Los Premios Eisner de este año serán patrocinados por Lionsgate Entertainment, particularmente por la película The Spirit de Frank Miller.
Los inducidos al Salón de la Fama este año serán:
- Matt Baker
- John Broome
- Reed Crandall
- Rudolph Dirks
- Arnold Drake
- George Evans
- Creig Flessel
- Graham Ingels
- Mort Meskin
- Tarpe Mills
- Gilbert Shelton
- George Tuska
- Mort Weisinger
- Len Wein
- Barry Windsor-Smith
La lista completa de los nominados a continuación. Recordemos que este año se encuentra nominado el mexicano Luis Sopelana.
Mejor historia corta
- «Book,» by Yuichi Yokoyama, in New Engineering (PictureBox)
- «At Loose Ends,» by Lewis Trondheim, in Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)
- «Mr. Wonderful,» by Dan Clowes, in New York Times Sunday Magazine (accessible online here)
- «Town of Evening Calm,» by Fumiyo Kouno, in Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (Last Gasp)
- «Whatever Happened to Fletcher Hanks?» by Paul Karasik, in I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! (Fantagraphics)
- «Young Americans,» by Emile Bravo, in Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)
Mejor número único
- Amelia Rules!#18: «Things I Cannot Change,» by Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance)
- Delilah Dirk and the Treasure of Constantinople, by Tony Cliff (self-published)
- Johnny Hiro #1, by Fred Chao (AdHouse)
- Justice League of America#11: «Walls,» by Brad Meltzer and Gene Ha (DC)
- Sensational Spider-Man Annual: «To Have or to Hold,» by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca (Marvel)
Mejor serie continuada
- The Boys, by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson (Dynamite)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, by Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
- Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, by Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
- The Spirit, by Darwyn Cooke and J. Bone (DC)
- Y: The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan, Jr. (Vertigo/DC)
Mejor serie limitada
- Atomic Robo, by Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener (Red 5 Comics)
- Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, by Peter David, Robin Furth, and Jae Lee (Marvel)
- Nightly News, by Jonathan Hickman (Image)
- Parade (with Fireworks), by Michael Cavallaro (Shadowline/Image)
- The Umbrella Academy, by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)
Mejor nueva serie
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, by Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
- Immortal Iron Fist, by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja, and others (Marvel)
- Johnny Hiro, by Fred Chao (AdHouse)
- The Infinite Horizon,by Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto (Image)
- Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)
Mejor publicación para niños
- Amelia Rules! and Amelia Rules! Funny Stories, by Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, edited by Jeremy Barlow (Dark Horse)
- Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 andMouse Guard: Winter 1152, by David Petersen (Archaia)
- The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, by Peter Sis (Frank Foster Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- Yotsuba&!, by Kiyohiko Azuma (ADV)
Mejor cómic para adolescentes
- Laika, by Nick Abadzis (First Second)
- The Mighty Skullboy Army, by Jacob Chabot (Dark Horse)
- The Annotated Northwest Passage, by Scott Chantler (Oni)
- PX! Book One: A Girl and Her Panda, by Manny Trembley and Eric A. Anderson (Shadowline/Image)
- Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, by James Sturm and Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
Mejor publicación humorística
- Dwight T. Albatross’s The Goon Noir, edited by Matt Dryer (Dark Horse)
- Johnny Hiro, by Fred Chao (AdHouse)
- Lucha Libre, by Jerry Frissen, Bill, Gobi, Fabien M., Nikola Witko, Hervé Tanquelle et al. (Image)
- Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories, by Nicholas Gurewitch (Dark Horse)
- Wonton Soup, by James Stokoe (Oni)
Mejor antología
- Best American Comics 2007, edited by Anne Elizabeth Moore and Chris Ware (Houghton Mifflin)
- 5, by Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Fabio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, and Rafael Grampa (self-published)
- Mome, edited by Gary Groth and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
- Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened, edited by Jason Rodriguez (Villard)
- 24Seven, vol. 2, edited by Ivan Brandon (Image). Luis Sopelana colabora aquí
Mejor cómic digital
- The Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl,
www.abominable.transmission-x.com - Billy Dogma, Immortal, by Dean Haspiel,
www.deanhaspiel.com/immortal.html - The Process, by Joe Infurnari,
www.theprocesscomic.com - PX! By Manny Trembley and Eric A. Anderson,
www.pandaxpress.com - Sugarshock!, by Joss Whedon and Fabio Moon,
myspace.com/darkhorsepresents?issuenum=1&storynum=2
Mejor historia para lectores maduros
- Laika, by Nick Abadzis (First Second)
- The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, by Ann Marie Fleming (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
- Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, by James Sturm and Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
- Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, by Percy Carey and Ronald Wimberly (Vertigo/DC)
- White Rapids,by Pascal Blanchet (Drawn & Quarterly)
Mejor álbum gráfico nuevo
- The Arrival, by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
- Bookhunter, by Jason Shiga (Sparkplug Books)
- Essex County, vols. 1-2: Tales from the Farm/Ghost Stories, by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
- Exit Wounds, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Percy Gloom, by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)
Mejor reimpresión de álbum
- Agents of Atlas Hardcover, by Jeff Parker, Leonard Kirk, and Kris Justice (Marvel)
- Gødland Celestial Edition, by Joe Casey and Tom Scioli (Image)
- James Sturm’s America: God, Gold, and Golems, by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, by David Petersen (Archaia)
- Super Spy, by Matt Kindt (Top Shelf)M
Mejor recopilación histórica
- (The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, by Winsor McCay (Ulrich Merkl)
- Complete Terry and the Pirates, vol. 1, by Milton Caniff (IDW)
- Little Sammy Sneeze,by Winsor McCay (Sunday Press)
- Popeye,vol. 2: Well Blow Me Down, by E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics)
- Sundays with Walt and Skeezix, by Frank King (Sunday Press)
Mejor TPB
- Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus, vol. 1, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (Marvel)
- Apollo’s Song, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
- The Completely MAD Don Martin, by Don Martin (Running Press)
- Daredevil Omnibus,by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (Marvel)
- I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! by Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics)
Mejor edición USA de material europeo
- The Arrival, by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
- Aya, by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Obrerie (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Garage Band, by Gipi (First Second)
- I Killed Adolf Hitler, by Jason (Fantagraphics)
- The Killer, by Matz and Luc Jacamon (Archaia)
Mejor edición en USA de Manga
- The Ice Wanderer and Other Stories, by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
- MW, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
- Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, by Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
- New Engineering by Yuichi Yokoyama (PictureBox)
- Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White, by Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz)
- Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, by Fumiyo Kouno (Last Gasp)
Mejor escritor
- Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Criminal, Daredevil, Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel)
- James Sturm,Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
- Brian K. Vaughan, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse); Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC), Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC),
- Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse)
- Brian Wood, DMZ, Northlanders(Vertigo/DC); Local (Oni)
Mejor artísta
- Jeff Lemire, Essex County: Tales from the Farm/Ghost Stories (Top Shelf)
- Rutu Modan, Exit Wounds (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Shaun Tan, The Arrival (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
- Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)
- Fumi Yoshinaga, Flower of Life; The Moon and Sandals (Digital Manga)
Mejor Humorista
- Kyle Baker, The Bakers: Babies and Kittens (Image)
- Fred Chao, Johnny Hiro (AdHouse)
- Brandon Graham, King City (Tokyopop); Multiple Warheads (Oni)
- Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)
- James Stokoe, Wonton Soup (Oni)
Mejor equipo dibujante-entintador
- Steve Epting/Butch Guice/Mike Perkins, Captain America (Marvel)
- Pia Guerra/Jose Marzan, Jr., Y: The Last Man (Vertical/DC)
- Jae Lee, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
- Takeshi Obata, Death Note, Hikaru No Go (Viz)
- Ethan Van Sciver, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps (DC)
Mejor Artísta Multimedia
- Ann-Marie Fleming, The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
- Eric Powell, The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse)
- Bryan Talbot, Alice in Sunderland (Dark Horse)
- Ben Templesmith, Fell (Image); 30 Days of Night: Red Snow; Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW)
Mejor Portadista
- John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
- James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2; Superior Showcase 2 (AdHouse)
- J. G. Jones, 52 (DC)
- Jae Lee, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
- Jim Lee, All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder (DC); World of Warcraft (WildStorm/DC)
Mejor Color
- Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! (Renaissance)
- Steve Hamaker, Bone, vols. 5 and 6 (Scholastic); Shazam: Monster Society of Evil (DC)
- Richard Isanove, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel)
- Ronda Pattison, Atomic Robo (Red 5 Comics)
- Dave Stewart, BPRD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cut, Hellboy, Lobster Johnson, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); The Spirit (DC)
- Alex Wald, Shaolin Cowboy Burlyman)
Mejor letrista
- Jared K. Fletcher, Catwoman, The Spirit (DC); Sentences: Life of MF Grimm (Vertigo/DC)
- Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! (Renaissance)
- Todd Klein, Justice, Simon Dark (DC); Fables, Jack of Fables, Crossing Midnight (Vertigo/DC); League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (WildStorm/DC); Nexus (Rude Dude)
- Lewis Trondheim,»At Loose Ends,» Mome 7 & 8 (Fantagraphics)
- Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)
Menciones especiales
- Chuck BB, Black Metal (artist, Oni)
- Matt Silady, The Homeless Channel (writer/artist, AiT/PlanetLar)
- Jamie Tanner, The Aviary (writer/artist, AdHouse)
- James Vining, First in Space (writer/artist, Oni)
Revista o publicación especializada
- Comic Art #9, edited by Todd Hignite (Buenaventura Press)
- Comic Foundry, edited by Tim Leong (Comic Foundry)
- The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, Michael Dean, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
- The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon and Jordan Raphael (www.comicsreporter.com)
- Newsarama, produced by Matt Brady and Michael Doran (www.newsarama.com)
Libro Momográfico
- The Art of P. Craig Russell, edited by Joe Pruett (Desperado)
- The Artist Within, by Greg Preston (Dark Horse)
- Manga: The Complete Guide, by Jason Thompson (Del Rey Manga)
- Meanwhile…A Biography of Milton Caniff, by R. C. Harvey (Fantagraphics)
- Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, by Douglas Wolk (Da Capo Press)
- Understanding Manga and Anime, by Robin Brenner (Libraries Unlimited/Greenwood Publishing.
Mejor Diseño
- (The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, designed by Ulrich Merkl (Ulrich Merkl)
- Complete Terry and the Pirates, designed by Dean Mullaney (IDW)
- Heroes, vol. 1, designed by John Roshell/Comicraft (WildStorm/DC)
- Little Sammy Sneeze, designed by Philippe Ghielmetti (Sunday Press)
- Process Recess 2, designed by James Jean and Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)
- Sundays with Walt and Skeezix, designed by Chris Ware (Sunday Press)