| Year
|
Title
|
Creators
|
Ref.
|
| 1990s
|
| 1988
|
Concrete (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Paul Chadwick
|
[2]
|
| Grendel (Comico)
|
Matt Wagner, Arnold Pander, Jacob Pander, and Jay Geldof
|
| Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics)
|
Jaime Hernandez and Gilbert Hernandez
|
| Zot! (Eclipse Comics)
|
Scott McCloud
|
| 1989
|
Concrete (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Paul Chadwick
|
[3]
|
| Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics)
|
Jaime Hernandez and Gilbert Hernandez
|
| Nexus (First Comics)
|
Mike Baron, Steve Rude and various artists
|
| "Omaha" the Cat Dancer (Kitchen Sink Press)
|
Reed Waller and Kate Worley
|
| The Question (DC Comics)
|
Dennis O'Neil, Denys Cowan, and Rick Magyar
|
| 1990s
|
| 1990
|
There was no Eisner Award ceremony, or awards distributed, in 1990, due to widespread balloting mix-ups.[4]
|
| 1991
|
The Sandman (DC Comics)
|
Neil Gaiman and various artists
|
[5]
|
| Cerebus the Aardvark (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
|
Dave Sim, Gerhard
|
| Eightball (Fantagraphics)
|
Dan Clowes
|
| Miracleman (Eclipse Comics)
|
Alan Moore and various artists
|
| Yummy Fur (Vortex Comics)
|
Chester Brown
|
| Zot! (Eclipse Comics)
|
Scott McCloud
|
| 1992
|
The Sandman (DC Comics)
|
Neil Gaiman and various artists
|
[6]
|
| Cerebus the Aardvark (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
|
Dave Sim, Gerhard
|
| Doom Patrol (DC Comics)
|
Grant Morrison, Richard Case and various artists
|
| Flaming Carrot (Renegade Press)
|
Bob Burden
|
| Groo the Wanderer (Marvel Comics/Epic Comics)
|
Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragonés
|
| Miracleman (Eclipse Comics)
|
Neil Gaiman, Mark Buckingham, and Sam Parsons
|
| The Incredible Hulk (Marvel Comics)
|
Peter David and Dale Keown
|
| Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics)
|
Jaime Hernandez and Gilbert Hernandez
|
| Yummy Fur (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Chester Brown
|
| 1993
|
The Sandman (DC Comics)
|
Neil Gaiman and various artists
|
[7]
|
| Cerebus the Aardvark (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
|
Dave Sim, Gerhard
|
| Hate (Fantagraphics)
|
Peter Bagge
|
| Hellblazer (DC Comics)
|
Garth Ennis and various artists
|
| Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics)
|
Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez
|
| Real Stuff (Fantagraphics)
|
Dennis Eichhorn and others
|
| Shade, the Changing Man (DC Comics)
|
Peter Milligan and various artists
|
| 1994
|
Bone (Cartoon Books)
|
Jeff Smith
|
[8]
|
| Cerebus the Aardvark (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
|
Dave Sim and Gerhard
|
| Hellblazer (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
|
| The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Neil Gaiman
|
| Shade, the Changing Man (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Peter Milligan and Chris Bachalo
|
| 1995
|
Bone (Cartoon Books)
|
Jeff Smith
|
[9]
|
| The Books of Magic (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
John Ney Rieber, Gary Amaro, and Peter Gross
|
| Icon (Milestone)
|
Dwayne McDuffie and M. D. Bright
|
| Starman (DC Comics)
|
James Robinson and Tony Harris
|
| Strangers in Paradise (Abstract Studio)
|
Terry Moore
|
| Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone Publishing)
|
Don Rosa and others
|
| 1996
|
Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
|
Chris Ware
|
[10]
|
| Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Image Comics)
|
Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
|
| Preacher (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
|
| Strangers in Paradise (Abstract Studio)
|
Terry Moore
|
| Stray Bullets (El Capitan Books)
|
David Lapham
|
| 1997
|
Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Homage Comics)
|
Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg
|
[11]
|
| Akiko (Sirius Entertainment)
|
Mark Crilley
|
| Kane (Dancing Elephant Press)
|
Paul Grist
|
| Starman (DC Comics)
|
James Robinson, Tony Harris, and Wade Von Grawbadger
|
| Strangehaven (Abiogenesis Press)
|
Gary Spencer Millidge
|
| Strangers in Paradise (Abstract Studio/Homage Comics)
|
Terry Moore
|
| 1998
|
Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Homage Comics)
|
Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg
|
[12]
|
| Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
|
Chris Ware
|
| Akiko (Sirius Entertainment)
|
Mark Crilley
|
| Bone (Cartoon Books)
|
Jeff Smith
|
| Leave It to Chance (Homage Comics)
|
James Robinson and Paul Smith
|
| Preacher (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
|
| 1999
|
Preacher (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
|
[13]
|
| Avengers (Marvel Comics)
|
Kurt Busiek, George Pérez, and Al Vey
|
| Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Homage Comics/WildStorm/Image Comics)
|
Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg
|
| Sandman Mystery Theatre (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Steven T. Seagle and Guy Davis
|
| Transmetropolitan (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, and Rodney Ramos
|
| 2000s
|
| 2000
|
Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
|
Chris Ware
|
[14]
|
| Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm)
|
Warren Ellis and John Cassaday
|
| Preacher (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
|
| Promethea (America's Best Comics)
|
Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray
|
| Top 10 (America's Best Comics)
|
Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon
|
| Transmetropolitan (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, and Rodney Ramos
|
| 2001
|
Top 10 (America's Best Comics)
|
Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon
|
[15]
|
| Age of Bronze (Image Comics)
|
Eric Shanower
|
| Berlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Jason Lutes
|
| Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President (Viz Media)
|
Kaiji Kawaguchi
|
| Promethea (America's Best Comics)
|
Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray
|
| 2002
|
100 Bullets (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso
|
[16]
|
| Finder (Lightspeed Press)
|
Carla Speed McNeil
|
| Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm)
|
Warren Ellis and John Cassaday
|
| Queen & Country (Oni Press)
|
Greg Rucka and Steve Rolston
|
| Ruse (CrossGen)
|
Mark Waid, Butch Guice, and Mike Perkins
|
| 2003
|
Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
|
Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev
|
[17]
|
| Age of Bronze (Image Comics)
|
Eric Shanower
|
| Fables (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha
|
| Louis Riel (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Chester Brown
|
| Strangers in Paradise (Abstract Studio)
|
Terry Moore
|
| True Story, Swear to God (Clib's Boy Comics)
|
Tom Beland
|
| 2004
|
100 Bullets (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso
|
[18]
|
| Alias (Marvel Comics)
|
Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos
|
| Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
|
Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, and David W. Mack
|
| The Goon (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Eric Powell
|
| Gotham Central (DC Comics)
|
Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Michael Lark, Brian Hurtt, and Stefano Gaudiano
|
| Queen & Country (Oni Press)
|
Greg Rucka, Jason Alexander, Carla Speed McNeil, and Mike Hawthorne
|
| 2005
|
The Goon (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Eric Powell
|
[19]
|
| Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)
|
Joss Whedon and John Cassaday
|
| Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC Comics)
|
Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Fesiter
|
| Stray Bullets (El Capitan Books)
|
David Lapham
|
| Y: The Last Man (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and José Marzan Jr.
|
| 2006
|
Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)
|
Joss Whedon and John Cassaday
|
[20]
|
| Age of Bronze (Image Comics)
|
Eric Shanower
|
| Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC Comics)
|
Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Feister
|
| Fell (Image Comics)
|
Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith
|
| Rocketo (Speakeasy Comics)
|
Frank Espinosa
|
| True Story, Swear to God (Clib's Boy Comics)
|
Tom Beland
|
| 2007
|
All-Star Superman (DC Comics)
|
Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
|
[21]
|
| Captain America (Marvel Comics)
|
Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting
|
| Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
|
Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark, and Stefano Gaudiano
|
| Monster (Viz Media)
|
Naoki Urasawa
|
| The Walking Dead (Image Comics)
|
Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
|
| Young Avengers (Marvel Comics)
|
Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, and various inkers
|
| 2008
|
Y: The Last Man (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan, Jr.
|
[22]
|
| The Boys (Dynamite Entertainment)
|
Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson
|
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens
|
| Monster (Viz Media)
|
Naoki Urasawa
|
| The Spirit (DC Comics)
|
Darwyn Cooke
|
| 2009
|
All-Star Superman (DC Comics)
|
Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
|
[23][24]
|
| Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Niko Henrichon, Andrew Pepoy, and Peter Gross
|
| Monster (Viz Media)
|
Naoki Urasawa
|
| Thor (Marvel Comics)
|
J. Michael Straczynski, Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales, and various
|
| Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Stan Sakai
|
| 2010s
|
| 2010
|
The Walking Dead (Image Comics)
|
Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
|
[25][26]
|
| Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Andrew Pepoy et al.
|
| Irredeemable (Boom! Studios)
|
Mark Waid and Peter Krause
|
| 20th Century Boys (Viz Media)
|
Naoki Urasawa
|
| The Unwritten (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
Mike Carey and Peter Gross
|
| 2011
|
Chew (Image Comics)
|
John Layman and Rob Guillory
|
[27][28]
|
| Echo (Abstract Studio)
|
Terry Moore
|
| Locke & Key (IDW Publishing)
|
Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
|
| Morning Glories (Shadowline/Image Comics)
|
Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma
|
| 20th Century Boys (Viz Media)
|
Naoki Urasawa
|
| Scalped (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra
|
| 2012
|
Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
|
Mark Waid, Marcos Martín, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera
|
[29][28]
|
| 20th Century Boys (Viz Media)
|
Naoki Urasawa
|
| Rachel Rising (Abstract Studio)
|
Terry Moore
|
| Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
|
Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli
|
| Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Stan Sakai
|
| 2013
|
Saga (Image Comics)
|
Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
|
[30][28]
|
| Fatale (Image Comics)
|
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
|
| Hawkeye (Marvel Comics)
|
Matt Fraction and David Aja
|
| The Manhattan Projects (Image Comics)
|
Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra
|
| Prophet (Image Comics)
|
Brandon Graham and Simon Roy
|
| 2014
|
Saga (Image Comics)
|
Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
|
[31][28]
|
| East of West (Image Comics)
|
Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta
|
| Hawkeye (Marvel Comics)
|
Matt Fraction and David Aja
|
| Nowhere Men (Image Comics)
|
Eric Stephenson and Nate Bellegarde
|
| Sex Criminals (Image Comics)
|
Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
|
| 2015
|
Saga (Image Comics)
|
Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
|
[32][28]
|
| Astro City (Vertigo Comics)
|
Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
|
| Bandette (MonkeyBrain Books)
|
Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover
|
| Hawkeye (Marvel Comics)
|
Matt Fraction and David Aja
|
| Southern Bastards (Image Comics)
|
Jason Aaron and Jason Latour
|
| The Walking Dead (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment)
|
Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Stefano Gaudiano
|
| 2016
|
Southern Bastards (Image Comics)
|
Jason Aaron and Jason Latour
|
[33][28]
|
| Bandette (MonkeyBrain Books)
|
Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover
|
| Giant Days (Boom! Studios)
|
John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin
|
| Invincible (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment)
|
Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, and Cliff Rathburn
|
| Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
|
Dan Slott and Mike Allred
|
| 2017
|
Saga (Image Comics)
|
Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
|
[34][28]
|
| Astro City (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
|
| Kill or Be Killed (Image Comics)
|
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
|
| The Mighty Thor (Marvel Comics)
|
Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman
|
| Paper Girls (Image Comics)
|
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang
|
| 2018
|
Monstress (Image Comics)
|
Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
|
[35][28]
|
| Black Hammer (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and David Rubín
|
| Giant Days (Boom! Studios)
|
John Allison, Max Sarin, and Liz Fleming
|
| Hawkeye (Marvel Comics)
|
Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, and Mike Walsh
|
| The Wicked + The Divine (Image Comics)
|
Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie
|
| 2019
|
Giant Days (Boom! Studios)
|
John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julia Madrigal
|
[36]
|
| Batman (DC Comics)
|
Tom King et al.
|
| Black Hammer: Age of Doom (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and Rich Tommaso
|
| Gasolina (Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics)
|
Sean Mackiewicz and Niko Walter
|
| The Immortal Hulk (Marvel Comics)
|
Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and Ruy José
|
| Runaways (Marvel Comics)
|
Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka
|
| 2020s
|
| 2020
|
Bitter Root (Image Comics)
|
David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene
|
[37][38]
|
| Criminal (Image Comics)
|
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
|
| Crowded (Image Comics)
|
Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt
|
| Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
|
Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto
|
| The Dreaming (DC Comics)
|
Simon Spurrier, Bilquis Evely et al.
|
| The Immortal Hulk (Marvel Comics)
|
Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and Ruy José et al.
|
| 2021
|
Usagi Yojimbo (IDW Publishing)
|
Stan Sakai
|
[39][40]
|
| Bitter Root (Image Comics)
|
David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene
|
| Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
|
Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto
|
| The Department of Truth (Image Comics)
|
James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds
|
| Gideon Falls (Image Comics)
|
Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino
|
| Stillwater (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment)
|
Chip Zdarsky and [[Ramón K. Pérez]
|
| 2022
|
Bitter Root (Image Comics) [note 1]
|
David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene
|
[41][42]
|
| Something is Killing the Children (Boom! Studios) [note 1]
|
James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera
|
| The Department of Truth (Image Comics)
|
James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds
|
| The Immortal Hulk (Marvel Comics)
|
Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, et al.
|
| Nightwing (DC Comics)
|
Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo
|
| 2023
|
Nightwing (DC Comics)
|
Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo
|
[43][44]
|
| Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
|
Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, and Rafael de Latorre
|
| The Department of Truth (Image Comics)
|
James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds
|
| Killadelphia (Image Comics)
|
Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander
|
| The Nice House on the Lake (DC Comics)
|
James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez Bueno
|
| She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
|
Rainbow Rowell, Rogê Antônio, Luca Maresca, and Takeshi Miyazawa
|
| 2024
|
Transformers (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment)
|
Daniel Warren Johnson
|
[45]
|
| Birds of Prey (DC Comics)
|
Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Basto Romero
|
| Nightwing (DC Comics)
|
Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo
|
| Shazam! (DC Comics)
|
Mark Waid and Dan Mora
|
| Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
|
Tom King and Daniel Sampere
|
