| Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series | |
| Awarded For: | Best Continuing Series |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Holder Label: | Most recent winner |
| Holder: | Transformers by Daniel Warren Johnson |
The Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It has been given out every year since 1988.
A title must have had at least two issues published in the previous year to eligible for the award.[1]
| Year | Title | Creators | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | |||
| 1988 | (Dark Horse Comics) | [2] | |
| (Comico) | , Arnold Pander, Jacob Pander, and Jay Geldof | ||
| (Fantagraphics) | and Gilbert Hernandez | ||
| (Eclipse Comics) | |||
| 1989 | (Dark Horse Comics) | [3] | |
| (Fantagraphics) | and Gilbert Hernandez | ||
| (First Comics) | , Steve Rude and various artists | ||
| (Kitchen Sink Press) | and Kate Worley | ||
| (DC Comics) | , 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 | (DC Comics) | and various artists | [5] |
| (Aardvark-Vanaheim) | , Gerhard | ||
| (Fantagraphics) | |||
| (Eclipse Comics) | and various artists | ||
| (Vortex Comics) | |||
| (Eclipse Comics) | |||
| 1992 | (DC Comics) | and various artists | [6] |
| (Aardvark-Vanaheim) | , Gerhard | ||
| (DC Comics) | , Richard Case and various artists | ||
| (Renegade Press) | |||
| (Marvel Comics/Epic Comics) | and Sergio Aragonés | ||
| (Eclipse Comics) | , Mark Buckingham, and Sam Parsons | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | and Dale Keown | ||
| (Fantagraphics) | and Gilbert Hernandez | ||
| (Drawn & Quarterly) | |||
| 1993 | (DC Comics) | and various artists | [7] |
| (Aardvark-Vanaheim) | , Gerhard | ||
| (Fantagraphics) | |||
| (DC Comics) | and various artists | ||
| (Fantagraphics) | and Jaime Hernandez | ||
| (Fantagraphics) | and others | ||
| (DC Comics) | and various artists | ||
| 1994 | (Cartoon Books) | [8] | |
| (Aardvark-Vanaheim) | and Gerhard | ||
| (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | and Steve Dillon | ||
| (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | |||
| (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | and Chris Bachalo | ||
| 1995 | (Cartoon Books) | [9] | |
| (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | , Gary Amaro, and Peter Gross | ||
| (Milestone) | and M. D. Bright | ||
| (DC Comics) | and Tony Harris | ||
| (Abstract Studio) | |||
| (Gladstone Publishing) | and others | ||
| 1996 | (Fantagraphics) | [10] | |
| (Jukebox Productions/Image Comics) | and Brent Anderson | ||
| (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | and Steve Dillon | ||
| (Abstract Studio) | |||
| (El Capitan Books) | |||
| 1997 | (Jukebox Productions/Homage Comics) | , Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg | [11] |
| (Sirius Entertainment) | |||
| (Dancing Elephant Press) | |||
| (DC Comics) | , Tony Harris, and Wade Von Grawbadger | ||
| (Abiogenesis Press) | |||
| (Abstract Studio/Homage Comics) | |||
| 1998 | (Jukebox Productions/Homage Comics) | , Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg | [12] |
| (Fantagraphics) | |||
| (Sirius Entertainment) | |||
| (Cartoon Books) | |||
| (Homage Comics) | and Paul Smith | ||
| (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | and Steve Dillon | ||
| 1999 | (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | and Steve Dillon | [13] |
| (Marvel Comics) | , George Pérez, and Al Vey | ||
| (Homage Comics/WildStorm/Image Comics) | , Brent Anderson, and Will Blyberg | ||
| (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | and Guy Davis | ||
| (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | , Darick Robertson, and Rodney Ramos | ||
| 2000s | |||
| 2000 | (Fantagraphics) | [14] | |
| (DC Comics/WildStorm) | and John Cassaday | ||
| (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | and Steve Dillon | ||
| (America's Best Comics) | , J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray | ||
| (America's Best Comics) | , Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon | ||
| (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | , Darick Robertson, and Rodney Ramos | ||
| 2001 | (America's Best Comics) | , Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon | [15] |
| (Image Comics) | |||
| (Drawn & Quarterly) | |||
| (Viz Media) | |||
| (America's Best Comics) | , J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray | ||
| 2002 | (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | and Eduardo Risso | [16] |
| (Lightspeed Press) | |||
| (DC Comics/WildStorm) | and John Cassaday | ||
| (Oni Press) | and Steve Rolston | ||
| (CrossGen) | , Butch Guice, and Mike Perkins | ||
| 2003 | (Marvel Comics) | and Alex Maleev | [17] |
| (Image Comics) | |||
| (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | , Lan Medina, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha | ||
| (Drawn & Quarterly) | |||
| (Abstract Studio) | |||
| (Clib's Boy Comics) | |||
| 2004 | (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | and Eduardo Risso | [18] |
| (Marvel Comics) | and Michael Gaydos | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | , Alex Maleev, and David W. Mack | ||
| (Dark Horse Comics) | |||
| (DC Comics) | , Greg Rucka, Michael Lark, Brian Hurtt, and Stefano Gaudiano | ||
| (Oni Press) | , Jason Alexander, Carla Speed McNeil, and Mike Hawthorne | ||
| 2005 | (Dark Horse Comics) | [19] | |
| (Marvel Comics) | and John Cassaday | ||
| (WildStorm/DC Comics) | , Tony Harris, and Tom Fesiter | ||
| (El Capitan Books) | |||
| (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) | , Pia Guerra, and José Marzan Jr. | ||
| 2006 | (Marvel Comics) | and John Cassaday | [20] |
| (Image Comics) | |||
| (WildStorm/DC Comics) | , Tony Harris, and Tom Feister | ||
| (Image Comics) | and Ben Templesmith | ||
| (Speakeasy Comics) | |||
| (Clib's Boy Comics) | |||
| 2007 | (DC Comics) | and Frank Quitely | [21] |
| (Marvel Comics) | and Steve Epting | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | , Michael Lark, and Stefano Gaudiano | ||
| (Viz Media) | |||
| (Image Comics) | and Charlie Adlard | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | , Jim Cheung, and various inkers | ||
| 2008 | (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) | , Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan, Jr. | [22] |
| (Dynamite Entertainment) | and Darick Robertson | ||
| (Dark Horse Comics) | , Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens | ||
| (Viz Media) | |||
| (DC Comics) | |||
| 2009 | (DC Comics) | and Frank Quitely | [23] [24] |
| (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) | , Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Niko Henrichon, Andrew Pepoy, and Peter Gross | ||
| (Viz Media) | |||
| (Marvel Comics) | , Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales, and various | ||
| (Dark Horse Comics) | |||
| 2010s | |||
| 2010 | (Image Comics) | and Charlie Adlard | [25] [26] |
| (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) | , Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Andrew Pepoy et al. | ||
| (Boom! Studios) | and Peter Krause | ||
| (Viz Media) | |||
| (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) | and Peter Gross | ||
| 2011 | (Image Comics) | and Rob Guillory | [27] [28] |
| (Abstract Studio) | |||
| (IDW Publishing) | and Gabriel Rodriguez | ||
| (Shadowline/Image Comics) | and Joe Eisma | ||
| (Viz Media) | |||
| (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) | and R. M. Guéra | ||
| 2012 | (Marvel Comics) | , Marcos Martín, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera | [29] |
| (Viz Media) | |||
| (Abstract Studio) | |||
| (Marvel Comics) | and Sara Pichelli | ||
| (Dark Horse Comics) | |||
| 2013 | (Image Comics) | and Fiona Staples | [30] |
| (Image Comics) | and Sean Phillips | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | and David Aja | ||
| (Image Comics) | and Nick Pitarra | ||
| (Image Comics) | and Simon Roy | ||
| 2014 | (Image Comics) | and Fiona Staples | [31] |
| (Image Comics) | and Nick Dragotta | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | and David Aja | ||
| (Image Comics) | and Nate Bellegarde | ||
| (Image Comics) | and Chip Zdarsky | ||
| 2015 | (Image Comics) | and Fiona Staples | [32] |
| (Vertigo Comics) | and Brent Anderson | ||
| (MonkeyBrain Books) | and Colleen Coover | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | and David Aja | ||
| (Image Comics) | and Jason Latour | ||
| (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) | , Charlie Adlard, and Stefano Gaudiano | ||
| 2016 | (Image Comics) | and Jason Latour | [33] |
| (MonkeyBrain Books) | and Colleen Coover | ||
| (Boom! Studios) | , Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin | ||
| (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) | , Ryan Ottley, and Cliff Rathburn | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | and Mike Allred | ||
| 2017 | (Image Comics) | and Fiona Staples | [34] |
| (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) | and Brent Anderson | ||
| (Image Comics) | and Sean Phillips | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | and Russell Dauterman | ||
| (Image Comics) | and Cliff Chiang | ||
| 2018 | (Image Comics) | and Sana Takeda | [35] |
| (Dark Horse Comics) | , Dean Ormston, and David Rubín | ||
| (Boom! Studios) | , Max Sarin, and Liz Fleming | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | , Leonardo Romero, and Mike Walsh | ||
| (Image Comics) | and Jamie McKelvie | ||
| 2019 | (Boom! Studios) | , Max Sarin, and Julia Madrigal | [36] |
| (DC Comics) | et al. | ||
| (Dark Horse Comics) | , Dean Ormston, and Rich Tommaso | ||
| (Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics) | and Niko Walter | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | , Joe Bennett, and Ruy José | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | and Kris Anka | ||
| 2020s | |||
| 2020 | (Image Comics) | , Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene | [37] [38] |
| (Image Comics) | and Sean Phillips | ||
| (Image Comics) | , Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | and Marco Checchetto | ||
| (DC Comics) | , Bilquis Evely et al. | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | , Joe Bennett, and Ruy José et al. | ||
| 2021 | (IDW Publishing) | [39] [40] | |
| (Image Comics) | , Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene | ||
| (Marvel Comics) | and Marco Checchetto | ||
| (Image Comics) | and Martin Simmonds | ||
| (Image Comics) | and Andrea Sorrentino | ||
| (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) | and Ramón K. Pérez|-! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2022| style="background:#FAEB86;" | (Image Comics) [41] | style="background:#FAEB86;" |, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene|rowspan=5|[42] [43] |-| style="background:#FAEB86;" | (Boom! Studios) [44] | style="background:#FAEB86;" | and Werther Dell'Edera|-| style="background:;" | (Image Comics)| style="background:;" | and Martin Simmonds|-| style="background:;" | (Marvel Comics)| style="background:;" |, Joe Bennett, et al.|-| style="background:;" | (DC Comics)| style="background:;" | and Bruno Redondo|-! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2023| style="background:#FAEB86;" | (DC Comics)| style="background:#FAEB86;" | and Bruno Redondo|rowspan=6|[45] [46] |-| style="background:;" | (Marvel Comics)| style="background:;" |, Marco Checchetto, and Rafael de Latorre|-| style="background:;" | (Image Comics)| style="background:;" | and Martin Simmonds|-| style="background:;" | (Image Comics)| style="background:;" | and Jason Shawn Alexander|-| style="background:;" | (DC Comics)| style="background:;" | and Alvaro Martinez Bueno|-| style="background:;" | (Marvel Comics)| style="background:;" |, Rogê Antônio, Luca Maresca, and Takeshi Miyazawa|-! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2024| style="background:#FAEB86;" | (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment)| style="background:#FAEB86;" | |rowspan=5|[47] |-| style="background:;" | (DC Comics)| style="background:;" | and Leonardo Basto Romero|-| style="background:;" | (DC Comics)| style="background:;" | and Bruno Redondo|-| style="background:;" | (DC Comics)| style="background:;" | and Dan Mora|-| style="background:;" | (DC Comics)| style="background:;" | and Daniel Sampere|}References |