| Year |
Title |
Creators |
Publihser |
Ref. |
| 1980s |
| 1988 |
Concrete |
Paul Chadwick |
Dark Horse |
[2] |
| The American |
Mark Verheiden, Chris Warner and Art Nichols |
Dark Horse |
| Eddy Current |
Ted McKeever |
Mad Dog Graphics |
|
| 1989 |
Kings In Disguise |
James Vance and Dan Burr |
Kitchen Sink |
[3] |
| Animal Man |
Grant Morrison, Chas Truog and Doug Hazlewood |
DC |
| Excalibur |
Chris Claremont, Alan Davis and Paul Neary |
Marvel |
| Maze Agency |
Mike W. Barr, Adam Hughes and Rick Magyar |
Comico |
| V For Vendetta |
Alan Moore and David Lloyd |
DC |
| 1990s |
| 1990 |
There was no Eisner Award ceremony, or awards distributed, in 1990, due to widespread balloting mix-ups.[4] |
| 1991-1995 |
The Eisner Award for Best New Series was not given these years |
[5][6][7][8] |
| 1995 |
Too Much Coffee Man |
Shannon Wheeler |
Adhesive |
[9] |
| Don Simpson's Bizarre Heroes |
Don Simpson |
Fiasco |
| Roarin' Rick's Rare Bit Fiends |
Rick Veitch |
King Hell |
| S. R. Bissette's Tyrant |
Stephen R. Bissette |
Spiderbaby Graphix |
| THB |
Paul Pope |
Horse Press |
| 1996 |
Kurt Busiek's Astro City |
Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson |
Jukebox Productions/Image |
[10] |
| Black Hole |
Charles Burns |
Kitchen Sink |
| The Book of Ballads and Sagas |
Charles Vess and others |
Green Man Press |
| Optic Nerve |
Adrian Tomine |
Drawn & Quarterly |
| Preacher |
Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon |
DC/Vertigo |
| Stray Bullets |
David Lapham |
El Capitan |
| 1997 |
Leave It to Chance |
James Robinson and Paul Smith |
Homage |
[11] |
| Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller |
Barry Windsor-Smith |
Dark Horse |
| Coventry |
Bill Willingham |
Fantagraphics |
| Nowhere |
Debbie Drechsler |
Drawn & Quarterly |
| The Wretch |
Phillip Hester and others |
Caliber |
| 1998 |
Castle Waiting |
Linda Medley |
Olio |
[12] |
| Lost Stories |
John Riley, Garrett Berner, and Dave Sharpe |
Creative Frontiers |
| Soulwind |
C. Scott Morse |
Image |
| Squee! |
Jhonen Vasquez |
Slave Labor |
| A Touch of Silver |
Jim Valentino |
Image |
| 1999 |
Inhumans |
Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee |
Marvel |
[13] |
| Age of Bronze |
Eric Shanower |
Image |
| Colonia |
Jeff Nicholson |
Colonia Press |
| Lenore |
Roman Dirge |
Slave Labor |
| Young Justice |
Peter David, Todd Nauck, and Lary Stucker |
DC |
| 2000s |
| 2000 |
Top Ten |
Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon |
ABC |
[14] |
| Louis Riel |
Chester Brown |
Drawn & Quarterly |
| 100 Bullets |
Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso |
DC/Vertigo |
| Planetary |
Warren Ellis and John Cassaday |
DC/Wildstorm |
| Promethea |
Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray |
ABC |
| 2001 |
Powers |
Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming |
Image |
[15] |
| Eagle |
Kaiji Kawaguchi |
Viz |
| Lucifer |
Mike Carey and others |
Vertigo/DC |
| The Red Star |
Christian Gossett and Team Red Star |
Image |
| 2002 |
Queen & Country |
Greg Rucka and Steve Rolston |
Oni |
[16] |
| Private Beach |
David Hahn |
Slave Labor |
| Ruse |
Mark Waid, Butch Guice, and Michael Perkins |
CrossGen |
| The Sandwalk Adventures |
Jay Hosler |
Active Synapse |
| True Story, Swear to God |
Tom Beland |
Clib's Boy Comics |
| 2003 |
Fables |
Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha |
DC/Vertigo |
[17] |
| Forlorn Funnies |
Paul Hornschemeier |
Absence of Ink |
| Gotham Central |
Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, and Michael Lark |
DC |
| Nowhere Girl |
Justine Shaw |
nowheregirl.com |
| Y: The Last Man |
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan |
DC/Vertigo |
| 2004 |
Plastic Man |
Kyle Baker |
DC |
[18] |
| El Cazador |
Chuck Dixon and Steve Epting |
CrossGen |
| Invincible |
Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker |
Image |
| The Losers |
Andy Diggle and Jock |
Vertigo/DC |
| Sleeper |
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips |
WildStorm/DC |
| The Walking Dead |
Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore |
Image |
| 2005 |
Ex Machina |
Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Fesiter |
WildStorm/DC |
[19] |
| Astonishing X-Men |
Joss Whedon and John Cassaday |
Marvel |
| Doc Frankenstein |
The Wachowskis and Steve Skroce |
Burlyman |
| The Shaolin Cowboy |
Geof Darrow |
Burlyman |
| 2006 |
All Star Superman |
Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely |
DC |
[20] |
| Desolation Jones |
Warren Ellis and J. H. Williams III |
WildStorm/DC |
| Fell |
Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith |
Image |
| Rocketo |
Frank Espinosa |
Speakeasy |
| Young Avengers |
Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, and John Dell |
Marvel |
| 2007 |
Criminal |
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips |
Marvel Icon |
[21] |
| East Coast Rising |
Becky Cloonan |
Tokyopop |
| Gumby |
Bob Burden and Rick Geary |
Wildcard |
| Jack of Fables |
Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins, and Andrew Pepoy |
Vertigo/DC |
| The Lone Ranger |
Brett Matthews and Sergio Cariello |
Dynamite |
| 2008 |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8 |
Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens |
Dark Horse |
[22] |
| Immortal Iron Fist |
Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja, and others |
Marvel |
| Johnny Hiro |
Fred Chao |
AdHouse |
| The Infinite Horizon |
Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto |
Image |
| Scalped |
Jason Aaron and R. M. Guera |
Vertigo/DC |
| 2009 |
Invincible Iron Man |
Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca |
Marvel |
[23][24] |
| Air |
G. Willow Wilson and M. K. Perker |
Vertigo/DC |
| Echo |
Terry Moore |
Abstract Studio |
| Madame Xanadu |
Matt Wagner, Amy Reeder Hadley, and Richard Friend |
Vertigo/DC |
| Unknown Soldier |
Joshua Dysart and Alberto Ponticelli |
Vertigo/DC |
| 2010s |
| 2010 |
Chew |
John Layman and Rob Guillory |
Image |
[25][26] |
| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? |
Phillip K. Dick, art by Tony Parker |
BOOM |
| Ireedeemable |
Mark Waid and Peter Krause |
BOOM |
| Sweet Tooth |
Jeff Lemire |
Vertigo/DC |
| The Unwritten |
Mike Carey and Peter Gross |
Vertigo/DC |
| 2011 |
American Vampire |
Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque |
Vertigo/DC |
[27][28] |
| iZombie |
Chris Roberson and Michael Allred |
Vertigo/DC |
| Marineman |
Ian Churchill |
Image |
| Morning Glories |
Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma |
Shadowline/Image |
| Superboy |
Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo |
DC |
| 2012 |
The Eisner Award for Best New Series was not given this year |
[29][28] |
| 2013 |
Saga |
Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples |
Image |
[30][28] |
| Adventure Time |
Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb |
kaboom! |
| Bandette |
Paul Tobin and Colleen Coove |
Monkeybrain |
| Fatale |
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips |
Image |
| Hawkeye |
Matt Fraction and David Aja |
Marvel |
| 2014 |
Sex Criminals |
Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky |
Image |
[31][28] |
| High Crimes |
Christopher Sebela and Ibrahim Moustafa |
Monkeybrain |
| Lazarus |
Greg Rucka and Michael Lark |
Image |
| Rat Queens |
Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch |
Image/Shadowline |
| Watson and Holmes |
Karl Bollers, Rick Leonardi, Paul Mendoza et al. |
New Paradigm Studio |
| 2015 |
Lumberjanes |
Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, ND Stevenson, and Brooke A. Allen |
BOOM! Box |
[32][28] |
| The Fade Out |
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips |
Image |
| Ms. Marvel |
G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphon |
Marvel |
| Rocket Raccoon |
Skottie Young |
Marvel |
| The Wicked + The Divine |
Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie |
Image |
| 2016 |
Paper Girls |
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang |
Image |
[33][28] |
| Bitch Planet |
Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro |
Image |
| Harrow County |
Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook |
Dark Horse |
| Kaijumax |
Zander Cannon |
Oni |
| Monstress |
Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda |
Image |
| The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl |
Ryan North and Erica Henderson |
Marvel |
| 2017 |
Black Hammer |
Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston |
Dark Horse |
[34][28] |
| Clean Room |
Gail Simone and Jon Davis-Hunt |
Vertigo/DC |
| Deathstroke: Rebirth |
Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, et al. |
DC |
| Faith |
Jody Houser, Pere Pérez, and Marguerite Sauvage |
Valiant |
| Mockingbird |
Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk |
Marvel |
| 2018 |
Black Bolt |
Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward |
Marvel |
[35][28] |
| Grass Kings |
Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins |
BOOM! Studios |
| Maestros |
Steve Skroce |
Image |
| Redlands |
Jordie Bellaire and Vanesa Del Rey |
Image |
| Royal City |
Jeff Lemire |
Image |
| 2019 |
Gideon Falls |
Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino |
Image |
[36][37] |
| Bitter Root |
David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Green |
Image |
| Crowded |
Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt |
Image |
| Isola |
Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl |
Image |
| Man-Eaters |
Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk |
Image |
| Skyward |
Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett |
Image |
| 2020s |
| 2020 |
Invisible Kingdom |
G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward |
Berger Books/Dark Horse |
[38][39] |
| Doctor Doom |
Christopher Cantwell and Salvador Larocca |
Marvel |
| Once & Future |
Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora |
BOOM! Studios |
| Something Is Killing the Children |
James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera |
BOOM! Studios |
| Undiscovered Country |
Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Daniele Orlandini |
Image |
| 2021 |
Black Widow |
Kelly Thompson and Elena Casagrande |
Marvel |
[40][41] |
| Crossover |
Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw |
Image |
| The Department of Truth |
James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds |
Image |
| Killadelphia |
Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander |
Image |
| We Only Find Them When They’re Dead |
Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo |
BOOM! Studios |
| 2022 |
The Nice House on the Lake |
James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno |
DC Black Label |
[42][43] |
| The Human Target |
Tom King and Greg Smallwood |
DC |
| Not All Robots |
Mark Russell and Mike Deodato Jr. |
AWA Upshot |
| Radiant Black |
Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa |
Image |
| Ultramega |
James Harren |
Image Skybound |
| 2023 |
Public Domain |
Chip Zdarsky |
Image |
[44][45] |
| The Atonement Bell |
Jim Ousley and Tyler B. Ruff |
Red 5 |
| Love Everlasting |
Tom King and Elsa Charretier |
Image |
| Star Trek |
Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Ramon Rosanas |
IDW |
| Traveling to Mars |
Mark Russell and Roberto Meli |
Ablaze |
| 2024 |
Somna: A Bedtime Story |
Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay |
DSTLRY |
[46] |
| Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees |
Patrick Horvath |
IDW |
| Black Cloak |
Kelly Thompson and Meredith McClaren |
Image |
| Local Man |
Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs |
Image |
| Phantom Road |
Jeff Lemire and Gabriel Hernández Walta |
Image |
| 2025 |
Absolute Wonder Woman |
Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman |
DC |
[47] |
| Absolute Batman |
Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta |
DC |
| Minor Arcana |
Jeff Lemire |
BOOM! Studios |
| The Pedestrian |
Joey Esposito and Sean Von Gorman |
Magma Comix |
| The Power Fantasy |
Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard |
Image |
| Uncanny Valley |
Tony Fleecs and Dave Wachter |
BOOM! Studios |
| 2026 |
Assorted Crisis Events |
Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadzki |
Image |
[48][49] |
| Batman Vol. 4 |
Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez |
DC |
| Black Cat |
G. Willow Wilson and Gleb Melnikov |
Marvel |
| Exquisite Corpses |
James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, Pornsak Pichetshote, and others |
Image |
| Ghost Pepper |
Ludo Lullabi |
Image |
| Temporal |
Stephanie Williams and Asiah Fulmore |
Mad Cave |