Eisner Award Winners

Alan Moore

Actors & Actresses, TV Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, Artists, Authors

Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He...

Al Capp

Artists, TV Actors & Actresses, Actors & Actresses, Authors

Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner. He also...

Carl Barks

Authors

Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was an American Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck...

Hergé

Authors, Actors & Actresses

Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. "Hergé" is the French pronunciation of "RG",...

Jack Kirby

Actors & Actresses

Jacob Kurtzberg , better known by the pen name Jack Kirby, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor widely recognized as one of the most influential,...

Neil Gaiman

Authors, Musical Artists, Actors & Actresses

Neil Richard Gaiman is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. His notable works include...

Stan Lee

Authors, TV Actors & Actresses, Actors & Actresses

Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. With several artist co-creators, most notably...

Steve Ditko

Authors

Stephen J. "Steve" Ditko (born November 2, 1927) is an American comic book artist and writer best known as the co-creator of the Marvel Comics heroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. He was...

Will Eisner

Actors & Actresses, Authors

William Erwin Eisner was an acclaimed American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the...

Charles M. Schulz

Authors

Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts comic strip. Charles Monroe Schulz was born in Minneapolis...

René Goscinny

Musical Artists, Authors

René Goscinny (14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic book Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and...

Floyd Gottfredson

Authors

Arthur Floyd Gottfredson (May 5, 1905—July 22, 1986) was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip. He has probably had the same impact on the...

Gardner Fox

Authors

Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911, Brooklyn, New York – December 24, 1986) was an American writer best known for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. Comic-book...

Albert Uderzo

Authors

Albert Uderzo (born 25 April 1927) is a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. He is best known for his work on the Astérix series, but also drew other comics such as Oumpah-pah, also...

Robert Crumb

Authors, Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists

Robert Dennis Crumb , often credited simply as R. Crumb, is an American artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical,...

William Moulton Marston

Authors

Dr. William Moulton Marston (May 9, 1893 – May 2, 1947), also known by the pen name Charles Moulton, was an American psychologist, feminist theorist, inventor and comic book writer who...

William Gaines

Actors & Actresses

William Maxwell Gaines , was the publisher and co-editor of EC Comics, and publisher of Mad for over 40 years. Following a...

Joe Shuster

Authors

Joseph "Joe" Shuster (July 10, 1914 - July 30, 1992) was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, first...

Bill Finger

Authors

William "Bill" Finger (February 8, 1914 – January 18, 1974) was an American comic strip and comic book writer best known as the uncredited co-creator, with Bob Kane, of the DC Comics...

Jean Giraud

Authors

Jean Henri Gaston Giraud is a French comics artist. Giraud has earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Moebius, and to a lesser extent...

Hugo Pratt

Authors, Actors & Actresses

Hugo Eugenio Pratt (June 15, 1927 – August 20, 1995) was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as...

George Herriman

Artists, Authors

George Joseph Herriman (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist, best known for his classic comic strip Krazy Kat. George Herriman was born in a light-skinned, Creole...

Walt Kelly

TV Actors & Actresses

Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr. (August 25, 1913–October 18, 1973), better known as Walt Kelly, was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the classic funny animal comic strip, Pogo...

Art Spiegelman

Authors

Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel memoir, Maus. Spiegelman was...