Meet the winners of the 2022 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

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The 2022 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were presented Friday at San Diego Comic-Con, as determined by this year's judges: comics writer/editor Barbara Randall Kesel, author/art historian Kim Munson, retailer Aaron Trites, writer/editor/journalist Rik Offenberger, librarian Jameson Rohrer, and comics journalist/historian Jessica Tseang.

Barry Windsor's Monsters won three awards, making Fantagraphics the most-decorated publisher at this year's ceremony. DC, Image Comics, and IDW Publishing received three awards each (with DC and Image sharing two additional wins), and several industry greats received special awards as well.

A total of 12 creators were inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame this year: Alley Sloper co-creator Marie Duval; Kewpies creator Rose O'Neill; Max Gaines; Mark Gruenwald; Alex Niño; P. Craig Russell; Howard Chaykin; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman; Larry Hama; Moto Hagio; David Mazzucchelli; and Grant Morrison.

Bob Bolling and Don Rico received the Bill Finger Excellence in Comic Book Writing Award, and Annie Koyama received the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award. Luciano Vecchio received the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award, as chosen by previous winners from a pool of nominees selected by the SDCC board and committee. Nominees for this year's prize were Vecchio, Matthew Clarke, Emma Kubert, Meredith Laxton, and Audra Winslow.

And finally, the 2022 Spirit of Comics Retailer Award went to the owner of Portland, Oregon shop Books with Pictures: Comics for Everyone, Katie Pryde. The Spirit Award judges were Lila Sturges, Jessica Wells, Gib Bickel, LaKisha Dubose, Kethan Jones, and Barbara Kesel.

For the full list of 2022 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards