The Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books.
History and name change The award was launched in 2010 as Best Adaptation from Another Work. No award was given in 2012. In 2013 the award was renamed to Best Adaptation from Another Medium. No award was given in 2015 or 2017.
Winners and nominees +Award winners and nomineesYearTitleOriginal CreatorAdapted byPublisherResultRef.2010Richard Stark's Parker: The HunterIDW PublishingWinner W. W. Norton & CompanyNominee Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation and Nicolle Rager FullerRodale BooksFahrenheit 451: The Authorized AdaptationHill & WangWest Coast BluesFantagraphics2011 and Skottie YoungMarvel ComicsWinner Houghton Mifflin HarcourtNominee 7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2 (Inspired by Needle)VerticalDante's Divine ComedyBloomsbury PublishingSilverFin: A James Bond Adventure and Kev WalkerDisney-Hyperion2012No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2012.2013Richard Stark's Parker: The ScoreIDW PublishingWinner Farrar, Straus and GirouxNominee Chico and Rita and Javier MariscalSelfMadeHeroHomer's OdysseyHomerBloomsbury PublishingRoad to Oz and Skottie YoungMarvel Comics2014Richard Stark's Parker: SlaygroundIDW PublishingWinner and Jaromír 99SelfMadeHeroNominee SelfMadeHeroLast GaspDjango Unchained, R. M. Guéra, et al.DC Comics/Vertigo Comics2015No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2015.2016Two Brothers and Gabriel BáDark Horse ComicsWinner Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt, Mike Short, and Matt DembickiFulcrum PublishingNominee City of Clowns and Sheila AlvaradoRiverhead BooksGhetto Klown, Christa Cassano, and Shamus BeyaleAbrams ComicArtsLafcadio Hearn's “The Faceless Ghost” and Other Macabre Tales from Japan and Michiru MorikawaShambhala Publications2017No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2017.2018Kindred and John JenningsAbrams ComicArtsWinner Beowulf and David RubínImage ComicsNominee H. P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories, trans. by Zack DavissonDark Horse ComicsHerman Melville's Moby Dick, trans. by Laure DupontDark Horse Comics2019”Frankenstein” in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, trans. by Jocelyne AllenViz MediaWinner Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation and David PolonskyPantheon BooksNominee Out in the Open, trans. by Lawrence SchimelSelfMadeHeroSpeak: The Graphic NovelFarrar, Straus and GirouxTo Build a Fire: Based on Jack London's Classic StoryGallery 132020Snow, Glass, ApplesDark Horse ComicsWinner HMH Books for Young ReadersNominee Nan A. Talese, trans. by Michael KandelScholastic GraphixGiraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made, Tim Heidecker, and Manuela PertegaQuirk BooksH.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, vols. 1–2 , trans. by Zack DavissonDark Horse Manga2021Superman Smashes the Klan and GurihiruDC ComicsWinner Constitution IllustratedR. SikoryakDrawn & QuarterlyNominee Parable of the Sower: The Graphic Novel Adaptation and John JenningsAbrams BooksSapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind, vol. 1 , David Vandermeulen, and Daniel CasanaveHarper PerennialSlaughterhouse-Five and Albert MonteysArchaia Entertainment/Boom! Studios2022George Orwell’s 1984: The Graphic NovelMariner BooksWinnerAfter the Rain and David Brame Megascope/Abrams ComicArtsNomineeBubble Maximum Fun, Sarah Morgan, and Tony Cliff First Second/MacmillanDisney Cruella: Black, White, and RedVIZ Media SelfMadeHero2023ChivalryDark Horse ComicsWinnerRain and Zoe Thorogood Syzygy/ImageNomineeTen Days in a Madhouse and Courtney Sieh Gallery 13/Simon & SchusterTori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album (ed.) Z2 and Yevgenia Nayberg Turner2024Watership Down and Joe SutphinTen Speed GraphicWinnerBea Wolf and Boulet First Second Books/MacmillanNominee#DRCL midnight children, vol. 1, trans. by Caleb Cook Viz MediaH.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow over Innsmouth, trans. by Zack DavissonDark Horse ComicsThe Monkey King: The Complete Odyssey, trans. by Dan ChristensenMagnetic2025The Road: A Graphic Novel AdaptationAbramsWinnerThomas Piketty’s Capital & Ideology: A Graphic Novel Adaptation and Benjamin Adam Abrams ComicArtsNomineeThe Hidden Life of Trees and Fred BernardGreystoneWinnie-the-PoohDrawn & QuarterlyThe Worst Journey in the World, Volume 1: Making Our Easting DownIron Circus2026Lord of the Flies: The Graphic NovelWilliam GoldingAimée De JonghPenguin ClassicsWinnerAlanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, Book 1)Tamora PierceVita Ayala, Sama BeckAbrams FanfareNomineeThe Compleat Angler: A Graphic AdaptationIzaak WaltonGareth BrookesSelfMadeHeroDead Man Walking: Graphic EditionSister Helen PrejeanRose Vines, Catherine Anyango Grünewald Random HouseGhost Boys: The Graphic NovelJewell Parker RhodesSetor FiadzigbeyLittle, Brown InkA Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic NovelUrsula K. Le GuinFred FordhamClarion Books
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