San Diego Comic-Con International has announced their official nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2025, Dark Horse Comics is overjoyed to share the Dark Horse titles for the 2026 Eisner Awards nominations.
The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material published in comics and graphic novels.
Named for acclaimed comics creator Will Eisner, the awards are celebrating their 37th year and highlight the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels.
Dark Horse’s nominations can be found below. Congratulations to all of the nominees!
DARK HORSE COMICS EISNER AWARD NOMINEES 2026
Best Continuing Series:
FML – by Kelly Sue DeConnick and David Lopez
Best Humor Publication:
The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt – by John Allison, Max Sarin, Sammy Borras, and Jim Campbell
Best U.S. Edition of International Materia–Asia:
Purgatory Funeral Cakes – by Sanho, translated by Danny Lim
Best Writer:
James Tynion IV – Something is Killing the Children, Wynd: The Power of Blood (BOOM! Studios); Let This One Be a Devil, Red Book (Dark Horse); The City Beneath Her Feet (DSTLRY); The Department of Truth, Exquisite Corpses, WORLDTR33 (Image); Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man (Image Skybound)
Best Painter:
Teddy Kristiansen – Black Hammer: Spiral City
Best Cover Artist:
Francesco Francavilla – Star Wars: Tales from the Nightlands (Dark Horse); Absolute Batman, Absolute Martian Manhunter, Batman: Full Moon, Nightwing variants (DC); Green Hornet/Miss Fury (Dynamite); Star Trek: The Last Starship, Twilight Zone (IDW); Dick Tracy (Mad Cave)
Best Colorist:
José Villarrubia – This Ink Runs Cold (Alan Spiegel Fine Arts); Ghostbox (Comixology Originals); Dracula Book 2: The Brides, The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly (Dark Horse); It Rhymes with Takei (Top Shelf)
Best Lettering:
Nate Piekos – American Caper #1, Archie Vs. Minor Threats, Black Hammer: Spiral City, The Brood, Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive, Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons, The Umbrella Academy Plan B, Welcome to Twilight (Dark Horse); I Hate Fairyland (Image)
Congratulations again to all this year’s nominees!
