Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work explained

Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work
Awarded For:Best Academic/Scholarly Work on Comic Books
Country:United States
Year:2012
Holder Label:Most recent winner (2023)
Holder:The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions edited by Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren

The Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work is the Eisner Award for "creative achievement" in American comic books for academic publishing. Prior to the creation of the award academic works could be nominated for Best Comics-Related Book.

Name changes

From 2012 to 2013 the award was named Best Educational/Academic Work. From 2014 to 2015 the award was named Best Scholarly/Academic Work. The award took on its current name in 2016.

Winners and nominees

Award winners and nominees!Year!Author!Title!Publisher!Result!Ref.
2012Cartooning: Philosophy & PracticeYale University PressWinner[1]
Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack KirbyUniversity Press of MississippiWinner
(ed.)Alan Moore: ConversationsUniversity Press of MississippiNominee[2]
Projections: Comics and the History of 21st Century StorytellingStanford University PressNominee
and Randy Duncan (eds.)Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and MethodsRoutledgeNominee
2013Lynda Barry: Girlhood Through the Looking GlassUniversity Press of MississippiWinner
Comics Versus ArtUniversity of Toronto PressNominee[3]
University of California PressNominee
Autobiographical Comics: Life Writing in PicturesUniversity Press of MississippiNominee
Crockett Johnson & Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children’s LiteratureUniversity Press of MississippiNominee
2014 and Ronald L. Jackson II (eds.)Black Comics: Politics of Race and RepresentationBloomsbury PublishingWinner[4]
, Jeet Heer, and Kent Worcester (eds.)University Press of MississippiNominee
(ed.)International Journal of Comic ArtNominee
Anti-Foreign Imagery in American Pulps and Comic Books, 1920–1960McFarland & CompanyNominee
(ed.)Drawing from Life: Memory and Subjectivity in Comic ArtUniversity Press of MississippiNominee
2015 (ed.)Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and InterviewsMcFarland & CompanyWinner[5]
Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic BooksUniversity of California PressNominee
Considering Watchmen: Poetics, Property, PoliticsRutgers University PressNominee
American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero AfterlifePalgrave MacmillanNominee
Wide Awake in Slumberland: Fantasy, Mass Culture, and Modernism in the Art of Winsor McCayUniversity Press of MississippiNominee
University Press of MississippiNominee
2016 and John Jennings (eds.)Rutgers University PressWinner[6]
, Ian Williams, Susan Merrill Squier, Michael J. Green, Kimberly R. Myers, and Scott T. SmithGraphic Medicine ManifestoPenn State University PressNominee
and Rachel Mizsei-Ward (eds.)Superheroes on World ScreensUniversity Press of MississippiNominee
, Kazumi Nagaike, Katsuhiko Suganuma, and James Welker (eds.)Boys Love Manga and Beyond: History, Culture, and Community in JapanUniversity Press of MississippiNominee
UnflatteningHarvard University PressNominee
2017Superwomen: Gender, Power, and RepresentationBloomsbury PublishingWinner[7]
Pioneering Cartoonists of ColorUniversity Press of MississippiNominee
Forging the Past: Set and the Art of MemoryUniversity Press of MississippiNominee
Brighter Than You Think: Ten Short Works by Alan MooreUncivilized BooksNominee
Frank Miller’s Daredevil and the Ends of HeroismRutgers University PressNominee
2018Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream ComicsUniversity of Arizona PressWinner
Neon Visions: The Comics of Howard ChaykinLSU PressNominee[8]
and Ian Gordon (eds.)University Press of MississippiNominee
and Brittany Tullis (eds.)Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational ComicsUniversity of Texas PressNominee
Ethics in the Gutter: Empathy and Historical Fiction in ComicsOhio State University PressNominee
2019Sweet Little Cunt: The Graphic Work of Julie DoucetUncivilized BooksWinner[9] [10]
Library of American Comics/IDW Publishing/Ohio State University PressNominee[11]
Between Pen and Pixel: Comics, Materiality, and the Book of the FutureOhio State University PressNominee
Incorrigibles and Innocents, Constructing Childhood and Citizenship in Progressive Era ComicsRutgers University PressNominee
Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics StudiesUniversity of Texas PressNominee
2020EC Comics: Race, Shock, and Social ProtestRutgers University PressWinner[12] [13] [14]
(ed.)Library of AmericaNominee[15]
University of Texas PressNominee
University Press of MississippiNominee
Producing Mass Entertainment: The Serial Life of the Yellow KidOhio State University PressNominee
, Rebecca Suter, Kazumi Nagaike, and John A. Lent (eds.)Women’s Manga in Asia and Beyond: Uniting Different Cultures and IdentitiesPalgrave MacmillanNominee
2021New York University PressWinner[16]
Who Understands Comics: Questioning the Universality of Visual Language ComprehensionBloomsbury PublishingNominee[17]
and Bart Beaty (eds.)Comic Studies: A GuidebookRutgers University PressNominee
WebcomicsBloomsbury PublishingNominee
(ed.)Comic Art in MuseumsUniversity Press of MississippiNominee
2022Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist HistoryRutgers University PressWinner[18] [19]
Rutgers University PressNominee
Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal IdentityUniversity Press of MississippiNominee
Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comics ImperialismUniversity of Chicago PressNominee
Rebirth of the English Comic Strip: A Kaleidoscope, 1847–1870University Press of MississippiNominee
2023Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic NovelsUniversity Press of MississippiNominee[20]
and Anna Poletti (eds.)Graphic MedicineUniversity of Hawaiʻi PressNominee
How Comics Travel: Publication, Translation, Radical LiteraciesOhio State University PressNominee
and Jonathan Warren (eds.)University Press of MississippiWinner
Teaching with Comics and Graphic NovelsRoutledgeNominee
2024Asian Political CartoonsUniversity Press of MississippiNominee[21]
The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X- MenUniversity of Texas PressNominee
edited by Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American ComicsRutgers University PressNominee
If Shehrazad Drew: Critical Writings on Arab ComicsSawaf Center for Arab Comics Studies and American University of Beirut PressNominee
In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980sUniversity of Minnesota PressNominee
Super Bodies: Comic Book Illustration, Artistic Styles, and Narrative ImpactUniversity of Texas PressNominee

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: 2012-04-04 . Nominees Announced For 2012 Eisner Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190117122300/https://www.cbr.com/nominees-announced-for-2012-eisner-awards/ . 2019-01-17 . 2023-06-16 . CBR . en.
  3. Web site: 2013-04-16 . 2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161024224455/https://www.cbr.com/2013-eisner-award-nominees-announced/ . 2016-10-24 . 2023-06-16 . CBR . en.
  4. Web site: Wheeler . Andrew . 2014-07-26 . 2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200905050508/https://comicsalliance.com/2014-eisner-awards-full-list-of-winners-and-nominees/ . 2020-09-05 . 2023-06-16 . ComicsAlliance . en.
  5. Web site: Asselin . Janelle . 2015-04-22 . 2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203014611/https://comicsalliance.com/2015-eisner-award-nominations/ . 2022-12-03 . 2023-06-16 . ComicsAlliance . en.
  6. Web site: Brown . Luke . 2016-07-23 . 28th Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners and Nominees . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221013024855/https://comicsalliance.com/eisner-winners-2016/ . 2022-10-13 . 2023-06-16 . ComicsAlliance . en.
  7. Web site: Lovett . Jamie . 2017-11-09 . Here Are Your 2017 Eisner Awards Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221121190000/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/eisner-awards-winners-2017/ . 2022-11-21 . 2023-06-16 . Comic Book . en.
  8. Web site: Ridgely . Charlie . 2018-04-26 . Complete List of 2018 Eisner Award Nominees Announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210609220127/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/2018-eisner-award-nominations-announced/ . 2021-06-09 . 2023-06-16 . Comics . en.
  9. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . 2019-07-20 . Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230227104839/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/2019-eisner-awards-complete-winners-list-1225835/ . 2023-02-27 . 2023-06-16 . . en-US.
  10. Web site: Bolles . Dan . 2019-07-23 . James Kochalka Wins Eisner Award for 'Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220525125941/https://www.sevendaysvt.com/LiveCulture/archives/2019/07/23/james-kochalka-wins-eisner-award-for-johnny-boo-and-the-ice-cream-computer . 2022-05-25 . 2023-06-16 . Seven Days . en.
  11. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . 2019-04-26 . Eisner Award Nominees Revealed . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726051950/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2019-eisner-nominees-complete-list-1205156/ . 2021-07-26 . 2023-06-16 . . en-US.
  12. Web site: Grunenwald . Joe . 2020-07-25 . SDCC '20: The 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403123803/https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-20-eisner-award-winners-2020/ . 2022-04-03 . 2023-06-16 . . en-US.
  13. Web site: Reid . Calvin . 2020-07-27 . Walden, Takei, Telgemeier, Tamaki Win 2020 Eisner Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221202190312/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/83966-walden-takei-telgemeier-tamaki-win-2020-eisner-awards.html . 2022-12-02 . 2023-06-16 . . en.
  14. Web site: Tessa . The 2020 Eisner Award Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321003658/https://www.carnegielibrary.org/staff-picks/the-2020-eisner-award-winners/ . 2023-03-21 . 2023-06-16 . . en-US.
  15. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . 2020-06-04 . 2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230103024421/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/2020-eisner-nominees-complete-list-1297196/ . 2023-01-03 . 2023-06-16 . . en-US.
  16. Web site: Grunenwald . Joe . 2021-07-24 . ComicCon@Home '21: The 2021 Eisner Award winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220103150729/https://www.comicsbeat.com/comicconhome-21-the-2021-eisner-award-winners/ . 2022-01-03 . 2023-06-16 . . en-US.
  17. Web site: Perry . Spencer . 2021-06-09 . 2021 Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Image and Fantagraphics Lead With Most Nominations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326063835/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/2021-eisner-award-nominees-revealed-image-comics/ . 2023-03-26 . 2023-06-16 . Comics . en.
  18. Web site: Kaplan . Rebecca Oliver . 2022-07-23 . SDCC '22: 2022 Eisner Award winners, top moments, and more! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221010160950/https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-22-2022-eisner-award-winners-top-moments-and-more/ . 2022-10-10 . 2023-06-16 . . en-US.
  19. Web site: Babb . Tiffany . 2022-07-23 . The winners of the 2022 Eisner Awards are... . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230325075734/https://www.thepopverse.com/eisner-awards-will-comic-book-industry-winners-2022 . 2023-03-25 . 2023-06-16 . Popverse . en.
  20. Web site: MacDonald . Heidi . 2023-05-17 . 2023 Eisner Awards Nominations announced; Thorogood, Woodruff and King lead . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603224744/https://www.comicsbeat.com/2023-eisner-awards-nominations-announced/ . 2023-06-03 . 2023-06-16 . . en-US.
  21. Web site: 2024-05-17 . 2024 Eisner Award Nominations Announced. 2024-06-21 . . en-US.