IDW Publishing Celebrates Three Eisner Award Wins

IDW Publishing Celebrates
Three Eisner Award Wins

Honors include Best Graphic Album Reprint,
Best Short Story, and Best Archival Collection

San Diego, CA (July 14, 2012)– At the 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, IDW Publishing collected three of the prestigious awards, acknowledging the leading publisher for its team of terrific creators and editors. The range of awards included Best Graphic Album - Reprint, Best Short Story, and Best Archival Collection/Project Comic Books, showcasing the company’s array of achievements.

Debuting with phenomenal success at last years San Diego Comic Con, WALTER SIMONSON’S THE MIGHTY THOR ARTIST’S EDITION was praised with an Eisner award for Best Archival Collection/Project – Comic Books. This astounding edition collects scans of Simonson’s personal original art and is edited by Scott Dunbier.

Fan-favorite creator Darwyn Cooke’s, THE MARTINI EDITION, thecompilation of THE HUNTER and THE OUTFIT graphic novel adaptation series of Richard Stark’s Parker, received two awards for Best Graphic Album – Reprint and Best Short [The Martini Edition Cover Image]Story for "The Seventh". Cooke won the 2011 Eisner for Best Writer/Artist for THE OUTFIT, and THE HUNTER won the 2010 Eisner for Best Adaptation from Another Work. The third installment of the acclaimed series, THE SCORE has just launched and is now available for sale.

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IDW Publishing Press Release