The nominees for the 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. There are 28 categories plus the Hall of Fame (to which four people are named: Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Jackson, Martin Nodell, and Lynd Ward).
The nominees were chosen by a panel of judges, this year including John Berry (comics promoter), Ned Cato, Jr. (a member of the Comic-Con International Board of Directors), Karen Green (Columbia University’s Graphic Novels Librarian), Andrew Helfer (comics editor), Rich Johnson (comics industry writer and bookseller), and Chris Powell (General Manager of Lone Star Comics).
Ballots will be going out in mid-April to comics creators, editors, publishers, and retailers. In addition, a downloadable pdf of the ballot will be available online.
All the winners will be announced during an awards ceremony at the San Diego Comic-Con on Friday 22 July.
The full list of nominees is available on this page. For more information about the Eisner Awards, see this page.