Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir explained

Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir
Awarded For:Best Graphic Memoir
Country:United States
Year:2021
Holder Label:Most recent winner (2023)
Holder:Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

The Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir is an award for "creative achievement" in non-fiction American comic books.

History

Up until 2020 memoirs were included in the category for Best Reality-Based Work, but in 2021 the judges created a new award as they felt there were too many high-quality non-fiction comics for one award.[1]

Winners and nominees

YearTitleAuthors
2020s
2021 (Drawn & Quarterly)[2] [3]
(Iron Circus Comics), Ryan Estrada, and Ko Hyung-Ju
(Fantagraphics) and Georgia Webber
(Uncivilized Books)
(Yen Press), translated by Julie Goniwich
(Dial Books) and Omar Mohamed
2023 (Drawn & Quarterly)[4] [5]
(Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press), translated by J.T. Mahany
(Image)
(First Second/Macmillan)
(Scholastic Graphix)

References

  1. News: ComicCon@Home ’21: The 2021 Eisner Award winners, The Beat.
  2. News: 2021 Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Image and Fantagraphics Lead With Most Nominations, comicbook.com.
  3. News: ComicCon@Home ’21: The 2021 Eisner Award winners, The Beat.
  4. News: 2023 Eisner Award Nominations Include Tom King, Zoe Thorogood, and Posthumous Kevin Conroy Nod, comicbook.com.
  5. News: SDCC ’23: The 2023 Eisner Awards Winners, The Beat.