The "Class of 2014" ... the winners of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.
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The 2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were held July 25 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront as part of Comic-Con International. This photo gallery captures some of the excitement and fun of that evening. For a complete listing of all the award winners, please click here.
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2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Photo Gallery
The stage is set!
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Eisner Awards Administrator Jackie Estrada got the festivities going by introducing the show, including this year's judges.
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Bill Morrison and Anina Bennett were the first pair of awards presenters.
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Jaime Hernandez accepts his award for Best Penciller/Inker for Love and Rockets New Stories #6.
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At the Eisners (left to right): Denis Kitchen, Michael T. Gilbert, Mark Evanier, and Marv Wolfman.
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Best Continuing Series award winners Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan for Saga.
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Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II, winners of the Best Scholarly/Academic Work award for Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation, accept their award onstage.
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Writer Scott Snyder and editor Mark Doyle with the Best Limited Series award for The Wake.
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Maggie Thompson (silhouetted on the right) presented the In Memoriam section of the awards presentation, saluting those we lost in the past year, including Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award winner Morrie Turner, the pioneering cartoonist who created the syndicated comic strip Wee Pals.
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Dark Horse Comics editor Sierra Hahn accepted the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award for Aaron Conley. The award was presented by Jeff Smith, a former Manning Award winner.
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At the Eisners: Fantagraphics' Jacq Cohen and Jen Vaughn.
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IDW's Library of American Comics' Dean Mullaney accepting one of his three awards for the evening, which included Best Comics Related Book and Best Publication Design for Genius Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, and Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips for Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, vol. 1.
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William H. Foster III accepted the Eisner Hall of Fame award for Orrin C. Evans, who published the first all-black comic book in 1947, All-Negro Comics.
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Gilbert Hernandez won the Eisner Award for Best Short Story. He's seen here with his wife, Carol and daughter, Natalia.
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Andrew Robinson (left) and Vivek J. Tiwary won the Best Reality-Based Work award for their graphic novel, The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story.
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Bill Finger Award winner Jack Mendelsohn (second from left) with Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragonés, and Athena Finger.
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IDW's special project editor Scott Dunbier accepts one of the publisher's many Eisner Awards for the evening. Scott was editor of Will Eisner's The Spirit: Artist's Edition, which won Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books.
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At the Eisners (left to right): Tula Lotay, Chip Zdarsky, Matt Fraction, and Kelly Sue DeConnick.
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Art Baltazar (left) and Franco won the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers, Itty Bitty Hellboy.
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Comic-Con International 2014 special guests Francoise Schuiten and Benoit Peeters were presenters at the Eisner Awards.
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Mark Evanier announces the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Writing for Bill Mantlo, as co-presenter (and Bill Finger's granddaughter) Athena Finger looks on.
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Brian K. Vaughan once again took home the Best Writer award for Saga.
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Fantagraphics' Eric Reynolds accepts the award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material for Goddam This War! by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney.
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Kendra Moldoff and David Siegel with the Eisner Hall of Fame Award for Golden and Silver Age artist Sheldon Moldoff, best known for his work on Hawkman and Batman.
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Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney with the Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, vol. 1.
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At the Eisners: The Thompsons! Left to right: Toucan blogger and comics historian Maggie Thompson with daughter Valerie and son Stephen.
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Fiona Staples with presenter Reginald Hudlin. Fiona won the Eisner for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist for her work on Saga.
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Winners of the Best Scholarly/Academic Work award for Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation, Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II flank award presenter and actress Kelly Hu.
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One of the best moments of the evening was Faith Erin Hicks' reaction to her winning of the Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12) award, for her The Adventures of Superhero Girl book.
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At the Eisners (left to right): Bob Chapman, Jeff Smith, and Zander Cannon.
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Jeff Smith won the award for Best Graphic Novel—Reprint for RASL.
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Eisner Hall of Fame inductee Denny O'Neil with Hall of Fame presenter Sergio Aragonés.
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Jaime Hernadez with his Best Writer/Artist award for his work in Love and Rockets New Stories #6.
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Ruth Clampett with Joe Ferrara who accepted the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award for an ailing Joe Field, this year's recipient. A prominent comics retailer, Joe Field created Free Comic Book Day. (Joe is fine now.)
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Matt Fraction with the Eisner Award for Best Single Issue, Hawkeye #11, the famous "Pizza Dog" issue, drawn by David Aja.
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Writer Scott Snyder accepted the Best Penciller/Inker award for artist Sean Murphy. Snyder and Murphy co-created the Best Limited Series winner, The Wake.
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Writer/editor/comics historian and former DC Comics publisher Paul Levitz accepted the Eisner Hall of Fame award for Robert Kanigher, best known for his work on DC's "Big Five" war books, Wonder Woman, and Metal Men.
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Terry Moore and Kevin Eastman were presenters this year. Moore is currently writing and drawing Rachel Rising, and Eastman was celebrating the 30th anniversary of his co-creation (with Peter Laird), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Dark Horse Comics associate editor Jim Gibbons accepted the award for Best Anthology for Dark Horse Presents. He's flanked by actors and presenters Vanessa Marshall and Phil LaMarr.
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Writer/artist Faith Erin Hicks with her award for Best Publication for Kids (8-12), The Adventures of Superhero Girl.
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Jeffrey Brown won the award for Best Humor Publication for his book Vader's Little Princess.
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EC Comics and MAD writer (among many other things) Jack Mendelsohn accepts the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Writing while presenters Athena Finger and Mark Evanier look on.
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Matthew Inman won the Best Digital/Webcomic award for The Oatmeal.
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Writer/editor Marv Wolfman accepted the Bill Finger Award for friend and fellow writer Bill Mantlo.
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Drawn and Quarterly's Tracy Hurren accepted the award for Rutu Modan's The Property, which won Best Graphic Album—New.
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The Best Comics-related Periodical/Journalism Award went to Comic Book Resources.
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Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award presenter Joe Ferrara (center) is surrounded by this year's winners, including All Star Comics from Melbourne, Australia (at left and immediate right of Joe) and Legend Comics & Coffee of Omaha, Nebraska (far right).
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One of the many high points of the evening is when British talkshow host Jonathan Ross makes his appearance. This year cartoonist Batton Lash joined "Wossy" onstage to present the awards for Best Graphic Novels, both New and Reprint.
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Let's end this photo gallery with a little love, as writer Matt Fraction and artist Chip Zdarsky bask in the afterglow of winning the Best New Series award for their Sex Criminals.
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