Eisners

Up for auction from Heritage Auctions this weekend is Uncle Sam #3 from 1940, the last issue of the character drawn by Will Eisner before he handed it over to others.National Comics was an anthology comic book series published by Quality Comics, from 1940 for nine years and is best known for Will Eisner's Uncle Sam character that appeared in the first issue, as well as later introducing Wonder Boy, The Barker, and Quicksilver. All were eventually taken in by DC Comics, and Alex Ross would later do his own version of Uncle…

Image: DC, Boom! Studios, Viz Media, and WebtoonThis weekend is San Diego Comic-Con, and that means more than just big comics and TV/film-related news. It means that it’s time for the comic industry to celebrate itself via the yearly Eisner Awards, and from the sound of things, the awards show thankfully went fairly smoothly this year...as long as you ignore most of the attendees not being masked up, it seems.Who won the 2022 Eisner Awards at SDCC 2022?Who won Best Short Story at the 2022 Eisners? “Funeral in Foam,” by…