BEST SHORT STORY
- “The Kelpie,” by Becky Cloonan, in Four Gathered on Christmas Eve (Dark Horse)
BEST SINGLE ISSUE/ONE-SHOT
- Nightwing #105, by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC)
BEST CONTINUING SERIES
- Transformers, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image Skybound)
BEST LIMITED SERIES
- PeePee PooPoo, by Caroline Cash (Silver Sprocket)
BEST NEW SERIES
- Somna: A Bedtime Story, by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay (DSTLRY)
BEST PUBLICATION FOR EARLY READERS
- Bigfoot and Nessie: The Art of Getting Noticed, by Chelsea M. Campbell and Laura Knetzger (Penguin Workshop/Penguin Random House)
BEST PUBLICATION FOR KIDS
- Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir, by Pedro Martín (Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin Young Readers)
BEST PUBLICATION FOR TEENS
- Danger and Other Unknown Risks, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Penguin Workshop/Penguin Random House)
BEST HUMOR PUBLICATION
- It’s Jeff: The Jeff-Verse #1, by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru (Marvel)
BEST ANTHOLOGY
- Comics for Ukraine, edited by Scott Dunbier (Zoop)
BEST REALITY-BASED WORK
- Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy, by Bill Griffith (Abrams ComicArts)
BEST GRAPHIC MEMOIR
- Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam, by Thien Pham (First Second/Macmillan)
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM – NEW
- Roaming, by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM – REPRINT
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- Hip Hop Family Tree: The Omnibus, by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
- Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons, by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott (DC)
BEST ADAPTATION FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM
- Watership Down, by Richard Adams, adapted by James Sturm and Joe Sutphin (Ten Speed Graphic)
BEST U.S. EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL
- Blacksad, Vol 7: They All Fall Down, Part 2, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, translation by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander(Europe Comics)
BEST U.S. EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL – ASIA
- My Picture Diary, by Fujiwara Maki, translation by Ryan Holmberg (Drawn & Quarterly)
BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT – STRIPS
- Dauntless Dames: High-Heeled Heroes of the Comic Strips, edited by Peter Maresca and Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics)
BEST ARCHIVAL COLLECTION/PROJECT – COMIC BOOKS
- All-Negro Comics 75th Anniversary Edition, edited by Chris Robinson (Very GOOD Books)
BEST WRITER
- Mariko Tamaki, Roaming (Drawn & Quarterly)
BEST WRITER/ARTIST
- Daniel Warren Johnson, Transformers (Image Skybound)
BEST PENCILLER/INKER OR PENCILLER/INKER TEAM
- Jillian Tamaki, Roaming (Drawn & Quarterly)
BEST PAINTER/MULTIMEDIA ARTIST (INTERIOR ART)
- Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters: Her Little Reapers (Abrams ComicArts); Monstress (Image)
BEST COVER ARTIST
- Peach Momoko, Demon Wars: Scarlet Sin, various alternate covers (Marvel)
BEST COLORING
- Jordie Bellaire, Batman, Birds of Prey (DC); Dark Spaces: Hollywood Special (IDW)
BEST LETTERING
- Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber, The Witcher: Wild Animals, and others(Dark Horse); Batman: City of Madness, The Flash, Poison Ivy, and others (DC); Black Cat Social Club (Humanoids); Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees (IDW); The Cull, What’s the Furthest Place from Here? (Image); and others
BEST COMICS-RELATED PERIODICAL/JOURNALISM
- The Comics Journal #309; edited by Gary Groth, Kristy Valenti, and Austin English (Fantagraphics)
BEST COMICS-RELATED BOOK
- I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future, by Michael Molcher (Rebellion)
BEST ACADEMIC/SCHOLARLY WORK
- The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men, by J. Andrew Deman (University of Texas Press)
BEST PUBLICATION DESIGN
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein boxed set, designed by Mike Kennedy (Magnetic)
BEST WEBCOMIC
- Lore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe (WEBTOON)
BEST DIGITAL COMIC
- Friday, by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin, vols. 7–8 (Panel Syndicate)
VOTERS CHOICE HALL OF FAME
- Klaus Janson
- Jim Lee
- Mike Mignola
- Jill Thompson
2024 WILL EISNER SPIRIT OF COMICS RETAILER AWARD
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