The Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album — New, established in 19199192 as part of the Eisner Awards, is an American comic book award presented annually for "creative achievement" in American comic books.
Winners and nominees
Year Title CreatorsPublisher 1990s 1991 Elektra Lives Again and Lynn VarleyMarvel 1992To the Heart of the StormKitchen SinkAbraham StonePlatinum/MalibuBatman: Judgement on Gotham, John Wagner, and Simon BisleyDC, Steve Niles, and John BoltonEclipse 1993Signal to Noise and Dave McKeanVG Graphics/Dark HorseBloodlines: A Tale from the Heart of Africa, Rafael Nieves, and Seitu Hayden EpicFairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, vol. 1NBMTundraSinking and Robert P. OrtalezaEpicSkin and Brendan McCarthyTundra 1994 and Oscar ZárateVG Graphics/Dark HorseBillie Holiday and Carlos Sampaya FantagraphicsKitchen Sink 1995Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Vol. 2NBMBallad of Doctor RichardsonHorse PressIntroducing Kafka and R. CrumbKitchen SinkJar of Fools Part 1Penny DreadfulOur Cancer Year, Joyce Brabner, and Frank StackFour Walls Eight WindowsPaul Auster's City of Glass and David MazzucchelliAvon/NeonLit 1996Stuck Rubber BabyParadox PressAdolfCadence BooksDropsie Avenue: The NeighborhoodKitchen SinkFairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm and David WenzelNBMJar of Fools Part 2Black Eye Productions 1997Fax from Sarajevo Dark Horse BooksAdolf (Vol. 2-5)Cadence BooksBatman and Captain AmericaDC/MarvelCastle Waiting: The Curse of Brambly HedgeOLIOMarilyn: The Story of a WomanSeven Stories Press 1998Batman & Superman Adventures: World's Finest, Joe Staton, and Terry BeattyDCNBM and Vince LockeParadox PressNBMScary GodmotherSirius and Dave WenzelJukebox Productions/ Homage 1999Superman: Peace on Earth and Alex RossDCHyperionFamily MatterKitchen SinkMy War with BrianNBMYou Are HereDC/Vertigo 2000s 2000Acme Novelty Library #13FantagraphicsAfter the RainNBMEthel & ErnestKnopfGood-bye, Chunky RiceTop ShelfPantheonLost GirlNBM 2001Safe Area GorazdeFrom Cloud 99--Memories Part 1YslaireHumanoidsLast Lonely SaturdayRed InkLouis: Red Letter DayMetaphrogMetaphrogPedro and MeHenry Holt 2002DCOverlook PressFallout, Janine Johnston, Steve Lieber, Vince Locke, Bernie Mireault, and Jeff ParkeGT LabsDrawn & QuarterlyHey, Wait...JasonFantagraphicsMail Order BrideFantagraphicsPictures That [Tick]Hourglass/Allen Spiegel Fine Arts 2003One! Hundred! Demons!Sasquatch BooksEpileptic, vol. 1L'AssociationGarlands of Moonlight and Rizky Wasisto EdiShoto PressPulpatoon PilgrimageAdHouse BooksNBM 2004BlanketsTop ShelfBlacksad and iBooksDrawn & QuarterlyPersepolisPantheonYossel, April 19, 1943iBooks 2005The OriginalsVertigo/DCBlacksad Book 2: Arctic Nation and iBooksIt's a Bird... and Teddy KristiansenVertigo/DCSuspended in Language and Leland PurvisGT LabsTommysaurus RexImage 2006Top Ten: The Forty-Niners and Gene HaABCAcme Novelty Library #16ACME NoveltyPantheonTrickedTop ShelfWilmbledon GreenSethDrawn & Quarterly 2007American Born ChineseFirst SecondBilly HazelnutsFantagraphicsFun HomeHoughton MifflinNinjaGingko PressScrublandsFantagraphicsTop Shelf 2008Exit WoundsDrawn & QuarterlyArthur A. Levine/ScholasticBookhunterSparkplug BooksEssex County, vols. 1-2: Tales from the Farm/Ghost StoriesTop ShelfPercy GloomFantagraphics 2009Swallow Me WholeTop ShelfAlan’s WarFirst SecondPaul Goes FishingDrawn & QuarterlySkim and Jillian TamakiGroundwood BooksThree ShadowsFirst Second 2010s 2010Asterios PolypPantheonFanfare/Ponent MonNortonMy mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill and Émile BravoFanfare/Ponent Mon, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier First SecondRichard Stark’s Parker: The HunterIDW 2011Return of the Dapper Men and Janet LeeArchaiaWilsonDrawn & QuarterlyElmerSLGFinding Frank and His Friend: Previously Unpublished Work by Clarence ‘Otis’ DooleyCurio & Co.Market DayDrawn & Quarterly 2012Jim Henson’s TaleArchaiaBubbles & GondolaNBMFreewayFantagraphicsHabibiPantheonIvyOniOne SoulOni 2013Building StoriesPantheonGoliathDrawn & QuarterlyPantheonUnterzakhnSchockenYou'll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier's HeartFantagraphics 2014Drawn & QuarterlyBluffton: My Summers with BusterCandlewickLittle, BrownGood DogFantagraphicsHomesick Tinto PressWar Brothers and Daniel LaFranceAnnick Press 2015This One Summer and Jillian Tamaki First SecondPicadorHerePantheonKill My MotherLiverightSelfMadeHeroSecondsBallantine Books 2016RuinsSelfMadeHeroLong Walk to Valhalla and Matthew FoxBOOM!/ArchaiaNanjing: The Burning CityDark HorseSam Zabel and the Magic PenFantagraphicsPantheon 2017Wonder Woman: The True AmazonDC ComicsPantheonBlack Dog: The Dreams of Paul NashDark HorseExitsKoyamaMooncopDrawn & QuarterlyPatienceFantagraphics 2018My Favorite Thing Is MonstersFantagraphicsCrawl SpaceKoyama PressEarthaFantagraphicsStages of Rot PeowUncivilized Books 2019My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies and Sean PhillipsImageBad Girls and Victor SantosGallery 13Come AgainTop Shelf/IDWGreen Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1 and Gabriel HardmanDCHomunculusShortBoxSabrinaDrawn & Quarterly 2020s 2020Are You Listening? First Second/MacmillanBezimenaFantagraphicsBTTM FDRS and Ben PassmoreFantagraphicsLife on the MoonYoe Books/IDWNew WorldArchaia/BOOM!)Reincarnation StoriesFantagraphics 2021Pulp and Sean PhillipsImageDragmanMetropolitanFlakeJonathan CapeLabyrinthAbramsPaul at Home, trans. by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall Drawn & Quarterly 2022MonstersFantagraphicsBallad For Sophie and Juan Cavia, trans. by Gabriela Soares Top ShelfDestroy All Monsters (A Reckless Book) and Sean PhillipsImageIn.Mariner BooksMeadowlark: A Coming-of-Age Crime Story and Greg Ruth Grand Central Publishing 2023 and Sana TakedaAbrams ComicArtsEllie & BeattyCrushingAlgonquin Young ReadersUltrasoundFantagraphics 2024Roaming and Jillian Tamaki Drawn & Quarterly)Ashes, trans. by Eva IbarzabalTop Shelf/IDW)Eden IIFantagraphics Guest in the HouseFirst Second/MacmillanParasocial and Erica HendersonImage2025Lunar New Year Love Story and LeUyen PhamFirst Second/MacmillanFinal CutPantheonMy Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book TwoFantagraphicsSundayFantagraphicsVictory ParadePantheon2026DromeJesse Lonergan23rd St. BooksCannonDrawn & QuarterlyGoats Flying PressPeow2More Weight: A Salem StoryTop Shelf ProductionsShadows of the SeaFantagraphics
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