IMAGE COMICS CREATORS HONORED WITH 12 EISNER AWARD NOMINATIONS, PLUS 9 SHARED NOMINATIONS

Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadski’s Assorted Crisis Events & James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds’ The Department of Truth lead with multiple nominations each
PORTLAND, Ore. 05/15/2026 — This year, the Eisner Award committee honors Image Comics creators with 21 total Eisner nominations—12 nominations and 9 shared nominations.

Voting for the awards is being held online. All professionals in the comic book industry are eligible to vote. Those who voted in 2025 or who registered to vote by May 14 will automatically be invited to fill out the new ballot. The deadline for voting is June 5.

The Eisner Award trophies will be presented in a gala awards ceremony to be held at the San Diego Hilton Bayfront Hotel during Comic-Con on the evening of July 24.

Below is the list of Image Eisner nominees, the full list of nominees can be found here.

BEST ONE-SHOT/SINGLE ISSUE

  • Assorted Crisis Events #4, by Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadski (Image)
  • Ice Cream Man #43: “One Page Horror Stories,” by W. Maxwell Prince and others (Image)

BEST CONTINUING SERIES

  • The Department of Truth, by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds (Image)
  • The Power Fantasy, by Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard (Image)

BEST LIMITED SERIES

  • Everything Dead and Dying, by Tate Brombal and Jacob Phillips (Image)

BEST NEW SERIES

  • Assorted Crisis Events, by Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadski (Image)
  • Exquisite Corpses, by James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, and others (Image)
  • Ghost Pepper, by Ludo Lullabi (Image Skybound)

BEST PUBLICATION FOR TEENS

  • Clementine: Book Three, by Tillie Walden (Image Skybound)

BEST WRITER

  • Deniz Camp, Absolute Martian Manhunter (DC); Assorted Crisis Events (Image); The Ultimates(Marvel)
  • James Tynion IV, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd: The Power of the Blood (BOOM! Studios); Let This One Be a Devil, Red Book (Dark Horse); The City Beneath Her Feet (DSTLRY); The Department of Truth, Exquisite Corpses, W0RLDTR33 (Image); Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man (Image Skybound)

BEST WRITER/ARTIST

  • Juni Ba, The Boy Wonder (DC); The Fable of Erkling Woods (Goats Flying Press); Monkey Meat Summer Batch (Image)

BEST PENCILLER/INKER

  • Sean Phillips, Giant Size Criminal #1, The Knives: A Criminal Book(Image)
  • Eric Zawadzki, Assorted Crisis Events (Image)

BEST PAINTER/MULTIMEDIA ARTIST

  • Martin Simmonds, The Department of Truth (Image)

BEST COVER ARTIST

  • Juni Ba, The Boy Wonder (DC); The Fable of Erkling Woods (Goats Flying Press); TMNT Nightwatcher, TMNT Godzilla (IDW); Monkey Meat Summer Batch (Image)

BEST COLORING

  • Jordie Bellaire, Assorted Crisis Events, The Department of Truth, Exquisite Corpses, W0RLDTR33(Image); G.I. Joe (Image/Skybound)
  • Matheus Lopes, Batman and Robin Year One (DC); The Seasons(Image)

BEST LETTERING

  • Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Ill Vacation, Stillman (Comixology Originals); Absolute Martian Manhunter, Challengers of the Unknown, DC K.O., The Flash, Green Arrow, Poison Ivy (DC); Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Starship Godzilla, (IDW); Author Immortal (Image); Our-Soot-Stained Heart (Mad Cave)
  • Nate Piekos, American Caper #1, Archie Vs. Minor Threats, Black Hammer: Spiral City, The Brood, Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive, Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons, The Umbrella Academy Plan B, Welcome to Twilight (Dark Horse); I Hate Fairyland (Image)

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