The 2014 Eisner Awards have been announced at San Diego Comic-Con.
Love and Rockets creators Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez won their first awards for their seminal work over three decades.
Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples's Saga continued its strong awards performance with three wins in the Best Continuing Series, Best Writer and Best Painter/Multimedia Artist categories.
Matt Fraction and David Aja's Hawkeye, Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy's The Wake, Darwyn Cooke's Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground and Dean Mullaney's Genius Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth received two wins each.
Hayao Miyazaki, Alan Moore, Dennis O'Neil and Bernie Wrightson were announced for the Eisner Hall of Fame, joining the previously-selected Irwin Hasen, Sheldon Moldoff and Orrin C Evans.
The Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comics Writing went to Robert Kanigher, Bill Mantlo and Jack Mendelsohn, while Aaron Conley received the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award.
What to Read Next
Read the full list of Eisner Award winners below:
Best Short Story
'Untitled', by Gilbert Hernandez, in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Hawkeye #11: 'Pizza Is My Business', by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
Best Continuing Series
Saga, by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
Best Limited Series
The Wake, by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
Best New Series
Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7)
Itty Bitty Hellboy, by Art Baltazar and Franco (Dark Horse)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12)
The Adventures of Superhero Girl, by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
Battling Boy, by Paul Pope (First Second)
Best Humor Publication
Vader's Little Princess, by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)
Best Anthology
Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
Best Reality-Based Work
The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker (M Press/Dark Horse)
Best Graphic Album - New
The Property, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Adaptation from Another Medium
Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground, by Donald Westlake, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
Best Graphic Album - Reprint
RASL, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
Best Archival Collection/Project - Strips
Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, vol 1, edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)
Best Archival Collection/Project - Comic Books
Will Eisner's The Spirit Artist's Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Best US Edition of International Material
Goddam This War! by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney (Fantagraphics)
Best US Edition of International Material - Asia
The Mysterious Underground Men, by Osamu Tezuka (PictureBox)
Best Writer
Brian K Vaughan, Saga (Image)
Best Writer/Artist
Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Sean Murphy, The Wake (DC/Vertigo)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
Best Cover Artist
David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)
Best Colouring
Jordie Bellaire, The Manhattan Projects, Nowhere Men, Pretty Deadly, Zero (Image); The Massive (Dark Horse); Tom Strong (DC); X-Files Season 10 (IDW); Captain Marvel, Journey into Mystery (Marvel); Numbercruncher (Titan); Quantum and Woody (Valiant)
Best Lettering
Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground (IDW)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
Comic Book Resources, produced by Jonah Weiland, www.comicbookresources.com
Best Comics-Related Book
Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell (LOAC/IDW)
Best Scholarly/Academic Work
Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation, edited by Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II (Bloomsbury)
Best Publication Design
Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, designed by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)
