Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material

Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Awarded forBest U.S. Edition of International Material
CountryUnited States
First awarded1998
Most recent winner (2020)The House by Paco Roca, translation by Andrea Rosenberg
Websitewww.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info

The Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books for material not originally published or available in the United States of America.

History and name change

The award was named Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material from that award's inception in 1998 to 2006. In 2007 the award was split into Best U.S. Edition of International Material and Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Japan (renamed in 2010 to Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia).

Winners and nominees

Year Title Authors Translators[note 1] Ref.
1990s
1998 Gon Swimmin' (Paradox Press) Masashi Tanaka [1]
Corto Maltese (NBM Publishing) Hugo Pratt
A Jew in Communist Prague (NBM Publishing) Vittorio Giardino
Nausica of the Valley of the Wind (Viz Media) Hayao Miyazaki
What's Michael? (Dark Horse Comics) Makoto Kobayashi
1999 Star Wars: A New Hope--Manga (Dark Horse Comics) Hisao Tamaki [2]
Blade of the Immortal (Dark Horse Comics) Hiroaki Samura
Intron Depot 2: Blades (Dark Horse Comics/Studio Proteus) Masamune Shirow
A Jew in Communist Prague, vol. 3: Rebellion (NBM Publishing) Vittorio Giardino
Strain, vol. 1 (Viz Media) Buronson and Ryoichi Ikegami
2000s
2000 Blade of the Immortal (Dark Horse Comics) Hiroaki Samura [3]
After the Rain (NBM Publishing) André Juillard
Comix 2000 (L'Association) edited by Jean-Christophe Menu
Jetlag (Actus Tragicus) Etgar Keret, Mira Friedmann, Batia Kolton, Rutu Modan, Yirmi Pinkus, and Itzik Rennert
The Nimrod (Fantagraphics) Lewis Trondheim
2001 Lone Wolf and Cub (Dark Horse Comics) Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima [4]
Akira, Book One (Dark Horse Comics) Katsuhiro Otomo
Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President (Viz Media) Kaiji Kawaguchi
The Extended Dream of Mr. D (Drawn & Quarterly) Max
From Cloud 99: Memories, Part I (Humanoids Publishing) Yslaire
The Nimrod (Fantagraphics) Lewis Trondheim
2002 Akira (Dark Horse Comics) Katsuhiro Otomo [5]
Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President (Viz Media) Kaiji Kawaguchi
Hey, Wait... (Fantagraphics) Jason
Nogegon (Humanoids Publishing) Luc Schuiten and François Schuiten
Uzumaki (Viz Media) Junji Ito
2003 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (NBM Publishing) Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Jerry Kramsky and Lorenzo Mattotti [6]
Dead End (Fantagraphics) Thomas Ott
Epileptic, vol. 1 (Fantagraphics) David B.
Invisible Frontier, vol. 1 (NBM Publishing) Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten
Sshhhh! (Fantagraphics) Jason
Uzumaki, vols. 2-3 (Viz Media) Junji Ito
2004 Buddha, vols. 1 and 2 (Vertical) Osamu Tezuka [7]
Blacksad (ibooks) Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
Chaland Anthology: Freddy Lombard, vols. 1 & 2 (Humanoids Publishing) Yves Chaland
Little Vampire Does Kung Fu! (Simon & Schuster) Joann Sfar
Persepolis (Pantheon Books) Marjane Satrapi
2005 Buddha, vols. 3-4 (Vertical) Osamu Tezuka [8]
Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, vols. 1-2 (Last Gasp) Keiji Nakazawa
Blacksad Book 2: Arctic Nation (iBooks) Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Pantheon Books) Marjane Satrapi
Tokyo Tribes (Tokyopop) Santa Inoue
2006 The Rabbi's Cat (Pantheon Books) Joann Sfar [9]
Cromartie High School (ADV Manga) Eiji Nonaka
Dungeon: The Early Years, vol. 1 (NBM Publishing) Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, and Christophe Blain
Ordinary Victories (NBM Publishing) Manu Larcenet
Six Hundred Seventy-Six Apparitions of Killoffer (Typocrat Press) Killoffer
2007 The Left Bank Gang (Fantagraphics) Jason [10]
A.L.I.E.E.E.N. (First Second Books) Lewis Trondheim
De:TALES (Dark Horse Comics) Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá
Hwy 115 (Fantagraphics) Matthias Lehmann
Pizzeria Kamikaze (Alternative Comics) Etgar Keret and Asaf Hanuka
2008 I Killed Adolf Hitler (Fantagraphics) Jason [11]
The Arrival (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Corporation) Shaun Tan
Aya (Drawn & Quarterly) Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie
Garage Band (First Second Books) Gipi
The Killer (Archaia Entertainment) Matz and Luc Jacamon
2009 The Last Musketeer (Fantagraphics) Jason [12][13]
Alan’s War (First Second Books) Emmanuel Guibert
Gus & His Gang (First Second Books) Christophe Blain
The Rabbi’s Cat 2 (Pantheon Books) Joann Sfar
Tamara Drewe (Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Posy Simmonds
2010s
2010 The Photographer (First Second Books) Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemercier [14][15]
My mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) Jean Regnaud and Émile Bravo
Tiny Tyrant vol. 1: The Ethelbertosaurus (First Second Books) Lewis Trondheim and Fabrice Parme
West Coast Blues (Fantagraphics) Jean-Patrick Manchette, adapted by Jacques Tardi
Years of the Elephant (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) Willy Linthout
2011 It Was the War of the Trenches (Fantagraphics) Jacques Tardi [16][17]
The Killer: Modus Vivendi (Archaia Entertainment) Matz and Luc Jacamon
King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave (Fantagraphics) Mezzo and Pirus
The Littlest Pirate King (Fantagraphics) David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan
Salvatore (NBM Publishing) Nicolas de Crécy
2012 The Manara Library, vol. 1: Indian Summer and Other Stories (Dark Horse Books) Milo Manara with Hugo Pratt [18][17]
Bubbles & Gondola (NBM Publishing) Renaud Dillies
Isle of 100,000 Graves (Fantagraphics) Fabien Vehlmann and Jason
Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot (Fantagraphics) Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette
Night Animals: A Diptych About What Rushes Through the Bushes (Top Shelf Productions) Brecht Evens
2013 Blacksad: Silent Hell (Dark Horse Comics) Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido [19][17]
Abelard (NBM Publishing) Régis Hautière and Renaud Dillies
Athos in America (Fantagraphics) Jason
The Making of (Drawn & Quarterly) Brecht Evens
Monsieur Jean: The Singles Theory (Humanoids Publishing) Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian
New York Mon Amour (Fantagraphics) Benjamin Legrand, Dominique Grange, and Jacques Tardi
2014 Goddam This War! (Fantagraphics) Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney [20][17]
Adventures of a Japanese Businessman (Nobrow Press) José Domingo
Incidents in the Night, Book One (Uncivilized Books) David B.
Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life (Fantagraphics) Ulli Lust
When David Lost His Voice (SelfMadeHero) Judith Vanistendael
2015 Blacksad: Amarillo (Dark Horse Comics) Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido [21][17]
Beautiful Darkness (Drawn & Quarterly) Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn (IDW Publishing/EuroComics) Hugo Pratt
Jaybird (Dark Horse Comics/Strip Art Features) Lauri Ahonen and Jaakko Ahonen
The Leaning Girl (Alaxis Press) Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten
2016 The Realist (Boom! Studios/Archaia Entertainment) Asaf Hanuka [22][17]
Alpha...Directions (Knockabout Comics/Fanfare) Jens Harder
The Eternaut (Fantagraphics) Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López
A Glance Backward (Magnetic Press) Pierre Paquet and Tony Sandoval
The March of the Crabs (Boom! Studios/Archaia Entertainment) Arthur de Pins
2017 Moebius Library: The World of Edena (Dark Horse Comics) Jean “Moebius” Giraud, et al. [23][17]
Equinoxes (NBM Publishing) Cyril Pedrosa Joe Johnson
Irmina (SelfMadeHero) Barbara Yelin Michael Waaler
Love: The Lion (Magnetic Press) Frédéric Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci
Wrinkles (Fantagraphics) Paco Roca Erica Mena
2018 Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom (Fantagraphics) Marcelo D’Salete Andrea Rosenberg [24][17]
Audubon: On the Wings of the World (Nobrow Press) Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer Etienne Gilfillan
Flight of the Raven (EuroComics/IDW Publishing) Jean-Pierre Gibrat Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander
FUN (SelfMadeHero) Paolo Bacilieri Jamie Richards
Ghost of Gaudi (Lion Forge Comics/Magnetic Press) El Torres and Jesús Alonso Iglesias Esther Villardón Grande
The Ladies-in-Waiting (Fantagraphics) Santiago García and Javier Olivares
2019 Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World (First Second Books) Pénélope Bagieu Montana Kane [25][26]
About Betty's Boob (Archaia Entertainment/Boom! Studios) Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau Edward Gauvin
Herakles, Book 1 (Magnetic Press/Lion Forge Comics) Édouard Cour Jeremy Melloul
Niourk (Dark Horse Comics) Stefan Wul and Olivier Vatine Brandon Kander and Diana Schutz
A Sea of Love (Magnetic Press/Lion Forge Comics) Wilfrid Lupano and Grégory Panaccione
2020s
2020 The House (Fantagraphics) Paco Roca Andrea Rosenberg [27][28]
Diabolical Summer (IDW Publishing) Thierry Smolderen and Alexandre Clérisse Edward Gauvin
Gramercy Park (EuroComics/IDW Publishing) Timothée de Fombelle and Christian Cailleaux Edward Gauvin
Maggy Garrisson (SelfMadeHero) Lewis Trondheim and Stéphane Oiry Emma Wilson
Stay (Magnetic Press) Lewis Trondheim and Hubert Chevillard Mike Kennedy
Wrath of Fantômas (Titan Comics) Olivier Bouquet and Julie Rocheleau
2021 Goblin Girl (Fantagraphics) Moa Romanova Melissa Bowers [29][30]
Altitude (SelfMadeHero) Olivier Bocquet and Jean-Marc Rochette Edward Gauvin
Gamayun Tales I: An Anthology of Modern Russian Folk Tales (Nobrow) Alexander Utkin Lada Morozova
Irena Books 2-3 (Magnetic Press) Jean-David Morvan, Severine Tréfouël, and David Evrard Dan Christensen
When You Look Up (Enchanted Lion Books) Decur Chloe Garcia Roberts
The Winter of the Cartoonist (Fantagraphics) Paco Roca Andrea Rosenberg
2022 Ballad For Sophie (Top Shelf Productions) Filipe Melo, Juan Cavia Gabriela Soares [31]
Between Snow and Wolf (Magnetic Press) Agnes Domergue, Helene Canac Maria Vahrenhorst
Love: The Mastiff (Magnetic Press) Frederic Brrémaud, Federico Bertolucci
The Parakeet (Penn State University Press) Espé Hannah Chute
The Shadow of a Man (IDW Publishing) Benoît Peeters, François Schuiten Stephen D. Smith

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Translator was not officially listed until 2017.

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