ward
Elected: Mort Drucker, Harvey Pekar, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Nate Simpson
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Patrick McDonnell
Bill Finger Excellence in Comic Book Writing Award: Del Connell, Bob Haney
Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Comics and Vegetables, Tel Aviv