Mesmo com a pandemia, com as restrições, a indústria da nona arte não parou e continuou brindando os leitores com obras maravilhosas, e no dia 23 de julho, foram anunciados os vencedores do Prêmio Eisner 2021, o que rendeu algumas surpresas.
Considerado o grande Oscar dos quadrinhos norte-americanos que acontece durante a San Diego Comic Com, religiosamente todos os anos, durante a pandemia ela ocorreu de forma virtual, na Comic-Con at Home.
O grande vencedor da noite foi Gene Luen Yang por Superman Smashes the Klan, que ganhou nas categorias: Melhor Publicação Infantil e Melhor Adaptação de Outra Mídia. E também ganhou por Dragon Hoops em Melhor Publicação para Adolescentes.
Logo em seguida existem duas obras que ganharam alguns prêmios de destaque como: Jimmy Olsen e A Solidão de um Quadrinho Sem Fim. A cerimônia também contou com a premiação dos autores: Junji Ito, Ed Brubaker, Stan Sakai e Simon Hanselmann.
Confira a lista dos indicados e vencedores abaixo:
Melhor Edição Única
- Sports Is Hell – Bem Passmore (Koyama Press)
- The Burning Hotels – Thomas Lampion (Birdcage Bottom Books)
- Hedra – Jesse Lonergan (Image)
- The Other History of the DC Universe #1 – John Ridley e Guisepp Camuncoli (DC Comics)
- Stanley’s Ghost: A Halloween Adventure – Jeff Balke, Paul Storrie e Dave Alvarez (Storm Kids)
Melhor Série Continua
- Usagi Yojimbo – Stan Sakai (IDW)
- Bitter Root – David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, e Sanford Greene (Image)
- Demolidor – Chip Zdarsky e Marco Checchetto (Marvel)
- The Department of Truth – James Tynion IV e Martin Simmonds (Image)
- Gideon Falls – Jeff Lemire e Andrea Sorrentino (Image)
- Stillwater – Chip Zdarsky e Ramón K. Pérez (Image)
Melhor Minissérie
- Jimmy Olsen – Matt Fraction e Steve Lieber (DC)
- Barbalien: Red Planet – Jeff Lemire, Tate Brombal e Gabriel H. Walta (Dark Horse)
- Decorum – Jonathan Hickman e Mike Huddleston (Image)
- Lanterna Verde: Setor Final – N. K. Jemisin e Jamal Campbell (DC)
- Estranhas Aventuras – Tom King, Mitch Gerads, e Evan “Doc” Shaner (DC)
- We Live – Inaki Miranda e Roy Miranda (AfterShock)
Melhor Série Nova
- Viúva Negra – Kelly Thompson e Elena Casagrande (Marvel)
- Crossover – Donny Cates e Geoff Shaw (Image)
- The Department of Truth – James Tynion IV e Martin Simmonds (Image)
- Killadelphia – Rodney Barnes e Jason Shawn Alexander (Image)
- We Only Find Them When They’re Dead – Al Ewing e Simone Di Meo (BOOM! Studios)
Melhor Roteirista
- James Tynion IV – Batman (DC); Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Department of Truth (Image); Razorblades (Tiny Onion)
- Ed Brubaker – Pulp, Reckless (Image) e Friday (Panel Syndicate)
- Matt Fraction – Jimmy Olsen (DC); Adventureman, November vols. 2 e 3, Sex Criminals (Image)
- Jonathan Hickman – Decorum (Image); Giant-Size X-Men, X-Men (Marvel)
- Jeff Lemire – Barbalien, Black Hammer, Colonel Weird (Dark Horse); The Question (DC); Family Tree, Gideon Falls (Image)
- Chip Zdarsky – Demolidor; Quarteto Fantástico/X-Men (Marvel); Stillwater (Image/Skybound)
Melhor Roteirista e Artista
- Junji Ito – Remina, Venus in the Blind Spot (VIZ Media)
- Pascal Jousselin – Mister Invincible: Local Hero (Magnetic Press)
- Trung Le Nguyen – The Magic Fish (RH Graphic/RH Children’s Books)
- Craig Thompson – Ginseng Roots (Uncivilized)
- Adrian Tomine – A Solidão de um Quadrinho Sem Fim (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Gene Luen Yang – Dragon Hoops (First Second/Macmillan)
Melhor Artista ou Equipe de Artistas
- Michael Allred – David Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Day Dreams (Insight Editions)
- Marco Chechetto – Demolidor (Marvel)
- Jorge Corona – Middlewest (Image)
- Bertrand Gatignol – Pistouvi (Magnetic Press)
- Mitch Gerads e Evan “Doc” Shaner – Estranhas Aventuras (DC)
- Sanford Greene – Bitter Root (Image)
Melhor Artista Digital
- Anand RK/John Pearson – Blue in Green (Image)
- Benjamin Adam – Soon (Europe Comics)
- Alice Chemama – The Zolas (Europe Comics)
- Jared Cullum – Kodi (Top Shelf)
- Decur – When You Look Up (Enchanted Lion Books)
- Antonio Lapone – Gentlemind (Europe Comics)
Melhor Capista
- Peach Momoko – Buffy the Vampire Slayer #19, Mighty Morphin #2, Something Is Killing the Children #12, Power Rangers #1 (BOOM! Studios); DIE!namite, Vampirella (Dynamite); The Crow: Lethe (IDW); Marvel Variants (Marvel)
- Jamal Campbell – Lanterna Verde: Setor Final (DC); Power Rangers (BOOM! Studios)
- Simone Di Meo – We Only Find Them When They’re Dead (BOOM! Studio)
- Mike Huddleston – Decorum (Image)
- Dave Johnson – Butcher of Paris (Dark Horse)
- Ramón K. Pérez – Stillwater (Image/Skybound)
Melhor Colorista
- Laura Allred – X-Ray Robot (Dark Horse); David Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Day Dreams (Insight Editions)
- Jean-Francois Beaulieu – Middlewest (Image)
- Gipi – One Story (Fantagraphics)
- Marte Gracia – Impéryo, X de Espadas (Marvel)
- Dave Stewart – Promethee 13:13 (comiXology); Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Gideon Falls (Image); Homem-Aranha #4 e 5 (Marvel)
- Matt Wilson – Undiscovered Country (Image); Fire Power (Image/Skybound); Thor (Marvel)
Melhor Letrista
- Stan Sakai – Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)
- Mike Allred – David Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Day Dreams (Insight Editions)
- Deron Bennett – Lanterna Verde: Setor Final, Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red; Martian Manhunter (DC); Excellence (Image/Skybound); Ping Pong (VIZ Media)
- Aditya Bidikar – Barbalien: Red Planet (Dark Horse); John Constantine, Hellblazer (DC); The Department of Truth (Image);
- Clayton Cowles – Aquaman, Batman, Batman e os Renegados, Estranhas Aventuras, Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Jimmy Olsen (DC); Bitter Root (Image); Morbius, X de Espadas (Marvel)
- Rus Wooton – Mulher-Maravilha: Terra Morta (DC); Monstress (Image); Fire Power, Oblivion Song, Outcast, Stillwater (Image/Skybound)
Melhor Publicação para Jovens Leitores
- Our Little Kitchen – Jillian Tamaki (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
- Bear – Ben Queen e Joe Todd-Stanton (Archaia/BOOM!)
- Cat Kid Comic Club – Dav Pilkey (Scholastic Graphix)
- Donut Feed the Squirrels – Mika Song (RH Graphic/RH Children’s Books)
- Kodi – Jared Cullum (Top Shelf)
- Lift – Minh Lê e Dan Santat (Little, Brown Young Readers)
Melhor Publicação Infantil
- Superman Smashes the Klan – Gene Luen Yang e Gurihiru (DC)
- Doodleville – Chad Sell (Knopf/BFYR/RH Children’s Books)
- Go with the Flow – Lily Williams e Karen Schneemann (First Second/Macmillan)
- Mister Invincible: Local Hero – Pascal Jousselin (Magnetic Press)
- Snapdragon – Kat Leyh (First Second/Macmillan)
- Twins – Varian Johnson e Shannon Wright (Scholastic Graphix)
Melhor Publicação para Adolescentes
- Dragon Hoops – Gene Luen Yang (First Second/Macmillan)
- Check, Please! Book 2 – Ngozi Ukazu
- Displacement – Kiku Hughes (First Second/Macmillan)
- Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence – Joel Christian Gill (Oni Press)
- A Map to the Sun – Sloane Leong (First Second/Macmillan)
- When Stars are Scattered – Victoria Jamieson e Omar Mohamed (Dial Books)
Melhor Publicação de Comédia
- Jimmy Olsen – Matt Fraction e Steve Lieber (DC)
- The Complete Fante Bukowski – Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)
- Department of Mind-Blowing Theories – Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
- FANGS – Sarah Andersen (Andrews McMeel)
- Wendy, Master of Art – Walter Scott (Drawn & Quarterly)
- What If We Were… – Axelle Lenoir (Top Shelf)
Melhor Antologia
- Menopause: A Comic Treatment – editada por MK Czerwiec (Graphic Medicine/Pennsylvania State University Press)
- Ex Mag vols 1 e 2 – editada por Wren McDonald (PEOW)
- Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison – editada por Sarah Mirk (Abrams)
- Hey, Amateur! Go From Novice to Nailing It in 9 Panels – editada por Shelly Bond (IDW Black Crown)
- Los Angeles Times – editada por Sammy Harkham (NTWRK)
- Now – editada por Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
Melhor Trabalho Baseado em Fatos
- Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio – Derf Backderf (Abrams)
- Big Black: Stand at Attica – Frank “Big Black” Smith, Jared Reinmuth, e Améziane (Archaia/BOOM!)
- Dragon Hoops – Gene Luen Yang (First Second/Macmillan)
- Invisible Differences: A Story of Asperger’s, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color – Mme Caroline e Julie Dachez, tradução de Edward Gauvin (Oni Press)
- Paying the Land – Joe Sacco (Metropolitan/Henry Holt)
- Year of the Rabbit – Tian Veasna, tradução de Helge Dascher (Drawn & Quarterly)
Melhor Novo Álbum Gráfico
- Pulp – Ed Brubaker e Sean Phillips (Image)
- The Book Tour – Andi Watson (Top Shelf)
- Dragman – Steven Appleby (Metropolitan)
- Flake – Matthew Dooley (Jonathan Cape)
- Labyrinth – Ben Argon (Abrams)
- Paul at Home – Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
Melhor Reimpressão de Álbum Gráfico
- Seeds and Stems – Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics)
- Black Hammer Library Edition vol 2 – Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormstom, Emi Lenox e Rich Tommaso (Dark Horse)
- Criminal: Deluxe Edition vol 3 – Ed Brubaker e Sean Phillips (Image)
- Eight-Lane Runaways – Henry McCausland (Fantagraphics)
- Fante Bukowski: The Complete Works – Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)
- Herobear and the Kid: The Heritage – Mike Kunkel (Astonish Factory)
Melhor História Curta
- When the Menopausal Carnival Comes to Town – Mimi Pond
- Garden Boys – Henry McCausland
- I Needed the Discounts – Connor Willumsen
- Parts of Us – Chan Chau
- Rookie – Greg Rucka e Eduardo Risso (Detective Comics #1027)
- Soft Lead – Chan Chau
Melhor Adaptação de Outra Mídia
- Superman Smashes the Klan – Gene Luen Yang e Gurihiru (DC)
- Constitution Illustrated – R. Sikoryak (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Parable of the Sower: The Graphic Novel Adaptation de Octavia E. Butler – Damian Duffy e John Jennings (Abrams)
- Sapiens: Edição em Quadrinhos vol 1 de Yuval Noah Harari – David Vandermeulen e Daniel Casanave (Harper Perennial)
- Slaughterhouse-Five de Kurt Vonnegut – Ryan North e Albert Monteys (Archaia/BOOM!)
Melhor Quadrinho Digital
- Friday – Ed Brubaker e Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)
- Genius Animals? – Vali Chandrasekaran e Jun-Pierre Shiozawa
- Gentlemind – Juan Díaz Canales, Teresa Valero e Antonio Lapone (Europe Comics)
- Promethee 13:13 – Andy Diggle e Shawn Martinbrough (comiXology Originals/Delcourt)
- Olive – Véro Cazot e Lucy Mazel (Europe Comics)
- Soon – Thomas Cadène e Benjamin Adam (Europe Comics)
Melhor Webcomic
- Crisis Zone – Simon Hanselmann
- BFF – Clément C. Fabre, Joseph Saffiedine e Thomas Cadène
- DPS! Only – Vel
- Isle of Elsi – Alec Longstreth
- The Kiss Bet – Ingrid Ochoa
- The Middle Age – Steve Conley
Melhor Coleção de Arquivos – Tirinhas
- The Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age – editado por Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)
- Gross Exaggerations: The Meshuga Comic Strips of Milt Gross – editado por Peter Maresca (Sunday Press/IDW)
- Krazy & Ignatz 1919-1921 de George Herriman – editado por RJ Casey (Fantagraphics)
- Little Debbie and the Second Coming of Elmo: Daily Comic Strips, August 1960–September 1961 de Cecil Jensen – editado por Frank Young (Labor of Love)
- Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: Volume 7: Pockets Full of Pie de Walt Kelly – editado por Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
Melhor Coleção de Arquivos – Quadrinhos
- The Complete Hate, de Peter Bagge – editado por Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
- Art Young’s Inferno, de Art Young – editado por Glenn Bray (Fantagraphics)
- Atlas at War! – editado por Michael J. Vassallo (Dead Reckoning)
- Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salty Sea, de Hugo Pratt (EuroComics/IDW)
- Little Lulu: The Fuzzythingus Poopi, de John Stanley – editado por Frank Young e Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Man and Superman and Other Stories, de Harvey Kurtzman – editado por J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)
Melhor Texto Jornalístico Relacionado a Quadrinhos
- Women Write About Comics – editado por Nola Pfau e Wendy Browne
- Alter Ego – editado por Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
- Back Issue – editado por Michael Eury (TwoMorrows)
- The Comics Blog – Michael Cavna e David Betancourt
- The Comics Journal – editado por RJ Casey, Kristy Valenti e Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)
- PanelxPanel Magazine – editado por Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Melhor Quadrinho Biográfico
- A Solidão de um Quadrinho Sem Fim – Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Banned Book Club – Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada e Ko Hyung-Ju (Iron Circus)
- Dancing After TEN: A Graphic Memoir – Vivian Chong e Georgia Webber (Fantagraphics)
- Ginseng Roots – Craig Thompson (Uncivilized)
- I Don’t Know How to Give Birth! – Ayami Kazama (Yen Press)
- When Stars Are Scattered – Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed (Dial Books)
Melhor Versão Norte-Americana
- Goblin Girl – Moa Romanova (Fantagraphics)
- Altitude – Olivier Bocquet e Jean-Marc Rochette (SelfMadeHero)
- Gamayun Tales I: An Anthology of Modern Russian Folk Tales – Alexander Utkin (Nobrow)
- Irena Books 2 and 3 – Jean-David Morvan, Severine Tréfouël, e David Evrard (Magnetic Press)
- When You Look Up – Decur (Enchanted Lion Books)
- The Winter of the Cartoonist – Paco Roca (Fantagraphics)
Melhor Edição Norte-Americana de Conteúdo Asiático
- Remina – Junji Ito (VIZ Media)
- I Had That Same Dream Again – Yoru Sumino e Idumi Kirihara (Seven Seas)
- I Wish I Could Say “Thank You” – Yukari Takinami (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
- A Journal Of My Father – Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
- Ping Pong vols. 1 e 2 – Taiyo Matsumoto (VIZ Media)
- Spy x Family vols. 1 a 3 – Tatsuya Endo (VIZ Media)
Melhor Design de Publicação
- A Solidão de um Quadrinho Sem Fim – Adrian Tomine e Tracy Huron (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Chasin’ the Bird: Charlie Parker in California deluxe edition – David Chisholm e Tyler Boss (Z2 Comics)
- Dbury@50: The Complete Digital Doonesbury – G.B. Trudeau, design de George Corsillo e Susan McCaslin (Andrews McMeel)
- J & K – John Pham (Fantagraphics)
- Original Art: The Dan Clowes Studio Edition – Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
Melhor Trabalho Acadêmico
- The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging – Rebecca Wanzo (New York University Press)
- Comic Art in Museums – editado por Kim A. Munson (University Press of Mississippi)
- Comic Studies: A Guidebook – editado por Charles Hatfield e Bart Beaty (Rutgers University Press)
- Webcomics – Sean Kleefeld (Bloomsbury)
- Who Understands Comics: Questioning the Universality of Visual Language Comprehension – Neil Cohn (Bloomsbury)
Melhor Livro Relacionado a Quadrinhos
- Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books – Ken Quattro (Yoe Books/IDW)
- American Daredevil: Comics, Communism, and the Battles of Lev Gleason – Brett Dakin (Comic House/Lev Gleason)
- Ditko Shrugged: The Uncompromising Life of the Artist Behind Spider-Man and the Rise of Marvel Comics – David Currie (Hermes Press)
- Drawing Fire: The Editorial Cartoons of Bill Mauldin – editado por Todd DePastino (Pritzker Military Museum & Library)
- The History of EC Comics – Grant Geissman (TASCHEN)
Masters of British Comic Art – David Roach (2000AD)
