Najlepsza krótka historia:
- Get Naked in Barcelona, Steven T. Seagle i Emei Olivia Burrell, w: Get Naked (Image)
- The Ghastlygun Tinies, Matt Cohen i Marc Palm, w: MAD magazine #4 (DC)
- Here I Am, Shaun Tan, w: I Feel Machine (SelfMadeHero)
- Life During Interesting Times Mike Dawson (The Nib; do przeczytania online)
- Supply Chains, Peter i Maria Hoey, w: Coin-Op #7 (Coin-Op Books)
- The Talk of the Saints, Tom King i Jason Fabok, w: Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)
Najlepszy one-shot:
- Beneath the Dead Oak Tree, Emily Carroll (ShortBox)
- Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise, Jeff Lemire i Emi Lenox (Dark Horse)
- No Better Words, Carolyn Nowak (Silver Sprocket)
- Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310, Chip Zdarsky (Marvel)
- The Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils In Suits, Arabson, tłumaczenie – James Robinson (IHQ Studio/ Image)
Najlepsza seria kontynuowana:
- Batman, Tom King et al. (DC)
- Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston i Rich Tommaso (Dark Horse)
- Gasolina, Sean Mackiewicz i Niko Walter (Skybound/Image)
- Giant Days, John Allison, Max Sarin i Julaa Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
- The Immortal Hulk, Al Ewing, Joe Bennett iRuy José (Marvel)
- Runaways, Rainbow Rowell i Kris Anka (Marvel)
Najlepsza debiutująca seria:
- Bitter Root, David Walker, Chuck Brown, Sanford Greene (Image)
- Crowded, Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt (Image)
- Gideon Falls, Jeff Lemire i Andrea Sorrentino (Image)
- Isola, Brenden Fletcher i Karl Kerschl (Image)
- Man-Eaters, Chelsea Cain, Lia Miternique i Kate Niemczyk (Image)
- Skyward, Joe Henderson i Lee Garbett (Image)
Najlepszy komiks dla nastolatków (13-17 lat):
- All Summer Long, Hope Larson (Farrar Straus Giroux)
- Gumballs, Erin Nations (Top Shelf/IDW)
- Middlewest, Skottie Young i Jorge Corona (Image)
- Norroway, Book 1: The Black Bull of Norroway, Cat Seaton i Kit Seaton (Image)
- The Prince and the Dressmaker, Jen Wang (First Second)
- Watersnakes, Tony Sandoval, tłumaczenie: Lucas Marangon (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Najlepszy komiks humorystyczny:
- Get Naked, Steven T. Seagle et al. (Image)
- Giant Days, John Allison, Max Sarin, Julia Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
- MAD magazine, red. Bill Morrison (DC)
- A Perfect Failure: Fanta Bukowski 3, Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)
- Woman World, Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)
Najlepszy komiks adaptowany z innego medium:
- Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation, adapracja: Ari Folman, David Polonsky (Pantheon)
- Frankenstein Mary Shelley w: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, adaptacja: Junji Ito (VIZ Media)
- Out in the Open Jesús Carraso, adaptacja: Javi Rey (SelfMadeHero)
- Speak: The Graphic Novel, adaptacja: Laurie Halse Anderson i Emily Carroll (Farrar Straus Giroux)
- To Build a Fire: Based on Jack London’s Classic Story, Chabouté (Gallery 13)
Najlepszy scenarzysta:
- Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)
- Tom King, Batman, Mister Miracle, Heroes in Crisis, Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)
- Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, Quantum Age (Dark Horse); Descender, Gideon Falls, Royal City (Image)
- Mark Russell, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound, Lex Luthor/Porky Pig (DC); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
- Kelly Thompson, Nancy Drew (Dynamite); Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Mr. & Mrs. X, Rogue & Gambit, Uncanny X-Men, West Coast Avengers (Marvel)
- Chip Zdarsky, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel)
Najlepsza książka o komiksie:
- Comic Book Implosion: An Oral History of DC Comics Circa 1978, Keith Dallas i John Wells (TwoMorrows)
- Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists, Martha H. Kennedy (University Press of Mississippi)
- The League of Regrettable Sidekicks, Jon Morris (Quirk Books)
- Mike Grell: Life Is Drawing Without an Eraser, Dewey Cassell i Jeff Messer (TwoMorrows)
- Yoshitaka Amano: The Illustrated Biography—Beyond the Fantasy, Florent Gorges (Dark Horse)
Najlepszy komiks elektroniczny:
- Aztec Empire, Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett i David Hahn, www.bigredhair.com/books/Aztec-empire/
- The Führer and the Tramp, Sean McArdle, Jon Judy i Dexter Wee, http://thefuhrerandthetramp.com/
- The Journey, Pablo Leon (Rewire), https://rewire.news/article/2018/01/08/rewire-exclusive-comic-journey/
- The Stone King, Kel McDonald i Tyler Crook (comiXology Originals) https://cmxl.gy/
Stone-King - Umami, Ken Niimura (Panel Syndicate), http://panelsyndicate.com/comics/umami
Najlepszy webkomiks:
- The Contradictions, Sophie Yanow, www.thecontradictions.com
- Lavender Jack, Dan Schkade (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/lavender-jack/list?title_no=1410&page=1
- Let’s Play, Mongie (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/letsplay/list?title_no=1218&page=1
- Lore Olympus, Rachel Smythe, (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=1
- Tiger, Tiger, Petra Erika Nordlund, (Hiveworks) http://www.tigertigercomic.com/
Pełną listę nominacji można zobaczyć na stronie CC San Diego.
Zobacz również: Akira – legendarny komiks znowu w Polsce
Źródło: San Diego Comic-Con; ilustracja wprowadzenia
