| Year |
Nominee |
Titles |
Ref. |
|---|
| 1990s |
| 1992 |
Steve Oliff |
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC Comics), 2112 (Dark Horse Comics), Akira (Epic Comics) |
[1] |
| Lovern Kindzierski |
L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 (DC Comics), L.E.G.I.O.N. '92 (DC Comics) |
| Tom Luth |
Groo the Wanderer (Epic Comics), Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #2 (Fantagraphics Books) |
| Cris Palomino |
Uncle Scrooge (Disney), Disney Digests (Disney), The Jetsons (Harvey Comics) |
| Daniel Vozzo |
The Sandman (DC Comics), Doom Patrol (DC Comics) |
| 1993 |
Steve Oliff/Olyoptics |
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #28-#30 (DC Comics), Martian Manhunter: American Secrets (DC Comics), James Bond 007: Serpent's Tooth (Dark Horse Comics), Spawn (Image Comics) |
[2] |
| Lovern Kindzierski/Digital Chameleon |
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (NBM Publishing), Batman: Sword of Azrael (DC Comics), L.E.G.I.O.N. '92 (DC Comics) |
| Richmond Lewis |
Ironwolf: Fires of the Revolution (DC Comics) |
| Bernie Mireault |
Grendel: War Child (Dark Horse Comics), The Jam: Urban Adventure (Tundra Publishing) |
| 1994 |
Steve Oliff and Reuben Rude (Olyoptics) |
Spawn (Image Comics) |
[3] |
| Joe Chiodo |
WildC.A.T.S. (Image Comics), Deathblow (Image Comics) |
| Matt Hollingsworth |
Aliens: Labyrinth (Dark Horse Comics), Aliens: Salvation (Dark Horse Comics), Creature from the Black Lagoon (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Joe Matt |
Batman/Grendel (Comico/DC Comics) |
| Daniel Vozzo |
The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Shade, the Changing Man (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| Tom Ziuko |
Hellblazer (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| 1995 |
Angus McKie |
Martha Washington goes to War (Dark Horse Comics) |
[4] |
| Peter Bagge/Mary Woodring |
Hate (Fantagraphics Books) |
| Elizabeth Chadwick |
Concrete: Killer Smile (Dark Horse Comics/Legend Comics) |
| Susan Daigle-Leach |
Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone Publishing) |
| Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books) |
| 1996 |
Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books) |
[5] |
| George Freeman |
The X-Files (Topps Comics) |
| Claude Legris |
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (Dark Horse Comics/Legend Comics) |
| Angus McKie |
Neil Gaiman's Teknophage (Tekno Comix), Martha Washington: Stranded in Space (Dark Horse Comics/Legend Comics) |
| Maurice Vellekoop |
Stories in Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly) |
| 1997 |
Matt Hollingsworth |
Preacher (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Death: The Time of Your Life (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Bloody Mary (DC Comics/Helix), Challengers of the Unknown (DC Comics) |
[6] |
| Monica Bennett |
Deathblow/Wolverine (WildStorm/Image Comics/Marvel Comics) |
| Jeromy Cox |
Leave It to Chance (Homage Comics) |
| Patricia Mulvihill |
Wonder Woman, (DC Comics), Firebrand (DC Comics), Batman and Captain America (DC Comics/Marvel Comics) |
| Daniel Vozzo |
The Invisibles (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Dreaming (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| 1998 |
Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books) |
[7] |
| Laura Allred |
Red Rocket 7 (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Jeromy Cox |
Leave It to Chance (Homage Comics), Mage (Image Comics) |
| Sarah Dyer |
Amy Racecar Color Special #1 (El Capitan Books) |
| Lovern Kindzierski |
Elric: Stormbringer (Dark Horse Comics/Topps Comics), Dr. Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (Marvel Comics) |
| Archer Prewitt |
Sof' Boy and Friends (Drawn & Quarterly) |
| 1999 |
Lynn Varley |
300 (Dark Horse Comics) |
[8] |
| Bjarne Hansen |
Superman for All Seasons (DC Comics) |
| Dave Kemp |
Inhumans (Marvel Comics) |
| Liquid! (Christian Lichtner and Aron Lusen) |
Battle Chasers (Cliffhanger/WildStorm/Image Comics) |
| Jonathan D. Smith |
Fathom (Top Cow Productions/Image Comics) |
| 2000s |
| 2000 |
Laura DuPuy |
The Authority (DC Comics/WildStorm), Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm) |
[9] |
| Laura Allred |
Madman Comics (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick), Happydale: Devils in the Desert (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| Angus McKie |
Heart of Empire (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Kevin Nowlan |
"Jack B. Quick" in Tomorrow Stories (America's Best Comics) |
| Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books) |
| 2001 |
Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library #14 (Fantagraphics Books) |
[10] |
| Jeromy Cox |
Promethea (America's Best Comics) |
| Lovern Kindzierski |
Ring of the Nibelung (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick) |
| Patricia Mulvihill |
100 Bullets (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Nightwing (DC Comics) |
| Lynn Varley |
Sin City: Hell and Back (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick) |
| 2002 |
Laura DuPuy |
Ruse (CrossGen), Ministry of Space (Image Comics) |
[11] |
| Edgar Delgado/Studio F |
Out There (DC Comics/WildStorm) |
| Patricia Mulvihill |
Wonder Woman (DC Comics), 100 Bullets (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| José Villarrubia |
Fantastic Four: 1234 (Marvel Comics) |
| Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library #15 (Fantagraphics Books) |
| 2003 |
Dave Stewart |
Hellboy: The Third Wish (Dark Horse Comics), The Amazing Screw-On Head (Dark Horse Comics), Star Wars: Empire (Dark Horse Comics), Human Target: Final Cut (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Doom Patrol (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Tom Strong (America's Best Comics, Captain America (Marvel Comics) |
[12] |
| Jeromy Cox |
Promethea (America's Best Comics), Leave It to Chance (Image Comics) |
| Matt Hollingsworth |
Alias (Marvel Comics), Daredevil (Marvel Comics), The Filth #1-3 (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Batman: Nine Lives (DC Comics), Catwoman (DC Comics), Catwoman: Selina's Big Score (DC Comics) |
| Paul Hornschemeier |
Forlorn Funnies (Absence of Ink) |
| Laura DuPuy Martin |
Ruse (comics) (CrossGen) |
| Patricia Mulvihill |
Gotham Girls (DC Comics), Wonder Woman (DC Comics), 100 Bullets (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), Hellblazer Special: Lady Constantine (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| 2004 |
Patricia Mulvihill |
Batman (DC Comics), Wonder Woman (DC Comics), 100 Bullets (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
[13] |
| Steven Griffin |
Hawaiian Dick (Image Comics) |
| Matt Hollingsworth |
Catwoman (DC Comics) |
| Paul Hornschemeier |
Forlorn Funnies (Absence of Ink) |
| Jason Keith |
El Cazador (CrossGen) |
| 2005 |
Dave Stewart |
Daredevil (Marvel Comics), Ultimate X-Men (Marvel Comics), Ultimate Six (Marvel Comics), Captain America (Marvel Comics), Conan (Dark Horse Comics), BPRD (Dark Horse Comics), DC: The New Frontier (DC Comics) |
[14] |
| Peter Doherty |
Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman Entertainment) |
| Steven Griffen |
Hawaiian Dick: Last Resort (Image Comics) |
| Laura DePuy Martin |
Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Ministry of Space (Image Comics), Planetary (WildStorm/DC Comics), I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun (Humanoids Publishing/DC Comics) |
| J.D. Mettler |
Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC Comics) |
| 2006 |
Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library #16 (Acme Novelty Library) |
[15] |
| Jeromy Cox |
Teen Titans (DC Comics), Otherworld (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| Steven Griffen |
Hawaiian Dick: Last Resort (Image Comics) |
| Steve Hamaker |
Bone: The Great Cow Race (Scholastic Graphix) |
| José Villarrubia |
Desolation Jones (WildStorm/DC Comics) |
| 2007 |
Dave Stewart |
BPRD (Dark Horse Comics), Conan (Dark Horse Comics), The Escapists (Dark Horse Comics), Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics), Action Comics (DC Comics), Batman/The Spirit (DC Comics), Superman (DC Comics) |
[16] |
| Kristian Donaldson |
Supermarket (IDW Publishing) |
| Hubert |
The Left Bank Gang (Fantagraphics Books) |
| Lark Pien |
American Born Chinese (First Second) |
| Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library #17 (Acme Novelty Library) |
| 2008 |
Dave Stewart |
BPRD (Dark Horse Comics), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse Comics), Cut (Dark Horse Comics), Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics), Lobster Johnson (Dark Horse Comics), The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics), The Spirit (DC Comics) |
[17] |
| Jimmy Gownley |
Amelia Rules! (Renaissance Press) |
| Steve Hamaker |
Bone: Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border (Scholastic Graphix), Bone: Old Man's Cave (Scholastic Graphix), Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil (DC Comics) |
| Richard Isanove |
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel Comics) |
| Ronda Pattison |
Atomic Robo (Red 5 Comics) |
| Alex Wald |
Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman Entertainment) |
| 2009 |
Dave Stewart |
Abe Sapien: The Drowning (Dark Horse Comics), BPRD (Dark Horse Comics), The Goon (Dark Horse Comics), Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics), Solomon Kane (Dark Horse Comics), The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics), Body Bags (Image Comics), Captain America: White (Marvel Comics) |
[18][19] |
| Steve Hamaker |
Bone: Ghost Circles (Scholastic Graphix), Bone: Treasure Hunters (Scholastic Graphix) |
| Patricia Mulvihill |
Joker (DC Comics), 100 Bullets (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| Val Staples |
Criminal (Icon Comics), Incognito (Icon Comics) |
| Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library #19 (Acme Novelty Library) |
| 2010s |
| 2010 |
Dave Stewart |
Abe Sapien (Dark Horse Comics), BPRD (Dark Horse Comics), The Goon (Dark Horse Comics), Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics), Solomon Kane (Dark Horse Comics), The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics), Zero Killer (Dark Horse Comics), Detective Comics (DC Comics), Northlanders (Vertigo Comics), Luna Park (Vertigo Comics) |
[20][21] |
| Steve Hamaker |
Bone: Crown of Horns (Scholastic Graphix), Little Mouse Gets Ready (Toon Books) |
| Laura Martin |
The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures (IDW Publishing), Thor (Marvel Comics), The Stand: American Nightmares (Marvel Comics) |
| David Mazzucchelli |
Asterios Polyp (Pantheon Books) |
| Alex Sinclair |
Blackest Night (DC Comics), Batman and Robin (DC Comics) |
| 2011 |
Dave Stewart |
Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics), BPRD (Dark Horse Comics), Baltimore (Dark Horse Comics), Let Me In (Dark Horse Comics), Detective Comics (DC Comics), Neil Young’s Greendale (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Daytripper (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
[22][23] |
| Jimmy Gownley |
Amelia Rules!:True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know) (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster) |
| Metaphrog (Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers) |
Louis: Night Salad (Metaphrog) |
| Hilary Sycamore |
City of Spies (First Second Books), Resistance (First Second Books), Booth (First Second Books), Brain Camp (First Second Books), Solomon’s Thieves (First Second Books) |
| Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library #20: Lint (Acme Novelty Library) |
| 2012 |
Laura Allred |
iZOMBIE (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special (Image Comics) |
[24][23] |
| Bill Crabtree |
The Sixth Gun (Oni Press) |
| Ian Herring and Ramón K. Pérez |
Jim Henson's Tale of Sand (Archaia Entertainment) |
| Viktor Kalvachev |
Blue Estate (Image Comics) |
| Cris Peter |
Casanova: Avaritia (Icon Comics), Casanova: Gula (Icon Comics) |
| 2013 |
Dave Stewart |
Batwoman (DC Comics), Fatale (Image Comics), BPRD (Dark Horse Comics), Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse Comics), Hellboy in Hell (Dark Horse Comics), Lobster Johnson (Dark Horse Comics), The Massive (Dark Horse Comics) |
[25][23] |
| Charles Burns |
The Hive (Pantheon Books) |
| Colleen Coover |
Bandette (MonkeyBrain Books) |
| Brandon Graham |
Multiple Warheads (Image Comics) |
| Chris Ware |
Building Stories (Pantheon Books) |
| 2014 |
Jordie Bellaire |
The Manhattan Projects (Image Comics), Nowhere Men (Image Comics), Pretty Deadly (Image Comics), Zero (Image Comics), The Massive (Dark Horse Comics), Tom Strong (DC Comics), The X-Files Season 10 (IDW Publishing), Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Journey into Mystery (Marvel Comics), Numbercruncher (Titan Comics), Quantum and Woody (Valiant Comics) |
[26][23] |
| Steve Hamaker |
Mylo Xyloto (Bongo Comics), Strangers in Paradise 20th Anniversary Issue 1 (Abstract Studio), RASL (Cartoon Books) |
| Matt Hollingsworth |
Hawkeye (Marvel Comics), Daredevil: End of Days (Marvel Comics), The Wake (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| Frank Martin |
East of West (Image Comics) |
| Dave Stewart |
Abe Sapien (Dark Horse Comics), Baltimore: The Infernal Train, BPRD: Hell on Earth (Dark Horse Comics), Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse Comics), Hellboy in Hell (Dark Horse Comics), The Massive (Dark Horse Comics), The Shaolin Cowboy (Dark Horse Comics), Sledgehammer 44 (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 2015 |
Dave Stewart |
Hellboy in Hell (Dark Horse Comics), BPRD (Dark Horse Comics), Abe Sapien (Dark Horse Comics), Baltimore (Dark Horse Comics), Lobster Johnson (Dark Horse Comics), Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder (Dark Horse Comics), The Shaolin Cowboy (Dark Horse Comics), Aliens: Fire and Stone (Dark Horse Comics), DHP (Dark Horse Comics) |
[27][23] |
| Laura Allred |
Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics), Madman in Your Face 3D Special (Image Comics) |
| Nelson Daniel |
Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland (IDW Publishing), Judge Dredd (IDW Publishing), Wild Blue Yonder (IDW Publishing) |
| Lovern Kindzierski |
The Graveyard Book vols. 1-2 (Harper) |
| Matthew Petz |
The Leg (Top Shelf Productions) |
| Matt Wilson |
Adventures of Superman (DC Comics), The Wicked + The Divine (Image Comics), Daredevil (Marvel Comics), Thor (Marvel Comics) |
| 2016 |
Jordie Bellaire |
The Autumnlands (Image Comics), Injection (Image Comics), Plutona (Image Comics), Pretty Deadly (Image Comics), The Surface (Image Comics), They’re Not Like Us (Image Comics), Zero (Image Comics), The X-Files (IDW Publishing), The Massive (Dark Horse Comics), Magneto (Marvel Comics), Vision (Marvel Comics) |
[28][23] |
| Laura Allred |
Lady Killer (Dark Horse Comics), Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics), Art Ops (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| Elizabeth Breitweiser |
The Fade Out (Image Comics), Criminal Magazine (Image Comics), Outcast by Kirkman and Azaceta (Image Comics), Velvet (Image Comics) |
| John Rauch |
The Beauty (Image Comics), Batman: Arkham Knight (DC Comics), Earth 2: Society (DC Comics), Runaways (Marvel Comics) |
| Dave Stewart |
Abe Sapien (Dark Horse Comics), BPRD Hell on Earth (Dark Horse Comics), Fight Club 2 (Dark Horse Comics), Frankenstein Underground (Dark Horse Comics), Hellboy in Hell (Dark Horse Comics), Hellboy and the BPRD (Dark Horse Comics), The Sandman: Overture (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), The Twilight Children (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Captain America: White (Marvel Comics), Space Dumplins (Scholastic Graphix) |
| 2017 |
Matt Wilson |
Cry Havoc (Image Comics), Paper Girls (Image Comics), The Wicked + The Divine (Image Comics), Black Widow (Marvel Comics), The Mighty Thor (Marvel Comics), Star-Lord (Marvel Comics) |
[29][23] |
| Jean-Francois Beaulieu |
Green Valley (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) |
| Elizabeth Breitweiser |
Criminal 10th Anniversary Special (Image Comics), Kill or Be Killed (Image Comics), Velvet (Image Comics), Outcast (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) |
| Sonny Liew |
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon Books) |
| Laura Martin |
Wonder Woman (DC Comics), Ragnarök (IDW Publishing), Black Panther (Marvel Comics) |
| 2018 |
Emil Ferris |
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics Books) |
[30][23] |
| Mitch Gerads |
Mister Miracle (DC Comics) |
| Ed Piskor |
X-Men: Grand Design (Marvel Comics) |
| David Rubín |
Ether (Dark Horse Comics), Black Hammer (Dark Horse Comics), Sherlock Frankenstein (Dark Horse Comics), Beowulf (Image Comics) |
| Dave Stewart |
Black Hammer (Dark Horse Comics), BPRD: Devil You Know (Dark Horse Comics), Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (Dark Horse Comics), Sherlock Frankenstein (Dark Horse Comics), Shaolin Cowboy (Dark Horse Comics), Maestros (Image Comics) |
| Rosemary Valero-O'Connell |
What is Left (ShortBox) |
| 2019 |
Matt Wilson |
Black Cloud (Image Comics), Paper Girls (Image Comics), The Wicked + The Divine (Image Comics), The Mighty Thor (Marvel Comics), Runaways (Marvel Comics) |
[31][32] |
| Jordie Bellaire |
Batgirl (DC Comics), Batman (DC Comics), Nameless City: The Divided Earth (First Second Books), Days of Hate (Image Comics), The Dead Hand (Image Comics), Head Lopper (Image Comics), Redlands (Image Comics), Shuri (Marvel Comics), Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics) |
| Tamra Bonvillain |
Alien 3 (Dark Horse Comics), Batman (DC Comics), Doom Patrol (DC Comics), Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Marvel Comics), Multiple Man (Marvel Comics) |
| Nathan Fairbairn |
Batman (DC Comics), Batgirl (DC Comics), Birds of Prey (DC Comics), Wonder Woman: Earth One, vol. 2 (DC Comics), Die!Die!Die! (Image Comics) |
| Matt Hollingsworth |
Batman: White Knight (DC Comics), Seven to Eternity (Image Comics), Wytches (Image Comics) |
| 2020s |
| 2020 |
Dave Stewart |
Black Hammer (Dark Horse Comics), B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know (Dark Horse Comics), Hellboy and the BPRD (Dark Horse Comics), Gideon Falls (Image Comics), Silver Surfer Black (Marvel Comics), Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) |
[33][34] |
| Lorena Alvarez |
Hicotea (Nobrow Press) |
| Jean-Francois Beaulieu |
Middlewest (Image Comics), Outpost Zero (Image Comics) |
| Matt Hollingsworth |
Batman: Curse of the White Knight (DC Comics), Batman White Knight Presents Von Freeze (DC Comics), Little Bird (Image Comics), November (Image Comics) |
| Molly Mendoza |
Skip (Nobrow Press) |
| 2021 |
Laura Allred |
X-Ray Robot (Dark Horse Comics); Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams (Insight Editions) |
[35][36] |
| Jean-Francois Beaulieu |
Middlewest (Image Comics) |
| Gipi |
One Story (Fantagraphics) |
| Marte Gracia |
Empyre (Marvel Comics), X of Swords (Marvel Comics) |
| Dave Stewart |
Promethee 13:13 (comiXology); Black Hammer (Dark Horse Comics); Gideon Falls (Image Comics); Spider-Man #4-5 (Marvel Comics) |
| Matt Wilson |
Undiscovered Country (Image Comics); Fire Power (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment); Thor (Marvel Comics) |
| 2022 |
Matt Wilson |
Undiscovered Country (Image); Fire Power (Image Skybound); Eternals, Thor, Wolverine (Marvel); Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters (Oni) |
[37] |
| Filipe Andrade/Inês Amaro |
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (BOOM! Studios) |
| Terry Dodson |
Adventureman (Image Comics) |
| Katie O'Neill |
The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Oni) |
| Jacob Phillips |
Destroy All Monsters, Friend of the Devil (Image) |
| 2023 |
Jordie Bellaire |
The Nice House on the Lake, Suicide Squad: Blaze (DC); Antman, Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (Marvel) |
[38][39] |
|
| Jean-Francois Beaulieu |
I Hate Fairyland 2022, Twig (Image) |
| Dave McCaig |
The Incal: Psychoverse (Humanoids) |
| Jacob Phillips |
Follow Me Down, The Ghost in You, That Texas Blood (Image) |
| Alex Ross and Josh Johnson |
The Fantastic Four: Full Circle (Abrams ComicArts) |
| Diana Sousa |
Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins, The Mighty Nein Origins: Yasha Nydoorin, The Mighty Nein Origins: Fjord Stone, and The Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widogast (Dark Horse) |
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