Eisner Awards Nominees Announced

The Eisner Award nominations have been announced. Several Marvel and Star Wars projects have received nominations. The awards will be presented Friday, July 25 during Comic-Con International: San Diego. – See more at: http://comic-con.org/awards/will-eisner-comic-industry-award-nominees-2014#sthash.Sw4kIdmZ.dpuf

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)

  • Hawkeye #11: “Pizza Is My Business,” by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)

Best Continuing Series

  • Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12)

  • Star Wars: Jedi Academy, by Jeffrey Brown (Scholastic)

Best Humor Publication

  • Vader’s Little Princess, by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)

Best Writer

  • Kelly Sue DeConnick, Pretty Deadly (Image); Captain Marvel (Marvel)
  • Matt Fraction, Sex Criminals (Image); Hawkeye, Fantastic Four, FF (Marvel)
  • Jonathan Hickman, East of West, The Manhattan Projects (Image); Avengers, Infinity (Marvel)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

  • Ive Svorcina, Thor (Marvel)

Best Cover Artist

  • David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)
  • Mike Del Mundo, X-Men Legacy (Marvel)
  • Chris Samnee, Daredevil (Marvel)