Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition 1995 Dorkin, Evan (for Milk and Cheese; Hectic Planet; Dork!; Instant Piano [Slave Labor Graphics]) (winner) Simpson, Donald - 'Anton Drek' (for Don Simpson\'s Bizarre Heroes [Fiasco Comics]) Grist, Paul (for Kane; Grendel Tales [Dancing Elephant; Dark Horse]) Paley, Nina (for Nina\'s Adventures [syndicated in newspapers]) Takahashi, Rumiko - '高橋 留美子' (for Ranma ½; Mermaid Forest [Viz Comics])
1996 Sakai, Stan (for Usagi Yojimbo [Dark Horse]) (winner) Nicholson, Jeff (for Father & Son; Through the Habitrails; and others [Kitchen Sink Press and others]) Kuper, Peter A. (for Kafka: Give it Up!; Stripped; and others [Fantagraphics and others]) Sacco, Joe (for Palestine [Fantagraphics]) Gallant, Gregory - 'Seth' (for Palookaville [Drawn & Quarterly]) Deitch, Kim (for Zero Zero; Waldo World and others [Fantagraphics and others])
1997 Delgado, Ricardo (for Age of Reptiles [Dark Horse]) (winner) Drechsler, Debbie (for Daddy\'s Girl; Nowhere [Fantagraphics]) Walton, Robert 'Rob' (for Ragmop [Planet Lucy Press]) Hastings, Jon - 'Bean' (for Smith Brown Jones [Kiwi Studios]) Millidge, Gary Spencer (for Strangehaven [Abiogenesis Press]) Lash, Batton (for Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre [Exhibit A Press])
1998 Medley, Linda M. (for Castle Waiting [Olio]) (winner) Grist, Paul (for Kane [Dancing Elephant Press]) Fingerman, Bob (for Minimum Wage [Fantagraphics]) Shipman, Gary (for Pakkins\' Land [Caliber]) Shipman, Rhoda (for Pakkins\' Land [Caliber]) Morrison, Bill (for Roswell; Little Green Man [Bongo]) Thompson, Jill (for Scary Godmother [Sirius])
1999 Bendis, Brian Michael (for Jinx; Goldfish; Torso [Image]) (winner) Conley, Steve (for Astounding Space Thrills [Day One Comics]) Hernandez, Lea (for Cathedral Child [Image]) Morse, Scott (for Soulwind, The Visitation, etc. [Image and others]) Gertler, Nat (for The Factor [About Comics])
2000 Millionaire, Tony - 'Scott Richardson' (for Sock Monkey [Maverick/Dark Horse]) (winner) Forney, Ellen (for Monkey Food [Fantagraphics Books]) Schrag, Ariel (for Potential [Slave Labor Graphics]) Marvit, Lawrence (for Sparks [Slave Labor Graphics]) Winick, Judd (for The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius [Image])
2001 Robinson, Alex (for Box Office Poison [Antarctic Press]) (winner) Bone, Jason - 'J. Bone' (for Allison Dare; Solar Stella [Oni Press]) Smylie, Mark (for Artesia [Archaia Studios/Sirius]) Mills, Scott (for Big Clay Pot [Top Shelf]) Doherty, Catherine (for Can of Worms [Fantagraphics Books]) Brennan, Michael - 'Mike Brennan' (for Electric Girl [AiT/Planet Lar])
2002 Horrocks, Dylan - 'Mrs. Dolan Hicks' (for Hicksville and Atlas [Drawn & Quarterly]) (winner) Dela Cruz, Arthur (for Kissing Chaos [Oni Press]) Benka, Jen (for Manya [Vagabond Press]) Dresen, Kris (for Manya [Vagabond Press]) Haspiel, Dean - 'Dino' (for Opposable Thumbs [Alternative Comics]) Bertozzi, Nick (for The Masochists [Alternative Comics])
2003 Shiga, Jason (for Fleep [Absence of Ink]) (winner) Murphy, Myatt (for Fade From Blue [Second 2 Some Studios]) Dalrymple, Scott (for Fade From Blue [Second 2 Some Studios]) Hahn, Richard (for Lumakick [Lumakick Studio]) Shaw, Justine (for Nowhere Girl [self-published at nowheregirl.com]) Page, Tyler (for Stylish Vittles [Dementian Comics])
2004 Kim, Derek Kirk (for Same Difference and Other Stories [self-published]) (winner) Norrie, Christine (for Cheat [Oni Press]) Towele, Ben (for Farewell, Georgia [SLG Publishing]) Wood, Brian (for The Couriers; Chanel Zero: Jennie One, Demo [AiT/Planet Lar]) Parker, Jeff (for The Interman [Octopus])
2005 McKeever, Sean Kelley (for The Waiting Place; Mary Jane; Inhumans; Sentinels [SLG Publishing; Marvel]) (winner) Cammuso, Frank (for Max Hamm, Fairy Tale Detective [Nite Owl Comix]) Telgemeier, Raina (for Smile (A Dental Drama); and Take Out [Girlamatic; self-published]) Fawstin, Bosch (for Table for One [Mainspring]) Kindt, Matt (for Two Sisters; Pistolwhip [Top Shelf])
2006 Renier, Aaron (for Spiral-Bound [Top Shelf]) (winner) |