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Os prêmios Eisner são entregues anualmente na Comic Con de San Diego e este ano os indicados já saíram e algumas destas séries estão saindo ou já sairam no Brasil. Vale a pena acompanhar para ver se teremos boas surpresas ou meramente uma sequência de graves erros nas premiações.

Melhor Mini-Série
Atomic Robo, de Brian Clevinger e Scott Wegender (Red 5 Comics)
Torre Negra - Nasce o Pistoleiro, de Peter David, Robin Furth, e Jae Lee (Marvel)
Nightly News, de Jonathan Hickman (Image)
Parade (with Fireworks), de Michael Cavallaro (Shadowline/Image)
The Umbrella Academy, de Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)

Melhor História Curta
“Book,” by Yuichi Yokoyama, da New Engineering (PictureBox)
“At Loose Ends,” por Lewis Trondheim, in Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)
“Mr. Wonderful,” por Dan Clowes, na revista de domingo do New York Times (acessável pela internet em www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/magazine/funnypagesClowes.html)
“Town of Evening Calm,” por Fumiyo Kouno, em Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (Last Gasp)
“Whatever Happened to Fletcher Hanks?” por Paul Karasik, em "I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!" (Fantagraphics)
“Young Americans,” por Emile Bravo, em Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)

Melhor Edição Única (One-Shot)
Amelia Rules! #18: “Things I Cannot Change,” por Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance)
Delilah Dirk and the Treasure of Constantinople, por Tony Cliff (auto publicado)
Johnny Hiro #1, por Fred Chao (AdHouse)
Liga das Justiça #11: “Walls,” por Brad Meltzer and Gene Ha (DC)
Sensational Spider-Man Annual: “To Have or to Hold,” by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca (Marvel)

Melhor Série Contínua
The Boys, por Garth Ennis e Darick Robertson (Dynamite)
Buffy a Caça Vampiros, Temporada 8, por Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, e Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, por Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
The Spirit, por Darwyn Cooke (DC)
Y: The Last Man, por Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, e Jose Marzan, Jr. (Vertigo/DC)

Melhor série nova
Buffy a Caça Vampiros, Temporada 8, por Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, e Andy Owens (Dark Horse)
O Imortal Punho de Ferro, por Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja, e outros (Marvel)
Johnny Hiro, por Fred Chao (AdHouse)
The Infinite Horizon, por Gerry Duggan e Phil Noto (Image)
Scalped, por Jason Aaron e R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)

Melhor Publicação Infantil
Amelia Rules! and Amelia Rules! Funny Stories, por Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance)
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, editado por Jeremy Barlow (Dark Horse)
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 e Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, por David Petersen (Archaia)
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, por Peter Sis (Frank Foster Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Yotsuba&!, de Kiyohiko Azuma (ADV)

Melhor Publicação Adolescente
Laika, por Nick Abadzis (First Second)
The Mighty Skullboy Army, por Jacob Chabot (Dark Horse)
The Annotated Northwest Passage, por Scott Chantler (Oni)
PX! Book One: A Girl and Her Panda, por Manny Trembley e Eric A. Anderson (Shadowline/Image)
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, por James Sturm e Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)

Melhor Publicação de Humor
Dwight T. Albatross’s The Goon Noir, editado por Matt Dryer (Dark Horse)
Johnny Hiro, por Fred Chao (AdHouse)
Lucha Libre, por Jerry Frissen, Bill, Gobi, Fabien M., Nikola Witko, Hervé Tanquelle et al. (Image)
Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories, por Nicholas Gurewitch (Dark Horse)
Wonton Soup, by James Stokoe (Oni)

Melhor Antologia
Best American Comics 2007, editado por Anne Elizabeth Moore e Chris Ware (Houghton Mifflin)
5, por Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Fabio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, and Rafael Grampa (self-published)
Mome, editado por Gary Groth e Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened, editado por Jason Rodriguez (Villard)
24Seven, vol. 2, editado por Ivan Brandon (Image)

Melhor Quadrinho Digital
The Abominable Charles Christopher, de Karl Kerschl, www.abominable.transmission-x.com
Billy Dogma, Immortal, de Dean Haspiel, www.deanhaspiel.com/immortal.html
The Process, de Joe Infurnari, www.theprocesscomic.com
PX! de Manny Trembley and Eric A. Anderson, www.pandaxpress.com
Sugarshock!, de Joss Whedon and Fabio Moon, http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents?issuenum=1&storynum=2

Melhor Trabalho "Baseado na Realidade"
Laika, de Nick Abadzis (First Second)
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, de Ann Marie Fleming (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, de James Sturm and Rich Tommaso (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, de Percy Carey and Ronald Wimberly (Vertigo/DC)
White Rapids, by Pascal Blanchet (Drawn & Quarterly)

Melhor Graphic Album (Novo)
The Arrival, de Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
Bookhunter, de Jason Shiga (Sparkplug Books)
Essex County, vols. 1-2: Tales from the Farm/Ghost Stories, de Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
Exit Wounds, de Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
Percy Gloom, de Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)

Melhor Graphic Album (Reimpressão)
Agents of Atlas Hardcover, de Jeff Parker, Leonard Kirk, and Kris Justice (Marvel)
Gødland Celestial Edition, de Joe Casey and Tom Scioli (Image)
James Sturm’s America: God, Gold, and Golems, de James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, de David Petersen (Archaia)
Super Spy, de Matt Kindt (Top Shelf)

Melhor Coleção de Arquivos/Projeto - Tiras em Quadrinho
(The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, de Winsor McCay (Ulrich Merkl)
Complete Terry and the Pirates, vol. 1, de Milton Caniff (IDW)
Little Sammy Sneeze, de Winsor McCay (Sunday Press)
Popeye, vol. 2: Well Blow Me Down, de E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics)
Sundays with Walt and Skeezix, de Frank King (Sunday Press)

Melhor Coleção de Arquivos/Projeto - Revistas em Quadrinhos
Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus, vol. 1, de Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (Marvel)
Apollo’s Song, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
The Completely MAD Don Martin, de Don Martin (Running Press)
Daredevil Omnibus, de Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (Marvel)
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! de Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics)

Melhor Edição Americana com Material Internacional
The Arrival, de Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
Aya, de Marguerite Abouet and Clement Obrerie (Drawn & Quarterly)
Garage Band, de Gipi (First Second)
I Killed Adolf Hitler, de Jason (Fantagraphics)
The Killer, de Matz and Luc Jacamon (Archaia)

Melhor Edição Americana de Material Internacional - Japonês
The Ice Wanderer and Other Stories, de Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
MW, de Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, de Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
New Engineering de Yuichi Yokoyama (PictureBox)
Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White, de Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz)
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, de Fumiyo Kouno (Last Gasp)

Melhor Escritor
Ed Brubaker por Capitão America, Criminal, Demolidor, O Imortal Punho de Ferro (Marvel)
James Sturm por Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow (Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion)
Brian K. Vaughan por Buffy, a Caça Vampiros (Dark Horse); Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC), Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC),
Joss Whedon por Surpreendentes X-Men (Marvel); Buffy, a Caça Vampiros (Dark Horse)
Brian Wood por DMZ, Northlanders (Vertigo/DC); Local (Oni)

Melhor Escritor/Artista
Jeff Lemire, Essex County: Tales from the Farm/Ghost Stories (Top Shelf)
Rutu Modan, Exit Wounds (Drawn & Quarterly)
Shaun Tan, The Arrival (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)
Fumi Yoshinaga, Flower of Life; The Moon and Sandals (Digital Manga)

Melhor Escritor/Artista - Humor
Kyle Baker, The Bakers: Babies and Kittens (Image)
Fred Chao, Johnny Hiro (AdHouse)
Brandon Graham, King City (Tokyopop); Multiple Warheads (Oni)
Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)
James Stokoe, Wonton Soup (Oni)

Melhor Desenhista/Arte-finalista ou Time Desenhista/Arte-finalista
Steve Epting/Butch Guice/Mike Perkins por Capitão America (Marvel)
Pia Guerra/Jose Marzan, Jr. por Y: The Last Man (Vertical/DC)
Jae Lee por Torre Negra - Nasce o Pistoleiro (Marvel)
Takeshi Obata por Death Note, Hikaru No Go (Viz)
Ethan Van Sciver por Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps (DC)

Melhor Arte Finalista or Artista Multimedia (Arte interna)
Ann-Marie Fleming, The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group)
Eric Powell, The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse)
Bryan Talbot, Alice in Sunderland (Dark Horse)
Ben Templesmith, Fell (Image); 30 Days of Night: Red Snow; Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (IDW)

Melhor Artista de capa
John Cassaday, Surpreendentes X-Men (Marvel); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); Process Recess 2; Superior Showcase 2 (AdHouse)
J. G. Jones, 52 (DC)
Jae Lee, Torre Negra - Nasce o Pistoleiro (Marvel)
Jim Lee, All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder (DC); World of Warcraft (WildStorm/DC)

Melhor Colorista
Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! (Renaissance)
Steve Hamaker, Bone, vols. 5 and 6 (Scholastic); Shazam: Monster Society of Evil (DC)
Richard Isanove, Torre Negra - Nasce o Pistoleiro (Marvel)
Ronda Pattison, Atomic Robo (Red 5 Comics)
Dave Stewart, BPRD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cut, Hellboy, Lobster Johnson, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse); The Spirit (DC)
Alex Wald, Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman)

Melhor Letrista
Jared K. Fletcher, Mulher-Gato, The Spirit (DC); Sentences: Life of MF Grimm (Vertigo/DC)
Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! (Renaissance)
Todd Klein, Justice, Simon Dark (DC); Fábulas, Jack of Fables, Crossing Midnight (Vertigo/DC); League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (WildStorm/DC); Nexus (Rude Dude)
Lewis Trondheim, “At Loose Ends,” Mome 7 & 8 (Fantagraphics)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #18 (Acme Novelty)

Reconhecimendo Especial
Chuck BB, Black Metal (artist, Oni)
Matt Silady, The Homeless Channel (writer/artist, AiT/PlanetLar)
Jamie Tanner, The Aviary (writer/artist, AdHouse)
James Vining, First in Space (writer/artist, Oni)

Melhor Quadrinho - Relacionado a Periódico/Jornalismo
Comic Art #9, editado por Todd Hignite (Buenaventura Press)
Comic Foundry, editado por Tim Leong (Comic Foundry)
The Comics Journal, editado por Gary Groth, Michael Dean, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
The Comics Reporter, editado por Tom Spurgeon and Jordan Raphael (www.comicsreporter.com)
Newsarama, editado por Matt Brady and Michael Doran (www.newsarama.com)

Melhor quadrinho - Livro Relacionado
The Art of P. Craig Russell, editado por Joe Pruett (Desperado)
The Artist Within, de Greg Preston (Dark Horse)
Manga: The Complete Guide, de Jason Thompson (Del Rey Manga)
Meanwhile . . . A Biography of Milton Caniff, de R. C. Harvey (Fantagraphics)
Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, de Douglas Wolk (Da Capo Press)
Understanding Manga and Anime, by Robin Brenner (Libraries Unlimited/Greenwood Publishing)

Melhor Design em publicação
(The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, por Ulrich Merkl (Ulrich Merkl)
Complete Terry and the Pirates, por Dean Mullaney (IDW)
Heroes, vol. 1, por John Roshell/Comicraft (WildStorm/DC)
Little Sammy Sneeze, por Philippe Ghielmetti (Sunday Press)
Process Recess 2, por James Jean and Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)
Sundays with Walt e Skeezix, por Chris Ware (Sunday Press)

Hall da Fama
Escolha dos Juizes: R. F. Outcault, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Indicados (4 serão selecionados):
Matt Baker
John Broome
Reed Crandall
Rudolph Dirks
Arnold Drake
George Evans
Creig Flessel
Graham Ingels
Mort Meskin
Tarpe Mills
Gilbert Shelton
George Tuska
Mort Weisinger
Len Wein
Barry Windsor-Smith

Espero que Barry Windsor Smith seja um dos selecionados, o cara merece e muito entrar no Hall da Fama.