SDCC07 - DC Comics 2007 Eisner Awards Winners

The winners of the 2007 Eisner Awards were announced on Friday, July 24, at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2007, with DC Comics projects and creators taking home 14 awards — more than any other publisher.

DC’s 2007 Eisner Award winners are:

Best Short Story
• “A Frog’s Eye View,” by Bill Willingham and James Jean, in FABLES: 1,001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL (Available for reorder — JUL060245)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
• BATMAN/THE SPIRIT: “Crime Convention,” by Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke (Available for reorder — SEP060190)

Best Continuing Series
• ALL STAR SUPERMAN, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Collected in the ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL. 1 HC, available for reorder — DEC060188)

Best Limited Series
• BATMAN: YEAR 100, by Paul Pope (Available for reorder — OCT060164)

Best Anthology
• FABLES: 1,001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL, by Bill Willingham and various

Best Graphic Album—Reprint
• ABSOLUTE DC: THE NEW FRONTIER, by Darwyn Cooke (Available for reorder — JUL060153)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
• THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 1, by Neil Gaiman and various (Available for reorder — AUG060280)
Best Writer/Artist
• Paul Pope (BATMAN: YEAR 100)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
• Mark Buckingham & Steve Leialoha (FABLES) (Featured in FABLES VOL. 9: SONS OF EMPIRE TP, available for reorder — MAR070271)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
• Jill Thompson, “Fair Division,” in FABLES: 1,001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL

Best Cover Artist
• James Jean (FABLES, JACK OF FABLES)

Best Coloring
• Dave Stewart (ACTION COMICS, BATMAN/THE SPIRIT, SUPERMAN)

Best Lettering
• Todd Klein (FABLES, JACK OF FABLES, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, TESTAMENT)

Best Publication Design
• ABSOLUTE DC: THE NEW FRONTIER, designed by Darwyn Cooke

In addition, DC Comics staff members and contributors Joe Orlando, Wayne Boring, and Ross Andru & Mike Esposito were voted into the Hall of Fame, along with Judges’ choices Robert Kanigher and Ogden Whitney.

Neil Gaiman, co-creator of THE SANDMAN, won the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award. Gardner Fox won the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comics Writing.