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The Eisner Awards awarded its 2023 winners last night at San Diego Comic-Con. While Image had the most total nominations, and DC the second-most, DC’s Nightwing won all three of the categories it was recognized for: Best Continuing Series, Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team, and Best Cover Artist. One of io9's favorite WebToons, Lore Olympus, also went home with hardware winning in the Best Webcomic category; which makes this the first time Rachel Smythe has won, having been first nominated for Lore Olympus in…

Image: Viz MediaThanks to io9, you can keep up with the news and reveals from San Diego Comic-Con online—but some parts of the fan event are best witnessed in person. “Welcome to the Ito-verse: The Junji Ito Experience” is one such example, but we captured a few images to help recreate seeing it up close.“For nearly four decades, Junji Ito has been chilling, thrilling, and titillating fans of manga horror throughout his illustrious career. He is the master of modern cosmic horror and has been awarded four Eisner Awards,…

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Clementine, by Tillie WaldenImage: Image Comics | Tillie WaldenThe Eisner Awards, one of the most prestigious comic awards currently awarded in the United States, has announced its 2023 nominees. Much like last year, Image and DC publishing once again netted the most nominations, but this year Image has more nods: 20 (plus six shared) and DC with 11 (plus five shared). While the award is given out at San Diego Comic-Con, people and art from across the world are represented.Getty Images Wants AI to Stop Copying ThemImage…

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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…