2022 Eisner Hall of Fame Nominees

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Post-Eisner Update: I was very happy with the nominees and winners, especially the Hall of Fame. I was thrilled when I heard Denis Kitchen announce the induction of pioneering women Marie Duval, Rose O’Neill, and Moto Hagio. I’m pretty sure Michael Dooley took this photo of the Judge’s Table right when Moto Hagio’s name was announced. Full results on The Beat.

Hall of Fame Announcement:

Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) has selected six individuals to automatically be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame for 2022. These inductees include:

  • EC founder/publisher Max Gaines (who devised the first four-color, saddle-stitched newsprint comic in 1933)

  • Writer Mark Gruenwald (legendary Marvel Comics editor)

  • British illustrator Marie Duval (co-creator in 1867 of the British cartoon character “Alley Sloper,” considered the first recurring cartoon character)

  • Cartoonist Rose O’Neill (creator of The Kewpies in 1912)

  • Filipino American artist Alex Niño (DC, Marvel, Warren, Heavy Metal etc.)

  • Artist P. Craig Russell (best known for Elric, his adaptations of opera to graphic novels, and his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, including on The Sandman, Coraline, American Gods, and Norse Mythology).

The judges have also chosen 17 nominees from whom voters will select 4 to be inducted in the Hall of Fame this summer. These nominees are Howard Chaykin, Gerry Conway, Kevin Eastman, Steve Englehart, Moto Hagio, Larry Hama, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, David Mazzucchelli, Jean-Claude Mézières, Grant Morrison, Gaspar Saladino, Jim Shooter, Garry Trudeau, Ron Turner, George Tuska, Mark Waid, and Cat Yronwode.

The 2022 Eisner Awards judging panel consists of comics writer/editor Barbara Randall Kesel, author/art historian Kim Munson, writer/editor/journalist Rik Offenberger, librarian Jameson Rohrer, comics journalist/historian Jessica Tseang, and retailer Aaron Trites.

More information on the nominees and voting procedures can be found on the Eisner Awards website, with bios of the nominees and inductees here.