Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist—Humor

Summarize Timeline Top Qs Fact Check

From the creation of the Eisner Awards in 1988 to 1992, an award titled "Best Writer/Artist (Team or Individual)" was presented. In 1993, this was split into "Best Writer/Artist" (which continues to present) and "Best Writer-Artist Team" (which was only awarded once). In 1996, the award was renamed to "Best Writer/Artist Drama" and a separate award for "Best Writer/Artist—Humor" was created. In 2009, the judges made the decision to combine the Writer/Artist and Writer/Artist—Humor categories.^[1]

Winners and nominees

More information Year, Nominee ...

Year	Nominee	Titles	Ref.
1990s
1996	Sergio Aragonés	Groo (Image Comics)	[2]
	Dan Clowes	Eightball (Fantagraphics)
	Kim Deitch	"The Strange Secret of Molly O'Dare" in Zero Zero (Fantagraphics)
	Evan Dorkin	"Instant Piano" stories (Dark Horse Comics), Milk and Cheese #666 (Slave Labor Graphics), Dork #3 (Slave Labor Graphics)
	Chris Ware	Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
	Jim Woodring	Jim, Jim Special: Frank's Real Pal (Fantagraphics)
1997	Don Rosa	Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone Publishing), Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone Publishing)	[3]
	Mark Crilley	Akiko (Sirius Entertainment)
	Marc Hempel	Tug & Buster (Art & Soul)
	Batton Lash	Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre (Exhibit A Press)
	Carol Lay	Joy Ride and Other Stories (Kitchen Sink Press)
	Masashi Tanaka	Gon (Paradox Press)
1998	Jeff Smith	Bone (Cartoon Books)	[4]
	R. Crumb	Self-Loathing (Fantagraphics), Mystic Funnies (Alex Wood)
	Bill Morrison	Roswell, Little Green Man (Bongo Comics)
	Masashi Tanaka	Gon (Paradox Press)
	Chris Ware	Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
1999	Kyle Baker	You Are Here (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)	[5]
	Roman Dirge	Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl (Slave Labor Graphics)
	Evan Dorkin	Dork (Slave Labor Graphics)
	Rich Koslowski	The 3 Geeks (3 Finger Press)
	Batton Lash	Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre (Exhibit A Press), Mavis (Exhibit A Press)
2000s
2000	Kyle Baker	I Die at Midnight (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC Comics)	[6]
	Sergio Aragonés	"Xt'Tapalatakettle's Day" in Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror (Bongo Comics), Sergio Aragones' Groo & Rufferto (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick), Marginals in Mad (DC Comics)
	Mark Crilley	Akiko (Sirius Entertainment)
	Jay Hosler	Clan Apis (Active Synapse)
	Lewis Trondheim	The Nimrod (Fantagraphics), "The Beach" in Measles #3 (Fantagraphics)
2001	Tony Millionaire	Maakies (Fantagraphics), Sock Monkey (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick)	[7]
	Alison Bechdel	Post-Dykes to Watch Out For (Firebrand Books)
	Ben Katchor	Julius Knipl: The Beauty Supply District (Pantheon Books)
	Michael Kupperman	Snake 'n' Bacon Cartoon Cabaret (HarperCollins)
	Pete Sickman-Garner	Hey, Mister (Top Shelf Productions)
	Judd Winick	The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius 2.0 (Oni Press)
2002	Evan Dorkin	Dork (Slave Labor Graphics)	[8]
	Tom Beland	True Story, Swear to God (Clib's Boy Comics)
	Chynna Clugston-Major	Blue Monday: Absolute Beginners (Oni Press)
	Makoto Kobayashi	"What's Michael?" in Super Manga Blast (Dark Horse Comics)
	Chris Ware	Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
	Judd Winick	The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius (Oni Press)
2003	Tony Millionaire	House at Maakies Corner (Fantagraphics)	[9]
	Kim Deitch	Stuff of Dreams (Fantagraphics)
	Derf (John Beckderf)	Trashed: True Tales from the Back of a Garbage Truck (SLG)
	Roger Langridge	Fred the Clown (Hotel Fred Press)
2004	Kyle Baker	Plastic Man (DC Comics), The New Baker (Kyle Baker Publishing)	[10]
	Tony Millionaire	Sock Monkey (Dark Horse Comics)
	Eric Powell	The Goon (Dark Horse Comics)
	Joann Sfar	Little Vampire Does Kung Fu! (Simon & Schuster), Little Vampire Goes to School (Simon & Schuster)
	Jeff Smith	Bone (Cartoon Books)
2005	Kyle Baker	Plastic Man (DC Comics), Kyle Baker, Cartoonist (Kyle Baker Publishing)	[11]
	Phil Foglio	Girl Genius (Airship Entertainment)
	Scott Kurtz	PvP (Image Comics)
	Eric Powell	The Goon (Dark Horse Comics)
	Johnny Ryan	Angry Youth Comix (Fantagraphics)
2006	Kyle Baker	Plastic Man (DC Comics), The Bakers (Kyle Baker Publishing)	[12]
	Paige Braddock	Jane's World (Girl Twirl)
	Bryan Lee O'Malley	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Oni Press)
	Eric Powell	The Goon (Dark Horse Comics)
	Seth	Wimbledon Green (Drawn & Quarterly)
2007	Tony Millionaire	Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics), Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident (Dark Horse Comics)	[13]
	Ivan Brunetti	Schizo (Fantagraphics)
	Lilli Carré	Tales of Woodsman Pete (Top Shelf Productions)
	Michael Kupperman	Tales Designed to Thrizzle (Fantagraphics)
	Lewis Trondheim	A.L.I.E.E.E.N. (First Second Books), Mr. I (NBM Publishing)
2008	Eric Powell	The Goon (Dark Horse Comics)	[14]
	Kyle Baker	The Bakers: Babies and Kittens (Image Comics)
	Fred Chao	Johnny Hiro (AdHouse Books)
	Brandon Graham	King City (Tokyopop), Multiple Warheads (Oni Press)
	James Stokoe	Wonton Soup (Oni Press)

Close