| Year
|
Title
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Authors
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Result
|
Ref.
|
| 1990s
|
| 1993
|
"Two Cities" in Xenozoic Tales #12 (Kitchen Sink Press)
|
Mark Schultz
|
Winner
|
[2]
|
| "The Artist's Life" in Eightball #9 (Fantagraphics)
|
Dan Clowes
|
Nominee
|
[2]
|
| "Hippie Bitch Gets Laid" in Naughty Bits #6 (Fantagraphics)
|
Roberta Gregory
|
| "The Nemesis of Neglect" chapter of "From Hell" in Taboo #6 (Spiderbaby Graphix/Tundra Publishing)
|
Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
|
| "Escape #2 The Dry Creek Bed" chapter of Through the Habitrails in Taboo #7 (Spiderbaby Graphix/Tundra Publishing)
|
Jeff Nicholson
|
| "Frank in the River" in Tantalizing Stores Presents Frank in The River (Tundra Publishing)
|
Jim Woodring
|
| 1994
|
"The Amazing Colossal Homer" in Simpsons Comics #1 (Bongo Comics)
|
Steve Vance, Cindy Vance, and Bill Morrison
|
Winner
|
[3]
|
| "Big Man" in Rubber Blanket #3 (Rubber Blanket Press)
|
David Mazzucchelli
|
Nominee
|
[3]
|
| "I Strive for Realism" in Concrete Eclectica #2 (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Paul Chadwick
|
| "The Origin of Dan Pussey" in Eightball #12 (Fantagraphics)
|
Dan Clowes
|
| "Tainted Love" in Vertigo Jam (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
|
| 1995
|
"The Babe Wore Red" in Sin City: The Babe Wore Red and Other Stories (Dark Horse Comics/Legend Comics)
|
Frank Miller
|
Winner
|
[4]
|
| "The Hannah Story" in Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 2 #2 (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Carol Tyler
|
Nominee
|
[4]
|
| "Laughter After Midnight" in The Batman Adventures Annual #1 (DC Comics)
|
Paul Dini and John Byrne
|
| "The Lot" in Vertigo Rave (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
John Ney Rieber and Gary Amaro
|
| "The Virgin" in Wild Life #1 (Fantagraphics)
|
Peter Kuper
|
| "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale" in Negative Burn #11 (Caliber Press)
|
based on a story by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Joe Pruett and Ken Meyer Jr.
|
| 1996
|
"The Eltingville Comic-Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Role-Playing Club in Bring Me the Head of Boba Fett" in Instant Piano #3 (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Evan Dorkin
|
Winner
|
[5]
|
| "Caricature" in Eightball #15 (Fantagraphics)
|
Dan Clowes
|
Nominee
|
[5]
|
| "Horsing Around with History" in Uncle Scrooge Adventures #33 (Gladstone Publishing)
|
Carl Barks and William Van Horn
|
| "Jimmy Corrigan" in BLAB! #8 (Kitchen Sink Press)
|
Chris Ware
|
| "Klingon Battle Helmet" in Confessions of a Cereal Eater (NBM Publishing)
|
Rob Maisch and Scott Hampton
|
| "Pink Frosting" in Optic Nerve #2 (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Adrian Tomine
|
| 1997
|
"Heroes" in Batman Black and White #4 (DC Comics)
|
Archie Goodwin and Gary Gianni
|
Winner
|
[6]
|
| "Gentlemanhog" in Frank #1 (Fantagraphics)
|
Jim Woodring
|
Nominee
|
[6]
|
| "Joy Ride" in Joy Ride and Other Stories (Kitchen Sink Press)
|
Carol Lay
|
| "The Nearness of You" in Wizard Presents Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 #1/2 (Homage Comics/Wizard Press)
|
Kurt Busiek
|
| "Oracle — Year One: Born of Hope" in The Batman Chronicles #5 (DC Comics)
|
John Ostrander, Kim Yale, Brian Stelfreeze, and Karl Story
|
| "Perpetual Mourning" in Batman Black and White #1 (DC Comics)
|
Ted McKeever
|
| 1998
|
"The Eltingville Comic-Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Role-Playing Club In: The Marathon Men" in Dork! #4 (Slave Labor Graphics)
|
Evan Dorkin
|
Winner
|
[7]
|
| "A Matter of Some Gravity" in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #610 (Gladstone Publishing)
|
Don Rosa
|
Nominee
|
[7]
|
| "The New European" in Vampirella/Dracula: The Centennial (Harris Publications)
|
Alan Moore, Gary Frank, and Cam Smith
|
| "Penny Century" in Penny Century #1 (Fantagraphics)
|
Jaime Hernandez
|
| "The Willow Warriors" in Weird War Tales #1 (DC Comics)
|
Ian Edginton and Eric Shanower
|
| "Wrong Turn" in Sin City: Sex & Violence (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Frank Miller
|
| 1999
|
"Devil's Advocate" in Grendel: Black, White, and Red #1 (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Matt Wagner and Tim Sale
|
Winner
|
[8]
|
| "Electric China Death" in Gangland #4 (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
|
Richard Bruning and Mark Chiarello
|
Nominee
|
[8]
|
| "The Illustrative Man" in Treehouse of Horror #4 (Bongo Comics)
|
Batton Lash, Julius Priete and Tim Bavington
|
| "Invincible Man and Nifty Boy" in Flaming Carrot's Greatest Hits vol. 3 (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Bob Burden
|
| "Whhyyyyyy? (Oh God Why?)" in The 3 Geeks #4 (3 Finger Prints)
|
Rich Koslowski
|
| 2000s
|
| 2000
|
"Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC Comics)
|
Kyle Baker and Elizabeth Glass
|
Winner
|
[9]
|
| "Bye-Bye, Muffy" in Naughty Bits #28 (Fantagraphics)
|
Roberta Gregory
|
Nominee
|
[9]
|
| "Cluttered Like My Head" in Dork! #7 (Slave Labor Graphics)
|
Evan Dorkin
|
| "How Things Work Out (Greyshirt)" in Tomorrow Stories #2 (America's Best Comics)
|
Alan Moore and Rick Veitch
|
| "Margolis" in Jetlag (Actus Tragicus)
|
Etgar Keret and Yirmi Pinkus
|
| "Orange Glow" in Dark Horse Presents Annual 1999 (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Paul Chadwick
|
| "The Unbearableness of Being Light (Jack B. Quick)" in Tomorrow Stories #2 (America's Best Comics)
|
Alan Moore and Kevin Nowlan
|
| 2001
|
"The Gorilla Suit" in Streetwise (TwoMorrows Publishing)
|
Sergio Aragonés
|
Winner
|
[10]
|
| "The Fisherman and the Sea Princess" in Little Lit (HarperCollins)
|
David Mazzucchelli
|
Nominee
|
[10]
|
| "Monsieur Jean" in Drawn & Quarterly vol. 3 (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian
|
| "A Prayer to the Sun" in Weird War Tales Special (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
Edvin Biuković and Darko Macan
|
| "Prince Rooster" in Little Lit (HarperCollins)
|
Art Spiegelman
|
| 2002
|
"The Eltingville Club in 'The Intervention'" in Dork! #9 (Slave Labor Graphics)
|
Evan Dorkin
|
Winner
|
[11]
|
| "The Adventures of Hergé" in Drawn & Quarterly vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Jose-Louis Bocquet, Jean-Luc Fromental, and Stanislas Barthélémy
|
Nominee
|
[11]
|
| "His Story" in Bento #1 and Pictures That Tick (Hourglass Studios/Allen Spiegel Fine Arts)
|
Dave McKean
|
| "Me and Edith Head" in Cicada vol. 4 no. 1 (Carus Publishing)
|
Sara Ryan and Steve Lieber
|
| "Oh To Celebrate" in Drawn & Quarterly vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Miriam Katin
|
| "The Willful Death of a Stereotype" in Expo 2001 (The Expo)
|
Chris Staros and Bo Hampton
|
| 2003
|
"The Magician and the Snake" in Dark Horse Maverick: Happy Endings (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Katie Mignola and Mike Mignola
|
Winner
|
[12]
|
| "Between Two Worlds: The Strange and Sad Story of Erich Wolfgang Korngold" in The Comics Journal Summer Special 2002 (Fantagraphics)
|
P. Craig Russell
|
Nominee
|
[12]
|
| "Green Tea" in Orchid (Sparkplug Comics)
|
Sheridan Le Fanu, adapted by Kevin Huizenga
|
| "Untitled (first story in book)" in Sshhhh! (Fantagraphics)
|
Jason
|
| "Telekinetic" in Bipolar #3 (Alternative Comics)
|
Tomer Hanuka
|
| 2004
|
"Death" in The Sandman: Endless Nights (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell
|
Winner
|
[13]
|
| "It Was a Dark and Silly Night . . ." in Little Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Night (HarperCollins)
|
Lemony Snicket and Richard Sala
|
Nominee
|
[13]
|
| "It Was a Dark and Silly Night" in Little Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Night (HarperCollins)
|
Carlos Nine
|
| "Monsieur Jean" in Drawn & Quarterly vol. 5 (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian
|
| "Same Difference" in Same Difference and Other Stories (Small Stories)
|
Derek Kirk Kim
|
| "There Are No Flowers in the Real World" in The Matrix Comics (Burlyman Entertainment)
|
David Lapham
|
| 2005
|
"Unfamiliar" in The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson
|
Winner
|
[14]
|
| "Eve O'Twins" in Rosetta 2 (Alternative Comics)
|
Craig Thompson
|
Nominee
|
[14]
|
| "Glenn Ganges: Jeepers Jacobs" in Kramers Ergot 5 (Gingko Press)
|
Kevin Huizenga
|
| "God (story on wrap-around dust jacket)" in McSweeney's Quarterly #13 (McSweeney's)
|
Chris Ware
|
| "The Price" in Creatures of the Night (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Neil Gaiman and Michael Zulli
|
| "Where Monsters Dine" in Common Grounds #5 (Top Cow Productions/Image Comics)
|
Troy Hickman, Angel Medina, and Jon Holdredge
|
| 2006
|
"Teenage Sidekick" in Solo #3 (DC Comics)
|
Paul Pope
|
Winner
|
[15]
|
| "Blood Son" in Doomed #1 (IDW Publishing)
|
Richard Matheson, adapted by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood
|
Nominee
|
[15]
|
| "Monster Slayers" in Flight vol. 2 (Image Comics)
|
Khang Le
|
| "Nameless" in The Goon #14 (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Eric Powell
|
| "Operation (story La Mano)" in The Recidivist #3 (La Mano)
|
Zak Sally
|
| 2007
|
"A Frog's Eye View" in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
Bill Willingham and James Jean
|
Winner
|
[16]
|
| "The Black Knight Glorps Again" in Uncle Scrooge #354 (Gemstone Publishing)
|
Don Rosa
|
Nominee
|
[16]
|
| "Felix" in Drawn & Quarterly Showcase 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Gabrielle Bell
|
| "Old Oak Trees" in Flight vol. 3 (Ballantine Books)
|
Tony Cliff
|
| "Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man" in Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
|
Stan Lee, Olivier Coipel, and Mark Morales
|
| "Willie: Portrait of a Groundskeeper" in Bart Simpsons's Treehouse of Horror #12 (Bongo Comics)
|
Eric Powell
|
| 2008
|
"Mr. Wonderful" in New York Times Sunday Magazine (The New York Times)
|
Dan Clowes
|
Winner
|
[17]
|
| "Book" in New Engineering (PictureBox)
|
Yuichi Yokoyama
|
Nominee
|
[17]
|
| "At Loose Ends" in Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)
|
Lewis Trondheim
|
| "Town of Evening Calm" in Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (Last Gasp)
|
Fumiyo Kōno
|
| "Whatever Happened to Fletcher Hanks?" in I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! (Fantagraphics)
|
Paul Karasik
|
| "Young Americans" in Mome #8 (Fantagraphics)
|
Émile Bravo
|
| 2009
|
"Murder He Wrote" in The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #14 (Bongo Comics)
|
Ian Boothby, Nina Matsumoto, and Andrew Pepoy
|
Winner
|
[18]
|
| "Actual Size" in Kramers Ergot 7 (Buenaventura Press)
|
Chris Ware
|
Nominee
|
[19]
|
| "Chechen War, Chechen Women" in I Live Here (Pantheon Books)
|
Joe Sacco
|
| "Freaks" in Superior Showcase #3 (AdHouse Books)
|
Laura Park
|
| "Glenn Ganges in ‘Pulverize" in Ganges #2 (Fantagraphics)
|
Kevin Huizenga
|
| 2010s
|
| 2010
|
"Urgent Request" in The Eternal Smile (First Second Books)
|
Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim
|
Winner
|
[20][21]
|
| "Because I Love You So Much" in From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics the 3rd Millennium (Fantagraphics/Aben malen)
|
Nikoline Werdelin
|
Nominee
|
[22]
|
| "Gentleman John" in What Is Torch Tiger? (Torch Tiger)
|
Nathan Greno
|
| "How and Why to Bale Hay" in Syncopated (Villard Books)
|
Nick Bertozzi
|
| "Hurricane" in Bob Dylan Revisited (W. W. Norton & Company)
|
interpreted by Gradimir Smudja
|
| 2011
|
"Post Mortem" in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel Comics)
|
Greg Rucka and Michael Lark
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
| "Bart on the Fourth of July" in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo Comics)
|
Peter Kuper
|
Nominee
|
[23]
|
| "Batman in Trick for the Scarecrow" in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (DC Comics)
|
Billy Tucci
|
| "Cinderella" in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image Comics)
|
Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo
|
| "Hamburgers for One" in Popgun vol. 4 (Image Comics)
|
Frank Stockton
|
| "Little Red Riding Hood" in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image Comics)
|
Bryan Talbot and Camilla d'Errico
|
| 2012
|
"The Seventh" in Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition (IDW Publishing)
|
Darwyn Cooke
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
| "A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture" in Optic Nerve #12 (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Adrian Tomine
|
Nominee
|
[24]
|
| "Harvest of Fear" in The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror #17 (Bongo Comics)
|
Jim Woodring
|
| "The Phototaker" in Metal Hurlant vol. 2 (Humanoids Publishing)
|
Guy Davis
|
| "The Speaker" in Dark Horse Presents #7 (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Brandon Graham
|
| 2013
|
"Moon 1969: The True Story of the 1969 Moon Launch" in Tales Designed to Thrizzle#8 (Fantagraphics)
|
Michael Kupperman
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
| "A Birdsong Shatters the Still" in Injury #4 (Ted May/Alternative Comics)
|
Jeff Wilson and Ted May
|
Nominee
|
[25]
|
| "Elmview" in Dockwood (Nobrow Press)
|
Jon McNaught
|
| "Moving Forward" in Monsters Miracles & Mayonnaise (Epigram Books)
|
drewscape
|
| "Rainbow Moment" in Heads or Tails (Fantagraphics)
|
Lilli Carré
|
| 2014
|
"Untitled" in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)
|
Gilbert Hernandez
|
Winner
|
[21][26]
|
| "Go Owls" in Optic Nerve #13 (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Adrian Tomine
|
Nominee
|
[26]
|
| "Mars to Stay" in The Witching Hour (DC Comics)
|
Brett Lewis and Cliff Chiang
|
| "Seaside Home" in Habit #1 (Oily Comics)
|
Josh Simmons
|
| "When Your House Is Burning Down You Should Brush Your Teeth" in The Oatmeal
|
Matthew Inman
|
| 2015
|
"When the Darkness Presses"
|
Emily Carroll
|
Winner
|
[27][21]
|
| "Beginning’s End" in Mutha Magazine
|
Rina Ayuyang
|
Nominee
|
[28]
|
| "Corpse on the Imjin!" in Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Simon & Schuster)
|
Peter Kuper
|
| "Rule Number One" in Batman Black and White #3 (DC Comics)
|
Lee Bermejo
|
| "The Sound of One Hand Clapping" in Adventures of Superman #14 (DC Comics)
|
Max Landis and Jock
|
| 2016
|
"Killing and Dying" in Optic Nerve #14 (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Adrian Tomine
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
| "Black Death in America" in Vertigo Quarterly CMYK #4: Black (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics)
|
Tom King and John Paul Leon
|
Nominee
|
[29]
|
| "Hand Me Down" in 24 x 7 (Fanfare)
|
Kristyna Baczynski
|
| "It’s Going to Be Okay" in The Oatmeal (theoatmeal.com/comics/plane
|
Matthew Inman
|
| "Lion and Mouse" in Fable Comics (First Second Books)
|
R. Sikoryak
|
| 2017
|
"Good Boy" in Batman Annual #1 (DC Comics)
|
Tom King and David Finch
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
| "The Comics Wedding of the Century" in We Told You So: Comics as Art (Fantagraphics)
|
Simon Hanselmann
|
Nominee
|
[30]
|
| "The Dark Nothing" in Uptight #5 (Fantagraphics)
|
Jordan Crane
|
| "Monday" in One Week in The Library (Image Comics)
|
W. Maxwell Prince and John Amor
|
| "Mostly Saturn" in Island #8 (Image Comics)
|
Michael DeForge
|
| "Shrine of the Monkey God!" in Kramers Ergot 9 (Fantagraphics)
|
Kim Deitch
|
| 2018
|
"A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green" in Columbia Magazine, Summer 2017 (Columbia University)
|
Nick Sousanis
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
| "Ethel Byrne" in Mine: A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood (ComicMix)
|
Cecil Castellucci and Scott Chantler
|
Nominee
|
[31]
|
| "Forgotten Princess" in Adventure Time #13 (KaBOOM!)
|
Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Antonio Sandoval
|
| "Small Mistakes Make Big Problems" in Comics for Choice (Hazel Newlevant)
|
Sophia Foster-Dimino
|
| "Trans Plant" in Enough Space for Everyone Else (Bedside Press)
|
Megan Rose Gedris
|
| 2019
|
"The Talk of the Saints" in Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC Comics)
|
Tom King and Jason Fabok
|
Winner
|
[21][32]
|
| "Get Naked in Barcelona" in Get Naked (Image Comics)
|
Steven T. Seagle and Emei Olivia Burrell
|
Nominee
|
[32]
|
| "The Ghastlygun Tinies" in Mad #4 (DC Comics)
|
Matt Cohen and Marc Palm
|
| "Here I Am" in I Feel Machine (SelfMadeHero)
|
Shaun Tan
|
| "Life During Interesting Times" in The Nib
|
Mike Dawson
|
| "Supply Chains" in Coin-Op #7 (Coin-Op Books)
|
Peter Hoey and Maria Hoey
|
| 2020s
|
| 2020
|
"Hot Comb" in Hot Comb (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Ebony Flowers
|
Winner
|
[21][33]
|
| "How to Draw a Horse" in The New Yorker
|
Emma Hunsinger
|
Nominee
|
[33][34]
|
| "The Menopause" in The Believer
|
Mira Jacob
|
| "Who Gets Called an ‘Unfit’ Mother?" in The Nib
|
Miriam Libicki
|
| "You’re Not Going to Believe What I’m About to Tell You" in The Oatmeal
|
Matthew Inman
|
| 2021
|
"When the Menopausal Carnival Comes to Town" in Menopause: A Comic Treatment (Graphic Medicine/Penn State University Press)
|
Mimi Pond
|
Winner
|
[35]
|
| "Garden Boys" in Now #8 (Fantagraphics)
|
Henry McCausland
|
Nominee
|
[35][36]
|
| "I Needed the Discounts" in The New York Times
|
Connor Willumsen
|
| "Parts of Us" in Elements: Earth A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color (Ascend Press)
|
Chan Chau
|
| "Rookie" in Detective Comics #1027 (DC Comics)
|
Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso
|
| "Soft Lead"
|
Chan Chau
|
| 2022
|
"Funeral in Foam" in You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife (Iron Circus)
|
Casey Gilly and Raina Telgemeier
|
Winner
|
[37]
|
| "Generations" in Superman: Red and Blue #5 (DC Comics)
|
Daniel Warren Johnson
|
Nominee
|
[37]
|
| "I Wanna Be a Slob" in Too Tough to Die (Birdcage Bottom Books)
|
Steven Arnold and Michael Kamison
|
| "Tap, Tap, Tap" in Green Arrow 80th Anniversary (DC Comics)
|
Larry O'Neil and Jorge Fornés
|
| "Trickster, Traitor, Dummy, Doll" in The Nib Vol 9: Secrets (The Nib)
|
Triple Dream (Mel Hilario, Katie Longua, and Lauren Davis)
|
| 2023
|
“Finding Batman” in DC Pride 2022 (DC Comics)
|
Kevin Conroy and J. Bone
|
Winner
|
[38]
|
| "Good Morning," in Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood #4 (Marvel)
|
Christopher Cantwell and Alex Lins
|
Nominee
|
| “The Beekeeper’s Due" in Scott Snyder Presents: Tales from the Cloakroom (Cloakroom Comics)
|
Jimmy Stamp and Débora Santos
|
| “Silent All These Years,” in Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes (Z2)
|
Margaret Atwood and David Mack
|
| “You Get It,” in Amazing Fantasy #1000 (Marvel)
|
Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto
|
