- Best Lettering: Todd Klein, Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC); Black Hammer (Dark Horse)
- Best Digital Comic: Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
- Best Webcomic: Bird Boy, by Anne Szabla, bird-boy.com
- Best Writer: Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Saga (Image) Read Patrickâs review of Paper Girls #13
- Best Writer/Artist: Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
- Best Cover Artist: Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
- Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Moebius Library: The World of Elena, by Jean âMoebiusâ Giraud et al. (Dark Horse) Read Patrickâs review
- Best U.S. Edition of International MaterialâAsia: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
- Best Humor Publication: Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie) Read Creightonâs review of Jughead #10
- Bill Finger Award:Â William Messner-Loebs and Jack Kirby
- Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism:Â The AV Club (www.avclub.com)
- Best Comics-Related Book: Krazy: George Herriman: A Life in Black and White, by Michael Tisserand (Harper)
- Best Academic/Scholarly Work: Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation, by Carolyn Cocoa (Bloomsbury)
- Best Penciller/InkerâIndividual or Team: Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)
- Best Coloring: Matt Wilson, Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord (Marvel)
- Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Jill Thompson, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC); Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse) Listen to Creightonâs interview with Jill Thompson
- Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Joe Ferrara, for his work in prostate cancer awareness, and Mark Andreyko for curating the Love Is Love anthology after the Pulse nightclub shooting.
- Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8): Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, by Ben Clinton (Tundra)
- Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12): Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)
- Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17): The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel) Read Creightonâs review of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #12
- Hall of Fame: Judgesâ Choices: Milt Gross, H.G. Peter, Antonio Prohias, Dori Seda Votersâ Choices: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, George Perez, Walter Simonson, James Starlin Listen to our Walt Simonson career retrospective podcast
- Will Eisner Spirit of Retailer Award:Â Comicazi, Somerville, MA
- Best Archival Collection/ProjectâStrips: Chester Gouldâs Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
- Best Archival Collection/ProjectâComic Books: The Complete Wimminâs Comix, edited by Trina Robbins, Gary Groth, and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics)
- Best Publication Design: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, designed by Sonny Liew (Pantheon)
- Best Short Story: âGood Boy,â by Tom King and David Finch, in Batman Annual #1 (DC)
- Best Single Issue/One-Shot: Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse) Read Creightonâs review
- Best Anthology: Love Is Love, edited by Sarah Gaydos and Jamie S. Rich (IDW/DC) Read Katharineâs review of Love is Love
- Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Anne Szabla, writer/artist of Bird-Boy (Dark Horse)
- Best New Series: Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston (Dark Horse) Read Joshâs review of Black Hammer #8
- Best Limited Series: The Vision, by Tom King and Gabriel Walta (Marvel) Read Patrickâs review of The Vision #12
- Best Continuing Series: Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)  Read all our Saga coverage
- Best Graphic AlbumâReprint: Demon, by Jason Shiga (First Second)
- Best Reality-Based Work: March, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
- Best Graphic AlbumâNew: Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, by Jill Thompson (DC Comics) Read Creightonâs review
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