Eisner Award for Best Webcomic

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Eisner Award for Best Webcomic
Awarded forBest Webcomic
Country United States
First awarded2017
Most recent winner (2023)Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
Website www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/

The Eisner Award for Best Webcomic is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books for material originally published as a webcomic.

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History and name change

Webcomics were eligible for the Best Digital Comic award when it was created in 2005. In 2014 the award was changed to Best Digital/Webcomic. In 2017 the award was split into Best Digital Comic and Best Webcomic.

Winners and nominees

YearTitleAuthorsWebsiteRef.
2010s
2017 Bird Boy Anne Szabla bird-boy.com [1] [2]
Deja Brew Taneka Stotts and Sarah DuVall
Jaeger Ibrahim Moustafa
The Middle Age Steve Conley steveconley.com/the-middle-age
On Beauty Christina Tran sodelightful.com/comics/beauty/
2018 The Tea Dragon Society Katie O'Neill teadragonsociety.com [3] [2]
Awaiting a Wave (The Weather Channel) Dale Carpenter and Nate Powell
Brothers Bond (Line Webtoon) Kevin Grevioux and Ryan Benjamin www.webtoons.com/en/action/brothersbond/list?title_no=1458&page=1
Dispatch from a Sanctuary City (The Nib) Mike Dawson thenib.com/dispatch-from-a-sanctuary-city
Welcome to the New World (New York Times Sunday Review) Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/26/opinion/sunday/welcome-to-the-new-world.html
2019 The Contradictions Sophie Yanow [4] [5]
Lavender Jack (Line Webtoon) Dan Schkade www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/lavender-jack/list?title_no=1410&page=1
Let's Play (Line Webtoon) Mongie www.webtoons.com/en/romance/letsplay/list?title_no=1218&page=1
Lore Olympus (Line Webtoon) Rachel Smythe www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=1
Tiger, Tiger (Hiveworks) Petra Erika Nordlund www.tigertigercomic.com
2020s
2020 Fried Rice Comic Erica Eng friedricecomic.com [6] [7]
Cabramatta Matt Huynh thebeliever.net/cabramatta/
Chuckwagon at the End of the World Erik Lundy www.theknucklesammich.com/restauranthtml/
The Eyes Javi de Castro www.javidecastro.com/theeyes
reMIND Jason Brubaker
Third Shift Society Meredith Moriarty www.webtoons.com/en/supernatural/third-shift-society/list?title_no=1703
2021 Crisis Zone Simon Hanselmann www.instagram.com/simon.hanselmann/ [8] [9]
BFF Clément C. Fabre , Joseph Saffiedine, and Thomas Cadène www.webtoonfactory.com/en/webtoons/114-bff-saison-1/
DPS! Only Vel tapas.io/series/dpsonly/
Isle of Elsi Alec Longstreth www.isleofelsi.com
The Kiss Bet Ingrid Ochoa www.webtoons.com/en/romance/the-kiss-bet/list?title_no=1617
The Middle Age Steve Conley middleagecomic.com
2022 Lore Olympus Rachel Smythe www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320 [10]

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Batman: Wayne Family Adventures CRC Payne , Starbite www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/batman-wayne-family-adventures/list?title_no=3180
Isle of Elsi Alec Longstreth www.isleofelsi.com
Navillera: Like a Butterfly Hun and Jimmy , translated by Kristianna Lee tapas.io/series/navillera-like-a-butterfly/info
Unmasked Breri and Nuitt www.webtoonfactory.com/en/serie/unmasked/
2023 Lore Olympus Rachel Smythe www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320 [12]
Deeply DaveGrover https://deeplydave.com/
Delilah Dirk: Practical Defence Against PiracyTony Cliff https://www.delilahdirk.com/dd4/dd4-p46.html
The MannamongMichael Adam Lengyel https://www.mannamong.com/episode-1/
SporesJoshua Barkman https://falseknees.com/

Notes

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