| Year
|
Nominee
|
Titles
|
Ref.
|
| 1993
|
Dave Dorman
|
Aliens: Tribes (Dark Horse Comics)
|
[1]
|
| Simon Bisley
|
"Lair of the Lizard Ladies" in Mr. Monster Attacks #3 (Tundra Publishing)
|
| John Bolton
|
Army of Darkness (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| Dan Brereton
|
Clive Barker's Dread (Eclipse Comics)
|
| Teddy Kristiansen
|
Tarzan: Loves, Lies, and the Lost City (Malibu Comics)
|
| Dave McKean
|
Signal to Noise (VG Graphics/Dark Horse Comics)
|
| Jim Woodring
|
Frank in the River (Tundra Publishing), "Frank" in Pictopia #2 (Fantagraphics Books)
|
| 1994
|
Alex Ross
|
Marvels (Marvel Comics)
|
[2]
|
| Mark Chiarello
|
Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop (DC Comics)
|
| Scott Hampton
|
The Upturned Stone (Kitchen Sink Press)
|
| Teddy Kristiansen
|
Grendel Tales: Four Devils, One Hell (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| 1995
|
Jon J. Muth
|
The Mystery Play (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
[3]
|
| Christopher Moeller
|
Shadow Empires: Faith Conquers (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| Miguelanxo Prado
|
Streak of Chalk (NBM Publishing)
|
| Jim Silke
|
Rascals in Paradise (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| Jim Woodring
|
Jim (Fantagraphics Books)
|
| 1996
|
John Bolton
|
Batman: Manbat (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
[4]
|
| Dan Brereton
|
The Nocturnals (Malibu Comics/Bravura Comics)
|
| Teddy Kristiansen
|
Bacchus Color Special (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| David Wenzel
|
Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (NBM Publishing)
|
| Phil Winslade
|
Goddess (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
| 1997
|
Alex Ross
|
Kingdom Come (DC Comics)
|
[5]
|
| Dan Brereton
|
Batman: Thrillkiller (DC Comics)
|
| Joseph Michael Linsner
|
Dawn (Sirius Entertainment)
|
| Miguelanxo Prado
|
Tangents (NBM Publishing)
|
| 1998
|
Alex Ross
|
Uncle Sam (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
[6]
|
| John Bolton
|
Menz Insana (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), "The Flowers of Romance" in Vertigo: Winter's Edge (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
| Gene Ha
|
"Free Fall" in Shadows & Light (Marvel Comics)
|
| Scott Hampton
|
Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty (DC Comics), Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold Book Two (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
| David Wenzel
|
The Wizard's Tale (Homage Comics)
|
| 1999
|
Alex Ross
|
Superman: Peace on Earth (DC Comics)
|
[7]
|
| Kyle Baker
|
You Are Here (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
| Dan Brereton
|
Batgirl and Batman: Thrillkiller '62 (DC Comics)
|
| David W. Mack
|
Kabuki (Image Comics)
|
| 2000s
|
| 2000
|
Alex Ross
|
Batman: War on Crime (DC Comics)
|
[8]
|
| Kyle Baker
|
I Die at Midnight (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC Comics)
|
| John Bolton
|
Gifts of the Night (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
| Jill Thompson
|
Scary Godmother: The Mystery Date (Sirius Entertainment)
|
| 2001
|
Jill Thompson
|
Scary Godmother (Sirius Entertainment)
|
[9]
|
| Christian Gossett and Team Red Star
|
The Red Star (Image Comics)
|
| David W. Mack
|
Kabuki #9 (Image Comics)
|
| George Pratt
|
Batman: Harvest Breed (DC Comics)
|
| Charles Vess
|
Rose #1 (Cartoon Books)
|
| Yslaire
|
From Cloud 99: Memories, Part 1 (Humanoids Publishing)
|
| 2002
|
Charles Vess
|
Rose (Cartoon Books)
|
[10]
|
| Allen Coulter and Snakebite Cortez
|
The Red Star (Image Comics)
|
| Dave McKean
|
Pictures That Tick (Hourglass Studios/Allen Spiegel Fine Arts)
|
| David W. Mack
|
Daredevil #16-19 (Marvel Comics)
|
| John Van Fleet
|
Batman: The Ankh (DC Comics)
|
| 2003
|
George Pratt
|
Wolverine: Netsuke (Marvel Comics)
|
[11]
|
| Eric Drooker
|
Blood Song: A Silent Ballad (Harcourt)
|
| David W. Mack
|
Kabuki: The Ghost Play (Image Comics)
|
| Lorenzo Mattotti
|
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (NBM Publishing)
|
| 2004
|
Jill Thompson
|
"Stray" in The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings (Dark Horse Comics)
|
[12]
|
| Juanjo Guarnido
|
Blacksad (ibooks)
|
| Ladronn
|
Hip Flask: Elephantmen (Comicraft)
|
| Miguelanxo Prado
|
"Dream" in The Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
| Frank Quitely
|
"Destiny" in The Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
| 2005
|
Teddy Kristiansen
|
It's a Bird... (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
[13]
|
| Juanjo Guarnido
|
Blacksad, Book 2: Arctic Nation (ibooks)
|
| David W. Mack
|
Kabuki (Marvel Comics)
|
| Ben Templesmith
|
30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow (IDW Publishing)
|
| Michael Zulli
|
Creatures of the Night (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| 2006
|
Ladronn
|
Hip Flask: Mystery City (Active Images)
|
[14]
|
| Paul Guinan
|
Heartbreakers Meet Boilerplate (IDW Publishing)
|
| Ben Templesmith
|
Fell (Image Comics)
|
| Kent Williams
|
The Fountain (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
| 2007
|
Jill Thompson
|
"A Dog and His Boy" in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters (Dark Horse Comics), "Love Triangle" in Sexy Chix (Dark Horse Comics), "Fair Division" in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
[15]
|
| Nicolas de Crécy
|
Glacial Period (NBM Publishing)
|
| Melinda Gebbie
|
Lost Girls (Top Shelf Productions)
|
| Ben Templesmith
|
Fell (Image Comics), The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M (Desperado Publishing/Image Comics), Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW Publishing)
|
| Brett Weldele
|
Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga (Graphitti Designs), Silent Ghost (Markosia)
|
| 2008
|
Eric Powell
|
The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse Comics)
|
[16]
|
| Ann Marie Fleming
|
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
|
| Bryan Talbot
|
Alice in Sunderland (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| Ben Templesmith
|
Fell (Image Comics), 30 Days of Night: Red Snow (IDW Publishing), Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW Publishing)
|
| 2009
|
Jill Thompson
|
Magic Trixie (Harper Children's Books), Magic Trixie Sleeps Over (Harper Children's Books)
|
[17][18]
|
| Lynda Barry
|
What It Is (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
| Eddie Campbell
|
The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard (First Second Books)
|
| Enrico Casarosa
|
The Venice Chronicles (Ateliér Fio/AdHouse Books)
|
| Scott Morse
|
Tiger!Tiger!Tiger! (Red Window)
|
| 2010s
|
| 2010
|
Jill Thompson
|
Beasts of Burden (Dark Horse Comics), Magic Trixie and the Dragon (Harper Children's Books)
|
[19][20]
|
| Émile Bravo
|
My mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
|
| Mauro Cascioli
|
Justice League: Cry for Justice (DC Comics)
|
| Nicolle Rager Fuller
|
Charles Darwin on the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation (Rodale Books)
|
| Carol Tyler
|
You’ll Never Know: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics Books)
|
| 2011
|
Juanjo Guarnido
|
Blacksad (Dark Horse Comics)
|
[21][22]
|
| Lynda Barry
|
Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
| Brecht Evens
|
The Wrong Place (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
| Janet K. Lee
|
Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia Entertainment)
|
| Éric Liberge
|
On the Odd Hours (NBM Publishing)
|
| Carol Tyler
|
You’ll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage (Fantagraphics Books)
|
| 2012
|
There was no Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist in 2012 as the judges "didn't find enough contenders that reached the level of quality they were looking for."[23]
|
| 2013
|
Juanjo Guarnido
|
Blacksad (Dark Horse Comics)
|
[24][22]
|
| Brecht Evens
|
The Making Of (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
| Teddy Kristiansen
|
The Red Diary/The RE[a]D Diary (Man of Action Entertainment/Image Comics)
|
| Lorenzo Mattotti
|
The Crackle of the Frost (Fantagraphics Books)
|
| Katsuya Terada
|
The Monkey King, vol. 2 (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| 2014
|
Fiona Staples
|
Saga (Image Comics)
|
[25][22]
|
| Andrew C. Robinson
|
The Fifth Beetle (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| Sonia Sanchéz
|
Here I Am (Capstone Publishers)
|
| Ive Svorcina
|
Thor (Marvel Comics)
|
| Marguerite Van Cook
|
7 Miles a Second (Fantagraphics Books)
|
| Judith Vanistendael
|
When David Lost His Voice (SelfMadeHero)
|
| 2015
|
J. H. Williams III
|
The Sandman: Overture (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
[26][22]
|
| Lauri Ahonen and Jaakko Ahonen
|
Jaybird (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| Colleen Coover
|
Bandette (MonkeyBrain Books)
|
| Mike del Mundo
|
Elektra (Marvel Comics)
|
| Juanjo Guarnido
|
Blacksad: Amarillo (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| 2016
|
Dustin Nguyen
|
Descender (Image Comics)
|
[27][22]
|
| Federico Bertolucci
|
Love: The Tiger (Magnetic Press), Love: The Fox (Magnetic Press)
|
| Colleen Coover
|
Bandette (MonkeyBrain Books)
|
| Carita Lupattelli
|
Izuna (Humanoids Publishing)
|
| Tony Sandoval
|
A Glance Backward (Magnetic Press)
|
| 2017
|
Jill Thompson
|
Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC Comics), Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse Comics)
|
[28][22]
|
| Federico Bertolucci
|
Love: The Lion (Magnetic Press)
|
| Brecht Evens
|
Panther (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
| Manuele Fior
|
5,000 km per Second (Fantagraphics Books)
|
| Dave McKean
|
Black Dog: the Dreams of Paul Nash (Dark Horse Comics)
|
| Sana Takeda
|
Monstress (Image Comics)
|
| 2018
|
Sana Takeda
|
Monstress (Image Comics)
|
[29][22]
|
| Federico Bertolucci
|
Love: The Dinosaur (Lion Forge Comics/Magnetic Press), Little Tails (Lion Forge Comics/Magnetic Press)
|
| EFA
|
Monet: Itinerant of Light (NBM Publishing)
|
| Jean-Pierre Gibrat
|
Flight of the Raven (EuroComics/IDW Publishing)
|
| Cyril Pedrosa
|
Portugal (NBM Publishing)
|
| 2019
|
Dustin Nguyen
|
Descender (Image Comics)
|
[30][31]
|
| Lee Bermejo
|
Batman: Damned (DC Comics)
|
| Carita Lupatelli
|
Izuna, book 2 (Humanoids Publishing)
|
| Grégory Panaccione
|
A Sea of Love (Magnetic Press/Lion Forge Comics)
|
| Tony Sandoval
|
Watersnakes (Magnetic Press/Lion Forge Comics)
|
| 2020s
|
| 2020
|
Christian Ward
|
Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse Comics)
|
[32][33]
|
| Didier Cassegrain
|
Black Water Lilies (Europe Comics)
|
| Alexandre Clérisse
|
Diabolical Summer (IDW Publishing)
|
| David W. Mack
|
Cover (DC Comics)
|
| Léa Mazé
|
Elma, A Bear’s Life, vol. 1: The Great Journey (Europe Comics)
|
| Julie Rocheleau
|
Wrath of Fantômas (Titan Books)
|
| 2021
|
Anand RK/John Pearson
|
Blue in Green (Image Comics)
|
[34][35]
|
| Benjamin Adam
|
Soon (Europe Comics)
|
| Alice Chemama
|
The Zolas (Europe Comics)
|
| Jared Cullum
|
Kodi (Top Shelf Productions)
|
| Decur
|
When You Look Up (Enchanted Lion Books)
|
| Antonio Lapone
|
Gentlemind (Europe Comics)
|
| 2022
|
Sana Takeda
|
Monstress (Image Comics)
|
[36]
|
| Federico Bertolucci
|
Brindille, Love: The Mastiff (Magnetic)
|
| John Bolton
|
Hell’s Flaw (Renegade Arts Entertainment)
|
| Juan Cavia
|
Ballad for Sophie (Top Shelf)
|
| Frank Pe
|
Little Nemo (Magnetic)
|
| Ileana Surducan
|
The Lost Sunday (Pronoia AB)
|