Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids explained

Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids
Awarded For:Best Best Publication for Kids
Country:United States
Year:2008
Holder Label:Most recent winner (2021)
Holder:Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru

The Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books.

History and name change

The award was launched in 2008 as Best Publication for Kids. In 2012 the name was changed to Best Publication for Kids (ages 8–12). In 2016 the name was changed to Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12). In 2020 the name was changed back to Best Publication for Kids.

Winners and nominees

YearTitleAuthors
2000s
2008 and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 (Archaia Entertainment)[1]
and Amelia Rules! Funny Stories (Renaissance Press)
(Dark Horse Comics)
(Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
(ADV Manga)
2009 (DC Comics) and Franco Aureliani[2] [3]
(Scholastic Graphix)
(Viz Media)
(Image Comics)
(RAW Junior)
2010s
2010 (Marvel Comics), adapted by Eric Shanower, and Skottie Young[4] [5]
(Alfred A. Knopf)
(Bloomsbury Publishing)
(First Second Books) and Fabrice Parme
(Abrams ComicArts/Toon Books) and Françoise Mouly
2011 (DC Comics) and Franco Aureliani[6] [7]
(Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney Press/Hyperion Books for Children) and Ben Towle
(Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster)
(Kids Can Press)
(Ape Entertainment) and Jason T. Kruse
(First Second Books)
2012 (KaBOOM!)[8]
(DC Comics), Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis
(Atheneum Books)
(Graphic Universe/Lerner Books) and Stephanie Yue
(Action Lab Comics) and Mia Goodwin
(First Second Books)
2013 (KaBOOM!), Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb[9]
(Scholastic Graphix)
(Archaia Entertainment) and Chris Eliopoulos
(Oni Press)
(Nobrow Press)
(Marvel Comics), adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
2014 (Dark Horse Comics)[10]
(Nobrow Press)
(Groundwood Books) and Isabelle Arsenault, translated by Susan Ouriou and Christelle Morelli
(Scholastic Graphix)
(Archaia Entertainment/Boom! Studios), Paul Morrissey, and Rebecca Taylor
(Scholastic Kids)
2015 (Amulet Books/Abrams Books)[11]
(DC Comics) and Dustin Nguyen
(Oni Press) and Benjamin Dewey
(IDW Publishing) and Gabriel Rodriguez
(DC Comics) and Franco Aureliani
2016 (Boom! Studios/KaBOOM!), Amalia Levari, and Jim Campbell[12]
(Candlewick Press) and Emily Carroll
(Kids Can Press), Michel Chikwanine, and Claudia Dávila
(Abrams Books/Amulet Books)
(Dial Press)
(Scholastic Graphix) and Matthew Holm
2017 (Scholastic Graphix)[13]
(Ten Speed Press)
(Flying Eye Books)
(Karate Petshop) and Matthew Foltz-Gray
(First Second Books) and Joe Flood
2018 (Oni Press)[14]
(Archaia Entertainment)
(Top Shelf Productions)
(Nobrow Press)
(Andrews McMeel Publishing)
2019 (First Second Books)[15] [16]
(Oni Press)
(First Second Books)
(Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children’s Books)
(JY/Yen Press)
2020s
2020 (Scholastic Graphix)[17] [18]
(Flying Eye Books/Nobrow Press) and Mathieu Sapin
(Scholastic Graphix)
(Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins)
(First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers)
(Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group), Mayana Itoïz, and Paul Cauuet
2021 (DC Comics) and Gurihiru[19] [20]
(Knopf Books for Young Readers/Random House Children's Books)
(First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers) and Karen Schneemann
(Magnetic Press)
(First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers)
(Scholastic Graphix) and Shannon Wright

References

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  2. News: Eisner Nominations Released, ICV2.
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  4. News: 2010 Eisner Award nominations announced, The Beat.
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  8. News: Nominees Announced For 2012 Eisner Awards, Comic Book Resources.
  9. News: 2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, Comic Book Resources.
  10. News: 2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees, Comic Alliance.
  11. News: 2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced, Comic Alliance.
  12. News: Brilliant Art, Tremendous Stories and Daring Creators: The 2016 Eisner Award Winners [SDCC 2016], Comics Alliance].
  13. News: Fantagraphics and Image Comics Lead Eisner Awards Nominations, Syfy Wire. 2021-04-26. 2018-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20181201010602/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/2017-eisner-award-nominations. dead.
  14. News: Complete List of 2018 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, comicbook.com.
  15. News: Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Hollywood Reporter.
  16. News: Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List, Hollywood Reporter.
  17. News: 2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List, The Hollywood Reporter.
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  20. News: ComicCon@Home '21: The 2021 Eisner Award winners, The Beat.