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The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award
 The Eisner Award is a comics prize awarded each year the Comic-Con International, which is held in San Diego, California, U.S.A.
Comicon website: www.comic-con.org
2001 Eisner Award nominee comics
The 2001 Eisner Award nominess cover comics published in 2000. To buy a comic book, follow each link, which will take to you to that comic's page. Comics without links are currently unavailable from Mars Import.
Best Short Story
- "The Fisherman and the Sea Princess," by David Mazzucchelli, in Little Lit (HarperCollins)
- "The Gorilla Suit," by Sergio Aragonés, in Streetwise (TwoMorrows) - Recipient
- "Monsieur Jean," by Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian, in Drawn & Quarterly, vol. 3 (Drawn & Quarterly)
- "A Prayer to the Sun," by Edvin Biukovic and Darko Macan, in Weird War Tales Special (Vertigo/DC)
- "Prince Rooster," by art spiegelman, in Little Lit (HarperCollins)
Best Single Issue
- Finder #19: "Talisman," by Carla Speed McNeil (Lightspeed Press)
- Hey Mister: The Trouble with Jesus, by Pete Sickman-Garner (Top Shelf)
- Lucifer #4: "Born with the Dead," by Mike Carey, Warren Pleece, and Dean Ormston (Vertigo/DC)
- Paul in the Country, by Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Promethea #10: "Sex, Stars, and Serpents," by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray (ABC) - Recipient
- Sock Monkey vol. 3 #2, by Tony Millionaire (Dark Horse Maverick)
Best Serialized Story
Best Continuing Series
- Age of Bronze, by Eric Shanower (Image)
- Berlin, by Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Eagle, by Kaiji Kawaguchi (Viz)
- Promethea, by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray (ABC)
- Top 10, by Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon (ABC) - Recipient
Best Limited Series
Best New Series
- Eagle, by Kaiji Kawaguchi (Viz)
- Lucifer, by Mike Carey and others (Vertigo/DC)
- Powers, by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming (Image) - Recipient
- The Red Star, by Christian Gossett and Team Red Star (Image)
Best Title for a Younger Audience
Best Humor Publication
Best Anthology
- Drawn & Quarterly, vol. 3, edited by Chris Oliveros (Drawn & Quarterly) - Recipient
- Expo 2000, edited by Tom Devlin and others (The Expo)
- Little Lit, edited by art spiegelman and Francoise Mouly (HarperCollins)
- Strapazin: Bubbles ‘n’ Boxes and Beyond, edited by Patrizia Crivelli and others (Swiss Institute of New York/Swiss Federal Office of Culture)
- Streetwise, edited by Jon B. Cooke and John Morrow (TwoMorrows)
Best Graphic Album—New
Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Best Archival Collection/Project
Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material
Best Writer
- Brian Michael Bendis, Powers (Image), Fortune and Glory (Oni), Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel)
- Mike Carey, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC)
- Garth Ennis, Preacher (Vertigo/DC)
- Mark Millar, The Authority (Wildstorm/DC), Ultimate X-Men (Marvel)
- Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Promethea, Tom Strong, Top Ten, Tomorrow Stories (ABC) - Recipient
Best Writer/Artist
Best Writer/Artist—Humor
- Alison Bechdel, Post-Dykes to Watch Out For (Firebrand)
- Ben Katchor, Julius Knipl: The Beauty Supply District (Pantheon)
- Michael Kupperman, Snake ‘n’ Bacon Cartoon Cabaret (HarperCollins)
- Tony Millionaire, Maakies (Fantagraphics), Sock Monkey (Dark Horse Maverick) - Recipient
- Pete Sickman-Garner, Hey, Mister (Top Shelf)
- Judd Winick, The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius, 2.0 (Oni)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Best Painter /Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Best Coloring
- Jeromy Cox, Promethea (ABC)
- Lovern Kindzierski, Ring of the Nibelung (Dark Horse Maverick)
- Patricia Mulvihill, 100 Bullets (Vertigo/DC), Nightwing (DC)
- Lynn Varley, Sin City: Hell and Back (Dark Horse Maverick)
- Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #14 (Fantagraphics) - Recipient
Best Lettering
- Todd Klein, Promethea, Tom Strong, Tomorrow Stories, Top Ten, (ABC); The Invisibles, The Dreaming (Vertigo/DC); Castle Waiting (Cartoon Books) - Recipient
- Galen Showman, Ring of the Nibelung (Dark Horse Maverick)
- Dave Sim, Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
- Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
Best Cover Artist
- Brian Bolland, Batman: Gotham Knights, The Flash (DC); The Invisibles (Vertigo/DC) - Recipient
- Duncan Fegredo, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC)
- Phil Hale, Swamp Thing, Vertigo Secret Files, Flinch #11 (Vertigo/DC)
- Dave Johnson, Detective Comics (DC), 100 Bullets (Vertigo/DC)
- Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics), Jimmy Corrigan (Pantheon), Drawn & Quarterly vol. 3 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition
Best Comics-Related Book
- Comic Book Artist Collection, vol. 1, edited by Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)
- Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History, by Ron Goulart (Collectors Press)
- 50 Years of Happiness: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, by Derrick Bang, with Victor Lee (Peanuts Collectors Club)
- Tales of Terror!/The EC Comics Companion, by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman (Fantagraphics/Gemstone)
- Wonder Woman: The Complete History, by Les Daniels (Chronicle Books) - Recipient
Best Publication Design
Hall of Fame
Judges’ Choices (will be automatically inducted):
(voters chose four from the following nominees)
The judging panel chose to drop two categories from this year’s ballot: Best Comics-Related Periodical and Best Comics-Related Product/Item.
This year’s judges were writer/editor Anina Bennett (Heartbreakers), Sequential Tart Features Editor Karon Flage, retailer Ralph Mathieu (Alternate Realities, Las Vegas), Diamond Comics product manager Chris Schaff, and journalist Douglas Wolk (Publishers Weekly).
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