2021 Eisner Award Nominees
We would like to congratulate all of the nominees for the 2021 Eisner Awards! Here are some of the nominated titles that we currently have available, while supplies last!
I Had That Same Dream Again
U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia (Seven Seas)
by Yoru Sumino and Idumi Kirihara, translation by Beni Axia Conrad Best
A layered coming-of-age story from the author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and At Night, I Become a Monster.
I Wish I Could Say Thank You
U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
by Yukari Takinami, translation by Yukari Takeuchi
The creator is telling the story of the loss of her own mother, a difficult and demanding woman, and the strains it places on the individual family members. It is not told in any maudlin manner but rather in an everyday, matter-of-fact way which best describes this all-too-common situation. The cartoon-like depiction of the characters helps remove it from the specific and opens it up to anyone facing the possible demise of a parent.
A Journal of My Father
U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
by Jiro Taniguchi, translation by Kumar Sivasubramanian
Know thy father. The book opens with some childhood thoughts of Yoichi Yamashita spurred by a phone call at work informing him of his father's death. So, he journeys back to his hometown after an absence of well over a decade during which time he has not seen his father. But as the relatives gather for the funeral and the stories start to flow, Yoichi's childhood starts to resurface. The Spring afternoons playing on the floor of his father's barber shop, the fire that ravaged the city and his family home, his parents' divorce and a new 'mother'. Through confidences and memories shared with those who knew him best, Yoichi rediscovers the man he had long considered an absent and rather cold father.
Ping Pong
U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia (VIZ Media)
by Taiyo Matsumoto, translation by Michael Arias
Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto and his friend Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino have been playing table tennis since they were kids, but as they enter high school, they find that the game has changed. Seeing potential in them that they themselves don't fully realize, the coach recruits them for the school team. Bringing out their best will mean challenging the top players from rival schools in the summer tournament, including an ace Chinese exchange student who almost made the Olympic team. With the pressure on, can Smile and Peco take the heat and make it into the finals?
Remina
U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
& Best Writer/Artist (VIZ Media)
by Junji Ito, translation by Jocelyne Allen
An unknown planet emerges from inside a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Oguro, christens the body “Remina” after his own daughter. His finding is met with great fanfare, and Remina herself rises to fame. However, the object picks up speed as it moves along in its curious course, eliminating planets and stars one after another, until finally Earth itself faces extinction… Is the girl Remina the true cause of the catastrophe? A masterwork of horror from Junji Ito, unfolding on a universal scale.
Venus in the Blind Spot
Best Writer/Artist (VIZ Media)
by Junji Ito
Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto and his friend Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino have been playing table tennis since they were kids, but as they enter high school, they find that the game has changed. Seeing potential in them that they themselves don't fully realize, the coach recruits them for the school team. Bringing out their best will mean challenging the top players from rival schools in the summer tournament, including an ace Chinese exchange student who almost made the Olympic team. With the pressure on, can Smile and Peco take the heat and make it into the finals?
SPY x FAMILY
U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia (VIZ Media)
by Tatsuya Endo, translation by Casey Loe (VIZ Media)
An action-packed comedy about a fake family that includes a spy, an assassin and a telepath! Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment-to get married and have a kid-he may finally be in over his head! Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a telepath!
Usagi Yojimbo
Best Continuing Series & Best Lettering (Dark Horse)
by Stan Sakai
This comic book series that follows the adventures of rabbit samurai Miyamoto Usagi in Japan at the turn of the seventeenth century, as he stands up for justice and truth in a time of unrest.