Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens explained

The Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books.

History and name change

The award was launched in 2008 as Best Publication for Teens. In 2009 the name was changed to Best Publication for Teens/Tweens for one year. In 2012 the name of the award was changed to 2012: Best Publication for Young Adults (Ages 12–17). In 2013 the name of the award was changed to Best Publication for Teens (ages 13–17). In 2020 the name was changed to Best Publication for Teens.

Winners and nominees

Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens winners and nominees

Year	Author(s)	Title	Publisher
2000s
2008		Laika	First Second Books	[1]
			Dark Horse Comics
			Oni Press
		PX! Book One: A Girl and Her Panda	Shadowline/Image Comics
		Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow	Center for Cartoon Studies/Hyperion Books for Children
2009	, adapted by P. Craig Russell	Coraline	HarperCollins Children’s Books	[2]
		Crogan’s Vengeance	Oni Press	[3]
		, Book 1: Kin	Scholastic Graphix
		Rapunzel’s Revenge	Bloomsbury Children’s Books
		Skim	Groundwood Books
2010s
2010	and Jill Thompson	Beasts of Burden	Dark Horse Comics	[4] [5]
		Angora Napkin	IDW Publishing	[6]
			Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Anne Frank House
		Far Arden	Top Shelf Productions
		I Kill Giants	Image Comics
2011		Smile	Scholastic Graphix
		Ghostopolis	Scholastic Graphix	[7]
		Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword	Amulet Books
		Return of the Dapper Men	Archaia Entertainment
			Lee & Low Books
2012		Anya's Ghost	First Second Books
		Around the World	Candlewick Press	[8]
		Level Up	First Second Books
	, Fernando Ruiz, Pat Kennedy & Tim Kennedy, Norm Breyfogle, et al.	Life With Archie	Archie Comics
		Mystic	Marvel Comics
2013	, adapted by Hope Larson		Farrar, Straus and Giroux
		Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens	KaBOOM!	[9]
		Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller	Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney Hyperion
		Ichiro	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
	, et al.	Spera, vol. 1	Archaia Entertainment
2014		Battling Boy	First Second Books	[10]
		Bluffton: My Summers with Buster	Candlewick Press
		Boxers and Saints	First Second Books
		Dogs of War	Scholastic Graphix
		March, Book One	Top Shelf Productions/IDW Publishing
		Templar	First Second Books
2015	, Grace Ellis, ND Stevenson, and Brooke A. Allen	Lumberjanes	Boom! Box
		Doomboy	Magnetic Press	[11]
			Scholastic Graphix
		Meteor Men	Oni Press
			First Second Books
			First Second Books
2016		SuperMutant Magic Academy	Drawn & Quarterly	[12]
		Awkward	Yen Press
		Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
		March, Book Two
		Moose	Conundrum Press
		Oyster War	Oni Press
2017	and Erica Henderson		Marvel Comics
		Bad Machinery, vol. 5: The Case of the Fire Inside	Oni Press
		Batgirl	DC Comics
		Jughead	Archie Comics
		Monstress	Image Comics
		Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars	Papercutz/Super Genius
2018	and Sana Takeda	Monstress	Image Comics
			First Second Books/Tonko House	[13]
		Jane	Archaia Entertainment
		Louis Undercover	Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
		Spinning	First Second Books
2019			First Second Books	[14]
		All Summer Long	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	[15]
		Gumballs	Top Shelf Productions/IDW Publishing
		Middlewest	Image Comics
		Norroway, Book 1: The Black Bull of Norroway	Image Comics
		Watersnakes	Magnetic Press/Lion Forge Comics
2020s
2020	and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell	Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me	First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers	[16]
		Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass	DC Comics	[17]
		Hot Combs	Drawn & Quarterly
		Kiss Number 8	First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers
		Penny Nichols	Top Shelf Productions
2021		Dragon Hoops	First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers	[18]
		Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones	First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers	[19]
		Displacement	First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers
		Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence	Oni Press
			First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers
		When Stars Are Scattered	Dial Books
2022			Kokila/Penguin Random House	[20]
	and Ariela Kristantina	Adora and the Distance	ComiXology
	and Raúl the Third	Clockwork Curandera, vol. 1: The Witch Owl Parliament	Tu Books/Lee & Low Books
	and Humberto Ramos	Strange Academy	Marvel Comics
	and Michael Dialynas	Wynd	Boom! Box

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008-07-26 . Your 2008 Eisner Award Winners . 2023-04-09 . The Comics Reporter . 2022-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221207054318/https://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/your_2008_eisner_award_winners/ . live .
2. News: 2009-07-26 . 2009 Eisner Award Winners, ICV2 . ICv2 . 2023-04-09 . 2023-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326042116/https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/15455/2009-eisner-award-winners . live .
3. News: 2009-04-07 . Eisner Nominations Released . ICv2 . 2023-04-09 . 2023-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230325103734/https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/14697/eisner-nominations-released . live .
4. News: Lamar . Cyriaque . 2010-07-24 . The 2010 Eisner Award winners include Ed Brubaker, Batwoman illustrator J.H. Williams III, IO9 . Gizmodo . 2023-04-09 . 2021-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210422140845/https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-2010-eisner-award-winners-include-ed-brubaker-batw-5595542 . live .
5. Web site: 2012-12-02 . 2010-Present . 2023-04-10 . Comic-Con International: San Diego . en . 2014-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140213024118/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present . live .
6. Web site: MacDonald . Heidi . 2010-04-08 . Syndicated Comics . 2023-04-10 . The Beat . en-US . 2023-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407155835/https://www.comicsbeat.com/2010-eisner-award-nominations-announced/ . live .
7. Web site: Mandelo . Lee . 2011-04-11 . Presenting the Eisner Award Nominees for 2011 . 2023-04-10 . . en-US . 2023-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326063838/https://www.tor.com/2011/04/11/presenting-the-eisner-award-nominees-for-2011/ . live .
8. Web site: 2012-04-04 . Nominees Announced For 2012 Eisner Awards . 2023-04-10 . CBR . en . 2019-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190117122300/https://www.cbr.com/nominees-announced-for-2012-eisner-awards/ . live .
9. Web site: 2013-04-16 . 2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced . 2023-04-10 . CBR . en . 2016-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161024224455/https://www.cbr.com/2013-eisner-award-nominees-announced/ . live .
10. Web site: Wheeler . Andrew . 2014-07-26 . 2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees . 2023-04-10 . ComicsAlliance . en . 2020-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200905050508/https://comicsalliance.com/2014-eisner-awards-full-list-of-winners-and-nominees/ . live .
11. Web site: Asselin . Janelle . 2015-04-22 . 2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced . 2023-04-10 . ComicsAlliance . en . 2022-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203014611/https://comicsalliance.com/2015-eisner-award-nominations/ . live .
12. Web site: Brown . Luke . 2016-07-23 . 28th Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners and Nominees . 2023-04-10 . ComicsAlliance . en . 2022-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221013024855/https://comicsalliance.com/eisner-winners-2016/ . live .
13. Web site: Ridgely . Charlie . 2018-04-26 . Complete List of 2018 Eisner Award Nominees Announced . 2023-04-10 . Comics . en . 2021-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210609220127/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/2018-eisner-award-nominations-announced/ . live .
14. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . 2019-07-20 . Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List . 2023-04-10 . . en-US . 2023-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230227104839/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/2019-eisner-awards-complete-winners-list-1225835/ . live .
15. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . 2019-04-26 . Eisner Award Nominees Revealed . 2023-04-10 . . en-US . 2021-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726051950/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2019-eisner-nominees-complete-list-1205156/ . live .
16. Web site: Grunenwald . Joe . 2020-07-25 . Syndicated Comics . 2023-04-10 . The Beat . en-US . 2022-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403123803/https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-20-eisner-award-winners-2020/ . live .
17. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . 2020-06-04 . 2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List . 2023-04-10 . . en-US . 2023-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230103024421/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/2020-eisner-nominees-complete-list-1297196/ . live .
18. Web site: Grunenwald . Joe . 2021-07-24 . Syndicated Comics . 2023-04-10 . The Beat . en-US . 2022-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220103150729/https://www.comicsbeat.com/comicconhome-21-the-2021-eisner-award-winners/ . live .
19. Web site: Perry . Spencer . 2021-06-09 . 2021 Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Image and Fantagraphics Lead With Most Nominations . 2023-04-10 . Comics . en . 2023-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326063835/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/2021-eisner-award-nominees-revealed-image-comics/ . live .
20. Web site: Chiu-Tabet . Christopher . 2022-07-23 . 2022 Eisner Award Winners Announced . 2023-04-10 . Multiversity Comics . en . 2022-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221210140241/http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/2022-eisner-winners/ . live .