Key facts
- Awarded for
- Creative achievement in American comic books
- Location
- San Diego Comic-Con
- Country
- United States
- First award
- 1988 ; 38 years ago ( 1988 )
- Website
- www .comic-con .org /awards /eisner-awards /
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are awards for creative achievement in American comic books. They are regarded as the most prestigious and significant awards in the comic industry and often referred to as the industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards.
The first Eisners were conferred in 1988, for works published in 1987. The Eisner Awards ceremony has been held at San Diego Comic-Con every year since 1991. The awards are named in honor of pioneering cartoonist and writer Will Eisner, who was a regular participant in the ceremony until his death in 2005.
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