Eisner Award for Best New Series
American comic book award
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The Eisner Award for Best New Series is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It has been given out every year since 1995, expect for 2012.[1]
| Eisner Award for Best Limited Series | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best New Series |
| Country | United States |
| First award | 1988 |
| Website | www |
Winners and nominees
| Year | Title | Creators | Publihser | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | ||||
| 1988 | Concrete | Paul Chadwick | Dark Horse | [2] |
| The American | Mark Verheiden, Chris Warner and Art Nichols | Dark Horse | ||
| Eddy Current | Ted McKeever | Mad Dog Graphics | ||
| 1989 | Kings In Disguise | James Vance and Dan Burr | Kitchen Sink | [3] |
| Animal Man | Grant Morrison, Chas Truog and Doug Hazlewood | DC | ||
| Excalibur | Chris Claremont, Alan Davis and Paul Neary | Marvel | ||
| Maze Agency | Mike W. Barr, Adam Hughes and Rick Magyar | Comico | ||
| V For Vendetta | Alan Moore and David Lloyd | DC | ||
| 1990s | ||||
| 1990 | There was no Eisner Award ceremony, or awards distributed, in 1990, due to widespread balloting mix-ups.[4] | |||
| 1991-1995 | The Eisner Award for Best New Series was not given these years | [5][6][7][8] | ||
| 1995 | Too Much Coffee Man | Shannon Wheeler | Adhesive | [9] |
| Don Simpson's Bizarre Heroes | Don Simpson | Fiasco | ||
| Roarin' Rick's Rare Bit Fiends | Rick Veitch | King Hell | ||
| S. R. Bissette's Tyrant | Stephen R. Bissette | Spiderbaby Graphix | ||
| THB | Paul Pope | Horse Press | ||
| 1996 | Kurt Busiek's Astro City | Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson | Jukebox Productions/Image | [10] |
| Black Hole | Charles Burns | Kitchen Sink | ||
| The Book of Ballads and Sagas | Charles Vess and others | Green Man Press | ||
| Optic Nerve | Adrian Tomine | Drawn & Quarterly | ||
| Preacher | Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon | DC/Vertigo | ||
| Stray Bullets | David Lapham | El Capitan | ||
| 1997 | Leave It to Chance | James Robinson and Paul Smith | Homage | [11] |
| Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller | Barry Windsor-Smith | Dark Horse | ||
| Coventry | Bill Willingham | Fantagraphics | ||
| Nowhere | Debbie Drechsler | Drawn & Quarterly | ||
| The Wretch | Phillip Hester and others | Caliber | ||
| 1998 | Castle Waiting | Linda Medley | Olio | [12] |
| Lost Stories | John Riley, Garrett Berner, and Dave Sharpe | Creative Frontiers | ||
| Soulwind | C. Scott Morse | Image | ||
| Squee! | Jhonen Vasquez | Slave Labor | ||
| A Touch of Silver | Jim Valentino | Image | ||
| 1999 | Inhumans | Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee | Marvel | [13] |
| Age of Bronze | Eric Shanower | Image | ||
| Colonia | Jeff Nicholson | Colonia Press | ||
| Lenore | Roman Dirge | Slave Labor | ||
| Young Justice | Peter David, Todd Nauck, and Lary Stucker | DC | ||
| 2000s | ||||
| 2000 | Top Ten | Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon | ABC | [14] |
| Louis Riel | Chester Brown | Drawn & Quarterly | ||
| 100 Bullets | Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso | DC/Vertigo | ||
| Planetary | Warren Ellis and John Cassaday | DC/Wildstorm | ||
| Promethea | Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray | ABC | ||
| 2001 | Powers | Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming | Image | [15] |
| Eagle | Kaiji Kawaguchi | Viz | ||
| Lucifer | Mike Carey and others | Vertigo/DC | ||
| The Red Star | Christian Gossett and Team Red Star | Image | ||
| 2002 | Queen & Country | Greg Rucka and Steve Rolston | Oni | [16] |
| Private Beach | David Hahn | Slave Labor | ||
| Ruse | Mark Waid, Butch Guice, and Michael Perkins | CrossGen | ||
| The Sandwalk Adventures | Jay Hosler | Active Synapse | ||
| True Story, Swear to God | Tom Beland | Clib's Boy Comics | ||
| 2003 | Fables | Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha | DC/Vertigo | [17] |
| Forlorn Funnies | Paul Hornschemeier | Absence of Ink | ||
| Gotham Central | Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, and Michael Lark | DC | ||
| Nowhere Girl | Justine Shaw | nowheregirl.com | ||
| Y: The Last Man | Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan | DC/Vertigo | ||
| 2004 | Plastic Man | Kyle Baker | DC | [18] |
| El Cazador | Chuck Dixon and Steve Epting | CrossGen | ||
| Invincible | Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker | Image | ||
| The Losers | Andy Diggle and Jock | Vertigo/DC | ||
| Sleeper | Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips | WildStorm/DC | ||
| The Walking Dead | Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore | Image | ||
| 2005 | Ex Machina | Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Fesiter | WildStorm/DC | [19] |
| Astonishing X-Men | Joss Whedon and John Cassaday | Marvel | ||
| Doc Frankenstein | The Wachowskis and Steve Skroce | Burlyman | ||
| The Shaolin Cowboy | Geof Darrow | Burlyman | ||
| 2006 | All Star Superman | Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely | DC | [20] |
| Desolation Jones | Warren Ellis and J. H. Williams III | WildStorm/DC | ||
| Fell | Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith | Image | ||
| Rocketo | Frank Espinosa | Speakeasy | ||
| Young Avengers | Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, and John Dell | Marvel | ||
| 2007 | Criminal | Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips | Marvel Icon | [21] |
| East Coast Rising | Becky Cloonan | Tokyopop | ||
| Gumby | Bob Burden and Rick Geary | Wildcard | ||
| Jack of Fables | Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins, and Andrew Pepoy | Vertigo/DC | ||
| The Lone Ranger | Brett Matthews and Sergio Cariello | Dynamite | ||
| 2008 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8 | Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens | Dark Horse | [22] |
| Immortal Iron Fist | Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja, and others | Marvel | ||
| Johnny Hiro | Fred Chao | AdHouse | ||
| The Infinite Horizon | Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto | Image | ||
| Scalped | Jason Aaron and R. M. Guera | Vertigo/DC | ||
| 2009 | Invincible Iron Man | Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca | Marvel | [23][24] |
| Air | G. Willow Wilson and M. K. Perker | Vertigo/DC | ||
| Echo | Terry Moore | Abstract Studio | ||
| Madame Xanadu | Matt Wagner, Amy Reeder Hadley, and Richard Friend | Vertigo/DC | ||
| Unknown Soldier | Joshua Dysart and Alberto Ponticelli | Vertigo/DC | ||
| 2010s | ||||
| 2010 | Chew | John Layman and Rob Guillory | Image | [25][26] |
| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Phillip K. Dick, art by Tony Parker | BOOM | ||
| Ireedeemable | Mark Waid and Peter Krause | BOOM | ||
| Sweet Tooth | Jeff Lemire | Vertigo/DC | ||
| The Unwritten | Mike Carey and Peter Gross | Vertigo/DC | ||
| 2011 | American Vampire | Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque | Vertigo/DC | [27][28] |
| iZombie | Chris Roberson and Michael Allred | Vertigo/DC | ||
| Marineman | Ian Churchill | Image | ||
| Morning Glories | Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma | Shadowline/Image | ||
| Superboy | Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo | DC | ||
| 2012 | The Eisner Award for Best New Series was not given this year | [29][28] | ||
| 2013 | Saga | Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples | Image | [30][28] |
| Adventure Time | Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb | kaboom! | ||
| Bandette | Paul Tobin and Colleen Coove | Monkeybrain | ||
| Fatale | Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips | Image | ||
| Hawkeye | Matt Fraction and David Aja | Marvel | ||
| 2014 | Sex Criminals | Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky | Image | [31][28] |
| High Crimes | Christopher Sebela and Ibrahim Moustafa | Monkeybrain | ||
| Lazarus | Greg Rucka and Michael Lark | Image | ||
| Rat Queens | Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch | Image/Shadowline | ||
| Watson and Holmes | Karl Bollers, Rick Leonardi, Paul Mendoza et al. | New Paradigm Studio | ||
| 2015 | Lumberjanes | Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, ND Stevenson[a], and Brooke A. Allen | BOOM! Box | [32][28] |
| The Fade Out | Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips | Image | ||
| Ms. Marvel | G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphon | Marvel | ||
| Rocket Raccoon | Skottie Young | Marvel | ||
| The Wicked + The Divine | Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie | Image | ||
| 2016 | Paper Girls | Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang | Image | [33][28] |
| Bitch Planet | Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro | Image | ||
| Harrow County | Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook | Dark Horse | ||
| Kaijumax | Zander Cannon | Oni | ||
| Monstress | Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda | Image | ||
| The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl | Ryan North and Erica Henderson | Marvel | ||
| 2017 | Black Hammer | Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston | Dark Horse | [34][28] |
| Clean Room | Gail Simone and Jon Davis-Hunt | Vertigo/DC | ||
| Deathstroke: Rebirth | Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, et al. | DC | ||
| Faith | Jody Houser, Pere Pérez, and Marguerite Sauvage | Valiant | ||
| Mockingbird | Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk | Marvel | ||
| 2018 | Black Bolt | Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward | Marvel | [35][28] |
| Grass Kings | Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins | BOOM! Studios | ||
| Maestros | Steve Skroce | Image | ||
| Redlands | Jordie Bellaire and Vanesa Del Rey | Image | ||
| Royal City | Jeff Lemire | Image | ||
| 2019 | Gideon Falls | Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino | Image | [36][37] |
| Bitter Root | David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Green | Image | ||
| Crowded | Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt | Image | ||
| Isola | Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl | Image | ||
| Man-Eaters | Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk | Image | ||
| Skyward | Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett | Image | ||
| 2020s | ||||
| 2020 | Invisible Kingdom | G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward | Berger Books/Dark Horse | [38][39] |
| Doctor Doom | Christopher Cantwell and Salvador Larocca | Marvel | ||
| Once & Future | Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora | BOOM! Studios | ||
| Something Is Killing the Children | James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera | BOOM! Studios | ||
| Undiscovered Country | Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Daniele Orlandini | Image | ||
| 2021 | Black Widow | Kelly Thompson and Elena Casagrande | Marvel | [40][41] |
| Crossover | Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw | Image | ||
| The Department of Truth | James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds | Image | ||
| Killadelphia | Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander | Image | ||
| We Only Find Them When They’re Dead | Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo | BOOM! Studios | ||
| 2022 | The Nice House on the Lake | James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno | DC Black Label | [42][43] |
| The Human Target | Tom King and Greg Smallwood | DC | ||
| Not All Robots | Mark Russell and Mike Deodato Jr. | AWA Upshot | ||
| Radiant Black | Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa | Image | ||
| Ultramega | James Harren | Image Skybound | ||
| 2023 | Public Domain | Chip Zdarsky | Image | [44][45] |
| The Atonement Bell | Jim Ousley and Tyler B. Ruff | Red 5 | ||
| Love Everlasting | Tom King and Elsa Charretier | Image | ||
| Star Trek | Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Ramon Rosanas | IDW | ||
| Traveling to Mars | Mark Russell and Roberto Meli | Ablaze | ||
| 2024 | Somna: A Bedtime Story | Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay | DSTLRY | [46] |
| Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees | Patrick Horvath | IDW | ||
| Black Cloak | Kelly Thompson and Meredith McClaren | Image | ||
| Local Man | Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs | Image | ||
| Phantom Road | Jeff Lemire and Gabriel Hernández Walta | Image | ||
| 2025 | Absolute Wonder Woman | Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman | DC | [47] |
| Absolute Batman | Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta | DC | ||
| Minor Arcana | Jeff Lemire | BOOM! Studios | ||
| The Pedestrian | Joey Esposito and Sean Von Gorman | Magma Comix | ||
| The Power Fantasy | Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard | Image | ||
| Uncanny Valley | Tony Fleecs and Dave Wachter | BOOM! Studios | ||
| 2026 | Assorted Crisis Events | Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadzki | Image | [48] |
| Batman Vol. 4 | Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez | DC | ||
| Black Cat | G. Willow Wilson and Gleb Melnikov | Marvel | ||
| Exquisite Corpses | James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, Pornsak Pichetshote, and others | Image | ||
| Ghost Pepper | Ludo Lullabi | Image | ||
| Temporal | Williams Williams and Asiah Fulmore | Mad Cave | ||