The winners of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced Friday night 27 July 2007 at the San Diego ComicCon. The winners are:
Best Short Story: “A Frog’s Eye View” by Bill Willingham and James Jean (which appeared in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, published by Vertigo/DC)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot): Batman/The Spirit #1: “Crime Convention” by Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke (DC)
Best Continuing Series: All Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC)
Best Limited Series: Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope (DC)
Best New Series: Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
Best Title for a Younger Audience: Gumby by Bob Burden and Rick Geary (Wildcard)
Best Humor Publication: Flaming Carrot Comics by Bob Burden (Desperado/Image)
Best Anthology: Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham and various(Vertigo/DC)
Best Digital Comic: Sam and Max by Steve Purcell
Best Reality-Based Work: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
Best Graphic Album—New: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint: Absolute DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke (DC)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: The Complete Peanuts, 1959-1960, 1961-1962 by Charles Schulz (Fantagraphics)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: Absolute Sandman Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman and various (Vertigo/DC)
Best US Edition of International Material: The Left Bank Gang by Jason (Fantagraphics)
Best US Edition of International Material—Japan: Old Boy by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi (Dark Horse Manga)
Best Writer: Ed Brubaker for Captain America and Daredevil (Marvel) and Criminal (Marvel Icon)
Best Writer/Artist: Paul Pope for Batman: Year 100 (DC)
Best Writer/Artist—Humor: Tony Millionaire for Billy Hazelnuts(Fantagraphics) and Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident (Dark Horse)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: Mark Buckingham/Steve Leialoha for Fables (Vertigo/DC)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art): Jill Thompson for “A Dog and His Boy” in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters; “Love Triangle” in Sexy Chix (Dark Horse), and “Fair Division,” in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
Best Cover Artist: James Jean for Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)
Best Coloring: Dave Stewart for BPRD, Conan, The Escapists, and Hellboy (Dark Horse); and Action Comics, Batman/The Spirit, and Superman (DC)
Best Lettering: Todd Klein for Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, Pride of Baghdad, and Testament (Vertigo/DC); Fantastic Four: 1602 and Eternals (Marvel); and Lost Girls (Top Shelf)
Special Recognition: Hope Larson for Gray Horses (Oni)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: Alter Ego edited by Roy Thomas(TwoMorrows)
Best Comics-Related Book: The Art of Brian Bolland edited by Joe Pruett(Desperado/Image)
Best Publication Design: Absolute DC: The New Frontier designed by Darwyn Cooke (DC)
Hall of Fame Judges’ Choices (2): Robert Kanigher and Ogden Whitney
     Ross Andru & Mike Esposito
     Dick Ayers
     Wayne Boring
     Joe Orlando
Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comics Writing: Gardner Fox, George Gladir
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: David Petersen
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Neil Gaiman
Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailing Award: Earth-2, Sherman Oaks, CA, owned by Carr D’Angelo
The original nominees announcement was published in this article.