Eisner Award for Best Artist

Eisner Award for Best Artist
Awarded for	Best Arist
Country	United States
First award	1988
Website	www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/

The Eisner Award for Best Artist was an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It was given out in 1988, 1989, 1991, and 1992.

The successor award is the Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team, which has been given out since 1993.

Winners and nominees

Year	Nominee	Titles	Ref.
1980s
1988	Steve Rude	Nexus (First Comics)
	Paul Chadwick	Concrete (Dark Horse Comics)
	Todd McFarlane	The Incredible Hulk (Marvel Comics)
	Ted McKeever	Eddy Current (Mad Dog Graphics)
	George Pérez	Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
	John Totleben	Miracleman (Eclipse Comics)
1989	Brian Bolland	Batman: The Killing Joke (DC Comics)
	Robert Crumb	Weirdo (Last Gasp)
	Todd McFarlane	The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
	Dave McKean	Black Orchid (DC Comics)
	Steve Rude	Nexus (First Comics)
	Mark Schultz	Xenozoic Tales (Kitchen Sink Press)
1990s
1990	There was no Eisner Award ceremony, or awards distributed, in 1990, due to widespread balloting mix-ups.
1991	Steve Rude
	Dan Brereton
	Geof Darrow
	Drew Friedman
	Ted McKeever
	P. Craig Russell
	Mark Schultz
1992	Simon Bisley	Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham (DC Comics)
	Sergio Aragonés	Groo the Wanderer (Marvel Comics/Epic Comics)
	David Chelsea	David Chelsea in Love (Eclipse Comics)
	Paul Chadwick	Concrete (Dark Horse Comics)
	Will Eisner	To the Heart of the Storm (Kitchen Sink Press)
	Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez	Twilight (DC Comics)
	Frank Miller	"Sin City" in Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse Comics)
	David Sims	Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline (Big City Comics)