Eisner Awards 2022: la BD francophone bien représentée

Le Comic-Con International de San Diego qui se tiendra en juillet prochain récompensera dans une foule de catégories les meilleures publications sorties en 2021 aux Etats-Unis.

La prochaine édition du Comic-Con International aura lieu du 21 au 24 juillet 2022 à San Diego, aux Etats-Unis et accueillera la traditionnelle cérémonie des Eisner Awards qui récompensent les meilleurs comics. La trentaine de catégories représentées (histoires courtes, one-shot, séries longues, anthologies, rééditions, prix du dessin, prix du lettrage, etc) font au fil des années de plus en plus la part belle au oeuvres venues d’Europe.
La bande dessinée francophone y est aussi bien représentée avec notamment Fabien Toulmé, Guy Delisle, Élodie Durand, Frederic Brrémaud, Benoît Peeters et François Schuiten, etc.
Voici les principales catégories en lice:

• Meilleure histoire courte:
• “Funeral in Foam,” by Casey Gilly and Raina Telgemeier, in You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife (Iron Circus)
• « Generations, » by Daniel Warren Johnson, in Superman: Red & Blue #5 (DC)
• « I Wanna Be a Slob, » by Michael Kamison and Steven Arnold, in Too Tough to Die (Birdcage Bottom Books)
• “Tap, Tap, Tap,” by Larry O’Neil and Jorge Fornés, in Green Arrow 80th Anniversary (DC)
• “Trickster, Traitor, Dummy, Doll, » by Triple Dream (Mel Hilario, Katie Longua, and Lauren Davis), in The Nib Vol 9: Secrets (The Nib)

• Meilleur single/one shot:
• Marvel’s Voices: Identity #1, edited by Darren Shan (Marvel)
• Mouse Guard: The Owlhen Caregiver and Other Tales, by David Petersen (BOOM!/Archaia)
• Nightwing #87: “Get Grayson,” by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)
• Wolvendaughter, by Ver (Quindrie Press)
• Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons, by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Jimenez (DC)

• Meilleure série en cours:
• Bitter Root, by David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene (Image)
• The Department of Truth, by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds (Image)
• Immortal Hulk, by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, et al. (Marvel)
• Nightwing, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)
• Something Is Killing the Children, by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)

• Meilleure série limitée:
• Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Marvel)
• The Good Asian, by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi (Image)
• Hocus Pocus, by Richard Wiseman, Rik Worth, and Jordan Collver
• The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, by Ram V and Filipe Andrade (BOOM! Studios)
• Stray Dogs, by Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner (Image)
• Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King and Bilquis Evely (DC)

• Meilleure nouvelle série:
• The Human Target, by Tom King and Greg Smallwood (DC)
• The Nice House on the Lake, by James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno (DC Black Label)
• Not All Robots, by Mark Russell and Mike Deodato Jr. (AWA Upshot)
• Radiant Black, by Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa (Image)
• Ultramega, by James Harren (Image Skybound)

• Meilleure publication jeunesse, à partir de 8 ans:
• Arlo & Pips #2: Join the Crow Crowd!, by Elise Gravel (HarperAlley)
• Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis, by Julie and Stan Sakai (IDW)
• I Am Oprah Winfrey, by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos (Dial Books for Young Readers)
• Monster Friends, by Kaeti Vandorn (Random House Graphic)
• Tiny Tales: Shell Quest, by Steph Waldo (HarperAlley)

• Meilleure publication jeunesse, de 9 à 12 ans:
• Allergic, by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter (Scholastic)
• Four-Fisted Tales: Animals in Combat, by Ben Towle (Dead Reckoning)
• Rainbow Bridge, by Steve Orlando, Steve Foxe, and Valentina Brancati (AfterShock)
• Salt Magic, by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock (Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House)
• Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear, by Trang Nguyen and Jeet Zdung (Dial Books for Young Readers)
• The Science of Surfing: A Surfside Girls Guide to the Ocean, by Kim Dwinell (Top Shelf)

• Meilleure publication pour les adolescents (13 à 17 ans):
• Adora and the Distance, by Marc Bernardin and Ariela Kristantina (Comixology Originals)
• Clockwork Curandera, vol. 1: The Witch Owl Parliament, by David Bowles and Raul the Third (Tu Books/Lee & Low Books)
• The Legend of Auntie Po, by Shing Yin Khor (Kokila/Penguin Random House)
• Strange Academy, by Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos (Marvel)
• Wynd, by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas (BOOM! Box)

• Meilleure série humoristique:
• Bubble, by Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, and Tony Cliff (First Second/Macmillan)
• Cyclopedia Exotica, by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Not All Robots, by Mark Russell and Mike Deodato Jr. (AWA Upshot)
• The Scumbag, by Rick Remender and various (Image)
• Thirsty Mermaids, by Kat Leyh (Gallery 13/Simon and Schuster)
• Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata, translation by Nova Skipper (VIZ Media)

• Meilleure adaptation d’un fait réel:
• The Black Panther Party: A Graphic History, by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson (Ten Speed Press)
• Hakim’s Odyssey, Book 1: From Syria to Turkey, by Fabien Toulmé, translation by Hannah Chute (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press)
• Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula, by Koren Shadmi (Humanoids)
• Orwell, by Pierre Christin and Sébastien Verdier, translation by Edward Gauvin (SelfMadeHero)
• Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness, by Kristen Radtke (Pantheon/Penguin Random House)
• The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, by Dave Sim and Carson Grubaugh (Living the Line)

• Meilleure anthologie:
• Flash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (And Not So Possible) Tomorrows, by Rose Eveleth and various, edited by Laura Dozier (Abrams ComicArts)
• My Only Child, by Wang Ning and various, edited by Wang Saili, translation by Emma Massara (LICAF/Fanfare Presents)
• The Silver Coin, by Michael Walsh and various (Image)
• Superman: Red & Blue, edited by Jamie S. Rich, Brittany Holzherr, and Diegs Lopez (DC)
• You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife, edited by Kel McDonald and Andrea Purcell (Iron Circus)

• Meilleur récit autobiographique:
• Factory Summers, by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Parenthesis, by Élodie Durand, translation by Edward Gauvin (Top Shelf)
• Run: Book One, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell (Abrams ComicArts)
• Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest, by Nate Powell (Abrams ComicArts)
• The Secret to Superhuman Strength, by Alison Bechdel (Mariner Books)

• Meilleur album:
• Ballad For Sophie, by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia, translation by Gabriela Soares (Top Shelf)
• Destroy All Monsters (A Reckless Book), by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
• In., by Will McPhail (Mariner Books)
• Meadowlark: A Coming-of-Age Crime Story, by Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth (Grand Central Publishing)
• Monsters, by Barry Windsor-Smith (Fantagraphics)

• Meilleure édition américaine d’une production internationale:
• Ballad For Sophie, by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia, translation by Gabriela Soares (Top Shelf)
• Between Snow and Wolf, by Agnes Domergue and Helene Canac, translation by Maria Vahrenhorst (Magnetic)
• Love: The Mastiff, by Frederic Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci (Magnetic)
• The Parakeet, by Espé, translation by Hannah Chute ((Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press)
• The Shadow of a Man, by Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten, translation by Stephen D. Smith (IDW)

• Meilleur scénariste:
• Ed Brubaker, Destroy All Monsters, Friend of the Devil (Image)
• Kelly Sue DeConnick, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons Book One (DC)
• Filipe Melo, Ballad for Sophie (Top Shelf)
• Ram V, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (BOOM! Studios); The Swamp Thing (DC); Carnage: Black, White & Blood, Venom (Marvel)
• James Tynion IV, House of Slaughter, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); The Nice House on the Lake, The Joker, Batman, DC Pride 2021 (DC); The Department of Truth (Image); Blue Book, Razorblades (Tiny Onion Studios)

• Meilleur peintre ou artiste multimédia:
• Federico Bertolucci, Brindille, Love: The Mastiff (Magnetic)
• John Bolton, Hell’s Flaw (Renegade Arts Entertainment)
• Juan Cavia, Ballad for Sophie (Top Shelf)
• Frank Pe, Little Nemo (Magnetic)
• Ileana Surducan, The Lost Sunday (Pronoia AB)
• Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

• Meilleur dessinateur:
• Alison Bechdel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength (Mariner Books)
• Junji Ito, Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection, Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection, Sensor (VIZ Media)
• Daniel Warren Johnson, Superman: Red & Blue (DC); Beta Ray Bill (Marvel)
• Will McPhail, In: A Graphic Novel (Mariner Books)
• Barry Windsor-Smith, Monsters (Fantagraphics)

• Meilleur ouvrage critique sur la BD:
• All of the Marvels, by Douglas Wolk (Penguin Press)
• The Art of Thai Comics: A Century of Strips and Stripes, by Nicolas Verstappen (River Books)
• Fantastic Four No. 1: Panel by Panel, by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Chip Kidd, and Geoff Spear (Abrams ComicArts)
• Old Gods & New: A Companion to Jack Kirby’s Fourth World, by John Morrow, with Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows)
• True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee, by Abraham Riesman (Crown)

• Meilleure collection d’archives – comic books (plus de 20 ans):
• EC Covers Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
• Farewell, Brindavoine, by Tardi, translation by Jenna Allen, edited by Conrad Groth (Fantagraphics)
• Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man vol. 1: 1962–1964, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, edidted by Steve Korté (TASCHEN)
• Spain Rodriguez: My Life and Times, vol. 3, edited by Patrick Rosenkranz (Fantagraphics)
• Steranko Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Artisan Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
• Uncle Scrooge: “Island in the Sky,” by Carl Barks, edited by J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)

• «Hall of fame» (les plus grandes personnalités de l’Histoire du 9e art): Max Gaines, Mark Gruenwald, Marie Duval, Rose O’Neill, Alex Niño, P. Craig Russell, Howard Chaykin, Gerry Conway, Kevin Eastman, Steve Englehart, Moto Hagio, Larry Hama, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, David Mazzucchelli, Grant Morrison, Gaspar Saladino, Jim Shooter, Garry Trudeau, Ron Turner, George Tuska, Mark Waid, Cat Yronwode… mais aussi Jean-Claude Mézières (1938–2022).

Voir la liste complète des nominés sur le site du Comic-Con.