Year
|
Title
|
Authors
|
Result
|
Ref.
|
1990s
|
1993
|
"Two Cities" in
Xenozoic Tales #12 (
Kitchen Sink Press)
|
Mark Schultz
|
Winner
|
[2]
|
"The Artist's Life" in
Eightball #9 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Dan Clowes
|
Nominee
|
[2]
|
"Hippie Bitch Gets Laid" in
Naughty Bits #6 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Roberta Gregory
|
"The Nemesis of Neglect" chapter of "
From Hell" in
Taboo #6 (
Spiderbaby Graphix/
Tundra Publishing)
|
Alan Moore and
Eddie Campbell
|
"Escape #2 The Dry Creek Bed" chapter of Through the Habitrails in
Taboo #7 (
Spiderbaby Graphix/
Tundra Publishing)
|
Jeff Nicholson
|
"Frank in the River" in
Tantalizing Stores Presents Frank in The River (
Tundra Publishing)
|
Jim Woodring
|
1994
|
"The Amazing Colossal Homer" in
Simpsons Comics #1 (
Bongo Comics)
|
Steve Vance,
Cindy Vance, and
Bill Morrison
|
Winner
|
[3]
|
"Big Man" in
Rubber Blanket #3 (Rubber Blanket Press)
|
David Mazzucchelli
|
Nominee
|
[3]
|
"I Strive for Realism" in
Concrete Eclectica #2 (
Dark Horse Comics)
|
Paul Chadwick
|
"
The Origin of Dan Pussey" in
Eightball #12 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Dan Clowes
|
"
Tainted Love" in Vertigo Jam (
DC Comics/
Vertigo Comics)
|
Garth Ennis and
Steve Dillon
|
1995
|
"The Babe Wore Red" in
Sin City: The Babe Wore Red and Other Stories (
Dark Horse Comics/
Legend Comics)
|
Frank Miller
|
Winner
|
[4]
|
"The Hannah Story" in
Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 2 #2 (
Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Carol Tyler
|
Nominee
|
[4]
|
"Laughter After Midnight" in
The Batman Adventures Annual #1 (
DC Comics)
|
Paul Dini and
John Byrne
|
"
The Lot" in Vertigo Rave (
DC Comics/
Vertigo Comics)
|
John Ney Rieber and
Gary Amaro
|
"The Virgin" in Wild Life #1 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Peter Kuper
|
"We Can Get Them For You Wholesale" in
Negative Burn #11 (
Caliber Press)
|
based on a story by
Neil Gaiman, adapted by
Joe Pruett and
Ken Meyer Jr.
|
1996
|
"
The Eltingville Comic-Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Role-Playing Club in Bring Me the Head of Boba Fett" in
Instant Piano #3 (
Dark Horse Comics)
|
Evan Dorkin
|
Winner
|
[5]
|
"Caricature" in
Eightball #15 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Dan Clowes
|
Nominee
|
[5]
|
"Horsing Around with History" in
Uncle Scrooge Adventures #33 (
Gladstone Publishing)
|
Carl Barks and
William Van Horn
|
"
Jimmy Corrigan" in
BLAB! #8 (
Kitchen Sink Press)
|
Chris Ware
|
"Klingon Battle Helmet" in Confessions of a Cereal Eater (
NBM Publishing)
|
Rob Maisch and
Scott Hampton
|
"Pink Frosting" in
Optic Nerve #2 (
Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Adrian Tomine
|
1997
|
"Heroes" in
Batman Black and White #4 (
DC Comics)
|
Archie Goodwin and
Gary Gianni
|
Winner
|
[6]
|
"Gentlemanhog" in
Frank #1 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Jim Woodring
|
Nominee
|
[6]
|
"Joy Ride" in Joy Ride and Other Stories (
Kitchen Sink Press)
|
Carol Lay
|
"
The Nearness of You" in
Wizard Presents Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 #1/2 (
Homage Comics/
Wizard Press)
|
Kurt Busiek
|
"Oracle — Year One: Born of Hope" in
The Batman Chronicles #5 (
DC Comics)
|
John Ostrander,
Kim Yale,
Brian Stelfreeze, and
Karl Story
|
"Perpetual Mourning" in
Batman Black and White #1 (
DC Comics)
|
Ted McKeever
|
1998
|
"
The Eltingville Comic-Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Role-Playing Club In: The Marathon Men" in Dork! #4 (
Slave Labor Graphics)
|
Evan Dorkin
|
Winner
|
[7]
|
"A Matter of Some Gravity" in
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #610 (
Gladstone Publishing)
|
Don Rosa
|
Nominee
|
[7]
|
"The New European" in
Vampirella/Dracula: The Centennial (
Harris Publications)
|
Alan Moore,
Gary Frank, and
Cam Smith
|
"Penny Century" in
Penny Century #1 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Jaime Hernandez
|
"The Willow Warriors" in
Weird War Tales #1 (
DC Comics)
|
Ian Edginton and
Eric Shanower
|
"Wrong Turn" in
Sin City: Sex & Violence (
Dark Horse Comics)
|
Frank Miller
|
1999
|
"Devil's Advocate" in
Grendel: Black, White, and Red #1 (
Dark Horse Comics)
|
Matt Wagner and
Tim Sale
|
Winner
|
[8]
|
"Electric China Death" in Gangland #4 (
DC Comics/
Vertigo Comics)
|
Richard Bruning and
Mark Chiarello
|
Nominee
|
[8]
|
"The Illustrative Man" in
Treehouse of Horror #4 (
Bongo Comics)
|
Batton Lash,
Julius Priete and
Tim Bavington
|
"Invincible Man and Nifty Boy" in
Flaming Carrot's Greatest Hits vol. 3 (
Dark Horse Comics)
|
Bob Burden
|
"Whhyyyyyy? (Oh God Why?)" in The 3 Geeks #4 (3 Finger Prints)
|
Rich Koslowski
|
2000s
|
2000
|
"
Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" in
Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (
DC Comics)
|
Kyle Baker and
Elizabeth Glass
|
Winner
|
[9]
|
"Bye-Bye, Muffy" in
Naughty Bits #28 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Roberta Gregory
|
Nominee
|
[9]
|
"Cluttered Like My Head" in Dork! #7 (
Slave Labor Graphics)
|
Evan Dorkin
|
"How Things Work Out (Greyshirt)" in
Tomorrow Stories #2 (
America's Best Comics)
|
Alan Moore and
Rick Veitch
|
"Margolis" in Jetlag (
Actus Tragicus)
|
Etgar Keret and
Yirmi Pinkus
|
"
Orange Glow" in
Dark Horse Presents Annual 1999 (
Dark Horse Comics)
|
Paul Chadwick
|
"The Unbearableness of Being Light (Jack B. Quick)" in
Tomorrow Stories #2 (
America's Best Comics)
|
Alan Moore and
Kevin Nowlan
|
2001
|
"The Gorilla Suit" in Streetwise (
TwoMorrows Publishing)
|
Sergio Aragonés
|
Winner
|
[10]
|
"The Fisherman and the Sea Princess" in
Little Lit (
HarperCollins)
|
David Mazzucchelli
|
Nominee
|
[10]
|
"
Monsieur Jean" in
Drawn & Quarterly vol. 3 (
Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Philippe Dupuy and
Charles Berberian
|
"A Prayer to the Sun" in
Weird War Tales Special (
Vertigo Comics/
DC Comics)
|
Edvin Biuković and
Darko Macan
|
"Prince Rooster" in
Little Lit (
HarperCollins)
|
Art Spiegelman
|
2002
|
"
The Eltingville Club in 'The Intervention'" in Dork! #9 (
Slave Labor Graphics)
|
Evan Dorkin
|
Winner
|
[11]
|
"The Adventures of Hergé" in
Drawn & Quarterly vol. 4 (
Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Jose-Louis Bocquet,
Jean-Luc Fromental, and
Stanislas Barthélémy
|
Nominee
|
[11]
|
"His Story" in
Bento #1 and Pictures That Tick (Hourglass Studios/Allen Spiegel Fine Arts)
|
Dave McKean
|
"Me and Edith Head" in
Cicada vol. 4 no. 1 (
Carus Publishing)
|
Sara Ryan and
Steve Lieber
|
"Oh To Celebrate" in
Drawn & Quarterly vol. 4 (
Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Miriam Katin
|
"The Willful Death of a Stereotype" in
Expo 2001 (
The Expo)
|
Chris Staros and
Bo Hampton
|
2003
|
"The Magician and the Snake" in
Dark Horse Maverick: Happy Endings (
Dark Horse Comics)
|
Katie Mignola and
Mike Mignola
|
Winner
|
[12]
|
"Between Two Worlds: The Strange and Sad Story of Erich Wolfgang Korngold" in
The Comics Journal Summer Special 2002 (
Fantagraphics)
|
P. Craig Russell
|
Nominee
|
[12]
|
"Green Tea" in Orchid (
Sparkplug Comics)
|
Sheridan Le Fanu, adapted by
Kevin Huizenga
|
"Untitled (first story in book)" in Sshhhh! (
Fantagraphics)
|
Jason
|
"Telekinetic" in
Bipolar #3 (
Alternative Comics)
|
Tomer Hanuka
|
2004
|
"Death" in
The Sandman: Endless Nights (
Vertigo Comics/
DC Comics)
|
Neil Gaiman and
P. Craig Russell
|
Winner
|
[13]
|
"It Was a Dark and Silly Night . . ." in
Little Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Night (
HarperCollins)
|
Lemony Snicket and
Richard Sala
|
Nominee
|
[13]
|
"It Was a Dark and Silly Night" in
Little Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Night (
HarperCollins)
|
Carlos Nine
|
"
Monsieur Jean" in
Drawn & Quarterly vol. 5 (
Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Philippe Dupuy and
Charles Berberian
|
"Same Difference" in Same Difference and Other Stories (Small Stories)
|
Derek Kirk Kim
|
"There Are No Flowers in the Real World" in
The Matrix Comics (
Burlyman Entertainment)
|
David Lapham
|
2005
|
"
Unfamiliar" in
The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft (
Dark Horse Comics)
|
Evan Dorkin and
Jill Thompson
|
Winner
|
[14]
|
"Eve O'Twins" in Rosetta 2 (
Alternative Comics)
|
Craig Thompson
|
Nominee
|
[14]
|
"Glenn Ganges: Jeepers Jacobs" in
Kramers Ergot 5 (Gingko Press)
|
Kevin Huizenga
|
"God (story on wrap-around dust jacket)" in
McSweeney's Quarterly #13 (
McSweeney's)
|
Chris Ware
|
"The Price" in
Creatures of the Night (
Dark Horse Comics)
|
Neil Gaiman and
Michael Zulli
|
"Where Monsters Dine" in
Common Grounds #5 (
Top Cow Productions/
Image Comics)
|
Troy Hickman,
Angel Medina, and
Jon Holdredge
|
2006
|
"Teenage Sidekick" in
Solo #3 (
DC Comics)
|
Paul Pope
|
Winner
|
[15]
|
"Blood Son" in Doomed #1 (
IDW Publishing)
|
Richard Matheson, adapted by
Chris Ryall and
Ashley Wood
|
Nominee
|
[15]
|
"Monster Slayers" in
Flight vol. 2 (
Image Comics)
|
Khang Le
|
"Nameless" in
The Goon #14 (
Dark Horse Comics)
|
Eric Powell
|
"Operation (story La Mano)" in The Recidivist #3 (
La Mano)
|
Zak Sally
|
2007
|
"A Frog's Eye View" in
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (
Vertigo Comics/
DC Comics)
|
Bill Willingham and
James Jean
|
Winner
|
[16]
|
"The Black Knight Glorps Again" in
Uncle Scrooge #354 (
Gemstone Publishing)
|
Don Rosa
|
Nominee
|
[16]
|
"Felix" in
Drawn & Quarterly Showcase 4 (
Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Gabrielle Bell
|
"Old Oak Trees" in
Flight vol. 3 (
Ballantine Books)
|
Tony Cliff
|
"Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man" in
Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man (
Marvel Comics)
|
Stan Lee,
Olivier Coipel, and
Mark Morales
|
"Willie: Portrait of a Groundskeeper" in
Bart Simpsons's Treehouse of Horror #12 (
Bongo Comics)
|
Eric Powell
|
2008
|
"
Mr. Wonderful" in
New York Times Sunday Magazine (
The New York Times)
|
Dan Clowes
|
Winner
|
[17]
|
"Book" in New Engineering (
PictureBox)
|
Yuichi Yokoyama
|
Nominee
|
[17]
|
"At Loose Ends" in
Mome #8 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Lewis Trondheim
|
"Town of Evening Calm" in
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (
Last Gasp)
|
Fumiyo Kōno
|
"Whatever Happened to Fletcher Hanks?" in
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! (
Fantagraphics)
|
Paul Karasik
|
"Young Americans" in
Mome #8 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Émile Bravo
|
2009
|
"Murder He Wrote" in
The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #14 (
Bongo Comics)
|
Ian Boothby,
Nina Matsumoto, and
Andrew Pepoy
|
Winner
|
[18]
|
"Actual Size" in
Kramers Ergot 7 (
Buenaventura Press)
|
Chris Ware
|
Nominee
|
[19]
|
"Chechen War, Chechen Women" in
I Live Here (
Pantheon Books)
|
Joe Sacco
|
"Freaks" in
Superior Showcase #3 (
AdHouse Books)
|
Laura Park
|
"Glenn Ganges in ‘Pulverize" in
Ganges #2 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Kevin Huizenga
|
2010s
|
2010
|
"Urgent Request" in
The Eternal Smile (
First Second Books)
|
Gene Luen Yang and
Derek Kirk Kim
|
Winner
|
[20]
[21]
|
"Because I Love You So Much" in From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics the 3rd Millennium (
Fantagraphics/
Aben malen)
|
Nikoline Werdelin
|
Nominee
|
[22]
|
"Gentleman John" in What Is Torch Tiger? (Torch Tiger)
|
Nathan Greno
|
"How and Why to Bale Hay" in Syncopated (
Villard Books)
|
Nick Bertozzi
|
"
Hurricane" in Bob Dylan Revisited (
W. W. Norton & Company)
|
interpreted by
Gradimir Smudja
|
2011
|
"Post Mortem" in I Am an Avenger #2 (
Marvel Comics)
|
Greg Rucka and
Michael Lark
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
"Bart on the Fourth of July" in
Bart Simpson #54 (
Bongo Comics)
|
Peter Kuper
|
Nominee
|
[23]
|
"Batman in Trick for the Scarecrow" in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (
DC Comics)
|
Billy Tucci
|
"Cinderella" in Fractured Fables (
Silverline Books/
Image Comics)
|
Nick Spencer and
Rodin Esquejo
|
"Hamburgers for One" in
Popgun vol. 4 (
Image Comics)
|
Frank Stockton
|
"Little Red Riding Hood" in Fractured Fables (
Silverline Books/
Image Comics)
|
Bryan Talbot and
Camilla d'Errico
|
2012
|
"The Seventh" in
Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition (
IDW Publishing)
|
Darwyn Cooke
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
"A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture" in
Optic Nerve #12 (
Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Adrian Tomine
|
Nominee
|
[24]
|
"Harvest of Fear" in
The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror #17 (
Bongo Comics)
|
Jim Woodring
|
"The Phototaker" in
Metal Hurlant vol. 2 (
Humanoids Publishing)
|
Guy Davis
|
"The Speaker" in
Dark Horse Presents #7 (
Dark Horse Comics)
|
Brandon Graham
|
2013
|
"Moon 1969: The True Story of the 1969 Moon Launch" in
Tales Designed to Thrizzle#8 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Michael Kupperman
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
"A Birdsong Shatters the Still" in Injury #4 (Ted May/
Alternative Comics)
|
Jeff Wilson and
Ted May
|
Nominee
|
[25]
|
"Elmview" in Dockwood (
Nobrow Press)
|
Jon McNaught
|
"Moving Forward" in Monsters Miracles & Mayonnaise (
Epigram Books)
|
drewscape
|
"Rainbow Moment" in Heads or Tails (
Fantagraphics)
|
Lilli Carré
|
2014
|
"Untitled" in
Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Gilbert Hernandez
|
Winner
|
[21]
[26]
|
"Go Owls" in
Optic Nerve #13 (
Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Adrian Tomine
|
Nominee
|
[26]
|
"Mars to Stay" in
The Witching Hour (
DC Comics)
|
Brett Lewis and
Cliff Chiang
|
"Seaside Home" in
Habit #1 (Oily Comics)
|
Josh Simmons
|
"
When Your House Is Burning Down You Should Brush Your Teeth" in
The Oatmeal
|
Matthew Inman
|
2015
|
"
When the Darkness Presses"
|
Emily Carroll
|
Winner
|
[27]
[21]
|
"
Beginning’s End" in Mutha Magazine
|
Rina Ayuyang
|
Nominee
|
[28]
|
"Corpse on the Imjin!" in Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (
Simon & Schuster)
|
Peter Kuper
|
"Rule Number One" in
Batman Black and White #3 (
DC Comics)
|
Lee Bermejo
|
"The Sound of One Hand Clapping" in
Adventures of Superman #14 (
DC Comics)
|
Max Landis and
Jock
|
2016
|
"Killing and Dying" in
Optic Nerve #14 (
Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Adrian Tomine
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
"Black Death in America" in Vertigo Quarterly CMYK #4: Black (
Vertigo Comics/
DC Comics)
|
Tom King and
John Paul Leon
|
Nominee
|
[29]
|
"Hand Me Down" in 24 x 7 (Fanfare)
|
Kristyna Baczynski
|
"It’s Going to Be Okay" in
The Oatmeal (theoatmeal.com/comics/plane
|
Matthew Inman
|
"Lion and Mouse" in Fable Comics (
First Second Books)
|
R. Sikoryak
|
2017
|
"Good Boy" in
Batman Annual #1 (
DC Comics)
|
Tom King and
David Finch
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
"The Comics Wedding of the Century" in We Told You So: Comics as Art (
Fantagraphics)
|
Simon Hanselmann
|
Nominee
|
[30]
|
"The Dark Nothing" in Uptight #5 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Jordan Crane
|
"Monday" in One Week in The Library (
Image Comics)
|
W. Maxwell Prince and
John Amor
|
"Mostly Saturn" in Island #8 (
Image Comics)
|
Michael DeForge
|
"Shrine of the Monkey God!" in
Kramers Ergot 9 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Kim Deitch
|
2018
|
"A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green" in Columbia Magazine, Summer 2017 (
Columbia University)
|
Nick Sousanis
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
"Ethel Byrne" in Mine: A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood (
ComicMix)
|
Cecil Castellucci and
Scott Chantler
|
Nominee
|
[31]
|
"Forgotten Princess" in
Adventure Time #13 (
KaBOOM!)
|
Phillip Kennedy Johnson and
Antonio Sandoval
|
"Small Mistakes Make Big Problems" in Comics for Choice (
Hazel Newlevant)
|
Sophia Foster-Dimino
|
"Trans Plant" in Enough Space for Everyone Else (
Bedside Press)
|
Megan Rose Gedris
|
2019
|
"The Talk of the Saints" in
Swamp Thing Winter Special (
DC Comics)
|
Tom King and
Jason Fabok
|
Winner
|
[21]
[32]
|
"Get Naked in Barcelona" in Get Naked (
Image Comics)
|
Steven T. Seagle and
Emei Olivia Burrell
|
Nominee
|
[32]
|
"The Ghastlygun Tinies" in
Mad #4 (
DC Comics)
|
Matt Cohen and
Marc Palm
|
"Here I Am" in I Feel Machine (
SelfMadeHero)
|
Shaun Tan
|
"
Life During Interesting Times" in
The Nib
|
Mike Dawson
|
"Supply Chains" in Coin-Op #7 (Coin-Op Books)
|
Peter Hoey and
Maria Hoey
|
2020s
|
2020
|
"Hot Comb" in Hot Comb (
Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Ebony Flowers
|
Winner
|
[21]
[33]
|
"
How to Draw a Horse" in
The New Yorker
|
Emma Hunsinger
|
Nominee
|
[33]
[34]
|
"The Menopause" in
The Believer
|
Mira Jacob
|
"
Who Gets Called an ‘Unfit’ Mother?" in
The Nib
|
Miriam Libicki
|
"
You’re Not Going to Believe What I’m About to Tell You" in
The Oatmeal
|
Matthew Inman
|
2021
|
"When the Menopausal Carnival Comes to Town" in Menopause: A Comic Treatment (
Graphic Medicine/
Penn State University Press)
|
Mimi Pond
|
Winner
|
[35]
|
"Garden Boys" in Now #8 (
Fantagraphics)
|
Henry McCausland
|
Nominee
|
[35]
[36]
|
"
I Needed the Discounts" in
The New York Times
|
Connor Willumsen
|
"Parts of Us" in Elements: Earth A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color (Ascend Press)
|
Chan Chau
|
"Rookie" in
Detective Comics #1027 (
DC Comics)
|
Greg Rucka and
Eduardo Risso
|
"
Soft Lead"
|
Chan Chau
|
2022
|
"Funeral in Foam" in You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife (
Iron Circus)
|
Casey Gilly and
Raina Telgemeier
|
Winner
|
[37]
|
"Generations" in Superman: Red and Blue #5 (
DC Comics)
|
Daniel Warren Johnson
|
Nominee
|
[37]
|
"I Wanna Be a Slob" in Too Tough to Die (Birdcage Bottom Books)
|
Steven Arnold and
Michael Kamison
|
"Tap, Tap, Tap" in Green Arrow 80th Anniversary (
DC Comics)
|
Larry O’Neil and
Jorge Fornés
|
"Trickster, Traitor, Dummy, Doll" in The Nib Vol 9: Secrets (
The Nib)
|
Triple Dream (
Mel Hilario,
Katie Longua, and Lauren Davis)
|
2023
|
“Finding Batman” in DC Pride 2022 (
DC Comics)
|
Kevin Conroy and
J. Bone
|
Winner
|
[38]
|
"Good Morning," in
Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #4 (
Marvel)
|
Christopher Cantwell and Alex Lins
|
Nominee
|
“The Beekeeper’s Due" in Scott Snyder Presents: Tales from the Cloakroom (
Cloakroom Comics)
|
Jimmy Stamp and
Débora Santos
|
“Silent All These Years,” in Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes (Z2)
|
Margaret Atwood and David Mack
|
“You Get It,” in Amazing Fantasy #1000 (
Marvel)
|
Jonathan Hickman and
Marco Checchetto
|