Will Eisner Awards 2012: Seznam vítězů

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NEJLEPŠÍ POVÍDKA

„The Seventh“ – Darwyn Cooke, v Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition(IDW)

„A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture“ – Adrian Tomine, v Optic Nerve #12 (Drawn & Quarterly)
„Harvest of Fear“ – Jim Woodring, v The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #17 (Bongo)
„The Phototaker“ – Guy Davis, v Metal Hurlant vol. 2 (Humanoids)
„The Speaker“ – Brandon Graham, v Dark Horse Presents #7 (Dark Horse)

NEJLEPŠÍ ČÍSLO NEBO SAMOSTATNÝ SEŠIT

Daredevil #7 – Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera a Joe Rivera (Marvel)

Ganges #4 – Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics)
Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys – Joe Hill a Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Princeless #3 – Jeremy Whitley a M. Goodwin (Action Lab)
The Unwritten #24: „Stairway to Heaven“ – Mike Carey, Peter Gross a Al Davison (Vertigo/DC)

NEJLEPŠÍ NEKONEČNÁ SÉRIE

Daredevil – Mark Waid, Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera a Joe Rivera (Marvel)

Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys – Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
Rachel Rising – Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man – Brian Michael Bendis a Sara Pichelli (Marvel)
Usagi Yojimbo – Stan Sakai (Dark Horse)

NEJLEPŠÍ UZAVŘENÁ SÉRIE

Criminal: The Last of the Innocent – Ed Brubaker a Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)

Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X – Brian Clevinger a Scott Wegener (Red 5)
Flashpoint: Batman – Knight of Vengeance – Brian Azzarello a Eduardo Risso (Vertigo/DC)
The New York Five – Brian Wood a Ryan Kelly (Vertigo/DC)
Who Is Jake Ellis? – Nathan Edmondson & Tonci Zonjic (Image)

NEJLEPŠÍ PUBLIKACE PRO ZAČÍNAJÍCÍ ČTENÁŘE (DO 7 LET)

Dragon Puncher Island – James Kochalka (Top Shelf)

Beauty and the Squat Bears – Émile Bravo (Yen Press)
Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking – Philippe Coudray (Candlewick/Toon Books)
Nursery Rhyme Comics – sestavil Chris Duffy (First Second)
Patrick in a Teddy Bear’s Picnic – Geoffrey Hayes (Candlewick/Toon Books)

NEJLEPŠÍ KOMIKS PRO DĚTI (8 AŽ 12 let)

Snarked, by Roger Langridge (kaboom!)

The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Sholly Fisch, Rick Burchett a Dan Davis (DC)
Amelia Rules: The Meaning of Life … And Other Stuff – Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum)
The Ferret’s a Foot – Colleen AF Venable a Stephanie Yue (Graphic Universe/Lerner)
Princeless – Jeremy Whitley a M. Goodwin (Action Lab)
Zita the Space Girl, by Ben Hatke (First Second)

NEJLEPŠÍ KOMIKS PRO DOSPÍVAJÍCÍ (12 AŽ 17 LET)

Anya’s Ghost – Vera Brosgolová (First Second)

Around the World – Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
Level Up – Gene Yang a Thien Pham (First Second)
Life with Archie – Paul Kupperberg, Fernando Ruiz, Pat & Tim Kennedy, Norm Breyfogle et al. (Archie)
Mystic – G. Willowová Wilsonová a David Lopez (Marvel)

NEJLEPŠÍ HUMORNÝ KOMIKS

Milk & Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad – Evan Dorkin (Dark Horse Books)

The Art of Doug Sneyd: A Collection of Playboy Cartoons (Dark Horse Books)
Chimichanga – Eric Powell (Dark Horse)
Coffee: It’s What’s for Dinner – Dave Kellett (Small Fish)
Kinky & Cosy – Nix (NBM)

NEJLEPŠÍ ANTOLOGIE

Dark Horse Presents – editor Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)

Nelson – editoři Rob Davis a Woodrow Phoenix (Blank Slate)
Nursery Rhyme Comics – editor Chris Duffy (First Second)
The Someday Funnies – editor Michel Choquette (Abrams ComicArts)
Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land – editoři Harvey Pekar a Paul Buhle (Abrams ComicArts)

NEJLEPŠÍ ONLINE KOMIKS

Battlepug – Mike Norton (www.battlepug.com)

Bahrain – Josh Neufeld (www.cartoonmovement.com/comic/24)
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant – Tony Cliff (www.delilahdirk.com)
Outfoxed – Dylan Meconis (www.dylanmeconis.com/outfoxed)
Sarah and the Seed – Ryan Andrews (www.ryan-a.com/comics/sarahandtheseed01.htm)

NEJLEPŠÍ KOMIKS PODLE SKUTEČNOSTI

Green River Killer: A True Detective Story – Jeff Jensen a Jonathan Case (Dark Horse Books)

Around the World – Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
Marzi: A Memoir – Marzena Sowa a Sylvain Savoia (Vertigo/DC)
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths – Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Vietnamerica – GB Tran (Villard)

NEJLEPŠÍ PŮVODNÍ ALBUM/GRAFICKÝ ROMÁN

Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand – adaptoval Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia)

Bubbles & Gondola – Renaud Dillies (NBM)
Freeway – Mark Kalesniko (Fantagraphics)
Habibi – Craig Thompson (Pantheon)
Ivy – Sarah Olekysk (Oni)
One Soul – Ray Fawkes (Oni)

NEJLEPŠÍ ALBUM/GRAFICKÝ ROMÁN – REPRINT

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition – Darwyn Cooke (IDW)

Big Questions – Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Death Ray – Dan Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
WE3: The Deluxe Edition – Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Vertigo/DC)
Zahra’s Paradise – Amir a Khalil (First Second)

NEJLEPŠÍ ARCHIVNÍ SOUBOR/PROJEKT – STRIPY

Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse vols. 1-2 – Floyd Gottfredson, editoři David Gerstein a Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim – Alex Raymond a Don Moore, editor Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
Forgotten Fantasy: Sunday Comics 1900-1915 – editor Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
Prince Valiant vols. 3-4 – Hal Foster, editor Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
Tarpé Mills’s Miss Fury Sensational Sundays, 1944-1949 – editor Trina Robbinsová (IDW/Library of American Comics)

NEJLEPŠÍ ARCHIVNÍ SOUBOR/PROJEKT – SEŠITY

Walt Simonson’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition (IDW)

Government Issue: Comics for the People: 1940s-2000s – editor Richard L. Graham (Abrams ComicArts)
The MAD Fold-In Collection – Al Jaffee (Chronicle)
PS Magazine: The Best of Preventive Maintenance Monthly – Will Eisner (Abrams ComicArts)
The Sugar and Spike Archives, vol. 1 – Sheldon Mayer (DC)

NEJLEPŠÍ AMERICKÉ VYDÁNÍ ZAHRANIČNÍHO MATERIÁLU

The Manara Library, vol. 1: Indian Summer and Other Stories – Milo Manara s Hugo Prattem (Dark Horse Books)

Bubbles & Gondola – Renaud Dillies (NBM)
Isle of 100,000 Graves – Fabien Vehlmann a Jason (Fantagraphics)
Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot – Jacques Tardi a Jean-Patrick Manchette (Fantagraphics)
Night Animals: A Diptych About What Rushes Through the Bushes – Brecht Evens (Top Shelf)

NEJLEPŠÍ AMERICKÉ VYDÁNÍ ZAHRANIČNÍHO MATERIÁLU (ASIE)

Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths – Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)

A Bride’s Story – Kaoru Mori (Yen Press)
Drops of God – Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto (Vertical)
Saturn Apartments, vols. 3-4 – Hisae Iwaoka (VIZ Media)
Stargazing Dog – Takashi Murakami (NBM)
Wandering Son, vol. 1 – Shimura Takako (Fantagraphics)

NEJLEPŠÍ SCENÁRISTA

Mark Waid – Irredeemable, Incorruptible (BOOM!); Daredevil (Marvel)

Cullen Bunn – The Sixth Gun (Oni)
Mike Carey – The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)
Jeff Jensen – Green River Killer: A True Detective Story (Dark Horse Books)
Jeff Lemire – Animal Man, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. (DC); Sweet Tooth (Vertigo/DC)

NEJLEPŠÍ AUTOR

Craig Thompson – Habibi (Pantheon)

Rick Geary – The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti (NBM)
Terry Moore – Rachel Rising (Abstract Studio)
Sarah Oleksyk – Ivy (Oni)
Jim Woodring – Congress of the Animals (Fantagraphics), „Harvest of Fear,“ in The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #17 (Bongo)

NEJLEPŠÍ KRESLÍŘ/INKER NEBO TÝM KRESLÍŘŮ/INKERŮ

Ramón K. Pérez – Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand (Archaia)

Michael Allred – iZombie (Vertigo/DC), Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special (Image)
Chris Samnee – Captain America and Bucky, Ultimate Spider-Man #155 (Marvel)
Marcos Martin – Daredevil (Marvel)
Paolo Rivera/Joe Rivera – Daredevil (Marvel)

NEJLEPŠÍ OBÁLKÁŘ

Francesco Francavilla – Black Panther (Marvel); Lone Ranger, Lone Ranger/Zorro, Dark Shadows, Warlord of Mars (Dynamite); Archie Meets Kiss (Archie)

Michael Allred – iZombie (Vertigo/DC)
Victor Kalvachev – Blue Estate (Image)
Marcos Martin – Daredevil, Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel)
Sean Phillips – Criminal: The Last of the Innocent (Marvel Icon)
Yuko Shimizu – The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)

NEJLEPŠÍ KOLORING

Laura Allred – iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Madman All-New Giant-Size SuperGinchy Special (Image)

Bill Crabtree – The Sixth Gun (Oni)
Ian Herring and Ramón K. Pérez – Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand (Archaia)
Victor Kalvachev – Blue Estate (Image)
Cris Peter – Casanova: Avaritia, Casanova: Gula (Marvel Icon)

NEJLEPŠÍ LETTERING

Stan Sakai – Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse)

Deron Bennett – Billy Fog, Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal, Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, Mr. Murder Is Dead (Archaia); Helldorado, Puss N Boots, Richie Rich (APE Entertainment)
Jimmy Gownley – Amelia Rules! The Meaning of Life … And Other Stuff(Atheneum)
Laura Lee Gulledge – Page by Paige (Amulet Books/Abrams)
Tom Orzechowski – Manara Library, with L. Lois Buholis(Dark Horse); Manga Man(Houghton Mifflin); Savage Dragon (Image)

NEJLEPŠÍ KOMIKSOVÁ ŽURNALISTIKA

The Comics Reporter – Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com)

The AV Club Comics Panel – Noel Murray, Oliver Sava a kol. (www.avclub.com/features/comics-panel/)
The Beat – Heidi MacDonaldová a kol. (www.comicsbeat.com)
The Comics Journal – Gary Groth, a web The Comics Journal – Timothy Hodler a Dan Nadel (Fantagraphics) (www.tcj.com)
TwoMorrows Publications: Alter Ego – editor Roy Thomas, Back Issue editor Michael Eury, Draw editor Mike Manley, a Jack Kirby Collector editor John Morrow

NEJLEPŠÍ NAUČNÁ/AKADEMICKÁ PRÁCE

Remíza
Cartooning: Philosophy & Practice – Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press)
Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby – Charles Hatfield (University Press of Mississippi)

Alan Moore: Conversations – editor Eric Berlatsky (University Press of Mississippi)
Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods – editoři Matthew J. Smith a Randy Duncan (Routledge)
Projections: Comics and the History of 21st Century Storytelling – Jared Gardner (Stanford University Press)

NEJLEPŠÍ KNIHA O KOMIKSU

MetaMaus – Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)

Archie: A Celebration of America’s Favorite Teenagers – editor Craig Yoe (IDW/Yoe Books)
Caniff: A Visual Biography – editor Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising – editor Rick Marschall a Warren Bernard (Fantagraphics/Marschall Books)
Genius Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth – Bruce Canwell a Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)

NEJLEPŠÍ GRAFICKÁ ÚPRAVA

Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand – design Eric Skillman (Archaia)

Genius Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth – design Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
Kinky & Cosy – design Nix (NBM)
The MAD Fold-In Collection – design Michael Morris (Chronicle)
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition – design Darwyn Cooke (IDW)

SÍŇ SLÁVY

Volba poroty:
Rudolf Dirks
Harry Lucey
Hlasování:
Bill Blackbeard
Richard Corben
Katsuhiro Otomo
Gilbert Shelton

Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award (nadějný nováček)
Tyler Crook

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
Morrie Turner

Bill Finger Excellence in Comic Book Writing Award (věnováno zasloužilým tvůrcům, jednomu mrtvému a jednomu žijícímu)
Frank Doyle, Steve Skeates

Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award (cena pro obchody s komiksy)
Akira Comics, Madrid, Španělsko – Jesus Marugan Escobar
The Dragon, Guelph, Kanada – Jennifer Hainesová