Le nomination agli Eisner Awards 2017

Le candidature ai più importanti premi fumettistici americani, gli Eisner Awards, sono state annunciate oggi dal sito di San Diego Comic-Con, la principale fiera dedicata al fumetto negli Usa, e tradizionale sede della cerimonia di premiazione.

I vincitori saranno premiati durante la prossima edizione della “convention” di San Diego (20-23 luglio), durante la cerimonia di gala che si terrà venerdì 21 luglio.

Tra i candidati quest’anno ci sono anche due autori italiani: Manuele Fior e Federico Bertolucci.

Best Short Story

• “The Comics Wedding of the Century,” di Simon Hanselmann, in We Told You So: Comics as Art (Fantagraphics)
• “The Dark Nothing,” di Jordan Crane, in Uptight #5 (Fantagraphics)
• “Good Boy,” di Tom King and David Finch, in Batman Annual #1 (DC)
• “Monday,” di W. Maxwell Prince e John Amor, in One Week in the Library (Image)
• “Mostly Saturn,” di Michael DeForge, in Island Magazine #8 (Image)
• “Shrine of the Monkey God!” di Kim Deitch, in Kramers Ergot 9 (Fantagraphics)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

• Babybel Wax Bodysuit, di Eric Kostiuk Williams (Retrofit/Big Planet)
• Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, di Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, e Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
• Blammo #9, di Noah Van Sciver (Kilgore Books)
• Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, di Ed Brubaker e Sean Phillips (Image)
• Sir Alfred #3, di Tim Hensley (Pigeon Press)
• Your Black Friend, di Ben Passmore (Silver Sprocket)

Best Continuing Series

• Astro City, di Kurt Busiek e Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC)
• Kill or Be Killed, di Ed Brubaker e Sean Phillips (Image)
• The Mighty Thor, di Jason Aaron e Russell Dauterman (Marvel)
• Paper Girls, di Brian K. Vaughan e Cliff Chiang (Image)
• Saga, di Brian K. Vaughan e Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Limited Series

• Archangel, di William Gibson, Michael St. John Smith, Butch Guice, e Tom Palmer (IDW)
• Briggs Land, di Brian Wood e Mack Chater (Dark Horse)
• Han Solo, di Marjorie Liu e Mark Brooks (Marvel)
• Kim and Kim, di Magdalene Visaggio e Eva Cabrera (Black Mask)
• The Vision, di Tom King e Gabriel Walta (Marvel)
• We Stand on Guard, di Brian K. Vaughan e Steve Skroce (Image)

Best New Series

• Black Hammer, di Jeff Lemire e Dean Ormston (Dark Horse)
• Clean Room, di Gail Simone e Jon Davis-Hunt (Vertigo/DC)
• Deathstroke: Rebirth, di Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, et al. (DC)
• Faith, by Jody Houser, Pere Pérez, e Marguerite Sauvage (Valiant)
• Mockingbird, di Chelsea Cain e Kate Niemczyk (Marvel)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

• Ape and Armadillo Take Over the World, di James Sturm (Toon)
• Burt’s Way Home, di John Martz (Koyama)
• The Creeps, Book 2: The Trolls Will Feast! di Chris Schweizer (Abrams)
• I’m Grumpy (My First Comics), di Jennifer L. Holm e Matthew Holm (Random House Books for Young Readers)
• Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, di Ben Clanton (Tundra)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

• The Drawing Lesson, di Mark Crilley (Ten Speed Press)
• Ghosts, di Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)
• Hilda and the Stone Forest, di Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books)
• Rikki, adapted da Norm Harper e Matthew Foltz-Gray (Karate Petshop)
• Science Comics: Dinosaurs, di MK Reed e Joe Flood (First Second)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

• Bad Machinery, vol. 5: The Case of the Fire Inside, di John Allison (Oni)
• Batgirl, di Hope Larson e Rafael Albuquerque (DC)
• Jughead, di Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, e Derek Charm (Archie)
• Monstress, di Marjorie Liu e Sana Takeda (Image)
• Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars, di Jessica Abel (Papercutz/Super Genius)
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, di Ryan North e Erica Henderson (Marvel)

Best Humor Publication

• The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp, di Lee Marrs (Marrs Books)
• Hot Dog Taste Test, di Lisa Hanawalt (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Jughead, di Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, e Derek Charm (Archie)
• Man, I Hate Cursive, di Jim Benton (Andrews McMeel)
• Yuge! 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump, di G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel)

Best Anthology

• Baltic Comics Anthology š! #26: dADa, curata da David Schilter e Sanita Muizniece (kuš!)
• Island Magazine, curata da Brandon Graham e Emma Rios (Image)
• Kramers Ergot 9, curata da Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics)
• Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists, curata da Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics)

Best Reality-Based Work

• Dark Night: A True Batman Story, di Paul Dini e Eduardo Risso (Vertigo/DC)
• Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo, di Sandrine Revel (NBM)
• March (Book Three), di John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, e Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
• Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir, di Tom Hart (St. Martin’s)
• Tetris: The Games People Play, di Box Brown (First Second)

Best Graphic Album—New

• The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, di Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
• Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash, di Dave McKean (Dark Horse)
• Exits, di Daryl Seitchik (Koyama)
• Mooncop, di Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Patience, di Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
• Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, di Jill Thompson (DC Comics)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• Demon, di Jason Shiga (First Second)
• Incomplete Works, di Dylan Horrocks (Alternative)
• Last Look, di Charles Burns (Pantheon)
• Meat Cake Bible, di Dame Darcy (Fantagraphics)
• Megg and Mog in Amsterdam and Other Stories, di Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics)
• She’s Not into Poetry, di Tom Hart (Alternative)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

• Equinoxes, di Cyril Pedrosa (NBM)
• Irmina, di Barbara Yelin (SelfMadeHero)
• Love: The Lion, di Frédéric Brémaud e Federico Bertolucci (Magnetic)
• Moebius Library: The World of Edena, di Jean “Moebius” Giraud (Dark Horse)
• Wrinkles, di Paco Roca (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

• The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, di Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
• Goodnight Punpun, vols. 1–4, di Inio Asano (VIZ Media)
• orange: The Complete Collection, vols. 1–2, di Ichigo Takano (Seven Seas)
• The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime, di Toshio Ban e Tezuka Productions (Stone Bridge Press)
• Princess Jellyfish, vols. 1–3 di Akiko Higashimura (Kodansha)
• Wandering Island, vol. 1, di Kenji Tsuruta (Dark Horse)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)

• Almost Completely Baxter: New and Selected Blurtings, di Glen Baxter (NYR Comics)
• Barnaby, vol. 3, by Crockett Johnson, curata da Philip Nel e Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
• Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s, curata da Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
• The Realist Cartoons, curata da Paul Krassner e Ethan Persoff (Fantagraphics)
• Walt & Skeezix 1931–1932, by Frank King, curata da Jeet Heer e Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)

• The Complete Neat Stuff, di Peter Bagge, curata da Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
• The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, curata da Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)
• Fables and Funnies, by Walt Kelly, curata da David W. Tosh (Dark Horse)
• Trump: The Complete Collection, di Harvey Kurtzman e altri, curata da Denis Kitchen e John Lind (Dark Horse)
• U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories, di Sam Glanzman,curata da Drew Ford (Dover)

Best Writer

• Ed Brubaker, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image)
• Kurt Busiek, Astro City (Vertigo/DC)
• Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird (Marvel)
• Max Landis, Green Valley (Image/Skybound), Superman: American Alien (DC)
• Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Descender, Plutona (Image); Bloodshot Reborn (Valiant)
• Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Saga, We Stand On Guard (Image)

Best Writer/Artist

• Jessica Abel, Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars (Papercutz/Super Genius)
• Box Brown, Tetris: The Games People Play (First Second)
• Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Tom Hart, Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir (St. Martin’s)
• Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

• Mark Brooks, Han Solo (Marvel)
• Dan Mora, Klaus (BOOM!)
• Greg Ruth, Indeh (Grand Central Publishing)
• Francois Schuiten, The Theory of the Grain of Sand (IDW)
• Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
• Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther (Marvel)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Lion (Magnetic)
• Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Manuele Fior, 5,000 km per Second (Fantagraphics)
• Dave McKean, Black Dog (Dark Horse)
• Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
• Jill Thompson, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC); Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)

• Mike Del Mundo, Avengers, Carnage, Mosaic, The Vision (Marvel)
• David Mack, Abe Sapien, BPRD Hell on Earth, Fight Club 2, Hellboy and the BPRD 1953 (Dark Horse)
• Sean Phillips, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed (Image)
• Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
• Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Best Coloring

• Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Green Valley (Image/Skybound)
• Elizabeth Breitweiser, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image); Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta (Image/Skybound)
• Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)
• Laura Martin, Wonder Woman (DC); Ragnorak (IDW); Black Panther (Marvel)
• Matt Wilson, Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord (Marvel)

Best Lettering

• Dan Clowes, Patience (Fantagraphics)
• Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Nick Hayes, Woody Guthrie (Abrams)
• Todd Klein, Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC); Black Hammer (Dark Horse)
• Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

• The A.V. Club comics coverage, including Comics Panel, Back Issues, and Big Issues, di Oliver Sava e altri, www.avclub.com
• Comic Riffs blog, di Michael Cavna, www.washingtonpost.com/new/comic-riffs/
• Critical Chips, curata da Zainab Akhtar (Comics & Cola)
• PanelPatter.com, curata da Rob McMonigal
• WomenWriteAboutComics.com, curata da Megan Purdy e Claire Napier

Best Comics-Related Book

• blanc et noir: takeshi obata illustrations, di Takeshi Obata (VIZ Media)
• Ditko Unleashed: An American Hero, di Florentino Flórez e Frédéric Manzano (IDW/Editions Déese)
• Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White, di Michael Tisserand (Harper)
• The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood, vol. 1, curata da Bhob Stewart e J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)
• More Heroes of the Comics, di Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

• Brighter Than You Think: Ten Short Works by Alan Moore, con saggi di Marc Sobel (Uncivilized)
• Forging the Past: Set and the Art of Memory, di Daniel Marrone (University Press of Mississippi)
• Frank Miller’s Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism, di Paul Young (Rutgers University Press)
• Pioneering Cartoonists of Color, di Tim Jackson (University Press of Mississippi)
• Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation, di Carolyn Cocca (Bloomsbury)

Best Publication Design

• The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, design di Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
• The Complete Wimmin’s Comix, design diKeeli McCarthy (Fantagraphics)
• Frank in the Third Dimension, design di Jacob Covey, 3D conversions by Charles Barnard (Fantagraphics)
• The Realist Cartoons, design di Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
• Si Lewen’s Parade: An Artist’s Odyssey, design di Art Spiegelman (Abrams)

Best Webcomic

• Bird Boy, di Anne Szabla, http://bird-boy.com
• Deja Brew, di Teneka Stotts e Sarah DuVall (Stela.com)
• Jaeger, di Ibrahim Moustafa (Stela.com)
• The Middle Age, di Steve Conley, steveconley.com/the-middle-age
• On Beauty, di Christina Tran,  sodelightful.com/comics/beauty/

Best Digital Comic

• Bandette, di Paul Tobin e Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
• Edison Rex, di Chris Roberson e Dennis Culver (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
• Helm, di Jehanzeb Hasan e Mauricio Caballero, www.crookshaw.com/helm/
• On a Sunbeam, di Tillie Walden, www.onasunbeam.com
• Universe!, di Albert Monteys (Panel Syndicate)