The Eisner Award for Best Publication Design is an award for "creative achievement" in book design in American comic books, presented annually at San Diego Comic-Con. Winners and nominees

+Eisner Award for Best Publication Design winners and nomineesYearTitleAuthor(s)/Editor(s)PublisherResult 1990s1993DC ComicsWinner and The August CompanyGraphittiNomineeBantam BooksRubber Blanket and Richmond LewisRubber Blanket PressSignal to NoiseVG Graphics/Dark HorseSkin Deep, Dale Crain, and Art SpiegelmanPenguin1994MarvelsComicraft, Kurt Busiek, and Alex RossMarvel ComicsWinnerBest of Drawn & QuarterlyDrawn & QuarterlyNomineeDeath: The High Cost of Living and Chris BachaloDC Comics/VertigoLove and Rockets X, Gilbert Hernandez, and Dale YargerFantagraphics1995FantagraphicsWinnerGraphittiNomineeDrawn & QuartlerlyDrawn & QuartlerlyDrawn & QuarterlyPaul Auster's City of GlassAvon/NeonLitViolent CasesKitchen SinkWorlds Collide #1Milestone Media / DC Comics1996FantagraphicsWinnerBetty Boop's Sunday Best and Doug BantzKitchen SinkNomineeBlab #8 Kitchen SinkBone vols. 1 and 2Cartoon BooksPalookaVilleSethDrawn & QuarterlyVoodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix deluxe edition and Lisa StoneKitchen Sink1997Acme Novelty Library #7FantagraphicsWinnerBlack Eye Productions: Berlin, Dear Julia, and The Sands, Jason Lutes, Brian Biggs, and Tom HartBlack Eye ProductionsNomineeBuzz Buzz and Giant THB Parade and C. RamblerHorse PressFax from SarajevoDark HorseIt's a Good Life, If You Don't WeakenSethDrawn & QuarterlyMr. Monster: Origins limited edition and Beatman/BrainstormGraphittiDC Comics/Vertigo1998Kingdom Come, deluxe edition and Georg BrewerDC ComicsWinnerIsaac Mizrahi Presents the Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel and William FrawleySimon & SchusterNomineeR. Crumb Coffee Table Art BookKitchen SinkDC Comics/VertigoScary GodmotherSirius1999Batman AnimatedHarperCollinsWinnerCages, deluxe editionKitchen SinkNomineeComics: Between the PanelsDark HorseSuperman: The Dailies, Evan Metcalf, and Pete PoplaskiDC Comics/Kitchen SinkSuperman: The Complete HistoryChronicle 2000s2000300Dark HorseWinnerCave-In, Tom Devlin, and Brian RalphHighwater BooksNomineeOpus, vol. 1FantagraphicsSandman: The Dream Hunters and Amie BrockwayDC Comics/VertigoVeilsDC Comics/Vertigo2001Jimmy CorriganPantheonWinnerDrawn & Quarterly, vol. 3Drawn & QuarterlyNomineeRed InkLittle Lit and Art SpiegelmanPantheonWonder Woman: The Complete HistoryChronicle2002Acme Novelty Library #15FantagraphicsWinnerDrawn & Quarterly, vol. 4Drawn & QuarterlyNomineeNon #5Red InkOPUS, vol. 2FantagraphicsRed Star vol 1: The Battle of Kar Dathra's GateTeam Red StarImageScatterbrain and Craig ThompsonDark Horse2003Batman: Nine LivesDC ComicsWinnerBeg the QuestionFantagraphicsNomineeCorpus Monstrum and Jim KeeganHieronymous PressHouse at Maakies CornerFantagraphicsOne! Hundred! Demons!Sasquatch Books2004Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex RossPantheonWinner, Alex Sinclair, and Larry BerryABCNomineeLouis Riel: A Comic-Strip BiographyDrawn & QuarterlyProject: TelstarAdHouseQuimby the MouseFantagraphicsTop Shelf Asks the Big Questions and Robert GoodinTop Shelf2005SethFantagraphicsWinnerDark HorseNomineeClyde's FansSethDrawn & QuarterlyIn the Shadow of No TowersPantheonMcSweeney's Quarterly #13 McSweeney's2006Acme Novelty Library Annual Report to ShareholdersPantheonWinnerLittle Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid SundaysSunday Press BooksWinnerPromethea #32 and Todd KleinABCNomineeWalt and SkeezixDrawn & QuarterlyWimbledon GreenSethDrawn & Quarterly2007Absolute DC: The New FrontierDC ComicsWinnerCastle WaitingFantagraphicsNomineeLost Girls and Brett WarnockTop ShelfPopeye: I Yam What I Yam FantagraphicsTop Shelf2008Process Recess 2 and Chris PitzerAdHouseWinnerUlrich MerklNomineeComplete Terry and the PiratesIDWHeroes, vol. 1WildStorm/DC ComicsLittle Sammy SneezeAdHouseSundays with Walt and SkeezixSunday Press2009Hellboy Library Editions and Mike MignolaDark HorseWinnerBreakdowns: Portraits of the Artist as a Young %@&*!PantheonNomineeComic Book Tattoo and Rantz HoseleyImageWhat It IsDrawn & QuarterlyWillie and JoeFantagraphics 2010s2010Absolute Justice and Josh BeatmanDC ComicsWinnerFantagraphicsNomineeGahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy CartoonsFantagraphicsLife and Times of Martha WashingtonDark HorseQueer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of OZSunday PressWhatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? and Brian FiesAbrams ComicArts2011Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's EditionIDWWinnerPolly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1 and Dean MullaneyIDWNomineeReturn of the Dapper MenArchaia75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern MythmakingTASCHENTwo GeneralsMcClelland & Stewart2012Jim Henson's Tale of SandArchaiaWinnerGenius Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex TothIDW/Library of American ComicsNomineeKinky & CosyNixNBMChronicleRichard Stark's Parker: The Martini EditionIDW2013Building StoriesPantheonWinnerDal Tokyo and Family SohnFantagraphicsNomineeDavid Mazzucchelli's Daredevil Born Again: Artist's EditionIDWMister Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann's Sprightly CousinFantagraphicsWizzywig and Chris RossTop Shelf2014Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex TothLOAC/IDWWinnerAbrams ComicArtsNomineeBeta Testing the ApocalypseFantagraphics and Chin-Yee LaiNortonLittle Tommy Lost, Book 1Koyama2015Little Nemo: Dream Another DreamLocust MoonWinnerBatman: Kelley Jones Gallery Edition, Brainchild StudiosGraphitti/DC ComicsNomineeFantagraphicsStreet ViewNBM/Comics LitWinsor McCay's Complete Little NemoTASCHEN2016Sandman Gallery Edition, Brainchild StudiosGraphitti Designs, DC ComicsWinnerBeyond the Surface, Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, and Camille PichonNobrowNomineeFantagraphicsEventually Everything Connects, Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, and Camille PichonNobrowKing of the Comics: One Hundred Years of King Features SyndicateIDWOnly What's Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of PeanutsAbrams ComicArts2017PantheonWinnerFantagraphicsNomineeFrank in the Third Dimension and Charles BarnardFantagraphicsFantagraphicsSi Lewen's Parade: An Artist's OdysseyAbrams Books2018Akira 35th Anniversary Edition and Akira SaitoKodanshaWinnerCelebrating Snoopy and Julie PhillipsAndrews McMeelNomineeMonographRizzoliMy Favorite Thing Is MonstersFantagraphicsWIll Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017Kitchen Sink, Dark Horse2019Will Eisner's A Contract with God: Curator's CollectionKitchen Sink, Dark HorseWinner, Grégory Panaccione, and Mike KennedyMagnetic Press/Lion ForgeNomineeTASCHEN and Max VandenbergBeehive BooksTerry Moore's Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, Brainchild StudiosAbstract Studio/Graphitti Designs 2020s2020Making ComicsDrawn & QuarterlyWinnerGrunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James StokoeDark HorseNomineeKrazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays and Anna-Tina KesslerTASCHENLogo a GogoKorero PressMadness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady and Alex BruceBeehive Books2021 and Marcos MartinPanel SyndicateWinnerChasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California Deluxe Edition and Tyler BossZ2NomineeDbury@50: The Complete Digital Doonesbury, George Corsillo, and Susan McCaslinAndrews McMeelJ & KFantagraphicsOriginal Art: The Dan Clowes Studio EditionFantagraphics2022Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man Vol. 1: 1962-1964TASCHENWinner Dark HorseNomineeFantagraphicsCrashpad and Justin Allan-SpencerFantagraphicsMachine Gun Kelly's Hotel DiabloZ2Popeye Vol. 1 and Jacob CoveyFantagraphics2023Parker: The Martini Edition — Last CallIDWWinnerFrancis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral, Jacob Covey, and Ryan DinnickFantagraphicsNominee, Olle Forsslöf, and Patrick CrottyPEOW StudioJoan Jenn & the Blackhearts 40X40: Bad Reputation/I Love Rock-n-Roll and Jason UllmeyerZ2Mazebook Dark Horse Direct EditionDark HorseTori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic AlbumZ22024Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein boxed set||Magnetic Press|Winner| |- |Gratuitous Ninja | and Chloe Scheffe |Beehive Books | rowspan="4" |Nominee | rowspan="4" | |- |Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes | |Titan Comics |- |Iron Maiden: Piece of Mind | and Rob Schwager |Z2 |- |Toilet-bound Hanako-kun First Stall Box Set | |Yen Press |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2025 |David Mazzucchelli's Batman Year One Artist's EditionIDWWinnerBill Ward: The Fantagraphics Studio EditionFantagraphicsNomineeBrian Bolland: Batman the Killing Joke and Other Stories & Art, Gallery EditionGraphitti DesignsOne Bite at a TimeElephant Eater ComicsScott Pilgrim 20th Anniversary color hardcover box setOni PressWalt Disney's Donald Duck: The Ultimate HistoryTASCHEN2026 and Chip KiddAbrams ComicArtsWinner VIZ MediaNomineeFruits Basket: The Complete Box Set, Collector's Edition #13Yen PressRed Light Properties: Unfinished BusinessKinjin StorylabClover PressWeird Science Vol. 1 XXLTASCHEN

See also List of design awards

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