Nominee2008by James Sturm
Nominated. Each year the judges shortlist only a handful of books in each category, so a nomination is a mark of a book the comics world rates among the best of its year.
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Winner2008Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim CrowJames Sturm and Rich Tommaso2008 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winnerWatership DownJames Sturm and Joe SutphinWinner2024Watership DownJames Sturm and Joe Sutphin2024 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium winner
Nominee2017Ape and Armadillo Take Over the WorldJames Sturm2017 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers nominee
Nominee2011Market DayJames Sturm2011 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2002The Golem's Mighty SwingJames Sturm2002 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nomineeWatership Down Graphic NovelJames Sturm and Joe Sutphin, based on the novel by Richard AdamsNominee2024Watership Down Graphic NovelJames Sturm and Joe Sutphin, based on the novel by Richard Adams2024 Harvey Award for Book of the Year nominee
Winner2026Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black ResistanceBen Passmore2026 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2025Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic MemoirTessa Hulls2025 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir winner
Winner2025Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the U.S.Caitlin Cass2025 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2024Hip Hop Family TreeEd Piskor2024 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2024Wonder Woman Historia: The AmazonsKelly Sue DeConnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott2024 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2022Run: Book OneJohn Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir winner