Os Eisner Awards 2017 foram entregues na noite desta sexta na San Diego Comic-Con, e consagraram Saga mais uma vez. A HQ de space opera da Image Comics criada por Brian K. Vaughan e Fiona Staples levou pela quarta vez o prêmio de melhor série e, com isso, supera o recorde de Sandman, que havia ganhado três vezes. Vaughan e Staples também se consagraram nas categorias de roteirista e desenhista, respectivamente. Confira a lista de vencedores (eles aparecem em negrito):
Melhor História
- "The Comics Wedding of the Century", de Simon Hanselmann, em We Told You So: Comics as Art (Fantagraphics)
- "The Dark Nothing", de Jordan Crane, em Uptight #5 (Fantagraphics)
- "Good Boy", de Tom King e David Finch, em Batman Annual #1 (DC)
- "Monday", de W. Maxwell Prince e John Amor, em One Week in the Library (Image)
- "Mostly Saturn", de Michael DeForge, em Island Magazine #8 (Image)
- "Shrine of the Monkey God!", de Kim Deitch, em Kramers Ergot 9 (Fantagraphics)
Melhor história/edição única
- Babybel Wax Bodysuit, de Eric Kostiuk Williams (Retrofit/Big Planet)
- Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, de Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, e Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
- Blammo #9, de Noah Van Sciver (Kilgore Books)
- Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, de Ed Brubaker e Sean Phillips (Image)
- Sir Alfred #3, de Tim Hensley (Pigeon Press)
- Your Black Friend, de Ben Passmore (Silver Sprocket)
Melhor série
- Astro City, de Kurt Busiek e Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC)
- Kill or Be Killed, de Ed Brubaker e Sean Phillips (Image)
- The Mighty Thor, de Jason Aaron e Russell Dauterman (Marvel)
- Paper Girls, de Brian K. Vaughan e Cliff Chiang (Image)
- Saga, de Brian K. Vaughan e Fiona Staples (Image)
Melhor série limitada
- Archangel, de William Gibson, Michael St. John Smith, Butch Guice e Tom Palmer (IDW)
- Briggs Land, de Brian Wood e Mack Chater (Dark Horse)
- Han Solo, de Marjorie Liu e Mark Brooks (Marvel)
- Kim and Kim, de Magdalene Visaggio e Eva Cabrera (Black Mask)
- The Vision, de Tom King e Gabriel Walta (Marvel)
Melhor série estreante
- Black Hammer, de Jeff Lemire e Dean Ormston (Dark Horse)
- Clean Room, de Gail Simone e Jon Davis-Hunt (Vertigo/DC)
- Deathstroke: Rebirth, de Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan e outros (DC)
- Faith, de Jody Houser, Pere Pérez e Marguerite Sauvage (Valiant)
- Mockingbird, de Chelsea Cain e Kate Niemczyk (Marvel)
Melhor publicação infantil (para crianças de até oito anos)
- Ape and Armadillo Take Over the World, de James Sturm (Toon)
- Burt’s Way Home, de John Martz (Koyama)
- The Creeps, Book 2: The Trolls Will Feast!, de Chris Schweizer (Abrams)
- I’m Grumpy (My First Comics), de Jennifer L. Holm e Matthew Holm (Random House Books for Young Readers)
- Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, de Ben Clanton (Tundra)
Melhor publicação infantil (de 9 a 12 anos)
- The Drawing Lesson, de Mark Crilley (Watson-Guptill)
- Ghosts, de Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)
- Hilda and the Stone Forest, de Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books)
- Rikki, adaptado por Norm Harper e Matthew Foltz-Gray (Karate Petshop)
- Science Comics: Dinosaurs, de MK Reed e Joe Flood (First Second)
Melhor publicação juvenil (13 a 17 anos)
- Bad Machinery, vol. 5: The Case of the Fire Inside, de John Allison (Oni)
- Batgirl, de Hope Larson e Rafael Albuquerque (DC)
- Jughead, de Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson e Derek Charm (Archie)
- Monstress, de Marjorie Liu e Sana Takeda (Image)
- Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars, de Jessica Abel (Papercutz/Super Genius)
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, de Ryan North e Erica Henderson (Marvel)
Melhor publicação de humor
- The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp, de Lee Marrs (Marrs Books)
- Hot Dog Taste Test, de Lisa Hanawalt (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Jughead, de Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, e Derek Charm (Archie)
- Man, I Hate Cursive, de Jim Benton (Andrews McMeel)
- Yuge! 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump, de G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel)
Melhor antologia
- Baltic Comics Anthology š! #26: dADa, editado por David Schilter e Sanita Muizniece (kuš!)
- Island Magazine, editado por Brandon Graham e Emma Rios (Image)
- Kramers Ergot 9, editado por Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics)
- Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists, editado por Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics)
- Love Is Love, editado por Sarah Gaydos e Jamie S. Rich (IDW/DC)
Melhor não-ficção
- Dark Night: A True Batman Story, de Paul Dini e Eduardo Risso (Vertigo/DC)
- Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo, de Sandrine Revel (NBM)
- March (Book Three), de John Lewis, Andrew Aydin e Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
- Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir, de Tom Hart (St. Martin’s)
- Tetris: The Games People Play, de Box Brown (First Second)
Melhor álbum gráfico (inédito)
- The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, de Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
- Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash, de Dave McKean (Dark Horse)
- Exits, de Daryl Seitchik (Koyama)
- Mooncop, de Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Patience, de Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
- Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, de Jill Thompson (DC Comics)
Melhor álbum gráfico (republicação)
- Demon, de Jason Shiga (First Second)
- Incomplete Works, de Dylan Horrocks (Alternative)
- Last Look, de Charles Burns (Pantheon)
- Meat Cake Bible, de Dame Darcy (Fantagraphics)
- Megg and Mog in Amsterdam and Other Stories, de Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics)
- She’s Not into Poetry, de Tom Hart (Alternative)
Melhor edição americana de material estrangeiro
- Equinoxes, by Cyril Pedrosa, traduzido por Joe Johnson (NBM)
- Irmina, by Barbara Yelin, traduzido por Michael Waaler (SelfMadeHero)
- Love: The Lion, de Frédéric Brémaud e Federico Bertolucci (Magnetic)
- Moebius Library: The World of Edena, de Jean “Moebius” Giraud et al. (Dark Horse)
- Wrinkles, de Paco Roca, traduzido por Erica Mena (Fantagraphics)
Melhor edição americana de material estrangeiro (asiático)
- The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, de Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
- Goodnight Punpun, vols. 1–4, by Inio Asano, traduzido por JN PRoductions (VIZ Media)
- orange: The Complete Collection, vols. 1–2, de Ichigo Takano, traduzido por Amber Tamosaitis, adaptação de Shannon Fay (Seven Seas)
- The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime, de Toshio Ban e Tezuka Productions, traduzido por Frederik L. Schodt (Stone Bridge Press)
- Princess Jellyfish, vols. 1–3 de Akiko Higashimura, traduzido por Sarah Alys Lindholm (Kodansha)
- Wandering Island, vol. 1, by Kenji Tsuruta, traduzido por Dana Lewis (Dark Horse)
Melhor coleção de arquivo (tiras)
- Almost Completely Baxter: New and Selected Blurtings, de Glen Baxter (NYR Comics)
- Barnaby, vol. 3, de Crockett Johnson, editado por Philip Nel e Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
- Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s, editado por Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
- The Realist Cartoons, editado por Paul Krassner e Ethan Persoff (Fantagraphics)
- Walt & Skeezix 1931–1932, de Frank King, editado por Jeet Heer e Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
Melhor coleção de arquivo (quadrinhos)
- The Complete Neat Stuff, de Peter Bagge, editado por Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
- The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, editado por Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)
- Fables and Funnies, by Walt Kelly, compilado por David W. Tosh (Dark Horse)
- Trump: The Complete Collection, de Harvey Kurtzman e outros, editado por Denis Kitchen e John Lind (Dark Horse)
- U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories, de Sam Glanzman, editado por Drew Ford (Dover)
Melhor roteirista
- Ed Brubaker, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image)
- Kurt Busiek, Astro City (Vertigo/DC)
- Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird (Marvel)
- Max Landis, Green Valley (Image/Skybound), Superman: American Alien (DC)
- Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Descender, Plutona (Image); Bloodshot Reborn (Valiant)
- Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Saga (Image)
Melhor roteirista/desenhista
- Jessica Abel, Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars (Papercutz/Super Genius)
- Box Brown, Tetris: The Games People Play (First Second)
- Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Tom Hart, Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir (St. Martin's)
- Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)
Melhor desenhista/arte-finalista ou time de desenhista/arte-finalistas
- Mark Brooks, Han Solo (Marvel)
- Dan Mora, Klaus (BOOM!)
- Greg Ruth, Indeh (Grand Central Publishing)
- Francois Schuiten, The Theory of the Grain of Sand (IDW)
- Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
- Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther (Marvel)
Melhor desenhista/artista multimídia (páginas internas)
- Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Lion (Magnetic)
- Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Manuele Fior, 5,000 km per Second (Fantagraphics)
- Dave McKean, Black Dog (Dark Horse)
- Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
- Jill Thompson, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC); Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse)
Melhor capista
- Mike Del Mundo, Avengers, Carnage, Mosaic, The Vision (Marvel)
- David Mack, Abe Sapien, BPRD Hell on Earth, Fight Club 2, Hellboy and the BPRD 1953 (Dark Horse)
- Sean Phillips, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed (Image)
- Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
- Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)
Melhor Colorista
- Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Green Valley (Image/Skybound)
- Elizabeth Breitweiser, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image); Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta (Image/Skybound)
- Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)
- Laura Martin, Wonder Woman (DC); Ragnorak (IDW); Black Panther (Marvel)
- Matt Wilson, Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord (Marvel)
Melhor letreirista
- Dan Clowes, Patience (Fantagraphics)
- Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Nick Hayes, Woody Guthrie (Abrams)
- Todd Klein, Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC); Black Hammer (Dark Horse)
- Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)
Melhor livro sobre quadrinhos
- blanc et noir: takeshi obata illustrations, de Takeshi Obata (VIZ Media)
- Ditko Unleashed: An American Hero, de Florentino Flórez e Frédéric Manzano (IDW/Editions Déese)
- Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White, de Michael Tisserand (Harper)
- The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood, vol. 1, editado por Bhob Stewart e J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)
- More Heroes of the Comics, de Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics)
Melhor trabalho acadêmico
- Brighter Than You Think: Ten Short Works by Alan Moore, editado por Marc Sobel (Uncivilized)
- Forging the Past: Set and the Art of Memory, editado por Daniel Marrone (University Press of Mississippi)
- Frank Miller’s Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism, editado por Paul Young (Rutgers University Press)
- Pioneering Cartoonists of Color, editado por Tim Jackson (University Press of Mississippi)
- Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation, editado por Carolyn Cocca (Bloomsbury)
Melhor design de publicação
- The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, design de Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
- The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, design de Keeli McCarthy (Fantagraphics)
- Frank in the Third Dimension, design de Jacob Covey, conversões em 3D por Charles Barnard (Fantagraphics)
- The Realist Cartoons, design de Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
- Si Lewen’s Parade: An Artist’s Odyssey, design de Art Spiegelman (Abrams)
Melhor Webcomic
- Bird Boy, de Anne Szabla
- Deja Brew, de Taneka Stotts e Sara DuVall
- Jaeger, de Ibrahim Moustafa
- The Middle Age, de Steve Conley
- On Beauty, de Christina Tran
Melhor Quadrinho Digital
- Bandette, de Paul Tobin e Colleen Coover
- Edison Rex, de Chris Roberson e Dennis Culver
- Helm, de Jehanzeb Hasan e Mauricio Caballero
- On a Sunbeam, de Tillie Walden
- Universe!, de Albert Monteys