Eisner Awards 2023: Três brasileiros estão indicados ao prêmio deste ano

Débora Santos, Alex Lins e Rogê Antônio concorrem ao maior prêmio da indústria dos quadrinhos

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Cena de The Beekeeper's Due, desenhada por Debora Santos, indicada ao Eisner. (Divulgação).

O Eisner Awards, o mais importante prêmio da indústria de quadrinhos, anunciou os indicados da edição deste ano. Zoe Thorogood lidera as indicações individuais, com 6 menções, seguida de Thomas Woodruff e Tom King, com quatro. Três brasileiros estão no páreo: Débora Santos e Alex Lins, ambos na categoria melhor HQ curta, porém com obras distintas e Rogê Antônio, por seu trabalho em She-Hulk.

Entre as grandes editoras da indústria, a Image liderou o páreo com 20 indicações, seguidas da DC Comics com 16 e Marvel Comics com 12 (incluindo aqui as publicações em parceria). Fantagraphics, conhecida por seus trabalhos mais autorais tem 13 indicações.

Destaques do cenário de quadrinhos deste ano, como Ducks, de Kate Beaton e Little Monarchs, de Jonathan Case, ambos inéditos por aqui, estão entre os indicados no Eisner Awards. Demolidor, de Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto e Rafael de Latorre é outra obra elogiada pela crítica e com fortes chances.

Todos os profissionais da indústria de quadrinhos dos EUA são elegíveis a votar no Eisner Awards. A votação se encerra no dia 9 de junho e os troféus entregues durante em uma cerimônia durante a San Diego Comic-Con, no dia 21 de julho.

Brasileiros já venceram o Eisner Awards

No ano passado, dois brasileiros levaram troféus no Eisner Awards. Mike Deodato Jr. venceu o prêmio de Melhor Publicação de Humor por Nem Todo Robô, em parceria com Mark Russell. Já o quadrinista Fido Nesti levou o troféu de Melhor Adaptação de Outra Mídia, por George Orwell’s 1984: The Graphic Novel. 

Veja a lista de indicados ao Eisner Awards 2023

Títulos das obras em inglês

Melhor história curta

“The Beekeeper’s Due,” Jimmy Stamp e Débora Santos, Scott Snyder Presents: Tales from the Cloakroom (Cloakroom Comics)

“Finding Batman” Kevin Conroy e J. Bone DC Pride 2022 (DC)

“Good Morning,” Christopher Cantwell, Alex Lins Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #4 (Marvel)

“Silent All These Years,” Margaret Atwood e David Mack, Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes (Z2)

“You Get It,” Jonathan Hickman e Marco Checchetto, Amazing Fantasy #1000 (Marvel)

Melhor escritor

Grace Ellis, Flung Out of Space (Abrams ComicArts)

Tom King, Batman: Killing Time, Batman: One Bad Day, Gotham City: Year One, The Human Target, Love Everlasting, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (DC)

Mark Russell, Traveling to Mars (Ablaze), One-Star Squadron, Superman: Space Age (DC); The Incal: Psychoverse (Humanoids)

James Tynion IV, House of Slaughter, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Nice House on the Lake, The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country (DC), The Closet, The Department of Truth (Image)

Chip Zdarsky, Stillwater (Image Skybound); Daredevil (Marvel)

Melhor escritor/artista

Sarah Andersen, Cryptid Club (Andrews McMeel)

Kate Beaton, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Drawn & Quarterly)

Espé, The Pass (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University)

Junji Ito, Black Paradox, The Liminal Zone (VIZ Media)

Zoe Thorogood, It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth (Image)

Melhor arte-finalista ou equipe de arte-finalistas

Jason Shawn Alexander, Killadelphia, Nita Hawes’ Nightmare Blog (Image)

Alvaro Martínez Bueno, The Nice House on the Lake (DC)

Sean Phillips, Follow Me Down, The Ghost in You (Image)

Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)

Greg Smallwood, The Human Target (DC)

Melhor pintor/artista multimídia

Lee Bermejo, A Vicious Circle (BOOM! Studios)

Felix Delep, Animal Castle (Ablaze)

Daria Schmitt, The Monstrous Dreams of Mr. Providence (Europe Comics)

Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (Abrams ComicArts); Monstress (Image)

Zoe Thorogood, Rain (Syzygy/Image)

Thomas Woodruff, Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral (Fantagraphics)

Melhor capista

Jen Bartel, She-Hulk (Marvel)

Bruno Redondo, Nightwing (DC)

Alex Ross, Astro City: That Was Then . . . (Image); Fantastic Four, Black Panther (Marvel)

Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Zoe Thorogood, Joe Hill’s Rain (Syzygy/Image)

Melhor colorista

Jordie Bellaire, The Nice House on the Lake, Suicide Squad: Blaze (DC); Antman, Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (Marvel)

Jean-Francois Beaulieu, I Hate Fairyland 2022, Twig (Image)

Dave McCaig, The Incal: Psychoverse (Humanoids)

Jacob Phillips, Follow Me Down, The Ghost in You, That Texas Blood (Image)

Alex Ross and Josh Johnson, The Fantastic Four: Full Circle (Abrams ComicArts)

Diana Sousa, Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins; The Mighty Nein Origins: Yasha Nydoorin; The Mighty Nein Origins: Fjord Stone; The Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widogast (Dark Horse)

Best Lettering

Pat Brosseau, Batman: The Knight, Wonder Woman: The Villainy of Our Fears (DC): Creepshow, Dark Ride, I Hate This Place, Skybound Presents: Afterschool (Image Skybound)

Chris Dickey, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (Abrams ComicArts)

Todd Klein, Chivalry (Dark Horse); Fables (DC); Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (Marvel)

Nate Piekos, Black Hammer Reborn, Minor Threats, Shaolin Cowboy, Stranger Things: Kamchatka (Dark Horse), I Hate Fairyland, Twig (Image)

Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)

Thomas Woodruff, Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral (Fantagraphics)

Melhor edição única

Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler, Tom King Mitch Gerads (DC)

Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond, Jed Mackay, C. F. Villa (Marvel)

Moon Knight: Black, White, and Blood #3, editada por Tom Brevoort (Marvel)

Star Trek #400, editada por Heather Antos (IDW)

A Vicious Circle Book 1, Mattson Tomlin e Lee Bermejo (BOOM! Studios)

Melhor série continuada

Daredevil, Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto e Rafael de Latorre (Marvel)

The Department of Truth, James Tynion IV e Martin Simmonds (Image)

Killadelphia, Rodney Barnes e Jason Shawn Alexander (Image)

The Nice House on the Lake, James Tynion IV e Alvaro Martinez Bueno (DC)

Nightwing, Tom Taylor e Bruno Redondo (DC)

She-Hulk, Rainbow Rowell, Rogê Antônio, Luca Maresca, e Takeshi Miyazawa (Marvel)

Melhor série limitada

Animal Castle, Xavier Dorison e Felix Delep (Ablaze)

Batman: One Bad Day, editada por Dave Wielgosz e Jessica Berbey (DC)

The Human Target, Tom King e Greg Smallwood (DC)

Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age, Neil Gaiman e Mark Buckingham (Marvel)

Superman: Space Age, por Mark Russell, Michael Allred, e Laura Allred (DC)

Melhor nova série

The Atonement Bell, Jim Ousley e Tyler B. Ruff (Red 5)

Love Everlasting, Tom King e Elsa Charretier (Image)

Public Domain, Chip Zdarsky (Image)

Star Trek, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, e Ramon Rosanas (IDW)

Traveling to Mars, Mark Russell e Roberto Meli (Ablaze)

Melhor publicação para jovens leitores (até 8 anos)

Beneath The Trees: A Fine Summer Dav (Magnetic Press)

Fox + Chick: Up and Down: and Other Stories, Sergio Ruzzier (Chronicle Books)

Grumpy Monkey Who Threw That? Suzanne Lang e Max Lang (Random House Studio)

Hey, Bruce!: An Interactive Book, Ryan Higgins (Disney/Hyperion)

The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! Mo Willems (Union Square Kids)

Melhor publicação para crianças (9 a 12)

Adventuregame Comics: Leviathan, Jason Shiga (Amulet/Abrams)

Frizzy, by Claribel A. Ortega e Rose Bousamra (First Second/Macmillan)

Isla To Island, Alexis Castellanos (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)

Little Monarchs, Jonathan Case (Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House)

Swim Team, Johnnie Christmas (HarperAlley)

Melhor publicação para adolescentes

Chef’s Kiss, Jarrett Melendez e Danica Brine (Oni)

Clementine Book One, Tillie Walden (Image Skybound)

Do A Powerbomb! Daniel Warren Johnson (Image)

Heartstopper Volume 4, Alice Oseman (Scholastic Graphix)

Wash Day Diaries, Jamila Rowser e Robyn Smith (Chronicle Books)

Melhor HQ de humor

Cryptid Club, Sarah Andersen (Andrews McMeel)

I Hate This Place, Kyle Starks and Artyom Topilin (Image Skybound)

Killer Queens, David Booherand Claudia Balboni (Dark Horse)

Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure, J. L. Westover (Image Skybound)

Revenge of the Librarians, bTom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)

Melhor antologia

Creepshow, editada por Alex Antone e Jon Moisan(Image Skybound)

The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic, editada por Josh Bernstein(Z2)

The Nib Magazine, editada por Matt Bors (Nib)

Sensory: Life on the Spectrum, editada por Bex Ollerton (Andrews McMeel)

Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album, editada por Rantz Hoseley(Z2)

Melhor trabalho baseado na realidade

Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense, Noël Simsolo and Dominique Hé(NBM)

Alice Guy: First Lady of Film, by José-Louis Bocquet e Catel Muller (SelfMadeHero)

But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, editada por Charlotte Schallié (University of Toronto Press)

Flung Out of Space, by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer(Abrams ComicArts)

Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism, by Jess Ruliffson (Fantagraphics)

Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball, by Jon Chad (First Second/Macmillan)

Melhor HQ de memórias

Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story, by Catherine Pioli, translated by J. T. Mahany (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press)

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)

It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth: An Auto-Bio-Graphic-Novel, by Zoe Thorogood (Image)

So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship, by Sophie Lambda (First Second/Macmillan)

Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure, by Lewis Hancox (Scholastic Graphix)

Melhor álbum gráfico – inédito

The Book of Niall, by Barry Jones (Ellie & Beatty)

Crushing, by Sophie Burrows (Algonquin Young Readers)

Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral, by Thomas Woodruff(Fantagraphics)

The Night Eaters, Book 1: She Eats the Night, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)

Ultrasound, by Conor Stechschulte (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

Days of Sand, by Aimée de Jongh, translation by Christopher Bradley (SelfMadeHero)

Geneviève Castrée: Complete Works, by Geneviève Castrée, translation by Phil Elverum and Aleshia Jensen (Drawn & Quarterly)

Mazebook Dark Horse Direct Edition, by Jeff Lemire (Dark Horse)

One Beautiful Spring Day, by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)

Parker: The Martini Edition—Last Call, by Richard Stark, Darwyn Cooke, Ed Brubaker, and Sean Phillips (IDW)

Super Spy Deluxe Edition, by Matt Kindt(Dark Horse)

Melhor adaptação para outra mídia

Chivalry by Neil Gaiman, adaptedby Colleen Doran(Dark Horse)

Rain by Joe Hill, adapted by David M. Booher and Zoe Thorogood (Syzygy/Image)

Ten Days in a Madhouse by Nellie Bly, adapted by Brad Ricca and Courtney Sieh (Gallery 13/Simon $ Schuster)

Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album, edited by Rantz Hoseley (Z2)

A Visit to Moscow by Rabbi Rafael Grossman, adapted by Anna Olswanger and Yevgenia Nayberg (Turner)

Melhor edição americana de material estrangeiro

Always Never, by Jordi Lafebre, translation by Montana Kane (Dark Horse)

Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 1,by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, translation by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander(Dark Horse)

Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story, by Catherine Pioli, translation by J. T. Mahany (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press)

The Pass, by Espé, translation byJ.T. Mahany (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press)

Tiki: A Very Ruff Year, by David Azencot and Fred Leclerc, translation byNanette McGuinness (Life Drawn/Humanoids)

Melhor edição americana de material estrangeiro – Ásia

Black Paradox, by Junji Ito, translation by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

The Hellbound vols. 1-2, by Yeon Sang-ho and Choi Gyu-seok, translation by Danny Lim(Dark Horse)

Look Back, by Tatsuki Fujimoto, translation by Amanda Haley (VIZ Media)

PTSD Radio vol. 1, by Masaaki Nakayama, translation by Adam Hirsch (Kodansha)

Shuna’s Journey, by Hayao Miyazaki; translation by Alex Dudok de Wit (First Second/Macmillan)

Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki, translation by Ryan Holmberg (Drawn & Quarterly)

Melhor coleção de arquivo/projeto – tiras (ao menos 20 anos de idade)

Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos, by Jay Jackson (New York Review Comics)

Come Over Come Over. It’s So Magic, and My Perfect Life, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1922-1924, by George Herriman, edited by J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)

Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere, by Liniers, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: Volume 8: Hijinks from the Horn of Plenty, by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

Melhor coleção de arquivo/projeto – HQs (ao menos 20 anos de idade)

The Deluxe Gimenez: The Fourth Power & The Starr Conspiracy, by Juan Gimenez, edited by Alex Donoghue and Bruno Lesigne(Humanoids)

The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, edited by Dian Hansen (TASCHEN)

Home to Stay! The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories by Ray Bradbury and various; edited by J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)

The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus 1 (Abrams ComicArts)

Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge: The Diamond Jubilee Collection by Carl Barks; edited by David Gerstein (Fantagraphics)

Melhor mídia especializada em quadrinhos

Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)

Comic Book Creator, edited by Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)

The Comics Journal #308, edited by Gary Groth, Kristy Valenti, and Rachel Miller (Fantagraphics)

PanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and Tiffany Babb (panelxpanel.com)

Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, ICv2, Publishers Weekly

Melhor livro sobre quadrinhos

The Art of the News: Comics Journalism, edited by Katherine Kelp-Stebbins and Ben Saunders (Oregon State University Press)

Charles M. Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects, by Benjamin L. Clark and Nat Gertler (Schulz Museum)

The Charlton Companion, by Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)

Gladys Parker: A Life in Comics, A Passion for Fashion, by Trina Robbins (Hermes Press)

Resurrection: Comics in Post-Soviet Russia, by José Alaniz (Ohio State University Press)

Melhor trabalho acadêmico

Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels, by Josef Benson and Doug Singsen (University Press of Mississippi)

Graphic Medicine, edited by Erin La Cour and Anna Poletti (University of Hawai’i’ Press)

How Comics Travel: Publication, Translation, Radical Literacies, by Katherine Kelp-Stebbins (Ohio State University Press)

The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions, edited by Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren (University Press of Mississippi)

Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels. By Tim Smyth (Routledge)

Melhor design de publicação

Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral, designed by Thomas Woodruff, Jacob Covey, and Ryan Dinnick (Fantagraphics)

A Frog in the Fall (and later on), designed by Linnea Sterte, Olle Forsslöf, and Patrick Crotty (PEOW)

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 40X40: Bad Reputation/I Love Rock-n-Roll, designed by Josh Bernstein and Jason Ullmeyer (Z2)

Mazebook Dark Horse Direct Edition, designed by Tom Muller (Dark Horse)

Parker: The Martini Edition—Last Call, designed by Sean Phillips (IDW)

Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album, designed by Lauryn Ipsum (Z2)

Melhor Webcomic

Deeply Dave, by Grover, http://www.deeplydave.com/

Delilah Dirk: Practical Defence Against Piracy, by Tony Cliff, https://www.delilahdirk.com/dd4/dd4-p46.html

Lore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=5

The Mannamong, by Michael Adam Lengyel, https://mannamong.com/episode-1/

Spores, by Joshua Barkman, https://falseknees.com/22ink1.html

Melhor HQ digital

Barnstormers, by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay (Comixology Originals) Behind the Curtain, by Sara del Giudice, translation by M. B. Valente (Europe Comics)

Ripple Effects, by Jordan Hart, Bruno Chiroleu, Justin Harder, and Shane Kadlecik (Fanbase Press)

All Princesses Die Before Dawn, by Quentin Zuttion, translation by M. B. Valente (Europe Comics)

Sixty Years in Winter, by Ingrid Chabbert and Aimée de Jongh, translation by Matt Madden (Europe Comics)

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