Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

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Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Awarded forBest Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team for Comic Books
Country United States
First awarded1993
Most recent winner Phil Jimenez (2022)
Website www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info

The Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It is awarded to an individual or team involved with pencilling and inking a comic.

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Award merging and name changes

In 1993 two awards were given out: "Best Penciller/Inker, Black & White Publication" and "Best Penciller/Inker, Color Publication." These awards were merged in 1994 after one year. Since then the official name of the award has changed depending on the nominees. It has been "Best Penciller/Inker" 5 times (1996, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2015, ) and "Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team" 22 times (1994-1995, 1997–2004, 2007–2012, 2014, 2016–present).

The Eisner Awards have presented separate awards for "Best Penciller" and "Best Inker," though neither has been awarded since the 1990s.

Winners and nominees

Best Penciller/Inker, Black & White Publication

YearNomineeTitlesRef.
1993 Frank Miller " Sin City " in Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse Comics) [1]
Mike Allred Madman (Tundra Publishing)
Daniel Clowes Eightball (Fantagraphics Books)
Jaime Hernandez Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics Books)
Jon J Muth The Mythology of an Abandoned City (Tundra Publishing)
Mark Schultz Xenozoic Tales (Kitchen Sink Press)
Eric Shanower " An Accidental Death " in Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse Comics)
Dave Sim and Gerhard Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)

Best Penciller/Inker, Color Publication

YearNomineeTitlesRef.
1993 P. Craig Russell Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (NBM Publishing), Robin 3000 (DC Comics), "Hothouse" in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC Comics) [1]
Kelley Jones Deadman: Exorcism (DC Comics)
Steve Pugh Animal Man (DC Comics)
Bryan Talbot "Mask" in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC Comics)
Matt Wagner "Faces" in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC Comics)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

YearNomineeTitlesRef.
1990s
1994 P. Craig Russell The Sandman #50 (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) [2]
Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham Death: The High Cost of Living (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
Mike Mignola and Kevin Nowlan Aliens: Salvation (Dark Horse Comics)
John Romita Jr. and Al Williamson Daredevil: The Man Without Fear (Marvel Comics)
Dave Sim and Gerhard Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Chris Sprouse and Karl Story Legionnaires (DC Comics)
Bruce Timm The Batman Adventures: Mad Love (DC Comics)
1995 Dave Gibbons Martha Washington Goes to War (Dark Horse Comics) [3]
Edvin Biuković Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths (Dark Horse Comics)
Tony Harris and Wade von Grawbadger Starman (DC Comics)
David Mazzucchelli Paul Auster's City of Glass (Avon Books)
Mike Parobeck and Rick Burchett The Batman Adventures (DC Comics)
P. Craig Russell Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde , vol. 2 (NBM Publishing)
1996 Geof Darrow The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (Dark Horse Comics) [4]
Steve Dillon Preacher (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
Milo Manara El Gaucho (NBM Publishing)
Al Williamson Flash Gordon (Marvel Select)
Michael Zulli The Sandman #70-72: "The Wake" (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
1997 Charles Vess The Book of Ballads and Sagas (Green Man Press), The Sandman #75 (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) [5]
Brent Anderson /Will Blyberg Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 (Jukebox Productions/Homage Comics)
Tony Harris /Wade von Grawbadger Starman (DC Comics)
José Luis García-López /Kevin Nowlan Dr. Strangefate (DC Comics)
Paul Smith Leave It to Chance (Homage Comics)
Aron Weisenfeld /Richard Bennett Deathblow/Wolverine (WildStorm/Image Comics/Marvel Comics)
1998 P. Craig Russell Elric: Stormbringer (Dark Horse Comics/Topps Comics), Dr. Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (Marvel Comics) [6]
Brent Anderson /Will Blyberg Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Homage Comics)
Rick Burchett /Terry Austin [note 1] Batgirl Adventures (DC Comics), Superman Adventures (DC Comics)
Dave Gibbons Martha Washington Saves the World #1 (Dark Horse Comics)
Michael Lark Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Little Sister (Byron Priess Visual Productions)
Paul Smith Leave It to Chance (Homage Comics)
1999 Tim Sale Superman for All Seasons (DC Comics), Grendel Black, White, and Red #1 (Dark Horse Comics) [7]
Claudio Castellini " Predator: Demon's Gold " in Dark Horse Presents #137 (Dark Horse Comics)
Gene Ha Starman #46 (DC Comics)
Steve Lieber Whiteout (Oni Press)
George Pérez /Al Vey Avengers (Marvel Comics)
2000s
2000 Kevin Nowlan " Jack B. Quick " in Tomorrow Stories (America's Best Comics) [8]
Travis Charest /Richard Friend WildC.A.T.S. (DC Comics/WildStorm)
Ricardo Delgado Hieroglyph (Dark Horse Maverick)
Gary Gianni Gary Gianni's The Monstermen (Dark Horse Maverick)
Gene Ha Top 10 (America's Best Comics)
J. H. Williams III /Mick Gray Promethea (America's Best Comics)
2001 P. Craig Russell Ring of the Nibelung (Dark Horse Maverick) [9]
Michael Avon Oeming Powers (Image Comics)
Frank Quitely /Trevor Scott The Authority (WildStorm/DC Comics)
Eduardo Risso 100 Bullets (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
J. H. Williams III /Mick Gray Promethea (America's Best Comics)
2002 Eduardo Risso 100 Bullets (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) [10]
John Cassaday Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm)
Butch Guice Ruse (CrossGen)
Gene Ha /Zander Cannon Top 10 (America's Best Comics)
Humberto Ramos /Sandra Hope Out There (DC Comics/WildStorm)
François Schuiten Brüsel (NBM Publishing)
2003 Kevin O'Neill The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (America's Best Comics) [11]
Seth Fisher Vertigo Pop: Tokyo (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Flash: Time Flies (DC Comics)
Bryan Hitch /Andrew Currie The Ultimates (Marvel Comics)
Michael Lark Batman: Nine Lives (DC Comics), Gotham Central (DC Comics)
J. H. Williams III /Mick Gray Promethea (America's Best Comics)
2004 John Cassaday Planetary (WildStorm/DC Comics), Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth (WildStorm/DC Comics), Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse Comics) [12]
Tan Eng Huat Doom Patrol (DC Comics), JLA #91 (DC Comics)
Alex Maleev Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Jim Lee /Scott Williams Batman (DC Comics)
Eduardo Risso 100 Bullets (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Batman (DC Comics), Boy Vampire: The Resurrection (Strip Art Features)
2005 John Cassaday [note 2] Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Planetary (WildStorm/DC Comics), I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun (Humanoids Publishing/DC Comics) [13]
Frank Quitely [note 2] We3 (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
Charlie Adlard The Walking Dead (Image Comics)
Geof Darrow Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman Entertainment)
Cary Nord & Thomas Yeates Conan (Dark Horse Comics)
2006 John Cassaday Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Planetary (WildStorm/DC Comics) [14]
Gene Ha Top 10: The Forty-Niners (America's Best Comics)
J. G. Jones Wanted (Top Cow Productions/Image Comics)
Frank Quitely All-Star Superman (DC Comics)
J. H. Williams III Promethea (America's Best Comics), Desolation Jones (WildStorm/DC Comics)
2007 Mark Buckingham / Steve Leialoha Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) [15]
Tony Harris /Tom Feister Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC Comics)
Niko Henrichon Pride of Baghdad (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
Michael Lark /Stefano Gaudiano Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Sonny Liew Wonderland (Slave Labor Graphics)
Steve McNiven /Dexter Vines Civil War (Marvel Comics)
2008 Pia Guerra / José Marzan Jr. Y: The Last Man (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) [16]
Steve Epting /Butch Guice/Mike Perkins Captain America (Marvel Comics)
Jae Lee The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel Comics)
Takeshi Obata Death Note (Viz Media), Hikaru no Go (Viz Media)
Ethan Van Sciver Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps (DC Comics)
2009 Guy Davis B.P.R.D. (Dark Horse Comics) [17] [18]
Gabriel Bá The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics)
Mark Buckingham /Steve Leialoha Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
Olivier Coipel /Mark Morales Thor (Marvel Comics)
Amy Reeder Hadley /Richard Friend Madame Xanadu (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
Jillian Tamaki Skim (Groundwood Books)
2010s
2010 J. H. Williams III Detective Comics (DC Comics) [19] [20]
Michael Kaluta Madame Xanadu #11-15: "Exodus Noir" (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
Steve McNiven /Dexter Vines Wolverine: Old Man Logan (Marvel Comics)
Fiona Staples North 40 (WildStorm)
Danijel Žeželj Luna Park (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
2011 Skottie Young The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel Comics) [21] [22]
Richard Corben Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics)
Stephen DeStefano Lucky in Love: A Poor Man's History , vol. 1 (Fantagraphics Books)
Rob Guillory Chew (Image Comics)
Gabriel Rodriguez Locke & Key (IDW Publishing)
2012 Ramón K. Pérez Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand (Archaia Entertainment) [23] [22]
Mike Allred iZombie (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special (Image Comics)
Chris Samnee Captain America and Bucky (Marvel Comics), Ultimate Spider-Man #155 (Marvel Comics)
Marcos Martín Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Paolo Rivera /Joe Rivera Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
2013 David Aja [note 3] Hawkeye (Marvel Comics) [24] [22]
Chris Samnee [note 3] Daredevil (Marvel Comics), The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom (IDW Publishing)
Becky Cloonan Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse Comics), The Mire (self-published)
Colleen Coover Bandette (MonkeyBrain Books)
Sean Phillips Fatale (Image Comics)
Joseph Remnant Harvey Pekar's Cleveland (ZIP Comics/Top Shelf Productions)
2014 Sean Murphy The Wake (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) [25] [22]
Nate Bellegarde Nowhere Men (Image Comics)
Nick Dragotta East of West (Image Comics)
Nate Powell March: Book One (Top Shelf Productions)
Emma Ríos Pretty Deadly (Image Comics)
Thomas Yeates Law of the Desert Born (Bantam Books)
2015 Fiona Staples Saga (Image Comics) [26] [22]
Adrian Alphona Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)
Mike Allred Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics), Madman in Your Face 3D Special (Image Comics)
Frank Quitely The Multiversity (DC Comics)
François Schuiten The Leaning Girl (Alaxis Press)
Babs Tarr Batgirl (DC Comics)
2016 Cliff Chiang Paper Girls (Image Comics) [27] [22]
Mike Allred Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics), Art Ops (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
Erica Henderson Jughead (Archie Comics), The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Marvel Comics)
Joëlle Jones Lady Killer (Dark Horse Comics), Brides of Helheim (Oni Press)
Nate Powell March: Book Two (Top Shelf Productions)
2017 Fiona Staples Saga (Image Comics) [28] [22]
Mark Brooks Han Solo (Marvel Comics)
Dan Mora Klaus (Boom! Studios)
Greg Ruth Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars (Grand Central Publishing)
François Schuiten The Theory of Grain and Sand (IDW Publishing)
Brian Stelfreeze Black Panther (Marvel Comics)
2018 Mitch Gerads Mister Miracle (DC Comics) [29] [22]
Isabelle Arsenault Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)
Gary Gianni Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (Dark Horse Comics)
Ramón K. Pérez Jane (Archaia Entertainment)
David Rubín Black Hammer #9 & #12 (Dark Horse Comics), Ether (Dark Horse Comics), Sherlock Frankenstein #1–3 (Dark Horse Comics), Beowulf (Image Comics)
2019 Mitch Gerads Mister Miracle (DC Comics) [30] [31]
Matías Bergara Coda (Boom! Studios)
Karl Kerschl Isola (Image Comics)
Sonny Liew Eternity Girl (DC Comics)
Sean Phillips Kill or be Killed (Image Comics), My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies (Image Comics)
Yanick Paquette Wonder Woman: Earth One , vol. 2 (DC Comics)
2020s
2020 Rosemary Valero-O'Connell Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers) [32] [33]
Ian Bertram Little Bird (Image Comics)
Colleen Doran Snow, Glass, Apples (Dark Horse Comics)
Bilquis Evely The Dreaming (DC Comics)
Simon Gane Ghost Tree (IDW Publishing)
Steve Pugh Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC Comics)
2021 Mike Allred Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams (Insight Editions) [34] [35]
Marco Checchetto Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Jorge Corona Middlewest (Image Comics)
Bertrand Gatignol Pistouvi (Magnetic Press)
Mitch Gerads /Evan “Doc” Shaner Strange Adventures (DC Black Label)
Sanford Greene Bitter Root (Image Comics)
2022 Phil Jimenez Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (DC Comics) [36]
Filipe Andrade The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Boom! Studios)
Bruno Redondo Nightwing (DC Comics)
Esad Ribić Eternals (Marvel Comics)
P. Craig Russell Norse Mythology (comics) (Dark Horse Comics)

Multiple awards and nominations

Notes

  1. ↑ Rich Burchett was the sole artist on Batgirl Adventures.
  2. 1 2 There was a tie between John Cassaday and Frank Quitely in 2005.
  3. 1 2 There was a tie between David Aja and Chris Samnee in 2013.
  4. ↑ Includes win for "Best Penciller/Inker, Color Publication" in 1993.
  5. ↑ Won by self in 2018 & 2019. Nominated with Eric "Doc" Shaner in 2021.
  6. ↑ With Zander Cannon in 2002.
  7. ↑ With Stefano Gaudiano in 2007.
  8. ↑ With J. H. Williams III in 2000, 2001, & 2003.
  9. ↑ With Wade von Grawbadger in 1995 & 1997 and with Tom Feister in 2007.
  10. ↑ With John Romita Jr. in 1994.
  11. ↑ With Will Blyberg in 1997 & 1998.
  12. ↑ With Steve Epting & Mike Perkins in 2008.
  13. ↑ With Steve McNiven in 2007 & 2010.
  14. ↑ With José Marzan Jr. in 2008.
  15. ↑ With Mike Parobeck in 1995 and Terry Austin in 1998.
  16. ↑ With Dexter Vines in 2007 & 2010.
  17. ↑ With Cary Nord in 2005.
  18. ↑ With Tony Harris in 1995 & 1997.
  19. ↑ With Brent Anderson in 1997 & 1998.
  20. ↑ Nominated with Gerhard in 1994. Includes nomination for "Best Penciller/Inker, Black & White Publication" with Gerhard in 1993.
  21. ↑ Nominated with Dave Sim in 1994. Includes nomination for "Best Penciller/Inker, Black & White Publication" with Dave Sim in 1993.
  22. ↑ Includes nomination for "Best Penciller/Inker, Color Publication" in 1993.

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  2. ↑ "1994 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  3. ↑ "1995 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  4. ↑ "1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  5. ↑ "1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  6. ↑ "1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  7. ↑ "1999 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
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  14. ↑ "2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  15. ↑ "2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
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  17. ↑ "Eisner Nominations Released, ICV2".
  18. ↑ "2009 Eisner Award Winners, ICV2".
  19. ↑ "2010 Eisner Award nominations announced, The Beat".
  20. ↑ "The 2010 Eisner Award winners include Ed Brubaker, Batwoman illustrator J.H. Williams III, IO9".
  21. ↑ "Presenting the Eisner Award Nominees for 2011, Tor.com".
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present, San Diego Comic-Con International". Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
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  24. ↑ "2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, Comic Book Resources".
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  26. ↑ "2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced, Comic Alliance".
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