Comic-Con International has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2013!
Dark Horse Comics has 6 category nominations and one shared category nomination.
The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from nursery rhymes and World War II battles to high school angst and pulp fiction.
Named for acclaimed comics creator Will Eisner, the awards are in their twenty-fourth year of highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels.
EISNER AWARD NOMINEES 2013
Best Anthology
Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
Crime Does Not Pay Archives, edited by Philip Simon & Kitchen & Lind Associates
Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Blacksad: Silent Hell, by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
Best Penciller/Inker
Becky Cloonan, Conan the Barbarian
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad
Katsuya Terada, The Monkey King vol. 2
Best Coloring
Dave Stewart, Batwoman (DC); Fatale (Image); BPRD, Conan the Barbarian, Hellboy in Hell, Lobster Johnson, The Massive, (Dark Horse)
Voting for the awards is held online. All professionals in the comic book industry are eligible to vote. A downloadable PDF of the ballot will be available online shortly at: www.eisnervote.com. The results in all categories will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 19, at Comic-Con International.