UPDATED: Canadians nominated for 2024 Eisner Awards

The nominees for the 2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were recently announced. This year’s list covers 32 categories and reflects the breadth of material being published in comic books and graphic novels. Judges had the challenge of considering more than 150 print and online titles from over 60 publishers from all around the world.

Here is the list of Canadians who were nominated for this year’s 2024 Eisner Awards.

Best Short Story
Sam Maggs for ‘Friendship Is Forever’ with Keisha Okafor in My Little Pony 40th Celebration from IDW
Larry Hancock and Michael Cherkas for ‘Talking to a Hill’ in Comics for Ukraine from Zoop

Best Single Issue/One-Shot
Ryan North for Star Trek: Day of Blood – Shax’s Best Day with Derek Charm from IDW

Best New Series
Jeff Lemire for Phantom Road with Gabriel Hernández Walter from Image

Best Publication for Early Readers
Ashley Spires for Burt the Beetle Lives Here! from Kids Can Press

Best Publication for Teens
Ryan North for Danger and Other Unknown Risks with Erica Henderson from Penguin Workshop/Penguin Random House

Best Anthology
David Daneman for The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics with The Kao and Min Christensen from Andrews McMeel

Best Reality-Based Work
Chris Oliveros for Are You Willing to Die for the Cause? from Drawn & Quarterly
Ron Salas for Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali with Marc Bernardin from First Second/Macmillan

Best Graphic Album – New
Emily Carroll for A Guest in the House from First Second/Macmillan
Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki for Roaming from Drawn & Quarterly

Best Archival Collection/Project – Strips
Peggy Burns and Tracy Hurren with Barbara Bradon-Croft for Where I’m Coming From from Drawn & Quarterly

Best Writer
Mariko Tamaki for Roaming from Drawn & Quarterly

Best Writer/Artist
Emily Carroll for A Guest in the House from First Second/Macmillan

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Jillian Tamaki for Roaming from Drawn & Quarterly

Best Coloring
Dave McCaig for The Sacrificers from Image and The Walking Dead Deluxe from Image Skybound

Best Lettering
Emily Carroll for A Guest in the House from First Second/Macmillan

Best Digital Comic
Aminder Dhaliwal for A Witch’s Guide to Burning

The Eisner Award trophies will be presented in a gala awards ceremony to be held at the San Diego Hilton Bayfront Hotel during Comic-Con on the evening of July 26.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

For more information about the 2024 Eisner Awards, visit: https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/