This Week in Comics – Week of April 8, 2012

2012 Eisner Award Nominees

Last week, Comic-Con International announced the nominees for the 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.  The awards, among the most prestigious in the industry, awards the best titles, writers, and artists of the previous year.

Below are some of this year’s nominees:

• Best Continuing Series
• Daredevil by Mark Waid, Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)
• Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
• Rachel Rising by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
• Ultimate Comics Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli (Marvel)
• Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai (Dark Horse)
• Best Single Issue or One-Shot
• Daredevil #7 by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)
• Ganges #4 by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics)
• Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
• Princeless #3 by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin (Action Lab)
• The Unwritten #24 – “Stairway to Heaven” by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Al Davison (Vertigo)
• Best Writer
• Cullen Bunn – The Sixth Gun (Oni)
• Mike Carey – The Unwritten (Vertigo)
• Jeff Jensen – Green River Killer: A True Detective Story (Dark Horse)
• Jeff Lemire – Animal Man, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown, Frankenstein: Agent of SHADE (DC), Sweet Tooth (Vertical)
• Mark Waid – Irredeemable, Incorruptible (BOOM!), Daredevil (Marvel)
• Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
• Mike Allred – iZombie (Vertigo), Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Grinchy Special (Image)
• Ramon K. Perez – Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand (Archaia)
• Chris Samnee – Captain America & Bucky, Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel)
• Marcos Martin – Daredevil (Marvel)
• Paolo Rivera & Joe Rivera – Daredevil (Marvel)

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Top 20 “Most Pulled” Comics for the Week of April 8, 2012
Presented by Comixology

1. Green Lantern #8 (DC)
2. Batman & Robin #8 (DC)
3. New Avengers #24 (Marvel)
4. Batwoman #8 (DC)
5. Batgirl #8 (DC)
6. Secret Avengers #25 (Marvel)
7. Fantastic Four #605 (Marvel)
8. Uncanny X-Men #10 (Marvel)
9. Wolverine #304 (Marvel)
10. Deadpool #53 (Marvel)
11. Saga #2 (Image)
12. Superboy #8 (DC)
13. Avenging Spider-Man #6 (Marvel)
14. Suicide Squad #8 (DC)
15. The Mighty Thor #12.1 (Marvel)
16. Ultimate X-Men #10 (Marvel)
17. Demon Knights #8 (DC)
18. Winter Soldier #4 (Marvel)
19. Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE #8 (DC)
20. The Unwritten #36 (Vertigo)