Comic-Con International has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2012.

Dark Horse Comics has 11 nominations, including two each for the anthology Dark Horse Presents, Jeff Jensen’s Green River Killer, and Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo.

The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from nursery rhymes and World War II battles to high school angst and pulp fiction.

Named for acclaimed comics creator Will Eisner, the awards are in their twenty-fourth year of highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels.

Eisner Awards Nominees 2012

Best Short Story

• “The Speaker,” by Brandon Graham, in Dark Horse Presents #7

Best Continuing Series

• Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai

Best Anthology

• Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson

Best Humor Publication

• The Art of Doug Sneyd: A Collection of Playboy Cartoons
• Chimichanga, by Eric Powell
• Milk & Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad, by Evan Dorkin

Best Reality-Based Work 

• Green River Killer: A True Detective Story, by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

• The Manara Library, vol. 1: Indian Summer and Other Stories, by Milo Manara with Hugo Pratt

Best Writer

• Jeff Jensen, Green River Killer: A True Detective Story

Best Lettering

• Tom Orzechowski, Manara Library, with L. Lois Buhalis
• Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo

Ballots with this year’s nominees will be going out in mid-April to comics creators, editors, publishers, and retailers. A downloadable PDF of the ballot is available online, and a special website has been set up for online voting: www.eisnervote.com. The results in all categories will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 13, at Comic-Con International.

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