2011 Eisner Award Winners--The Votes Are In!

Whether you agree with the following results or not, the Eisner Award winners of 2011 have been announced. Some of the winning results are obvious no-brainers, like the brothers Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá's award for Best Limited Series Daytripper--a tear jerking comic with the best look on death/life you may ever find. Some winners are more questionable, like Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque's award for Best New Series American Vampire--a mediocre, fast-paced vampire story which races through the life and times of America. Other awards are rather shocking and well deserved, like Nate Simpson, recipient of the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award, for his debut work on his creator owned title Nonplayer published by Image. Did I mention Simpson released only one issue so far? Without further delay, here are the 2011 Eisner Award Winners:

2011 Eisner Award Winner List


Best Short Story
"Post Mortem," by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)

Best Continuing Series
Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)

Best Limited Series
Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)

Best New Series
American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)

Best Publication for Kids
Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC)

Best Publication for Teens
Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)

Best Humor Publication
I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!)

Best Anthology
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen (Archaia)

Best Digital Comic
Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl, www.abominable.cc

Best Reality-Based Work
It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album—New Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia) Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly) Best Graphic Album—Reprint Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC) Best Adaptation from Another Work The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower  and Skottie Young (Marvel) Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob  Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein (IDW) Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW) Best U.S. Edition of International Material It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics) Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media) Best Writer Joe Hill, Lock & Key (IDW) Best Writer/Artist Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW) Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel) Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art) Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse) Best Cover Artist Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse) Best Coloring Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective  Comics (DC); Neil Young's Greendale, Daytripper,  Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC) Best Lettering Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC); SHIELD (Marvel); Driver  for the Dead (Radical) Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com) Best Comics-Related Book 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN) Best Publication Design Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW) HALL OF FAME Judges' Choices: Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Jackson, Martin Nodell, Lynd Ward Elected: Mort Drucker, Harvey Pekar, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Nate Simpson Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Patrick McDonnell Bill Finger Excellence in Comic Book Writing Award: Del Connell, Bob Haney Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Comics & Vegetables, Tel Aviv, Israel - Yuval Sharon, Danny Amitai Strange Adventures  of Halifax, Nova Scotia; Warp 1 of Edmonton, Alberta; and Mel Thompson and Associates. More information on the Eisner Awards may be found here.