Best Lettering:
Todd Klein— Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald (Dark Horse); Batman: White Night (DC); Eternity Girl, Books of Magic (Vertigo/DC); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest (Top Shelf/IDW)
Best Digital Comic:
Umami, by Ken Niimura (Panel Syndicate)
Best Webcomic:
The Contradictions, by Sophie Yanow
Best Writer:
Tom King, Batman, Mister Miracle, Heroes in Crisis, Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)
Best Writer/Artist:
Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker (First Second)
Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers):
Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image); Submerged (Vault)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material:
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, by Pénélope Bagieu, translated by Montana Kane (First Second)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material – Asia:
Tokyo Tarareba Girls, by Akiko Higashimura (Kodansha)
Best Humor Publication
:
Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julia Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8):
Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer, by James Kochalka (Top Shelf/IDW)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12):
The Divided Earth, by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17):
The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang (First Second)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism:
TIE: Back Issue, edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows) and PanelxPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Best Comics-Related Book
:
Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists, by Martha H. Kennedy (University Press of Mississippi)
Best Academic/Scholarly Work:
Sweet Little C*nt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet, by Anne Elizabeth Moore (Uncivilized Books)
Best Penciller/Inker
:
Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
Best Coloring:
Matt Wilson, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); The Mighty Thor, Runaways (Marvel)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior Art):
Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)
Hall of Fame Inductees (Judge’s Choice):
Jim Aparo, June Tarpé Mills, Dave Stevens, Morrie Turner
Hall of Fame Inductees (Voters’ Choice):
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Jenette Kahn, Paul Levitz, Wendy and Richard Pini, & Bill Sienkiewicz
Spirit of Comics Retailer Award:
La Revisteria Comics in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Best Archival Collection/Project – Strips:
Star Wars: Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, edited by Dean Mullaney (Library of American Comics/IDW)
Best Archival Collection/Project – Comic Books:
Bill Sienkiewicz’s Mutants and Moon Knights… And Assassins… Artifact Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Best Publication Design
:
Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)
Best Short Story:
“The Talk of the Saints,” by Tom King and Jason Fabok, in Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)
Best Single Issue/One-Shot:
Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310, by Chip Zdarsky (Marvel)
Best Anthology:
Puerto Rico Strong, edited by Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz, and Neil Schwartz (Lion Forge)
Best New Series:
Gideon Falls, by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Image)
Best Limited Series:
Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)
Best Continuing Series:
Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julaa Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
Best Adaptation From Another Media:
“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, adapted by Junji Ito, translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media
)
Best Graphic Album – Reprint:
The Vision hardcover, by Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, and Michael Walsh (Marvel)
Best Reality-Based Work:
Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, by Box Brown (First Second)
Best Graphic Album – New:
My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
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