The 2013 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were held July 19 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront during Comic-Con International. These photos show some of the highlights of the ceremony.
2013 Will Eisner Comic Book Industry Awards Photo Gallery
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Hope Larson (second from left) won the award for Best Publication for Teens with her adaptation of Madeleine L’Engel’s A Wrinkle in Time. Here she is with voice actors Lauren Tom, David Herman, and Maurice LaMarche, who presented the awards for all the kids’ categories.
Photo by Tony Amat © 2013 SDCC
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Ellen Forney and Becky Cloonan presented the awards for writer, writer/artist, and cover artist. Both were also nominees. Forney was nominated in Best Reality-Based Work for Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me. Cloonan was nominated for Best Single Issue (The Mire), which she won, and for Best Penciler/Inker (Conan the Barbarian). This year an unprecedented number of nominations were for women or works by women (38), and 11 awards went to women.
Photo by Tony Amat © 2013 SDCC
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Mark Evanier accepted the award for Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Strips for Pogo vol.2: Bona Fide Balderdash by Walt Kelly, edited by Carolyn Kelly (Walt's daughter) and the late Kim Thompson of Fantagraphics Books.
Photo by Tony Amat © 2013 SDCC
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The comedy team of Neil Gaiman (bestselling author, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Sandman) and Jonathan Ross (British talk show host, comics writer) brought down the house to wrap up the evening. They presented the awards for Best Graphic Album-Reprint, Best Reality-Based Work, and Best Graphic Album-New.
Photo by Johnakin Randolph © 2013 SDCC