Eisner Award for Best Lettering

The Eisner Award for Best Lettering is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It is awarded to a Letterer.

Eisner Award for Best Lettering
Awarded forBest Lettering for Comic Books
CountryUnited States
First awarded1993
Most recent winnerStan Sakai (2020)
Websitewww.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info

Winners and nominees
Year Nominee Titles Ref.
1993 Todd Klein The Sandman (DC Comics), The Demon (DC Comics) [1]
Tom Orzechowski Spawn (Image Comics)
Stan Sakai Groo the Wanderer (Marvel Comics/Epic Comics), Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics Books)
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
John Workman The Legion of Superheroes (DC Comics), RoboCop Versus The Terminator (Dark Horse Comics)
1994 Todd Klein The Shadow (Dark Horse Comics), The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Demon (DC Comics), Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Batman/Dark Joker: The Wild (DC Comics), Hellblazer (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) [2]
Ken Bruzenak Batman/Grendel (Comico/DC Comics), Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop (DC Comics)
Bob Lappan Understanding Comics (Kitchen Sink Press)
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
1995 Todd Klein Batman Versus Predator II (DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics), The Demon (DC Comics), The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone Publishing) [3]
Stan Sakai Groo the Wanderer/Groo (Epic Comics/Image Comics), Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage Studios)
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Chris Ware The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)
1996 Stan Sakai Groo (Image Comics), Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage Studios) [4]
Dan Clowes Eightball (Fantagraphics Books)
Richard Sala "The Chuckling Whatsit" in Zero Zero (Fantagraphics Books)
Bill Splicer The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (Dark Horse Comics/Legend)
Bill Yoshida various Archie titles (Archie Comics)
1997 Todd Klein The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Death: The Time of Your Life (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), House of Secrets (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Dreaming (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Batman (DC Comics), The Spectre (DC Comics), Kingdom Come (DC Comics) [5]
Stan Sakai Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics), Space Usagi (Dark Horse Comics)
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Richard Starkings and Comicraft Batman: The Long Halloween (DC Comics), Generation X (Marvel Comics)
Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)
1998 Todd Klein Batman (DC Comics), Batman: Poison Ivy (DC Comics), The Dreaming (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), House of Secrets (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Invisibles (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Uncle Sam (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Gladstone Publishing); Castle Waiting (Olio Press) [6]
Dan Clowes Eightball (Fantagraphics Books)
Tim Harkins Roswell, Little Green Man (Bongo Comics), Adventures in the DC Universe (DC Comics)
Archer Prewitt Sof' Boy and Friends (Drawn & Quarterly)
Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)
1999 Todd Klein Castle Waiting (Olio Press), House of Secrets (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Invisibles (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Dreaming (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), etc. [7]
Sean Konot Grendel: Black, White, and Red (Dark Horse Comics), Star Wars: Crimson Empire (Dark Horse Comics), Nobody (Oni Press)
Stan Sakai Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics), Sergio Aragones' Groo (Dark Horse Comics), Sergio Aragones' Boogeyman, (Dark Horse Comics), Sergio Aragones' Dia de los Muertos (Dark Horse Comics)
Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)
Bill Yoshida Archie (Archie Comics), Betty (Archie Comics), Veronica (Archie Comics), Jughead (Archie Comics), etc. (Archie Comics)
2000s
2000 Todd Klein Promethea (America's Best Comics), Tom Strong (America's Best Comics), Tomorrow Stories (America's Best Comics), Top 10 (America's Best Comics), The Dreaming (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Gifts of the Night (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Invisibles (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Sandman Presents: Lucifer (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) [8]
Dan Clowes Eightball (Fantagraphics Books)
John Roshell Kurt Busiek's Astro City (DC Comics/WildStorm/Homage Comics)
Stan Sakai Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick), Sergio Aragones' Groo and Rufferto (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick)
Richard Starkings/Comicraft Avengers (Marvel Comics), Avengers Forever (Marvel Comics), Avengers #1 1/2 (Marvel Comics), Daredevil (Marvel Comics), Inhumans (Marvel Comics), Witching Hour (DC Comics]/Vertigo Comics)
2001 Todd Klein Promethea (America's Best Comics), Tom Strong (America's Best Comics), Tomorrow Stories (America's Best Comics), Top 10 (America's Best Comics), The Invisibles (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), The Dreaming (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Castle Waiting (Cartoon Books) [9]
Galen Showman The Ring of the Nibelung (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick)
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)
2002 Todd Klein Promethea (America's Best Comics), Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (America's Best Comics), Tomorrow Stories (America's Best Comics), Top 10 (America's Best Comics), Greyshirt (America's Best Comics), The Sandman Presents: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dreams But Were Afraid to Ask (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Detective Comics (DC Comics), The Dark Knight Strikes Again (DC Comics), Castle Waiting (Olio Press), Universe X (Marvel Comics) [10]
Dan Clowes Eightball #22 (Fantagraphics Books)
Stan Sakai Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick), Groo: Death & Taxes (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick)
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library #15 (Fantagraphics Books)
2003 Todd Klein The Dark Knight Strikes Again (DC Comics), Detective Comics (DC Comics), Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia (DC Comics), Fables (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Human Target: Final Cut (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Promethea (America's Best Comics), Tom Strong (America's Best Comics), Castle Waiting (Olio Press) [11]
Richard Starkings/Comicraft Action Comics (DC Comics), Adventures of Superman (DC Comics), Batman (DC Comics), Legion (DC Comics), Power Company (DC Comics), Supergirl (DC Comics), Superman (DC Comics), Wonder Woman (DC Comics), The Crusades (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Hunter: The Age of Magic (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Lucifer (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Vertigo Pop: Tokyo (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Wildcats Version 3.0 (WildStorm), Decoy (Penny-Farthing Press), The Victorian (Penny-Farthing Press), Hip Flask: Unnatural Selection (Comicraft)
John Workman Batman Family (DC Comics), Detective Comics (DC Comics), Orion (DC Comics), Superman: Day of Doom (DC Comics), 100% (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
2004 Todd Klein Detective Comics (DC Comics), Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), The Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Tom Strong (America's Best Comics), Promethea (America's Best Comics), 1602 (Marvel Comics) [12]
Bill Oakley Hawkman (DC Comics), JSA (DC Comics), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II (America's Best Comics), Sleeper (WildStorm/DC Comics)
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Richard Starkings Batman (DC Comics), Planetary (WildStorm/DC Comics), Hulk: Gray (Marvel Comics), Hip Flask: Elephantmen (Comicraft)
2005 Todd Klein Promethea (America's Best Comics), Tom Strong (America's Best Comics), Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (America's Best Comics), Wonder Woman (DC Comics), Books of Magick: Life During Wartime (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), We3 (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Creatures of the Night (Dark Horse Comics) [13]
Stan Sakai Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics)
Dave Sim Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Craig Thompson Carnet de Voyage (Top Shelf Productions), "Eve O' Twins" in Rosetta 2 (Alternative Comics)
2006 Todd Klein Wonder Woman (DC Comics), Justice (DC Comics, Seven Soldiers #0 (DC Comics), Desolation Jones (WildStorm/DC Comics), Promethea (America's Best Comics), Top 10: The Forty-Niners (America's Best Comics), Tomorrow Stories Special #1 (America's Best Comics), Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), 1602: New World (Marvel Comics) [14]
Chris Eliopoulos Ultimate Iron Man (Marvel Comics), Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), The Ultimates 2 (Marvel Comics), House of M (Marvel Comics), Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics), Fell (Image Comics)
Richard Starkings Conan (Dark Horse Comics), Revelations (Dark Horse Comics), Gødland (Image Comics), Gunpowder Girl and the Outlaw Squaw (Active Images), Hip Flask: Mystery City (Active Images)
Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library #16 (The ACME Novelty Library)
2007 Todd Klein Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Jack of Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Pride of Baghdad (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Testament (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), 1602: Fantastick Four (Marvel Comics), Eternals (Marvel Comics), Lost Girls (Top Shelf Productions) [15]
Ivan Brunetti Schizo (Fantagraphics Books)
Clem Robins BPRD (Dark Horse Comics), The Dark Horse Book of Monsters (Dark Horse Comics), Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics), Loveless (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), 100 Bullets (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Y: The Last Man (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
Richard Sala The Grave Robber's Daughter (Fantagraphics Books), Delphine (Fantagraphics Books)
Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library #17 (Acme Novelty Library)
2008 Todd Klein Justice (DC Comics), Simon Dark (DC Comics), Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Jack of Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Crossing Midnight (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier (WildStorm/DC Comics), Nexus (Rude Dude Productions) [16]
Jared K. Fletcher Catwoman (DC Comics), The Spirit (DC Comics), Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
Jimmy Gownley Amelia Rules! (Renaissance Press)
Lewis Trondheim At Loose Ends (Fantagraphics Books), Mome #7 & 8 (Fantagraphics Books)
Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty Library)
2009 Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty Library) [17][18]
Farel Dalrymple Omega: The Unknown (Marvel Comics)
Jimmy Gownley Amelia Rules! (Renaissance Press)
Scott Morse Tiger!Tiger!Tiger! (Red Window)
Nate Powell Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf Productions)
2010s
2010 David Mazzucchelli Asterios Polyp (Pantheon Books) [19][20]
Brian Fies Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? (Abrams ComicArts)
Tom Orzechowski Savage Dragon (Image Comics), X-Men Forever (Marvel Comics)
Richard Sala Cat Burgler Black (First Second Books), Delphine (Fantagraphics Books)
Adrian Tomine A Drifting Life (Drawn & Quarterly)
2011 Todd Klein Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), The Unwritten (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), iZOMBIE (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC Comics), SHIELD (Marvel Comics), Driver for the Dead (Radical Publishing) [21][22]
Darwyn Cooke Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW Publishing)
Dan Clowes Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
Jimmy Gownley Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know) (Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular (Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster)
Doug TenNapel Ghostopolis (Scholastic Graphix)
Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library #20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)
2012 Stan Sakai Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics) [23][22]
Deron Bennett Billy Fog (Archaia Entertainment), Jim Henson's Dark Crystal (Archaia Entertainment), Jim Henson's Tale of Sand (Archaia Entertainment), Mr. Murder Is Dead (Archaia Entertainment), Helldorado (Ape Entertainment), Puss in Boots (Ape Entertainment), Richie Rich (Ape Entertainment)
Jimmy Gownley Amelia Rules!: The Meaning of Life ... And Other Stuff (Atheneum Books)
Laura Lee Gulledge Page by Paige (Amulet Books)
Tom Orzechowski The Manara Library (with L. Lois Buhalis) (Dark Horse Comics), Mangaman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), Savage Dragon (Image Comics)
2013 Chris Ware Building Stories (Pantheon Books) [24][22]
Paul Grist Mudman (Image Comics)
Troy Little Angora Napkin 2: Harvest of Revenge (IDW Publishing)
Joseph Remnant Harvey Pekar's Cleveland (ZIP Comics/Top Shelf Productions)
C. Tyler You'll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier's Heart (Fantagraphics Books)
2014 Darwyn Cooke Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground (IDW Publishing) [25][22]
Carla Speed McNeil Bad Houses (Dark Horse Comics), "Finder" in Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse Comics)
Terry Moore Rachel Rising (Abstract Studio)
Ed Piskor Hip Hop Family Tree (Fantagraphics Books)
Britt Wilson Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake (kaBOOM!)
2015 Stan Sakai Usagi Yojimbo: Senso (Dark Horse Comics), ';Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: The Artist (Dark Horse Comics) [26][22]
Joe Caramagna Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics), Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Todd Klein Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), The Sandman: Overture (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), The Unwritten (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Nemo: The Roses of Berlin (Top Shelf Productions)
Max Vapor (Fantagraphics Books)
Jack Morelli Afterlife with Archie (Archie Comics), Archie (Archie Comics), Betty and Veronica (Archie Comics), etc. (Archie Comics)
2016 Derf Backderf Trashed (Abrams Books) [27][22]
Steve Dutro Blood-C (Dark Horse Comics), Midnight Society (Dark Horse Comics), Plants vs. Zombies (Dark Horse Comics)
Lucy Knisley Displacement (Fantagraphics Books)
Troy Little Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Top Shelf Productions/IDW Publishing)
Kevin McCloskey We Dig Worms! (Toon Books)
2017 Todd Klein Clean Room (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Dark Night: A True Batman Story (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Lucifer (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Black Hammer (Dark Horse Comics) [28][22]
Dan Clowes Patience (Fantagraphics Books)
Brecht Evens Panther (Drawn & Quarterly)
Tom Gauld Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly)
Sonny Liew The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon Books)
2018 Stan Sakai Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics), Groo: Play of the Gods (Dark Horse Comics) [29][22]
Isabelle Arsenault Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)
Clayton Cowles Bitch Planet: Triple Feature (Image Comics), Redlands (Image Comics), The Wicked + The Divine (Image Comics), Black Bolt (Marvel Comics), Spider-Gwen (Marvel Comics), Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Star Wars (Marvel Comics)
Emil Ferris My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics Books)
John Workman Mother Panic (DC's Young Animal), Ragnarok (IDW Publishing)
2019 Todd Klein Black Hammer: Age of Doom (Dark Horse Comics), Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald (Dark Horse Comics), Batman: White Knight (DC Comics), Eternity Girl (DC's Young Animal), Books of Magic (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest (Top Shelf Productions/IDW Publishing) [30][31]
David Aja The Seeds (Berger Books/Dark Horse Comics)
Jim Campbell Breathless (Black Mask Studios), Calexit (Black Mask Studios), Gravetrancers (Black Mask Studios), Snap Flash Hustle (Black Mask Studios), Survival Fetish (Black Mask Studios), The Wilds (Black Mask Studios), Abbott (Boom! Studios), Alice: From Dream to Dream (Boom! Studios), Black Badge (Boom! Studios), Clueless (Boom! Studios), Coda (Boom! Studios), Fence (Boom! Studios), Firefly (Boom! Studios), Giant Days (Boom! Studios), Grass Kings (Boom! Studios), Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass (Boom! Studios), Low Road West (Boom! Studios), Sparrowhawk (Boom! Studios), Angelic (Image Comics), Wasted Space (Vault Comics)
Alex de Campi Bad Girls (Gallery 13), Twisted Romance (Image Comics)
Jared K. Fletcher Batman: Damned (DC Comics), The Gravediggers Union (Image Comics), Moonshine (Image Comics), Paper Girls (Image Comics), Southern Bastards (Image Comics)
2020s
2020 Stan Sakai Usagi Yojimbo (IDW Publishing) [32][33]
Deron Bennett Batgirl (DC Comics), Green Arrow (DC Comics), Justice League (DC Comics), Martian Manhunter (DC Comics), Canto (IDW Publishing), Assassin Nation (Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics), Excellence (Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics), To Drink and To Eat, vol. 1 (Lion Forge Comics), Resonant (Vault Comics)
Jim Campbell Black Badge (Boom! Studios), Coda (Boom! Studios), Giant Days (Boom! Box), Lumberjanes: The Shape of Friendship (Boom! Box), Rocko’s Modern Afterlife (KaBOOM!), At the End of Your Tether (Lion Forge Comics), Blade Runner 2019 (Titan), The Mall (Scout Comics), The Plot (Vault Comics), Wasted Space (Vault Comics)
Clayton Cowles Aquaman (DC Comics), Batman (DC Comics), Batman and the Outsiders (DC Comics), Heroes in Crisis (DC Comics), Superman: Up in the Sky (DC Comics), Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC Comics), Bitter Root (Image Comics), Pretty Deadly (Image Comics), Moonstruck (Image Comics), Redlands (Image Comics), The Wicked + The Divine (Image Comics), Reaver (Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics), Daredevil (Marvel Comics), Ghost-Spider (Marvel Comics), Silver Surfer Black (Marvel Comics), The Superior Spider-Man (Marvel Comics), Venom (Marvel Comics)
Emile Plateau Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin (Europe Comics)
Tillie Walden Are You Listening? (First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers)

Multiple awards and nominations


See also

References
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  2. "1994 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  3. "1995 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  4. "1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  5. "1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  6. "1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  7. "1999 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  8. "2000 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  9. "2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  10. "2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
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  13. "2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
  14. "2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac".
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  17. "Eisner Nominations Released, ICV2".
  18. "2009 Eisner Award Winners, ICV2".
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  22. "Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present, San Diego Comic-Con International".
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  24. "2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, Comic Book Resources".
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  26. "2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced, Comic Alliance".
  27. "Brilliant Art, Tremendous Stories and Daring Creators: The 2016 Eisner Award Winners [SDCC 2016], Comics Alliance".
  28. "Fantagraphics and Image Comics Lead Eisner Awards Nominations, Syfy Wire".
  29. "Complete List of 2018 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, comicbook.com".
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  32. "2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List, The Hollywood Reporter".
  33. "SDCC '20: The 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winners, The Beat".
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