Se a Marvel quase sempre lidera o top 10 das mais vendidas, a DC quase sempre dá o troco no prêmio Eisner: a editora do Superman e seus selos – Wildstorm e Vertigo – recebeu o maior número de indicações. Entre os autores, Warren Ellis e Chris Ware empataram com sete indicações cada. E, no Hall da Fama, a indicação do criador da Mulher-Maravilha, Willian Moulton Marston, e do desenhista de Mickey Mouse Floyd Gottfredson.

Leia abaixo os indicados – e torça para que algo saia por aqui.


Melhor história curta

- Blood Son, de Richard Matheson, adaptado por Chris Ryall e Ashley Wood, em Doomed 1 (IDW)
- Monster Slayers, de Khang Le, em Flight, vol. 2 (Image)
- Nameless, de Eric Powell, em The Goon 4 (Dark Horse)
- Operation (quinta história), de Zak Sally, em The Recidivist 3 (La Mano)
- Teenage Sidekick, de Paul Pope, em Solo 3 (DC)


Melhor edição ou One Shot

- The Bakers, de Kyle Baker (Kyle Baker Publishing)
- Ex Machina 11: Fortune Favors por Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris e Tom Feister (WildStorm/DC)
- The Innocents, de Gipi (Fantagraphics/Coconino Press)
- Promethea 32: Wrap Party de Alan Moore e J. H. Williams III (ABC)
- Solo 5, de Darwyn Cooke (DC)


Melhor história em série

- Desolation Jones 1-5: Made in England, de Warren Ellis e J. H. Williams III (WildStorm/DC)
- Fables 36-38, 40-41: Return to the Homelands, de Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham e Steve Leialoha (Vertigo/DC)
- Ex Machina 12–14: Fact v. Fiction, de Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris e Tom Feister (WildStorm/DC)
- Y: The Last Man 37-39: Paper Dolls, de Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Goran Sudzuka e Jose Marzan Jr. (Vertigo/DC)


Melhor série continua

- Age of Bronze, de Eric Shanower (Image)
- Astonishing X-Men, de Joss Whedon e John Cassaday (Marvel)
- Ex Machina, de Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris e Tom Feister (WildStorm/DC)
- Fell, de Warren Ellis e Ben Templesmith (Image)
- Rocketo, de Frank Espinosa (Speakeasy)
- True Story, Swear to God, de Tom Beland (Clib’s Boy Comics)


Melhor Minissérie

- Nat Turner, de Kyle Baker (Kyle Baker Publishing)
- Ocean, de Warren Ellis, Chris Sprouse e Karl Story (WildStorm/DC)
- Seven Soldiers, de Grant Morrison e vários artistas (DC)
- Smoke, de Alex de Campi e Igor Kordey (IDW)


Melhor série nova

- All Star Superman, de Grant Morrison e Frank Quitely (DC)
- Desolation Jones, by Warren Ellis e J. H. Williams III (WildStorm/DC)
- Fell, de Warren Ellis e Ben Templesmith (Image)
- Rocketo, de Frank Espinosa (Speakeasy)
- Young Avengers, de Alan Heinberg, Jim Cheung e John Dell (Marvel)


Melhor lançamento para público jovem

- Amelia Rules! de Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance Press)
- The Clouds Above, de Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)
- Franklin Richards, Son of a Genius, de Chris Eliopoulous e Mark Sumerak (Marvel)
- Owly: Flying Lessons, de Andy Runton (Top Shelf)
- Spiral-Bound, de Aaron Renier (Top Shelf)


Melhor Antologia

- The Dark Horse Book of the Dead, editado por Scott Allie (Dark Horse Books)
- Flight, vol. 2, editado por Kazu Kibuishi (Image)
- Mome. editado por Gary Groth e Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
- Solo, editado por Mark Chiarello (DC)
- 24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2005, editado por Nat Gertler (About Comics)


Melhor HQ na internet

- Copper, de Kazu: www.boltcity.com/copper
- Jellaby, de Kean Soo: www.secretfriendsociety.com/archive.php?cat=2
- ojingogo, de Matt Forsythe: www.comingupforair.net/comics/ojingogo.html
- PVP, de Scott Kurtz: www.pvponline.com/


Melhor trabalho baseado em fatos reais

- Embroideries, de Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon)
- Epileptic, de David B. (Pantheon)
- Nat Turner, de Kyle Baker (Kyle Baker Publishing)
- Pyongyang, de Guy Delisle (Drawn & Quarterly)
- True Story, Swear to God: This One Goes to Eleven, de Tom Beland (AiT/Planet Lar)


Melhor album gráfico - novo

- Acme Novelty Library 16, de Chris Ware (ACME Novelty)
- The Rabbi’s Cat, de Joann Sfar (Pantheon)
- Top Ten: The Forty-Niners, de Alan Moore e Gene Ha (ABC)
- Tricked, de Alex Robinson (Top Shelf)
- Wilmbledon Green, de Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)


Melhor album gráfico - reedição

- Acme Novelty Library Annual Report to Shareholders, de Chris Ware (Pantheon)
- Black Hole, de Charles Burns (Pantheon)
- Feast of the Seven Fishes, de Robert Tinnell, Ed Piskor, e Alex Saviuk (Allegheny Image Factory)
- Ice Haven, de Dan Clowes (Pantheon)
- War’s End, de Joe Sacco (Drawn & Quarterly)


Melhor coletânea de tiras

- The Complete Calvin & Hobbes, de Bill Watterson (Andrews McMeel)
- The Complete Peanuts, 1955–1956, 1957–1958, de Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics)
- Krazy and Ignatz: The Komplete Kat Komics, de George Herriman (Fantagraphics)
- Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays, de Winsor McCay (Sunday Press Books)
- Walt and Skeezix, by Frank King (Drawn & Quarterly)


Melhor coletânea de gibis

- Absolute Watchmen, de Alan Moore e Dave Gibbons (DC)
- Buddha, vols. 5-8, de Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
- The Contract with God Trilogy, de Will Eisner (Norton)
- DC Comics Rarities Archives, vol. 1 (DC)
- Fantastic Four Omnibus, de Stan Lee e Jack Kirby (Marvel)


Melhor edição americana de material estrangeiro

- Cromartie High School, de Eiji Nonaka (ADV)
- Dungeon: The Early Years, vol. 1, de Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim e Christophe Blaine (NBM)
- Ordinary Victories, de Manu Larcenet (NBM)
- The Rabbi’s Cat, de Joann Sfar (Pantheon)
- Six Hundred Seventy-Six Apparitions of Killoffer, de Killoffer (Typocrat)


Melhor escritor

- Warren Ellis, Fell (Image); Down (Top Cow/Image); Desolation Jones, Ocean, Planetary (WildStorm/DC)
- Alan Heinberg, Young Avengers (Marvel)
- Alan Moore, Promethea, Top Ten: The Forty-Niners (ABC)
- Grant Morrison, Seven Soldiers, All Star Superman (DC)
- Brian K. Vaughan, Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC); Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC); Runaways (Marvel)


Melhor escritor e desenhista

- Geof Darrow, Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman)
- Guy Delisle, Pyongyang (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Eric Shanower, Age of Bronze (Image)
- Adrian Tomine, Optic Nerve 10 (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 16 (ACME Novelty)


Melhor escritor e desenhista de humor

- Kyle Baker, Plastic Man (DC); The Bakers (Kyle Baker Publishing)
- Paige Braddock, Jane’s World (Girl Twirl)
- Bryan Lee O’Malley, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Oni)
- Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)
- Seth, Wimbledon Green (Drawn & Quarterly)


Melhor desenhista

- John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Planetary (WildStorm/DC)
- Gene Ha, Top Ten: TheForty-Niners (ABC)
- J. G. Jones, Wanted (Top Cow/Image)
- Frank Quitely, All Star Superman (DC)
- J. H. Williams III, Promethea, Desolation Jones (WildStorm/DC)


Melhor pintor/artista multimedia

- Paul Guinan, Heartbreakers Meet Boilerplate (IDW)
- Ladronn, Hip Flask: Mystery City (Active Images)
- Ben Templesmith, Fell (Image)
- Kent Williams, The Fountain (Vertigo/DC)


Melhor capista

- Frank Espinosa, Rocketo (Speakeasy)
- Tony Harris, Ex Machina (Wildstorm/DC)
- James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); Runaways (Marvel)
- Jock, The Losers (Vertigo/DC)
- Eric Powell, The Goon; Universal Monsters: Cavalcade of Horror (Dark Horse)


Melhor colorista

- Jeromy Cox, Novos Titas (DC); Otherworld (Vertigo/DC)
- Steven Griffen, Hawaiian Dick: The Last Resort (Image)
- Steve Hamaker, Bone: The Great Cow Race (Scholastic Graphix)
- Jose Villarrubia, Desolation Jones (WildStorm/DC)
- Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 16 (ACME Novelty)


Melhor letrista

- Chris Eliopolis, Ultimate Iron Man, Astonishing X-Men, Ultimates 2, House of M, Franklin Richards (Marvel); Fell (Image)
- Todd Klein, Wonder Woman, Justice, Seven Soldiers 0 (DC); Desolation Jones (WildStorm/DC); Promethea, Top Ten: The Forty-Niners, Tomorrow Stories Special (ABC); Fables (Vertigo); 1602: New World (Marvel)
- Richard Starkings, Conan, Revelations (Dark Horse); Godland (Image); Gunpowder Girl and the Outlaw Squaw, Hip Flask: Mystery City (Active Images)
- Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 16 (ACME Novelty)


Talento promissor

- Dawn Brown (Ravenous, Little Red Hot)
- Aaron Renier (Spiral-Bound)
- Zak Sally (Recidivist)
- Ursula Vernon (Digger)


Melhor periódico sobre quadrinhos

- Comic Art, editado por M. Todd Hignite (Comic Art)
- Comic Book Artist, editado por Jon Cooke (Top Shelf)
- The Comics Journal, editado por Gary Groth e Dirk Deppey (Fantagraphics)
- Draw!, editado por Michael Manley (TwoMorrows)
- Following Cerebus, editado por Craig Miller e John Thorne (Aardvark-Vanaheim/Win-Mill Productions)


Melhor livro sobre quadrinhos

- The Comics Journal Library: Classic Comic Illustrators, editado por Tom Spurgeon (Fantagraphics)
- Eisner/Miller, entrevistas conduzidas por Charles Brownstein (Dark Horse Books)
- Foul Play: The Art and Artists of the Notorious 1950s EC Comics, de Grant Geissman (Harper Design)
- Masters of American Comics, editado por John Carlin, Paul Karasik e Brian Walker (Hammer Museum/MOCA Los Angeles/Yale University Press)
- RGK: Art of Roy G. Krenkel, editado por J. David Spurlock e Barry Klugerman (Vanguard)


Melhor design de publicação

- Acme Novelty Library Annual Report to Shareholders, design de Chris Ware (Pantheon)
- Little Nemo in Slumberland, design de Philippe Ghuilemetti (Sunday Press Books)
- Promethea 32, design de J. H. Williams III e Todd Klein (ABC)
- Walt and Skeezix, design de Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Wimbledon Green, design de Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)


Hall da Fama

Escolha dos Juízes:

- Floyd Gottfredson
- William Moulton Marston

Concorrentes nas cédulas:

- Matt Baker
- Vaughn Bode
- Wayne Boring
- Reed Crandall
- Creig Flessel
- Ramona Fradon
- Harold Gray
- Graham Ingels
- Robert Kanigher
- Russ Manning
- Mort Meskin
- Marty Nodell
- Gilbert Shelton
- Jim Steranko