Saturday, July 24, 2004

Get your awards here: The Pulse has the complete list of winners of the 2004 Eisner Awards and other honors, handed out last night at Comic-Con. Eisner winners were:
Best Short Story: "Death," by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell, in The Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo/DC)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot): (tie) Conan The Legend #0, by Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord (Dark Horse), and The Goon #1, by Eric Powell (Dark Horse)
Best Serialized Story: Gotham Central #6-10: "Half a Life," by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark (DC)
Best Continuing Series: 100 Bullets, by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (Vertigo/DC)
Best Limited Series: Unstable Molecules, by James Sturm and Guy Davis (Marvel)
Best New Series: Plastic Man, by Kyle Baker (DC)
Best Title for a Younger Audience: Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge, by various (Gemstone)
Best Humor Publication: Formerly Known as the Justice League, by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, and Joe Rubinstein (DC)
Best Anthology: The Sandman: Endless Nights, by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, P. Craig Russell, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Frank Quitely, Glenn Fabry, Milo Manara, and Bill Sienkiewicz; co-edited by Karen Berger and Shelly Bond (Vertigo/DC)
Best Graphic Album—New: Blankets, by Craig Thompson (Top Shelf)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint: Batman Adventures: Dangerous Dames and Demons, by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, and others (DC)
Best Archival Collection/Project: Krazy and Ignatz, 1929–1930, by George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard (Fantagraphics)
Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material: Buddha, vols. 1 and 2, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
Best Writer: Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Promethea, Smax, Tom Strong, Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (ABC)
Best Writer/Artist: Craig Thompson, Blankets (Top Shelf)
Best Writer/Artist—Humor: Kyle Baker, Plastic Man (DC); The New Baker (Kyle Baker Publishing)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: John Cassaday, Planetary, Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth (WildStorm/DC); Hellboy Weird Tales (Dark Horse)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art): Jill Thompson, "Stray," in The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings (Dark Horse)
Best Coloring: Patricia Mulvihill, Batman, Wonder Woman (DC), 100 Bullets (Vertigo/DC)Best Lettering: Todd Klein, Detective Comics ( DC); Fables, The Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong, Promethea (ABC); 1602 (Marvel)
Best Cover Artist: James Jean, Batgirl (DC), Fables (Vertigo/DC)
Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition: Derek Kirk Kim, Same Difference and Other Stories
Best Comics-Related Periodical: Comic Book Artist, edited by Jon B. Cooke (Top Shelf)
Best Comics-Related Book: The Art of Hellboy, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
Best Publication Design: Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross, designed by Chip Kidd (Pantheon)
Hall of Fame (judges' choices): Otto Binder, John Stanley, Kasuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
Hall of Fame (voters' selection): Al Capp, Jules Feiffer, Don Martin and Jerry Robinson
Inkpot Awards were given to Jack Adler, Tom Gill, Harry Harrison, Bruce Jones, Batton Lash, Mike Mignola, Bill Plympton, Frank Springer and John Totleben. Jim Lee received the CBLDF Liberty Award.