What Is Eisner Award?

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards.

How do you win an Eisner Award?

The tentative categories include best short story, best single issue/one-shot, best continuing series (at least two issues must have been published in 2019), best limited series (at least half of the series must have been published in 2019), best new series, best limited series, best publications for kids and teens, ...

Who won the most Eisner Awards?

They are named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner, who was a regular participant in the award ceremony until his death in 2005. The Eisner Awards include the comic industry's Hall of Fame. As of 2017, the woman who has won the most overall Eisner awards is Jill Thompson with thirteen.