The Eisner Award for Best Anthology is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It has been given out every year since 1992.
Winners and nominees
+Eisner Award for Best Anthology winners and nomineesYearTitleAuthor(s)/Editor(s)PublisherResult 1990s1992Dark Horse Presents (ed.)Dark Horse ComicsWinnerTaboo #5 and others (eds.)Spiderbaby Grafix/Tundra PublishingNomineeA1 #5 and Gary Leach (eds.)Atomeka PressTwisted Sisters (ed.)Penguin BooksRaw vol. 2, #3 and Françoise Mouly (eds.)Raw Books/Penguin Books1993Taboo (ed.)Spiderbaby Grafix/Tundra PublishingWinnerReal Stuff (ed.)FantagraphicsNomineeRubber Blanket and Richmond Lewis (eds.)Rubber Blanket PressDrawn & Quarterly (ed.)Drawn & Quarterly (ed.)Bantam Books and Rich Shupe (eds.)Dark Horse Comics1994Dark Horse Presents (ed.)Dark Horse ComicsWinnerVertigo Comics Jam (ed.)DC Comics/Vertigo ComicsNomineeReal Stuff (ed.)FantagraphicsAndrew Vachss' Hard Looks (ed.)Dark Horse ComicsRay Bradury Comics (ed.)Topps Comics1995Big Book of Urban Legends (ed.)Paradox PressWinnerTwisted Sisters (ed.)Kitchen Sink PressNomineeDrawn & Quarterly (ed.)Drawn & QuarterlyDark Horse Presents and Bob Schreck (eds.)Dark Horse Comics1996Big Book of Conspiracies (ed.)Paradox PressWinnerBLAB! #8 (ed.)Kitchen Sink PressNomineeWeird Business and Richard Klaw (eds.)Mojo PressDrawn & Quarterly (ed.)Drawn & QuarterlyZero Zero (ed.)Fantagraphics1997Batman Black and White and Scott Peterson (eds.)DC ComicsWinnerShi: Kaidan (ed.), by Peter Gutierrez and various artistsCrusade ComicsNomineeBig Book of Hoaxes (ed.), by Carl Sifakis and various artistsParadox PressNegative Burn (ed.)Caliber Comics (ed.)Dark Horse Comics1998Hellboy Christmas Special (ed.)Dark Horse ComicsWinnerBLAB! #9 (ed.)FantagraphicsNomineeMind Riot (ed.)Simon & Schuster/Aladdin PaperbacksTwo-Fisted Science (ed.)G.T. LabsVertigo Comics: Winters Edge (ed.)DC Comics/Vertigo ComicsZero Zero (ed.)Fantagraphics1999Grendel: Black, White and Red & Red, White and Black (ed.), by Matt WagnerDark Horse ComicsWinnerBig Book of Bad, Steve Vance, and Anina BennettParadox Press/DC ComicsNomineeNegative Burn #50 (ed.)Caliber ComicsOni Double Feature (ed.)Oni PressTrilogy Tour II Book, Mark Crilley, Linda Medley, Stan Sakai, Jill Thompson, and Charles VessCartoon Books 2000s2000Tomorrow Stories (ed.), by Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, Kevin Nowlan, Melinda Gebbie, and Jim BaikieAmerica's Best ComicsWinnerBLAB! (ed.)FantagraphicsNomineeBrainbomb (ed.)Behemoth BooksJet Lag, Mira Friedmann, Batia Kolton, Rutu Modan, Yirmi Pinkus, and Itzik RennertActus TragicusComix 2000 (ed.)L'AssociationDignifying Science (ed.)G.T. Labs2001Drawn & Quarterly, vol. 3 (ed.)Drawn & QuarterlyWinnerStreetwise and John Morrow (eds.)TwoMorrows PublishingNomineeStrapazin: Bubbles 'n' Boxes and Beyond and others (eds.)Swiss Institute of New York/Swiss Federal Office of CultureExpo 2000 and others (eds.)Small Press ExpoLittle Lit and Françoise Mouly (eds.)HarperCollins2002Bizarro Comics (ed.)DC ComicsWinnerComics Journal Winter Special 2002 and Anne Elizabeth Moore (eds.)FantagraphicsNomineeDrawn & Quarterly, vol. 4 (ed.)Drawn & QuarterlyOni Press Summer Color Special 2001 (ed.)Oni ComicsLittle Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids and Françoise Mouly (eds.)HarperCollins2003SPX 2002CBLDFWinnerOrchid and Dylan Williams (eds.)Sparkplug ComicsNomineeSuper Manga Blast (ed.)Dark Horse ComicsRosetta: A Comics Anthology (ed.)Alternative Comics2004 and Shelly Bond (eds.), by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, P. Craig Russell, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Frank Quitely, Glenn Fabry, Milo Manara, and Bill SienkiewiczVertigo Comics/DC ComicsWinner (ed.)Dark Horse ComicsNomineeDrawn & Quarterly, vol. 5 (ed.)Drawn & QuarterlyProject: Telstar (ed.)AdHouse BooksAutobioGraphix (ed.)Dark Horse ComicsLittle Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Night and Françoise Mouly (eds.)HarperCollins2005Michael Chabon Presents The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist and David Land (eds.)Dark Horse ComicsWinner (ed.)Dark Horse BooksNominee, vol. 2 (ed.)Burlyman EntertainmentCommon Grounds (ed.), by Troy Hickman and othersTop Cow Productions/Image ComicsMcSweeney's Quarterly #13 (ed.)McSweeney's2006Solo (ed.)DC ComicsWinner (ed.)Dark Horse BooksNominee24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2005 (ed.)About ComicsMome and Eric Reynolds (eds.)FantagraphicsFlight, vol. 2 (ed.)Image Comics2007Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (ed.), by Troy Hickman and othersVertigo Comics/DC ComicsWinnerJapan as Viewed by 17 Creators (ed.)Fanfare/Ponent MonNomineeKramers Ergot #6 (ed.)Buenaventura PressHotwire Comix and Capers (ed.)FantagraphicsProject: Romantic (ed.)AdHouse Books20085, Becky Cloonan, Fábio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, and Rafael Grampáself-publishedWinner24Seven, vol. 2 (ed.)Image ComicsNomineeMome and Eric Reynolds (eds.)Fantagraphics and Chris Ware (eds.)Houghton MifflinPostcards: True Stories That Never Happened (ed.)Villard2009Comic Book Tattoo: Narrative Art Inspired by the Lyrics and Music of Tori Amos (ed.)Image ComicsWinnerMySpace Dark Horse Presents and Sierra Hahn (eds.)Dark Horse ComicsNominee (ed.)Houghton Mifflin, vol. 2 (ed.)Yale University PressKramers Ergot #7 (ed.)Buenaventura Press 2010s2010Popgun, vol. 3 , D. J. Kirkbride, and Joe Keatinge (eds.)Image ComicsWinnerWhat Is Torch Tiger? (ed.)Torch TigerNomineeSyncopated: An Anthology of Nonfiction Picto-Essays (ed.)VillardFlight, vol. 6 (ed.)VillardAbstract Comics (ed.)FantagraphicsBob Dylan Revisited (ed.)W. W. Norton & Company2011Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard and David Petersen (eds.)Archaia EntertainmentWinner and Nick Thornborrow (eds.)Lucidity PressNomineeTrickster: Native American Tales (ed.)Fulcrum BooksKorea as Viewed by 12 Creators (ed.)Fanfare/Ponent MonLiquid City, vol. 2 and Lim Cheng Tju (eds.)Image Comics2012Dark Horse Presents (ed.)Dark Horse ComicsWinner (ed.)Abrams ComicArtsNomineeNelson and Woodrow Phoenix (eds.)Blank Slate BooksNursery Rhyme Comics (ed.)First Second BooksYiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land and Paul Buhle (eds.)Abrams ComicArts2013Dark Horse Presents (ed.)Dark Horse ComicsWinnerNo Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics (ed.)FantagraphicsNomineeWhere Is Dead Zero?, Jed Diffenderfer, (eds.)Dead Zero Publishing2000 AD (ed.)Rebellion DevelopmentsNobrow #7: Brave New World and Sam Arthur (eds.)Nobrow Press2014Dark Horse Presents (ed.)Dark Horse ComicsWinnerNobrow #8: Hysteria and Alex Spiro (eds.)Nobrow PressNomineeSmoke Signal (ed.)Desert IslandThrilling Adventure Hour and Cameron Chittock (eds.), by Ben Acker, Ben Blacker, et al.Archaia Entertainment/Boom! StudiosOutlaw Territory (ed.)Image Comics2015Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, Andrew Carl, and Chris Stevens (eds.)Locust MoonWinnerMasterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (ed.)Simon & SchusterNomineeTo End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of The First World War and John Stuart Clark (eds.)Soaring PenguinIn the Dark: A Horror Anthology (ed.)Tiny Behemoth Press/IDW PublishingMassive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It, Chip Kidd, and Graham Kolbeins (eds.)Fantagraphics2016Drawn & Quarterly, Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary, Cartooning Comics, and Graphic Novels (ed.)Drawn & QuarterlyWinner24 x 7 (ed.)FanfareNomineeEat More Comics: The Best of the Nib (ed.)The NibMouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, vol. 3 (ed.)Boom! Studios/Archaia EntertainmentPeanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz (ed.)Boom! Studios/KaBOOM!2017Love Is Love and Jamie S. Rich (eds.)IDW Publishing/DC ComicsWinnerSpanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists (ed.)FantagraphicsNomineeIsland Magazine and Emma Ríos (eds.)Image ComicsKramers Ergot #9 (ed.)FantagraphicsBaltic Comics Anthology š! #26: dADa and Sanita Muižniece (eds.)kuš!2018Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color (ed.)Beyond PressWinner, Trina Robbins, et al.Bedside PressNominee (ed.)Lakes International Comic Art FestivalNow #1 (ed.)Fantagraphics, et al.Nobrow Press2019Puerto Rico Strong, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz, and Neil Schwartz (eds.)Lion Forge ComicsWinnerFemme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World (ed.)Black Crown/IDW PublishingNomineeTwisted Romance (ed.)Image ComicsWhere We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas (ed.), curated by J. H. Williams III and Wendy Wright-WilliamsImage Comics 2020s2020Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment and Survival (ed.)Abrams ComicArtsWinner (ed.)The NibNomineeKramers Ergot #10 (ed.)FantagraphicsABC of TypographySelfMadeHeroBaltic Comics Anthology š! #34-37, Sanita Muižniece, et al. (eds.)kuš!2021Menopause: A Comic Treatment (ed.)Graphic Medicine/Pennsylvania State University PressWinnerHey, Amateur! Go From Novice to Nailing It in 9 Panels (ed.)IDW Publishing/Black CrownNomineeLos Angeles Times (ed.)NTWRKEx Mag, vols. 1–2 (ed.)Peow StudioGuantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison (ed.)Abrams ComicArtsNow (ed.)Fantagraphics2022You Died: An Anthology of the AfterlifeKel McDonald and Andrea Purcell (eds.)Iron CircusWinnerFlash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (And Not So Possible Tomorrows)By Rose Eveleth, Laura Dozier (ed.)Abrams ComicArtsNomineeMy Only ChildBy Wang Ning, Wang Saili (ed.), Emma Massara (trans.)Fanfare PresentsThe Silver CoinMichael WalshImage ComicsSuperman: Red & BlueJamie S. Rich, Brittany Holzherr, and Diegs Lopez (eds.)DC Comics2023The Nib Magazine Matt Bors (ed.) NibWinnerCreepshow Alex Antone and Jon Moisan (eds.)Image ComicsNomineeThe Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” YankovicJosh Bernstein (ed.)Z2Sensory: Life on the SpectrumBex Ollerton (ed.) Andrews McMeelTori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic AlbumRantz Hoseley (ed.)Z22024Comics for UkraineScott Dunbier (ed.)ZoopWinnerDeep CutsKyle Higgins, Joe Clark, and Danilo BeyruthImage ComicsNomineeThe Devil's CutWill Dennis (ed.)DSTLRYMarvelAge #1000Tom Brevoort (ed.)Marvel ComicsThe Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary ComicsThe Kao, Min Christensen, and David Daneman (eds.)Andrews McMeelSwan SongsW. Maxwell PrinceImage Comics2025Godzilla's 70th AnniversaryJake Williams (ed.)IDWWinnerEC Cruel UniverseSierra Hahn and Matt Dryer (eds.)Oni PressNomineeNow: The New Comics Anthology #13Eric Reynolds (ed.)FantagraphicsPeep #1Sammy Harkham and Steve Weissman (eds.)Brain Dead/Kyle NgSo Buttons #14: Life and DeathJonathon BaylisSo Buttons Comix2026DC Pride 2025Andrea Shea, Jillian GrantDCWinnerCome Out and Play: The Queer Sports ProjectMeghan Kemp-Gee, Megan PrazStacked Deck PressNomineeNoir Is the New Black Season 2FairSquare Graphics2000AD 2026 Annual Featuring Judge DreddOliver PicklesRebellion
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