今年はコロナ禍でオンライン開催となったアメリカ最大のコミックコンベンション、
サンディエゴコミックコンベンション(SDCC)。
そしてそこで発表されるのが、アメリカのコミック業界で優れた作品やクリエイターに与えられる
アイズナー賞(Eisner Award)でございます。コミック界のアカデミー賞みたいなもんです。
今年はノミネート作発表時はつまみ食いだったので。
(ノミネートはコミコンサイトからのコピペ(ごめんよ)、受賞作は太字に)
Best Short Story 短編ストーリー。
黒人女性が成長とともに体験していくエピソードを描いた「Hot Comb」が受賞。
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
1冊完結のエピソード。
- Coin-Op No. 8: Infatuation, by Peter and Maria Hoey (Coin-Op Books)
- The Freak, by Matt Lesniewski (AdHouse)
- Minotäar, by Lissa Treiman (Shortbox)
- Our Favorite Thing Is My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
- Sobek, by James Stokoe (Shortbox)
フリーコミックブックデイに配布された「My Favorite Thing Is Monsters」短編が受賞。
Best Continuing Series
続き物シリーズ単位でのノミネート。
- Bitter Root, by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene (Image)
- Criminal, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
- Crowded, by Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt (Image)
- Daredevil, by Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto (Marvel)
- The Dreaming, by Simon Spurrier, Bilquis Evely et al. (DC)
- Immortal Hulk, by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and Ruy José et al. (Marvel)
マーベル/DCのヒーロー作品を抑えて、Imageのモンスターハンター一家の物語「Bitter Root」が受賞。
Best Limited Series
数話完結のミニシリーズ作品。
- Ascender, by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen (Image)
- Ghost Tree, by Bobby Curnow and Simon Gane (IDW)
- Little Bird by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (Image)
- Naomi by Brian Michael Bendis, David Walker, and Jamal Campbell (DC)
- Sentient, by Jeff Lemire and Gabriel Walta (TKO)
アメリカ帝国と闘うレジスタンスの物語「Little Bird」が受賞。
Best New Series
この1年で新しく始まったシリーズ。
- Doctor Doom, by Christopher Cantwell and Salvador Larocca (Marvel)
- Invisible Kingdom, by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
- Once & Future, by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)
- Something Is Killing the Children, by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (BOOM! Studios)
- Undiscovered Country, by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Daniele Orlandini (Image)
G.ウィロー・ウィルソン(「Ms.マーベル」)の新作「Invisible Kingdom」が受賞。
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)
8歳までの幼児向け。日本で言えば幼児誌範囲かな。
- Comics: Easy as ABC, by Ivan Brunetti (TOON)
- Kitten Construction Company: A Bridge Too Fur, by John Patrick Green (First Second/Macmillan)
- The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books)
- A Trip to the Top of the Volcano with Mouse, by Frank Viva (TOON)
- ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market, by Raúl the Third (Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Who Wet My Pants? by Bob Shea and Zachariah Ohora (Little, Brown)
子ども向けのコミックの描き方入門が受賞。
Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)
少年向け。日本で言えばコロコロの範囲かな?
- Akissi: More Tales of Mischief, by Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin (Flying Eye/Nobrow)
- Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls, by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic Graphix)
- Guts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
- New Kid, by Jerry Craft (Quill Tree/HarperCollins)
- This Was Our Pact, by Ryan Andrews (First Second/Macmillan)
- The Wolf in Underpants, by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoïz, and Paul Cauuet (Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group)
成長を描いた物語「Guts」が受賞。
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
10代向け作品。日本だと少年誌範囲になるのかな。
- Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass, by Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh (DC)
- Hot Comb, by Ebony Flowers (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Kiss Number 8, by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw (First Second/Macmillan)
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (First Second/Macmillan)
- Penny Nichols, by MK Reed, Greg Means, and Matt Wiegle (Top Shelf)
マリコ・タマキ作品2つがノミネートされる中、少女同士の恋愛を描いた「Laura Dean~」が受賞。
Best Humor Publication ギャグ要素が強い作品の賞。
- Anatomy of Authors, by Dave Kellett (SheldonComics.com)
- Death Wins a Goldfish, by Brian Rea (Chronicle Books)
- Minotäar, by Lissa Treiman (Shortbox)
- Sobek, by James Stokoe (Shortbox)
- The Way of the Househusband, vol. 1, by Kousuke Oono, translation by Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)(おおのこうすけ「極主夫道」)
- Wondermark: Friends You Can Ride On, by David Malki (Wondermark)
ドラマ化も決定の「極主夫道」英訳版が受賞(ノミネートに気づかず見逃してました、不覚)。
Best Anthology
アンソロジー形式のコミック。
- ABC of Typography, by David Rault, translation by Edward Gauvin (SelfMade Hero)
- Baltic Comics Anthology š! #34-37, edited by David Schilter, Sanita Muižniece et al. (kuš!)
- Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival, edited by Diane Noomin (Abrams)
- Kramer’s Ergot #10, edited by Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics)
- The Nib #2–4, edited by Matt Bors (Nib)
女性漫画家60人による性暴力やハラスメント被害についてのノンフィクションコミック集が受賞。
Best Reality-Based Work
実話をベースにしたコミック。
- Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, by Mira Jacob (One World/Random House)
- Grass, by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translation by Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos, by Lucy Knisley (First Second/Macmillan)
- Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight, by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (Hill & Wang)
- My Solo Exchange Diary, vol. 2 (sequel to My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness), by Nagata Kabi, translation by Jocelyne Allen (Seven Seas)(永田カビ「一人交換日記2」)
- They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker (Top Shelf)
ジョージ・タケイ(スタートレックのスールー)の日系人収容所体験のコミカライズが受賞。
Best Graphic Album―New
グラフィックノベル新刊部門。
- Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (First Second/Macmillan)
- Bezimena, by Nina Bunjevac (Fantagraphics)
- BTTM FDRS, by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore (Fantagraphics)
- Life on the Moon, by Robert Grossman (Yoe Books/IDW)
- New World, by David Jesus Vignolli (Archaia/BOOM!)
- Reincarnation Stories, by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)
二人の女性の友情、哀しみ、そして癒しの物語「Are You Listening?」が受賞。
Best Graphic Album―Reprint
ハードカバー本の賞(復刊)
- Bad Weekend by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
- Clyde Fans, by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Cover, vol. 1, by Brian Michael Bendis and David Mack (DC/Jinxworld)
- Glenn Ganges: The River at Night, by Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)
- LaGuardia, by Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
- Rusty Brown, by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
エイリアンが移民してきた世界、一人の妊婦を中心とした物語「LaGuardia」のハードカバー版が受賞。
Best Adaptation from Another Medium
コミカライズ作品の賞。
- Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made, by Josh Frank, Tim Hedecker, and Manuela Pertega (Quirk Books)
- The Giver, by Lois Lowry, adapted by P. Craig Russell, (HMH Books for Young Readers)
- The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel, by Margaret Atwood, adapted by Renee Nault (Nan A. Talese)
- HP Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, vols. 1–2, adapted by Gou Tanabe, translation by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse Manga)(田辺剛「狂気の山脈にて」)
- The Seventh Voyage, by Stanislaw Lem, adapted by Jon J Muth, translation by Michael Kandel (Scholastic Graphix)
- Snow, Glass, Apples, by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran (Dark Horse Books)
ニール・ゲイマンによるおとぎ話の「新解釈」を描いた物語のコミカライズ版が受賞。
Best U.S. Edition of International Material
海外コミック(非アジア圏)のアメリカ版からの賞。
- Diabolical Summer, by Thierry Smolderen and Alexandre Clerisse, translation by Edward Gauvin (IDW)
- Gramercy Park, by Timothée de Fombelle and Christian Cailleaux, translation by Edward Gauvin (EuroComics/IDW)
- The House, by Paco Roca, translation by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
- Maggy Garrisson, by Lewis Trondheim and Stéphane Oiry, translation by Emma Wilson (SelfMadeHero)
- Stay, by Lewis Trondheim and Hubert Chevillard, translation by Mike Kennedy (Magnetic Press)
- Wrath of Fantômas, by Olivier Bocquet and Julie Rocheleau, translation by Edward Gauvin (Titan)
パコ・ロカ「家」(邦訳あり)の英訳版が受賞。
Best U.S. Edition of International Material―Asia
アジア圏のコミックのアメリカ版からの賞。
- BEASTARS, by Paru Itagaki, translation by Tomo Kimura (VIZ Media)(板垣巴留「BEASTARS」)
- Cats of the Louvre, by Taiyo Matsumoto, translation by Michael Arias (VIZ Media)(松本大洋「ルーヴルの猫」)
- Grass, by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translation by Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Magic Knight Rayearth 25th Anniversary Edition, by CLAMP, translation by Melissa Tanaka (Kodansha)(CLAMP「魔法騎士レイアース」)
- The Poe Clan, by Moto Hagio, translation by Rachel Thorn (Fantagraphics)(萩尾望都「ポーの一族」)
- Witch Hat Atelier, by Kamome Shirahama, translation by Stephen Kohler (Kodansha)(白浜鴎「とんがり帽子のアトリエ」)
松本大洋「ルーヴルの猫」、白浜鴎「とんがり帽子のアトリエ」の2作同時受賞!
Best Archival Collection/Project―Strips(at least 20 years old)
新聞漫画復刻版。
- Cham: The Best Comic Strips and Graphic Novelettes, 1839–1862, by David Kunzle (University Press of Mississippi)
- Ed Leffingwell’s Little Joe, by Harold Gray, edited by Peter Maresca and Sammy Harkham (Sunday Press Books)
- The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1916–1918, edited by R.J. Casey (Fantagraphics)
- Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays, by George Herriman, edited by Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)
- Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady, by Violet and Denis Kitchen (Beehive Books)
- Pogo, Vol. 6: Clean as a Weasel, by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
『芸術作品として称えられた最初の漫画』クレイジー・カットのカラー版復刊が受賞。
Best Archival Collection/Project―Comic Books(at least 20 years old)
こちらはコミックブックの復刻版。
- Alay-Oop, by William Gropper (New York Review Comics)
- The Complete Crepax, vol. 5: American Stories, edited by Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
- Jack Kirby’s Dingbat Love, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)
- Moonshadow: The Definitive Edition, by J. M. DeMatteis, Jon J Muth, George Pratt, Kent Williams, and others (Dark Horse Books)
- Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter Artist Select, by Stan Sakai, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
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That Miyoko Asagaya Feeling, by Shinichi Abe, translation by Ryan Holmberg, edited by Mitsuhiro Asakawa (Black Hook Press)(安部慎一「美代子阿佐ヶ谷気分」)
ネットフリックスでのアニメ化が決定の「兎用心棒」の自選集が受賞。
ここからはコミックタイトルでなくアーティストやスタッフの賞。
Best Writer
原作者。
- Bobby Curnow, Ghost Tree (IDW)
- MK Reed and Greg Means, Penny Nichols (Top Shelf)
- Mariko Tamaki, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC); Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan); Archie (Archie)
- Lewis Trondheim, Stay (Magnetic Press); Maggy Garrisson (SelfMadeHero)
- G. Willow Wilson, Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse); Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
- Chip Zdarsky, White Trees (Image); Daredevil, Spider-Man: Life Story (Marvel); Afterlift (comiXology Originals)
ベストライターは今年2冠のマリコ・タマキ。「ハーレイ・クイン:ガールズ・レボリューション」は邦訳も出ています。
Best Writer/Artist
原作者兼アーティスト。日本での一般的な「漫画家」のイメージがここかな。
どちらかといえばインディー寄り?
- Nina Bunjevac, Bezimena (Fantagraphics)
- Mira Jacob, Good Talk (Random House); “The Menopause” in The Believer (June 1, 2019)
- Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Grass (Drawn & Quarterly)
- James Stokoe, Sobek (Shortbox)
- Raina Telgemeier, Guts (Scholastic Graphix)
- Tillie Walden, Are You Listening? (First Second/Macmillan)
キッズ部門受賞のライナ・テルゲマーが受賞。
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
絵を描く人。下書き/インク入れが分業の場合も多いです。
- Ian Bertram, Little Bird (Image)
- Colleen Doran, Snow, Glass, Apples (Dark Horse)
- Bilquis Evely, The Dreaming (DC)
- Simon Gane, Ghost Tree (IDW)
- Steve Pugh, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC)
- Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second/Macmillan)
「Laura~」で受賞のローズマリー・ヴァレロ・オコンネルが受賞。
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist
アート担当。デジタル効果なども含むのかな。
- Didier Cassegrain, Black Water Lilies (Europe Comics)
- Alexandre Clarisse, Diabolical Summer (IDW)
- David Mack, Cover (DC)
- Léa Mazé, Elma, A Bear’s Life, vol. 1: The Great Journey (Europe Comics)
- Julie Rocheleau, Wrath of Fantômas (Titan)
- Christian Ward, Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
「Invisible Kingdom」で受賞のクリスティアン・ワードが受賞。
Best Cover Artist
アメコミおなじみ表紙詐欺、ということで表紙アーティストの賞。
- Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image Comics)
- Francesco Francavilla, Archie, Archie 1955, Archie Vs. Predator II, Cosmo (Archie)
- David Mack, American Gods, Fight Club 3 (Dark Horse); Cover (DC)
- Emma Rios, Pretty Deadly (Image)
- Julian Totino Tedesco, Daredevil (Marvel)
- Christian Ward, Machine Gun Wizards (Dark Horse), Invisible Kingdom (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
幻想的アートで人気のエマ・リオスが受賞。
Best Coloring
彩色担当。彩色技術の違いはコミックの印象を大きく変えます。
- Lorena Alvarez, Hicotea (Nobrow)
- Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Middlewest, Outpost Zero (Image)
- Matt Hollingsworth, Batman: Curse of the White Knight, Batman White Knight Presents Von Freeze (DC); Little Bird, November (Image)
- Molly Mendoza, Skip (Nobrow)
- Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know, Hellboy and the BPRD (Dark Horse); Gideon Falls (Image); Silver Surfer Black, Spider-Man (Marvel)
ヘルボーイの「赤」が鮮烈なカラリスト、デイヴ・スチュワートが受賞。
Best Lettering
コミックの書き文字担当。
- Deron Bennett, Batgirl, Green Arrow, Justice League, Martian Manhunter (DC); Canto (IDW); Assassin Nation, Excellence (Skybound/Image); To Drink and To Eat, vol. 1 (Lion Forge); Resonant (Vault)
- Jim Campbell, Black Badge, Coda (BOOM Studios); Giant Days, Lumberjanes: The Shape of Friendship (BOOM Box!); Rocko’s Modern Afterlife (KaBOOM!); At the End of Your Tether (Lion Forge); Blade Runner 2019 (Titan); Mall, The Plot, Wasted Space (Vault)
- Clayton Cowles, Aquaman, Batman, Batman and the Outsiders, Heroes in Crisis, Superman: Up in the Sky, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC); Bitter Root, Pretty Deadly, Moonstruck, Redlands, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Reaver (Skybound/Image); Daredevil, Ghost-Spider, Silver Surfer Black, Superior Spider-Man, Venom (Marvel)
- Emilie Plateau, Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin (Europe Comics)
- Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (IDW)
- Tillie Walden, Are You Listening? (First Second/Macmillan)
「兎用心棒」スタン・サカイが受賞。
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
雑誌、サイトなどコミックにまつわるジャーナリズムに贈られる賞。
- Comic Riffs blog, by Michael Cavna with David Betancourt, www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/comics/
- The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, RJ Casey, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
- Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)
- Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, edited by Qiana Whitted (Ohio State University Press)
- LAAB Magazine, vol. 4: This Was Your Life, edited by Ronald Wimberly and Josh O’Neill (Beehive Books)
- Women Write About Comics, edited by Nola Pfau and Wendy Browne, www.WomenWriteAboutComics.com
女性によるコミック評論サイト、WWACが受賞。
Best Comics-Related Book
コミック評論などの関連本に贈られる賞。
- The Art of Nothing: 25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell (Abrams)
- The Book of Weirdo, by Jon B. Cooke (Last Gasp)
- Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe (Dark Horse)
- Logo a Gogo: Branding Pop Culture, by Rian Hughes (Korero Press)
- Making Comics, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Screwball! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny, by Paul Tumey (Library of American Comics/IDW)
ウィスコンシン大で漫画の描き方を教えるリンダ・バリーによる漫画づくりの本が受賞。
Best Scholarly/Academic Work
コミックについて研究した論文に贈られる賞。
- The Art of Pere Joan: Space, Landscape, and Comics Form, by Benjamin Fraser (University of Texas Press)
- The Comics of Rutu Modan: War, Love, and Secrets, by Kevin Haworth (University Press of Mississippi)
- EC Comics: Race, Shock, and Social Protest, by Qiana Whitted (Rutgers University Press)
- The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life, edited by Andrew Blauner (Library of America)
- Producing Mass Entertainment: The Serial Life of the Yellow Kid, by Christina Meyer (Ohio State University Press)
- Women’s Manga in Asia and Beyond: Uniting Different Cultures and Identities, edited by Fusami Ogi et al. (Palgrave Macmillan)
ホラーコミックで知られるECコミックスについての論文が受賞。
Best Publication Design
もっとも良いコミックブックの装丁に贈られる賞。
- Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe, designed by Ethan Kimberling (Dark Horse)
- Krazy Kat: The Complete Color Sundays, by George Herriman, designed by Anna-Tina Kessler (TASCHEN)
- Logo a Gogo, designed by Rian Hughes (Korero Press)
- Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady, designed by Paul Kopple and Alex Bruce (Beehive Books)
- Making Comics, designed by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Rusty Brown, designed by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
「Making Comics」2冠目を受賞。
Best Digital Comic デジタル配信限定コミック。
- Afterlift, by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo (comiXology Originals)
- Black Water Lilies, by Michel Bussi, adapted by Frédéric Duval and Didier Cassegrain, translated by Edward Gauvin (Europe Comics)
- Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin, by Tania de Montaigne, adapted by Emilie Plateau, translated by Montana Kane (Europe Comics)
- Elma, A Bear’s Life, vol. 1: The Great Journey, by Ingrid Chabbert and Léa Mazé, translated by Jenny Aufiery (Europe Comics)
- Mare Internum, by Der-shing Helmer (comiXology)
- Tales from Behind the Window, by Edanur Kuntman, translated by Cem Ulgen (Europe Comics)
チップ・ズダースキーのコミクソロジーオリジナル作品が受賞。
Best Web Comic
Web公開のコミック。
- Cabramatta, by Matt Huynh, http://believermag.com/cabramatta/
- Chuckwagon at the End of the World, by Erik Lundy, https://hollowlegcomics.tumblr.com/chuckwagon
- The Eyes, by Javi de Castro, https://www.javidecastro.com/theeyes
- Fried Rice Comic, by Erica Eng, https://friedricecomic.tumblr.com
- reMIND, by Jason Brubaker, https://is.gd/T7rafM
- Third Shift Society, by Meredith Moriarty, https://www.webtoons.com/en/supernatural/third-shift-society/list?title_no=1703
自伝風フィクションのWebコミック「Fried Rice Comic」が受賞。
昨年のトム・キング無双から一転、今年はヒーローコミック大苦戦のアイズナー賞。
(昨年の受賞作「ミスター・ミラクル」邦訳決定ですね)
全体的に「女性」にフォーカスした作品が目立ったな、という印象があります。
さらに今年はアジア漫画部門以外にも日本漫画ノミネートが目立った上に
(「極主夫道」ノミネートは見逃してたわ…)アジア漫画部門は日本漫画が2作同時受賞と
日本漫画好きにとっても面白い結果になったのではないでしょうか。
今年はYoutubeで発表を世界同時配信だったので、即結果がTwitterで流れてきたのが
今年ならではだなぁ、と思ったりなんかして(来年もこうならないという保証はないですが)
日本語で読める受賞作/ノミネート作も多い今年のアイズナー賞、
おうち時間のお供に楽しんでくださいませ。
(「とんがり帽子のアトリエ」面白いよ!)