The 2008 Eisner Award Winners

Each year at the San Diego Comic-Con Interational, there is an award ceremony celebrating the best in comic books. This award has been dubbed, "The Eisner Awards," after comic legend Will Eisner. These awards have become known as the "Oscars" of comic books and fans eagerly anticipate the announcing of just who is to be considered the best in the comic book industry.
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You can be assured that many of the titles here will make great reads and be wise purchases for yourself or others. Here are the 2008 Eisner Comic Industry Award Winners.

Best Short Story:
“Mr. Wonderful,” by Dan Clowes, serialized in New York Times Sunday Magazine

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot):
Justice League of America #11: “Walls,” by Brad Meltzer and Gene Ha (DC)

Best Continuing Series:
Y: The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan, Jr. (Vertigo/DC)

Best Limited Series:
The Umbrella Academy, by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)

Best New Series:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, by Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens (Dark Horse)

Best Publication for Kids:
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, by David Petersen (Archaia)

Best Publication for Teens:
Laika, by Nick Abadzis (First Second)

Best Humor Publication:
Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories, by Nicholas Gurewitch (Dark Horse)

Best Anthology:
5, by Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Fabio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, and Rafael Grampa (self-published)

Best Digital Comic:
Sugarshock!, by Joss Whedon and Fabio Moon, http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents?issuenum=1&storynum=2

Best Reality-Based Work:
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, by James Sturm and Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)

Best Graphic Album—New:
Exit Wounds, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint:
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, by David Petersen (Archaia)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Strips:
Complete Terry and the Pirates, vol. 1, by Milton Caniff (IDW)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books:
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! by Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material:
I Killed Adolf Hitler, by Jason (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan:
Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White, by Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz)

Best Writer:
Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Criminal, Daredevil, Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist:
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)

Best Writer/Artist—Humor:
Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team:
Pia Guerra/Jose Marzan, Jr., Y: The Last Man (Vertical/DC)

Best Painter or Multimedia Artist (interior art):
Eric Powell, The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse)

Best Cover Artist:
James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2; Superior Showcase 2 (AdHouse)

Best Coloring:
Dave Stewart, BPRD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cut, Hellboy, Lobster Johnson, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); The Spirit (DC)

Best Lettering:
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)

Special Recognition:
Chuck BB, Black Metal (artist, Oni)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism:
Newsarama, produced by Matt Brady and Michael Doran (www.newsarama.com)

Best Comics-Related Book:
Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, by Douglas Wolk (Da Capo Press)

Best Publication Design:
Process Recess 2, designed by James Jean and Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)

Hall of Fame:
Judges’ Choices: R. F. Outcault, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson;

Voters’ Choices: John Broome, Arnold Drake, Len Wein, Barry Windsor-Smith