Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
# Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

The Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It is awarded to an individual or team involved with pencilling and inking a comic.

## Award merging and name changes

In 1993 two awards were given out: "Best Penciller/Inker, Black & White Publication" and "Best Penciller/Inker, Color Publication." These awards were merged in 1994 after one year. Since then the official name of the award has changed depending on the nominees. It has been "Best Penciller/Inker" 5 times (1996, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2015, ) and "Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team" 22 times (1994-1995, 1997–2004, 2007–2012, 2014, 2016–present).

## Related awards

The Eisner Awards have presented separate awards for "Best Penciller" and "Best Inker," though neither has been awarded since the 1990s.

## Winners and nominees

### Best Penciller/Inker, Black & White Publication

| Year | Nominee | Titles |
| - | - | - |
| 1993 | Frank Miller | "Sin City" in Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1993 | Mike Allred | Madman (Tundra Publishing) |
| 1993 | Daniel Clowes | Eightball (Fantagraphics Books) |
| 1993 | Jaime Hernandez | Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics Books) |
| 1993 | Jon J Muth | The Mythology of an Abandoned City (Tundra Publishing) |
| 1993 | Mark Schultz | Xenozoic Tales (Kitchen Sink Press) |
| 1993 | Eric Shanower | "An Accidental Death" in Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1993 | Dave Sim and Gerhard | Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim) |

### Best Penciller/Inker, Color Publication

| Year | Nominee | Titles |
| - | - | - |
| 1993 | P. Craig Russell | Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (NBM Publishing), Robin 3000 (DC Comics), "Hothouse" in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC Comics) |
| 1993 | Kelley Jones | Deadman: Exorcism (DC Comics) |
| 1993 | Steve Pugh | Animal Man (DC Comics) |
| 1993 | Bryan Talbot | "Mask" in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC Comics) |
| 1993 | Matt Wagner | "Faces" in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC Comics) |

### Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

| Year | Nominee | Titles |
| - | - | - |
| 1990s ||||
| 1994 | P. Craig Russell | The Sandman #50 (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| 1994 | Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham | Death: The High Cost of Living (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| 1994 | Mike Mignola and Kevin Nowlan | Aliens: Salvation (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1994 | John Romita Jr. and Al Williamson | Daredevil: The Man Without Fear (Marvel Comics) |
| 1994 | Dave Sim and Gerhard | Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim) |
| 1994 | Chris Sprouse and Karl Story | Legionnaires (DC Comics) |
| 1994 | Bruce Timm | The Batman Adventures: Mad Love (DC Comics) |
| 1995 | Dave Gibbons | Martha Washington Goes to War (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1995 | Edvin Biuković | Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1995 | Tony Harris and Wade von Grawbadger | Starman (DC Comics) |
| 1995 | David Mazzucchelli | Paul Auster's City of Glass (Avon Books) |
| 1995 | Mike Parobeck and Rick Burchett | The Batman Adventures (DC Comics) |
| 1995 | P. Craig Russell | Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, vol. 2 (NBM Publishing) |
| 1996 | Geof Darrow | The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1996 | Steve Dillon | Preacher (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| 1996 | Milo Manara | El Gaucho (NBM Publishing) |
| 1996 | Al Williamson | Flash Gordon (Marvel Select) |
| 1996 | Michael Zulli | The Sandman #70-72: "The Wake" (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| 1997 | Charles Vess | The Book of Ballads and Sagas (Green Man Press), The Sandman #75 (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| 1997 | Brent Anderson/Will Blyberg | Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 (Jukebox Productions/Homage Comics) |
| 1997 | Tony Harris/Wade von Grawbadger | Starman (DC Comics) |
| 1997 | José Luis García-López/Kevin Nowlan | Dr. Strangefate (DC Comics) |
| 1997 | Paul Smith | Leave It to Chance (Homage Comics) |
| 1997 | Aron Weisenfeld/Richard Bennett | Deathblow/Wolverine (WildStorm/Image Comics/Marvel Comics) |
| 1998 | P. Craig Russell | Elric: Stormbringer (Dark Horse Comics/Topps Comics), Dr. Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (Marvel Comics) |
| 1998 | Brent Anderson/Will Blyberg | Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Jukebox Productions/Homage Comics) |
| 1998 | Rick Burchett/Terry Austin | Batgirl Adventures (DC Comics), Superman Adventures (DC Comics) |
| 1998 | Dave Gibbons | Martha Washington Saves the World #1 (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1998 | Michael Lark | Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Little Sister (Byron Priess Visual Productions) |
| 1998 | Paul Smith | Leave It to Chance (Homage Comics) |
| 1999 | Tim Sale | Superman for All Seasons (DC Comics), Grendel Black, White, and Red #1 (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1999 | Claudio Castellini | "Predator: Demon's Gold" in Dark Horse Presents #137 (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1999 | Gene Ha | Starman #46 (DC Comics) |
| 1999 | Steve Lieber | Whiteout (Oni Press) |
| 1999 | George Pérez/Al Vey | Avengers (Marvel Comics) |
| 2000s ||||
| 2000 | Kevin Nowlan | "Jack B. Quick" in Tomorrow Stories (America's Best Comics) |
| 2000 | Travis Charest/Richard Friend | WildC.A.T.S. (DC Comics/WildStorm) |
| 2000 | Ricardo Delgado | Hieroglyph (Dark Horse Maverick) |
| 2000 | Gary Gianni | Gary Gianni's The Monstermen (Dark Horse Maverick) |
| 2000 | Gene Ha | Top 10 (America's Best Comics) |
| 2000 | J. H. Williams III/Mick Gray | Promethea (America's Best Comics) |
| 2001 | P. Craig Russell | Ring of the Nibelung (Dark Horse Maverick) |
| 2001 | Michael Avon Oeming | Powers (Image Comics) |
| 2001 | Frank Quitely/Trevor Scott | The Authority (WildStorm/DC Comics) |
| 2001 | Eduardo Risso | 100 Bullets (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| 2001 | J. H. Williams III/Mick Gray | Promethea (America's Best Comics) |
| 2002 | Eduardo Risso | 100 Bullets (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| 2002 | John Cassaday | Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm) |
| 2002 | Butch Guice | Ruse (CrossGen) |
| 2002 | Gene Ha/Zander Cannon | Top 10 (America's Best Comics) |
| 2002 | Humberto Ramos/Sandra Hope | Out There (DC Comics/WildStorm) |
| 2002 | François Schuiten | Brüsel (NBM Publishing) |
| 2003 | Kevin O'Neill | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (America's Best Comics) |
| 2003 | Seth Fisher | Vertigo Pop: Tokyo (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Flash: Time Flies (DC Comics) |
| 2003 | Bryan Hitch/Andrew Currie | The Ultimates (Marvel Comics) |
| 2003 | Michael Lark | Batman: Nine Lives (DC Comics), Gotham Central (DC Comics) |
| 2003 | J. H. Williams III/Mick Gray | Promethea (America's Best Comics) |
| 2004 | John Cassaday | Planetary (WildStorm/DC Comics), Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth (WildStorm/DC Comics), Hellboy: Weird Tales (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 2004 | Tan Eng Huat | Doom Patrol (DC Comics), JLA #91 (DC Comics) |
| 2004 | Alex Maleev | Daredevil (Marvel Comics) |
| 2004 | Jim Lee/Scott Williams | Batman (DC Comics) |
| 2004 | Eduardo Risso | 100 Bullets (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Batman (DC Comics), Boy Vampire: The Resurrection (Strip Art Features) |
| 2005 | John Cassaday | Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Planetary (WildStorm/DC Comics), I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun (Humanoids Publishing/DC Comics) |
| 2005 | Frank Quitely | We3 (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| 2005 | Charlie Adlard | The Walking Dead (Image Comics) |
| 2005 | Geof Darrow | Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman Entertainment) |
| 2005 | Cary Nord & Thomas Yeates | Conan (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 2006 | John Cassaday | Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Planetary (WildStorm/DC Comics) |
| 2006 | Gene Ha | Top 10: The Forty-Niners (America's Best Comics) |
| 2006 | J. G. Jones | Wanted (Top Cow Productions/Image Comics) |
| 2006 | Frank Quitely | All-Star Superman (DC Comics) |
| 2006 | J. H. Williams III | Promethea (America's Best Comics), Desolation Jones (WildStorm/DC Comics) |
| 2007 | Mark Buckingham/Steve Leialoha | Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| 2007 | Tony Harris/Tom Feister | Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC Comics) |
| 2007 | Niko Henrichon | Pride of Baghdad (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| 2007 | Michael Lark/Stefano Gaudiano | Daredevil (Marvel Comics) |
| 2007 | Sonny Liew | Wonderland (Slave Labor Graphics) |
| 2007 | Steve McNiven/Dexter Vines | Civil War (Marvel Comics) |
| 2008 | Pia Guerra/José Marzan Jr. | Y: The Last Man (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| 2008 | Steve Epting/Butch Guice/Mike Perkins | Captain America (Marvel Comics) |
| 2008 | Jae Lee | The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel Comics) |
| 2008 | Takeshi Obata | Death Note (Viz Media), Hikaru no Go (Viz Media) |
| 2008 | Ethan Van Sciver | Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps (DC Comics) |
| 2009 | Guy Davis | B.P.R.D. (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 2009 | Gabriel Bá | The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 2009 | Mark Buckingham/Steve Leialoha | Fables (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| 2009 | Olivier Coipel/Mark Morales | Thor (Marvel Comics) |
| 2009 | Amy Reeder Hadley/Richard Friend | Madame Xanadu (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| 2009 | Jillian Tamaki | Skim (Groundwood Books) |
| 2010s ||||
| 2010 | J. H. Williams III | Detective Comics (DC Comics) |
| 2010 | Michael Kaluta | Madame Xanadu #11-15: "Exodus Noir" (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| 2010 | Steve McNiven/Dexter Vines | Wolverine: Old Man Logan (Marvel Comics) |
| 2010 | Fiona Staples | North 40 (WildStorm) |
| 2010 | Danijel Žeželj | Luna Park (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| 2011 | Skottie Young | The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel Comics) |
| 2011 | Richard Corben | Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 2011 | Stephen DeStefano | Lucky in Love: A Poor Man's History, vol. 1 (Fantagraphics Books) |
| 2011 | Rob Guillory | Chew (Image Comics) |
| 2011 | Gabriel Rodriguez | Locke & Key (IDW Publishing) |
| 2012 | Ramón K. Pérez | Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand (Archaia Entertainment) |
| 2012 | Mike Allred | iZombie (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics), Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special (Image Comics) |
| 2012 | Chris Samnee | Captain America and Bucky (Marvel Comics), Ultimate Spider-Man #155 (Marvel Comics) |
| 2012 | Marcos Martín | Daredevil (Marvel Comics) |
| 2012 | Paolo Rivera/Joe Rivera | Daredevil (Marvel Comics) |
| 2013 | David Aja | Hawkeye (Marvel Comics) |
| 2013 | Chris Samnee | Daredevil (Marvel Comics), The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom (IDW Publishing) |
| 2013 | Becky Cloonan | Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse Comics), The Mire (self-published) |
| 2013 | Colleen Coover | Bandette (MonkeyBrain Books) |
| 2013 | Sean Phillips | Fatale (Image Comics) |
| 2013 | Joseph Remnant | Harvey Pekar's Cleveland (ZIP Comics/Top Shelf Productions) |
| 2014 | Sean Murphy | The Wake (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| 2014 | Nate Bellegarde | Nowhere Men (Image Comics) |
| 2014 | Nick Dragotta | East of West (Image Comics) |
| 2014 | Nate Powell | March: Book One (Top Shelf Productions) |
| 2014 | Emma Ríos | Pretty Deadly (Image Comics) |
| 2014 | Thomas Yeates | Law of the Desert Born (Bantam Books) |
| 2015 | Fiona Staples | Saga (Image Comics) |
| 2015 | Adrian Alphona | Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics) |
| 2015 | Mike Allred | Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics), Madman in Your Face 3D Special (Image Comics) |
| 2015 | Frank Quitely | The Multiversity (DC Comics) |
| 2015 | François Schuiten | The Leaning Girl (Alaxis Press) |
| 2015 | Babs Tarr | Batgirl (DC Comics) |
| 2016 | Cliff Chiang | Paper Girls (Image Comics) |
| 2016 | Mike Allred | Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics), Art Ops (Vertigo Comics/DC Comics) |
| 2016 | Erica Henderson | Jughead (Archie Comics), The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Marvel Comics) |
| 2016 | Joëlle Jones | Lady Killer (Dark Horse Comics), Brides of Helheim (Oni Press) |
| 2016 | Nate Powell | March: Book Two (Top Shelf Productions) |
| 2017 | Fiona Staples | Saga (Image Comics) |
| 2017 | Mark Brooks | Han Solo (Marvel Comics) |
| 2017 | Dan Mora | Klaus (Boom! Studios) |
| 2017 | Greg Ruth | Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars (Grand Central Publishing) |
| 2017 | François Schuiten | The Theory of Grain and Sand (IDW Publishing) |
| 2017 | Brian Stelfreeze | Black Panther (Marvel Comics) |
| 2018 | Mitch Gerads | Mister Miracle (DC Comics) |
| 2018 | Isabelle Arsenault | Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press) |
| 2018 | Gary Gianni | Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 2018 | Ramón K. Pérez | Jane (Archaia Entertainment) |
| 2018 | David Rubín | Black Hammer #9 & #12 (Dark Horse Comics), Ether (Dark Horse Comics), Sherlock Frankenstein #1–3 (Dark Horse Comics), Beowulf (Image Comics) |
| 2019 | Mitch Gerads | Mister Miracle (DC Comics) |
| 2019 | Matías Bergara | Coda (Boom! Studios) |
| 2019 | Karl Kerschl | Isola (Image Comics) |
| 2019 | Sonny Liew | Eternity Girl (DC Comics) |
| 2019 | Sean Phillips | Kill or be Killed (Image Comics), My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies (Image Comics) |
| 2019 | Yanick Paquette | Wonder Woman: Earth One, vol. 2 (DC Comics) |
| 2020s ||||
| 2020 | Rosemary Valero-O'Connell | Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second Books/Macmillan Publishers) |
| 2020 | Ian Bertram | Little Bird (Image Comics) |
| 2020 | Colleen Doran | Snow, Glass, Apples (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 2020 | Bilquis Evely | The Dreaming (DC Comics) |
| 2020 | Simon Gane | Ghost Tree (IDW Publishing) |
| 2020 | Steve Pugh | Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC Comics) |
| 2021 | Mike Allred | Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams (Insight Editions) |
| 2021 | Marco Checchetto | Daredevil (Marvel Comics) |
| 2021 | Jorge Corona | Middlewest (Image Comics) |
| 2021 | Bertrand Gatignol | Pistouvi (Magnetic Press) |
| 2021 | Mitch Gerads/Evan “Doc” Shaner | Strange Adventures (DC Black Label) |
| 2021 | Sanford Greene | Bitter Root (Image Comics) |
| 2022 | Phil Jimenez | Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (DC Comics) |
| 2022 | Filipe Andrade | The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Boom! Studios) |
| 2022 | Bruno Redondo | Nightwing (DC Comics) |
| 2022 | Esad Ribić | Eternals (Marvel Comics) |
| 2022 | P. Craig Russell | Norse Mythology (comics) (Dark Horse Comics) |

## Multiple awards and nominations

| Artist | Wins | Nominations |
| - | - | - |
| P. Craig Russell | 4 | 5 |
| John Cassaday | 3 | 4 |
| Fiona Staples | 2 | 3 |
| Mitch Gerads | 2 | 3 |
| Artist | Nominations |
| Gene Ha | 4 |
| François Schuiten | 3 |
| Michael Lark | 3 |
| Mick Gray | 3 |
| Tony Harris | 3 |
| Al Williamson | 2 |
| Brent Anderson | 2 |
| Butch Guice | 2 |
| Dexter Vines | 2 |
| Gary Gianni | 2 |
| Nate Powell | 2 |
| Paul Smith | 2 |
| Richard Friend | 2 |
| Rick Burchett | 2 |
| Sean Phillips | 2 |
| Sonny Liew | 2 |
| Steve McNiven | 2 |
| Thomas Yeates | 2 |
| Wade von Grawbadger | 2 |
| Will Blyberg | 2 |
| Dave Sim | 2 |
| Gerhard | 2 |
| Steve Pugh | 2 |
