The Eisner Award for Best Editor is a defunct award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It was given out every year between 1992 and 1997.
Winners and nominees
| Year | Editor | Titles | Ref. |
| 1992 | Karen Berger | The Sandman (DC Comics), Shade, the Changing Man (DC Comics), Kid Eternity (DC Comics), and The Books of Magic (DC Comics) | [1] |
| Mike Carlin | Superman titles (DC Comics), and The Psycho (DC Comics) |
| Barbara Kesel | Badlands (Dark Horse Comics), Aliens: Genocide (Dark Horse Comics), and Star Wars (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Diana Schutz | Billi 99 (Dark Horse Comics), Batman Versus Predator (Dark Horse Comics), and Predator: Big Game (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Randy Stradley | Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse Comics) and Give Me Liberty (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1993 | Karen Berger | The Sandman (DC Comics) and Shade, the Changing Man (DC Comics) | [2] |
| Steve Bissette | Taboo (Spiderbaby Graphix/Tundra Publishing) |
| Archie Goodwin | Legends of the Dark Knight (DC Comics), Batman: Sword of Azrael (DC Comics), and Deadman: Exorcism (DC Comics) |
| Gary Groth | Bleeding Heart, (Fantagraphics), Eightball (Fantagraphics), Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics), Pictopia (Fantagraphics), and The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics) |
| Chris Oliveros | Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly) |
| 1994 |
| Karen Berger [note 1] | The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) and Death: The High Cost of Living (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | [3] |
| Mike Carlin [note 1] | Superman titles (DC Comics) |
| Diana Schutz | Batman/Grendel (Comico Comics/DC Comics), Grendel Tales (Dark Horse Comics), American Splendor (Harvey Pekar), 1001 Nights of Bacchus (Dark Horse Comics), The Jam (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1995 | Karen Berger | The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) and Sandman Mystery Theatre (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) | [4] |
| Andy Helfer | The Big Book of Urban Legends (Paradox Press) |
| Dwayne McDuffie | Worlds Collide (Milestone Comics), Xombi (Milestone Comics), and Shadow Cabinet (Milestone Comics) |
| Bob Schreck | Madman (Dark Horse Comics), Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse Comics), and Rascals in Paradise (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Diana Schutz | Grendel Tales (Dark Horse Comics), American Splendor (Dark Horse Comics), and The Dance of Lifey Death (Dark Horse Comics) |
| 1996 | Monte Beauchamp | BLAB! (Kitchen Sink Press) | [5] |
| Stuart Moore [note 2] | Swamp Thing (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), The Invisibles (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), and Preacher (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
| Chris Oliveros | Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly) |
| Bronwyn Taggart [note 2] | The Big Book of Weirdos (Paradox Press), The Big Book of Conspiracies (Paradox Press), Brooklyn Dreams, (Paradox Press) and Stuck Rubber Baby (Paradox Press) |
| Kim Thompson | Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics), Palestine (Fantagraphics), and Zero Zero (Fantagraphics) |
| 1997 | Tom Brevoort | Untold Tales of Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) and Daily Bugle (Marvel Comics) | [6] |
| M. M. Carwald [note 3][7] | Amalgam Comics line (DC Comics/Marvel Comics) |
| Andy Helfer | Gon (Paradox Press) and The Big Book of Little Criminals (Paradox Press) |
| Scott Peterson | Batman Black and White (DC Comics) |
| Joe Pruett | Negative Burn (Caliber Comics) |
| Dan Raspler | Kingdom Come (DC Comics), Hitman (DC Comics), The Spectre (DC Comics), and Sergio Aragonés Destroys DC (DC Comics) |
Notes
- ^ a b There was a tie between Karen Berger and Mike Carlin in 1994.
- ^ a b There was a tie between Stuart Moore and Bronwyn Taggart in 1996.
- ^ M. M. Carwald was a fictional editor whose name was a combination of DC Comics editor Mike Carlin and Marvel comics editor Mark Gruenwald.
References
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| Current Awards | | Awards for People | |
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| Awards for Works | |
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| Special Awards | - Spirit of Comics Retailer Award
- Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
- Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame
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| Former awards | | Awards for People | - Art Team
- Artist
- Inker
- Penciller
- Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition
- Writer/Artist — Humor
- Writer/Artist — Drama
- Writer/Artist–Nonfiction
- Special Recognition
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| Awards for Works | - Adaptation from Another Work
- Archival Collection/Project
- Black-and-White Series
- Comics-Related Periodical/Publication
- Comics-Related Product/Item
- Comics-Related Publication
- Comics-Related Sculpted Figures
- Graphic Album
- Serialized Story
- U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan
- Younger Readers/Younger Audience
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