| Year | Title | Author(s)/Editor(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
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| 1990s |
| 1993 | Sandman: Season of Mists | Dave McKean | DC Comics | Winner | [2] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| (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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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 |