| Eisner Award for Best Painter/Digital Artist | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Painter/Digital Artist for Comic Books |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1993 |
| Most recent winner | Sana Takeda (2022) |
| Website | www |
The Eisner Award for Best Painter/Digital Artist is an award for creative achievement in American comic books. It is awarded to a comic book artist for interior art.
The award was named "Best Painter" from 1993 to 1999, "Best Painter/Multimedia Artist" from 2000 to 2019, and "Best Painter/Digital Artist" from 2020 to present. The term "(interior art)" has been inconsistently added to the end of the award's name.
The following individuals have won Best Painter/Digital Artist one or more times:
| The following individuals have received two or more nominations but never won Best Painter/Digital Artist:
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