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Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids

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Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids
Awarded forBest Best Publication for Kids
CountryUnited States
First awarded2008
Most recent winner (2021)Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru
Websitewww.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info

The Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books.

History and name change

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The award was launched in 2008 as Best Publication for Kids. In 2012 the name was changed to Best Publication for Kids (ages 8–12). In 2016 the name was changed to Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12). In 2020 the name was changed back to Best Publication for Kids.

Winners and nominees

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Year Title Authors Ref.
2000s
2008 Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 (Archaia Entertainment) David Petersen [1]
Amelia Rules! and Amelia Rules! Funny Stories (Renaissance Press) Jimmy Gownley
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (Dark Horse Comics) edited by Jeremy Barlow
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Peter Sís
Yotsuba&! (ADV Manga) Kiyohiko Azuma
2009 Tiny Titans (DC Comics) Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani [2][3]
Amulet Book 1: The Stonekeeper (Scholastic Graphix) Kazu Kibuishi
Cowa! (Viz Media) Akira Toriyama
Princess at Midnight (Image Comics) Andi Watson
Stinky (RAW Junior) Eleanor Davis
2010s
2010 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Marvel Comics) L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower, and Skottie Young [4][5]
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute (Alfred A. Knopf) Jarrett J. Krosoczka
The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook (Bloomsbury Publishing) Eleanor Davis
Tiny Tyrant, vol. 1: The Ethelbertosaurus (First Second Books) Lewis Trondheim and Fabrice Parme
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics (Abrams ComicArts/Toon Books) edited by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly
2011 Tiny Titans (DC Comics) Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani [6][7]
Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney Press/Hyperion Books for Children) Sara Stewart Taylor and Ben Towle
Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know) (Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster) Jimmy Gownley
Binky to the Rescue (Kids Can Press) Ashley Spires
Scratch9 (Ape Entertainment) Rob M. Worley and Jason T. Kruse
The Unsinkable Walker Bean (First Second Books) Aaron Renier
2012 Snarked! (KaBOOM!) Roger Langridge [8][7]
The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold (DC Comics) Sholly Fisch, Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis
Amelia Rules: The Meaning of Life ... And Other Stuff (Atheneum Books) Jimmy Gownley
The Ferret's a Foot (Graphic Universe/Lerner Books) Colleen AF Venable and Stephanie Yue
Princeless (Action Lab Comics) Jeremy Whitley and Mia Goodwin
Zita the Spacegirl (First Second Books) Ben Hatke
2013 Adventure Time (KaBOOM!) Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb [9][7]
Amulet Book 5: Prince of the Elves (Scholastic Graphix) Kazu Kibuishi
Cow Boy: A Boy and His Horse (Archaia Entertainment) Nate Cosby and Chris Eliopoulos
Crogan's Loyalty (Oni Press) Chris Schweizer
Hilda and the Midnight Giant (Nobrow Press) Luke Pearson
The Road to Oz (Marvel Comics) L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
2014 The Adventures of Superhero Girl (Dark Horse Comics) Faith Erin Hicks [10][7]
Hilda and the Bird Parade (Nobrow Press) Luke Pearson
Jane, the Fox and Me (Groundwood Books) Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, translated by Susan Ouriou and Christelle Morelli
The Lost Boy (Scholastic Graphix) Greg Ruth
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard vol. 2 edited (Archaia Entertainment/Boom! Studios) David Petersen, Paul Morrissey, and Rebecca Taylor
Star Wars: Jedi Academy (Scholastic Kids) Jeffrey Brown
2015 El Deafo (Amulet Books/Abrams Books) Cece Bell [11][7]
Batman Li’l Gotham, vol. 2 (DC Comics) Derek Fridolfs and Dustin Nguyen
I Was the Cat (Oni Press) Paul Tobin and Benjamin Dewey
Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland (IDW Publishing) Eric Shanower and Gabriel Rodriguez
Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse (DC Comics) Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani
2016 Over the Garden Wall (Boom! Studios/KaBOOM!) Pat McHale, Amalia Levari, and Jim Campbell [12][7]
Baba Yaga’s Assistant (Candlewick Press) Marika McCoola and Emily Carroll
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War (Kids Can Press) Jessica Dee Humphreys, Michel Chikwanine, and Claudia Dávila
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor (Abrams Books/Amulet Books) Nathan Hale
Roller Girl (Dial Press) Victoria Jamieson
Sunny Side Up (Scholastic Graphix) Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
2017 Ghosts (Scholastic Graphix) Raina Telgemeier [13][7]
The Drawing Lesson (Ten Speed Press) Mark Crilley
Hilda and the Stone Forest (Flying Eye Books) Luke Pearson
Rikki (Karate Petshop) Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Norm Harper and Matthew Foltz-Gray
Science Comics: Dinosaurs (First Second Books) MK Reed and Joe Flood
2018 The Tea Dragon Society (Oni Press) Katie O'Neill [14][7]
Bolivar (Archaia Entertainment) Sean Rubin
Home Time, Book One: Under the River (Top Shelf Productions) Campbell Whyte
Nightlights (Nobrow Press) Lorena Alvarez
Wallace the Brave (Andrews McMeel Publishing) Will Henry
2019 The Nameless City: The Divided Earth (First Second Books) Faith Erin Hicks [15][16]
Aquicorn Cove (Oni Press) Katie O'Neill
Be Prepared (First Second Books) Vera Brosgol
The Cardboard Kingdom (Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children’s Books) Chad Sell
Crush (JY/Yen Press) Svetlana Chmakova
2020s
2020 Guts (Scholastic Graphix) Raina Telgemeier [17][18]
Akissi: More Tales of Mischief (Flying Eye Books/Nobrow Press) Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls (Scholastic Graphix) Dav Pilkey
New Kid (Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins) Jerry Craft
This Was Our Pact (First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers) Ryan Andrews
The Wolf in Underpants (Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group) Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoïz, and Paul Cauuet
2021 Superman Smashes the Klan (DC Comics) Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru [19][20]
Doodleville (Knopf Books for Young Readers/Random House Children's Books) Chad Sell
Go with the Flow (First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers) Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann
Mister Invincible: Local Hero (Magnetic Press) Pascal Jousselin
Snapdragon (First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers) Kat Leyh
Twins (Scholastic Graphix) Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright

Notes

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References

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  2. ^ "Eisner Nominations Released, ICV2".
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  4. ^ "2010 Eisner Award nominations announced, The Beat".
  5. ^ "The 2010 Eisner Award winners include Ed Brubaker, Batwoman illustrator J.H. Williams III, IO9".
  6. ^ "Presenting the Eisner Award Nominees for 2011, Tor.com".
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  8. ^ "Nominees Announced For 2012 Eisner Awards, Comic Book Resources".
  9. ^ "2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, Comic Book Resources".
  10. ^ "2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees, Comic Alliance".
  11. ^ "2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced, Comic Alliance".
  12. ^ "Brilliant Art, Tremendous Stories and Daring Creators: The 2016 Eisner Award Winners [SDCC 2016], Comics Alliance".
  13. ^ "Fantagraphics and Image Comics Lead Eisner Awards Nominations, Syfy Wire". Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  14. ^ "Complete List of 2018 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, comicbook.com".
  15. ^ "Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Hollywood Reporter".
  16. ^ "Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List, Hollywood Reporter".
  17. ^ "2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List, The Hollywood Reporter".
  18. ^ "SDCC '20: The 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winners, The Beat".
  19. ^ "2021 Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Image and Fantagraphics Lead With Most Nominations, comicbook.com".
  20. ^ "ComicCon@Home '21: The 2021 Eisner Award winners, The Beat".