Eisner Award for Best Publication Design

Eisner Award for Best Publication Design
Awarded forBest Publication Design
CountryUnited States
First award1993
Most recent winner (2025)David Mazzucchelli's Batman Year One Artist's Edition, designed by Chip Kidd
Websitewww.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info

The Eisner Award for Best Publication Design is an award for "creative achievement" in book design in American comic books. It is awarded annually at San Diego Comic-Con.[1]

Winners and nominees

Eisner Award for Best Publication Design winners and nominees
Year Title Author(s)/Editor(s) Publisher Result Ref.
1990s
1993 Sandman: Season of Mists Dave McKean DC Comics Winner [2]
The Mythology of an Abandoned City Jon J. Muth, The August Company Graphitti Nominee [3]
The Ray Bradbury Chronicles Dean Motter Bantam Books
Rubber Blanket David Mazzucchelli, Richmond Lewis Rubber Blanket Press
Signal to Noise Dave McKean VG Graphics/Dark Horse
Skin Deep Charles Burns, Dale Crain, Art Spiegelman Penguin
1994 Marvels Comicraft, Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross Marvel Comics Winner [2]
Best of Drawn & Quarterly Chris Oliveros Drawn & Quarterly Nominee [4]
Death: The High Cost of Living Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo DC Comics/Vertigo
Love and Rockets X Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez, Dale Yarger Fantagraphics
1995 The Acme Novelty Library Chris Ware Fantagraphics Winner [2]
The Crow John Bergin Graphitti Nominee [5]
Drawn & Quartlerly Drawn & Quartlerly Drawn & Quarterly
Paul Auster's City of Glass Art Spiegelman Avon/NeonLit
Violent Cases Dave McKean Kitchen Sink
Worlds Collide #1 Curtis King Milestone
1996 The Acme Novelty Library Chris Ware Fantagraphics Winner [2]
Betty Boop's Sunday Best Kevin Lison, Doug Bantz Kitchen Sink Nominee [6]
Blab #8 Monte Beauchamp Kitchen Sink
Bone vols. 1 and 2 Jeff Smith Cartoon Books
PalookaVille Seth Drawn & Quarterly
Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix deluxe edition Bobbi Bongard, Lisa Stone Kitchen Sink
1997 Acme Novelty Library #7 Chris Ware Fantagraphics Winner [2]
Black Eye Productions: Berlin, Dear Julia, and The Sands Michel Vrana, Jason Lutes, Brian Biggs, Tom Hart Black Eye Productions Nominee [7]
Buzz Buzz and Giant THB Parade Paul Pope, C. Rambler Horse Press
Fax from Sarajevo Brian Gogolin Dark Horse
It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken Seth Drawn & Quarterly
Mr. Monster: Origins limited edition Richard Bruning, Beatman/Brainstorm Graphitti
The Sandman: The Wake Dave McKean DC Comics/Vertigo
1998 Kingdom Come, deluxe edition Bob Chapman, Georg Brewer DC Comics Winner [2]
Isaac Mizrahi Presents the Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel Isaac Mizrahi, William Frawley Simon & Schuster Nominee [8]
R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book Pete Poplaski Kitchen Sink
The Sandman Dust Covers: The Selected Sandman Covers 1989-1996 Dave McKean DC Comics/Vertigo
Scary Godmother Jill Thompson Sirius
1999 Batman Animated Chip Kidd HarperCollins Winner [2]
Cages, deluxe edition Dave McKean Kitchen Sink Nominee [9]
Comics: Between the Panels Tom Gould Dark Horse
Superman: The Dailies Chris Shadoian, Evan Metcalf, Pete Poplaski DC Comics/Kitchen Sink
Superman: The Complete History Chip Kidd Chronicle
2000s
2000 300 Mark Cox Dark Horse Winner [10]
Cave-In Jordan Crane, Tom Devlin, Brian Ralph Highwater Books Nominee [11]
Opus, vol. 1 Barry Windsor-Smith Fantagraphics
Sandman: The Dream Hunters Georg Brewer, Amie Brockway DC Comics/Vertigo
Veils Georg Brewer DC Comics/Vertigo
2001 Jimmy Corrigan Chris Ware Pantheon Winner [10]
Drawn & Quarterly, vol. 3 Chris Oliveros Drawn & Quarterly Nominee [12]
The Last Lonely Sunday Jordan Crane Red Ink
Little Lit Chip Kidd, Art Spiegelman Pantheon
Wonder Woman: The Complete History Chip Kidd Chronicle
2002 Acme Novelty Library #15 Chris Ware Fantagraphics Winner [10]
Drawn & Quarterly, vol. 4 Chris Oliveros Drawn & Quarterly Nominee [13]
Non #5 Jordan Crane Red Ink
OPUS, vol. 2 Barry Windsor-Smith Fantagraphics
Red Star vol 1: The Battle of Kar Dathra's Gate Team Red Star Image
Scatterbrain Cary Grazzini, Craig Thompson Dark Horse
2003 Batman: Nine Lives Amie Brockway-Metcalf DC Comics Winner [10]
Beg the Question Bob Fingerman Fantagraphics Nominee [14]
Corpus Monstrum Gary Gianni, Jim Keegan Hieronymous Press
House at Maakies Corner Chip Kidd Fantagraphics
One! Hundred! Demons! Lynda Barry Sasquatch Books
2004 Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross Chip Kidd Pantheon Winner [10]
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Absolute Edition, vol. 1 Todd Klein, Alex Sinclair, Larry Berry ABC Nominee [15]
Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography Chester Brown Drawn & Quarterly
Project: Telstar Chris Pitzer AdHouse
Quimby the Mouse Chris Ware Fantagraphics
Top Shelf Asks the Big Questions Brett Warnock, Robert Goodin[16] Top Shelf
2005 The Complete Peanuts Seth Fantagraphics Winner [10]
The Art of Usagi Yojimbo Cary Grazzini Dark Horse Nominee [17]
Clyde's Fans Seth Drawn & Quarterly
In the Shadow of No Towers Art Spiegelman Pantheon
McSweeney's Quarterly #13 Chris Ware McSweeney's
2006 Acme Novelty Library Annual Report to Shareholders Chris Ware Pantheon Winner [10]
Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays Philippe Ghielmetti Sunday Press Books Winner
Promethea #32 J. H. Williams III, Todd Klein ABC Nominee [18]
Walt and Skeezix Chris Ware Drawn & Quarterly
Wimbledon Green Seth Drawn & Quarterly
2007 Absolute DC: The New Frontier Darwyn Cooke DC Comics Winner [10]
Castle Waiting Adam Grano Fantagraphics Nominee [19]
Lost Girls Matt Kindt, Brett Warnock Top Shelf
Popeye: I Yam What I Yam Jacob Covey Fantagraphics
The Ticking Jordan Crane Top Shelf
2008 Process Recess 2 James Jean, Chris Pitzer AdHouse Winner [10]
(The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend Ulrich Merkl Ulrich Merkl Nominee [20]
Complete Terry and the Pirates Dean Mullaney IDW
Heroes, vol. 1 John Roshell/Comicraft WildStorm/DC Comics
Little Sammy Sneeze Philippe Ghielmetti AdHouse
Sundays with Walt and Skeezix Chris Ware Sunday Press
2009 Hellboy Library Editions Cary Grazzini, Mike Mignola Dark Horse Winner [10]
Breakdowns: Portraits of the Artist as a Young %@&*! Art Spiegelman Pantheon Nominee [21]
Comic Book Tattoo Tom Muller, Rantz Hoseley Image
What It Is Lynda Barry Drawn & Quarterly
Willie and Joe Jacob Covey Fantagraphics
2010s
2010 Absolute Justice Curtis King, Josh Beatman DC Comics Winner [22]
The Brinkley Girls Adam Grano Fantagraphics Nominee [23]
Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons Jacob Covey Fantagraphics
Life and Times of Martha Washington David Nestelle Dark Horse
Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of OZ Philippe Ghielmetti Sunday Press
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? Neil Egan, Brian Fies Abrams ComicArts
2011 Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition Randall Dahlk IDW Winner [22]
Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1 Lorraine Turner, Dean Mullaney IDW Nominee [24]
Return of the Dapper Men Todd Klein Archaia
75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking Josh Baker TASCHEN
Two Generals Jennifer Lum McClelland & Stewart
2012 Jim Henson's Tale of Sand Eric Skillman Archaia Winner [22]
Genius Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth Dean Mullaney IDW/Library of American Comics Nominee [25]
Kinky & Cosy Nix NBM
The MAD Fold-In Collection Michael Morris Chronicle
Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition Darwyn Cooke IDW
2013 Building Stories Chris Ware Pantheon Winner [22]
Dal Tokyo Gary Panter, Family Sohn Fantagraphics Nominee [26]
David Mazzucchelli's Daredevil Born Again: Artist's Edition Randy Dahlk IDW
Mister Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann's Sprightly Cousin Tony Ong Fantagraphics
Wizzywig Ed Piskor, Chris Ross Top Shelf
2014 Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth Dean Mullaney LOAC/IDW Winner [22]
The Art of Rube Goldberg Chad W. Beckerman Abrams ComicArts Nominee [27]
Beta Testing the Apocalypse Tom Kaczynski Fantagraphics
The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme: A Panorama Joe Sacco, Chin-Yee Lai Norton
Little Tommy Lost, Book 1 Cole Closser Koyama
2015 Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream Jim Rugg Locust Moon Winner [22]
Batman: Kelley Jones Gallery Edition Josh Beatman, Brainchild Studios Graphitti/DC Comics Nominee [28]
The Complete ZAP Comix Box Set Tony Ong Fantagraphics
Street View Pascal Rabate NBM/Comics Lit
Winsor McCay's Complete Little Nemo Anna Tina Kessler TASCHEN
2016 Sandman Gallery Edition Josh Beatman, Brainchild Studios Graphitti Designs, DC Comics Winner [22]
Beyond the Surface Nicolas André, Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, Camille Pichon Nobrow Nominee [29]
The Eternaut Tony Ong Fantagraphics
Eventually Everything Connects Loris Lora, Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, Camille Pichon Nobrow
King of the Comics: One Hundred Years of King Features Syndicate Dean Mullaney IDW
Only What's Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts Chip Kidd Abrams ComicArts
2017 The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Sonny Liew Pantheon Winner [22]
The Complete Wimmin's Comix Keeli McCarthy Fantagraphics Nominee [30]
Frank in the Third Dimension Jacob Covey, Charles Barnard Fantagraphics
The Realist Cartoons Jacob Covey Fantagraphics
Si Lewen's Parade: An Artist's Odyssey Art Spiegelman Abrams Books
2018 Akira 35th Anniversary Edition Phil Balsman, Akira Saito Kodansha Winner [22]
Celebrating Snoopy Spencer Williams, Julie Phillips Andrews McMeel Nominee [31]
Monograph Chris Ware Rizzoli
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Jacob Covey Fantagraphics
WIll Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017 John Lind Kitchen Sink, Dark Horse
2019 Will Eisner's A Contract with God: Curator's Collection John Lind Kitchen Sink, Dark Horse Winner [22]
A Sea of Love Wilfrid Lupano, Grégory Panaccione, Mike Kennedy Magnetic Press/Lion Forge Nominee [32]
The Stan Lee Story Collector's Edition Josh Baker TASCHEN
The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Worlds of Herbert Crowley Paul Kepple, Max Vandenberg Beehive Books
Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition Josh Beatman, Brainchild Studios Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs
2020s
2020 Making Comics Lynda Barry Drawn & Quarterly Winner [33]
Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe Ethan Kimberling Dark Horse Nominee [34]
Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays George Herriman, Anna-Tina Kessler TASCHEN
Logo a Gogo Rian Hughes Korero Press
Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady Paul Kopple, Alex Bruce Beehive Books
2021 The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist Adrian Tomine, Marcos Martin) Panel Syndicate Winner [33]
Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California Deluxe Edition David Chisholm, Tyler Boss Z2 Nominee [35]
Dbury@50: The Complete Digital Doonesbury G.B. Trudeau, George Corsillo, Susan McCaslin Andrews McMeel
J & K John Pham Fantagraphics
Original Art: The Dan Clowes Studio Edition Daniel Clowes Fantagraphics
2022 Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man Vol. 1: 1962-1964 Ralph Macchio TASCHEN Winner [33]
The Complete American Gods Ethan Kimberling Dark Horse Nominee [36]
The Complete Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Deluxe Edition Justin Allan-Spencer Fantagraphics
Crashpad Gary Panter, Justin Allan-Spencer Fantagraphics
Machine Gun Kelly's Hotel Diablo Tyler Boss Z2
Popeye Vol. 1 E. C. Segar, Jacob Covey Fantagraphics
2023 Parker: The Martini Edition — Last Call Sean Phillips IDW Winner [33]
Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral Thomas Woodruff, Jacob Covey, Ryan Dinnick Fantagraphics Nominee [37]
A Frog in the Fall (and later on) Linnea Sterte, Olle Forsslöf, Patrick Crotty PEOW Studio
Joan Jenn & the Blackhearts 40X40: Bad Reputation/I Love Rock-n-Roll Josh Bernstein, Jason Ullmeyer Z2
Mazebook Dark Horse Direct Edition Tom Muller Dark Horse
Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album Lauryn Ipsum Z2
2024 Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein boxed set Mike Kennedy Magnetic Press Winner [33]
Gratuitous Ninja Ronald Wimberly, Chloe Scheffe Beehive Books Nominee [38]
Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes Donna Askem Titan Comics
Iron Maiden: Piece of Mind Josh Bernstein, Rob Schwager Z2
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun First Stall Box Set Wendy Chan Yen Press
2025 David Mazzucchelli's Batman Year One Artist's Edition Chip Kidd IDW Winner [33]
Bill Ward: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition Kayla E. Fantagraphics Nominee [39]
Brian Bolland: Batman the Killing Joke and Other Stories & Art, Gallery Edition Josh Beatman Graphitti Designs
One Bite at a Time Ryan Claytor Elephant Eater Comics
Scott Pilgrim 20th Anniversary color hardcover box set Patrick Crotty Oni Press
Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Ultimate History Anna-Tina Kessler TASCHEN


See also

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