Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

The Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project–Strips is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It has been given out every year since 2006. From 1993 to 2005 an award called Best Archival Collection/Project was awarded between, at which point it was split into two awards, one for comic strips and the other for comic books. To be eligible, the original comics must be at least 20-years old.

Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project–Strips
Awarded forBest Archival Collection/Project–Strips
CountryUnited States
First awarded2006
Most recent winner (2023)Come Over Come Over, It’s So Magic, and My Perfect Life by Lynda Barry
Websitewww.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info

Name change

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The award was launched as Best Archival Collection/Project–Comic Strips in 2006, but was later shortened to Best Archival Collection/Project–Strips.

Winners and nominees

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Year Title Authors Ref.
2000s
2006 The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (Andrews McMeel) by Bill Watterson [1]
The Complete Peanuts: 1955-1956, and The Complete Peanuts: 1957-1958 (Fantagraphics) by Charles Schulz
Krazy and Ignatz: The Komplete Kat Komics (Fantagraphics) by George Herriman
Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays (Sunday Press Books) by Winsor McCay
Walt and Skeezix (Drawn & Quarterly) by Frank King
2007 The Complete Peanuts: 1959-1960 and The Complete Peanuts:1961-1962 (Fantagraphics) by Charles Schulz [2]
Mary Perkins, On Stage (Classic Comics Press) by Leonard Starr
Moomin (Drawn & Quarterly) by Tove Jansson
Popeye: I Yam What I Yam (Fantagraphics) by E.C. Segar
Walt and Skeezix, vol. 2 (Drawn & Quarterly) by Frank King
2008 Complete Terry and the Pirates, vol. 1 (IDW Publishing) by Milton Caniff [3]
(The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (Ulrich Merkl) by Winsor McCay
Little Sammy Sneeze (Sunday Press Books) by Winsor McCay
Popeye, vol. 2: Well Blow Me Down (Fantagraphics) by E.C. Segar
Sundays with Walt and Skeezix (Sunday Press Books) by Frank King
2009 Little Nemo in Slumberland, Many More Splendid Sundays (Sunday Press Books) by Winsor McCay [4][5]
The Complete Little Orphan Annie (IDW Publishing) by Harold Gray
Explainers (Fantagraphics) by Jules Feiffer
Scorchy Smith and the Art of Noel Sickles (IDW Publishing) by Noel Sickles
Willie and Joe (Fantagraphics) by Bill Mauldin
2010s
2010 Bloom County: The Complete Library, vol. 1 (IDW Publishing) by Berkeley Breathed, edited by Scott Dunbier [6][7]
Bringing Up Father, vol. 1: From SEA to Shining Sea (IDW Publishing) by George McManus and Zeke Zekley, edited by Dean Mullaney
The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons 1913–1940 (Fantagraphics) by Nell Brinkley, edited by Trina Robbins
Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons (Fantagraphics) by Gahan Wilson, edited by Gary Groth
Prince Valiant, vol. 1: 1937–1938 (Fantagraphics) by Hal Foster, edited by Kim Thompson
Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (Sunday Press Books) by L. Frank Baum, Walt McDougall, and W. W. Denslow
2011 Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948 (IDW Publishing) by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein [8][9]
40: A Doonesbury Retrospective (Andrews McMeel) by G.B. Trudeau
George Herriman's Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays (Sunday Press Books) by George Herriman, edited by Patrick McDonnell and Peter Maresca
Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1 (IDW Publishing) by Cliff Sterrett, edited by Dean Mullaney
Roy Crane's Captain Easy, vol. 1 (Fantagraphics) by Roy Crane, edited by Rick Norwood
2012 Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse vols. 1-2 (Fantagraphics) by Floyd Gottfredson, edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth [10][9]
Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim (IDW Publishing/Library of American Comics) by Alex Raymond and Don Moore, edited by Dean Mullaney
Forgotten Fantasy: Sunday Comics 1900-1915 (Sunday Press Books) edited by Peter Maresca
Prince Valiant vols. 3-4 (Fantagraphics) by Hal Foster, edited by Kim Thompson
Tarpé Mills's Miss Fury Sensational Sundays, 1944-1949 (IDW Publishing/Library of American Comics) by Tarpé Mills, edited by Trina Robbins
2013 Pogo, vol. 2: Bona Fide Balderdash (Fantagraphics) by Walt Kelly, edited by Carolyn Kelly and Kim Thompson [11][9]
Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, vol. 2 (IDW Publishing/Library of American Comics) by Alex Raymond, edited by Dean Mullaney
Mister Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann's Sprightly Cousin (Fantagraphics) by Johnny Gruelle, edited by Rick Marschall
Percy Crosby's Skippy, vol. 1 (IDW Publishing/Library of American Comics) by Percy Crosby, edited by Jared Gardner and Dean Mullaney
Roy Crane's Captain Easy: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips, vol. 3 (Fantagraphics) by Roy Crane, edited by Rick Norwood
2014 Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, vol. 1 (Library of American Comics/IDW Publishing) by Russ Manning, edited by Dean Mullaney [12][9]
Barnaby, vol. 1 (Fantagraphics) by Crockett Johnson, edited by Philip Nel and Eric Reynolds
Percy Crosby's Skippy Daily Comics, vol. 2: 1928–1930 (Library of American Comics/IDW Publishing) by Percy Crosby, edited by Jared Gardner and Dean Mullaney
Prince Valiant vols. 6-7 (Fantagraphics) by Hal Foster, edited by Kim Thompson
Society Is Nix: Gleeful Anarchy at the Dawn of the American Comic Strip (Sunday Press Books) edited by Peter Maresca
VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch (Fantagraphics) by Virgil Partch, edited by Jonathan Barli
2015 Winsor McCay's Complete Little Nemo (Taschen) by Winsor McCay, edited by Alexander Braun [13][9]
Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan: The Sunday Comics, 1933–1935 (Dark Horse Comics) by Hal Foster, edited by Brendan Wright
Moomin: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition (Drawn & Quarterly) by Tove Jansson, edited by Tom Devlin
Pogo, vol. 3: Evidence to the Contrary (Fantagraphics) by Walt Kelly, edited by Carolyn Kelly and Eric Reynolds
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, vols. 5-6 (Fantagraphics) by Floyd Gottfredson, edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth
2016 The Eternaut (Fantagraphics) by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti [14][9]
Beyond Mars (IDW Publishing/Library of American Comics) by Jack Williamson and Lee Elias, edited by Dean Mullaney
Cartoons for Victory (Fantagraphics) by Warren Bernard
The Complete Funky Winkerbean, vol. 4 (Black Squirrel Books) by Tom Batiuk, edited by Mary Young
Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi, vols. 1 and 2 (Picture This Press/Lost Art Books) by Niso Ramponi, edited by Joseph P. Procopio
White Boy in Skull Valley (Sunday Press Books) by Garrett Price, edited by Peter Maresca
2017 Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s (Sunday Press Books) by Chester Gould, edited by Peter Maresca [15][9]
Almost Completely Baxter: New and Selected Blurtings (New York Review Comics) by Glen Baxter
Barnaby, vol. 3 (Fantagraphics) by Crockett Johnson, edited by Philip Nel and Eric Reynolds
The Realist Cartoons (Fantagraphics) edited by Paul Krassner and Ethan Persoff
Walt and Skeezix 1931–1932 (Drawn & Quarterly) by Frank King, edited by Jeet Heer and Chris Ware
2018 Celebrating Snoopy (Andrews McMeel) by Charles M. Schulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O'Brien [16][9]
Crazy Quilt: Scraps and Panels on the Way to Gasoline Alley (Sunday Press Books) by Frank King, edited by Peter Maresca
Foolish Questions and Other Odd Observations (Sunday Press Books) by Rube Goldberg, edited by Peter Maresca and Paul C. Tumey
Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Dailies (Hermes Press) by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, et al., edited by Daniel Herman
Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 1 (Library of American Comics/IDW Publishing) by Russ Manning, et al., edited by Dean Mullaney
2019 Star Wars: Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 3 (Library of American Comics/IDW Publishing) by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, edited by Dean Mullaney [17]
Pogo, vol. 5: Out of This World at Home (Fantagraphics) by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds
Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Sunday Strips in Color (1959–1960) (Amigo Comics) by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, et al., edited by Ferran Delgado
The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Words and Worlds of Herbert Crowley (Beehive Books) by Justin Duerr
Thimble Theatre and the Pre-Popeye Comics of E. C. Segar (Sunday Press Books) by E.C. Segar, edited by Peter Maresca
2020s
2020 Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays (Taschen) by George Herriman, edited by Alexander Braun [18][19]
Cham: The Best Comic Strips and Graphic Novelettes, 1839–1862 (University Press of Mississippi) by David Kunzle
Ed Leffingwell's Little Joe (Sunday Press Books) by Harold Gray, edited by Peter Maresca and Sammy Harkham
The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1916–1918 (Fantagraphics) by George Herriman, edited by RJ Casey
Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady (Beehive Books) by Harrison Cady, edited by Violet Kitchen and Denis Kitchen
Pogo, Vol. 6: Clean as a Weasel (Fantagraphics) by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds
2021 The Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age (Fantagraphics) edited by Trina Robbins [20][21]
Gross Exaggerations: The Meshuga Comic Strips of Milt Gross (Sunday Press Books/IDW Publishing) by Milt Gross, edited by Peter Maresca
Krazy & Ignatz 1919-1921 by George Herriman (Fantagraphics) by George Herriman, edited by RJ Casey
Little Debbie and the Second Coming of Elmo: Daily Comic Strips, August 1960 – September 1961 (Labor of Love Publications) by Cecil Jensen, edited by Frank Young
Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: Volume 7: Clean as a Weasel (Fantagraphics) by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds
2022 Popeye: The E.C. Segar Sundays, vol. 1 (Fantagraphics) by E.C. Segar, edited by Gary Groth and Conrad Groth [22][23]
Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips (Ablaze Publishing) by Jim Lawrence and Jorge Longarón, edited by Christopher Marlon, Rich Young, and Kevin Ketner
Trots and Bonnie (New York Review Comics) by Shary Flenniken, edited by Norman Hathaway
The Way of Zen (Princeton University Press) adapted and illustrated by C. C. Tsai, translated by Brian Bruya
2023 Come Over Come Over, It’s So Magic, and My Perfect Life (Drawn & Quarterly) by Lynda Barry [24]
Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos (New York Review Comics) by Jay Jackson
The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1922-1924 (Fantagraphics) by George Herriman, edited by J. Michael Catron
Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere (Fantagraphics) by Liniers, edited by Gary Groth
Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: Volume 8: Hijinks from the Horn of Plenty (Fantagraphics) by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds

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