Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium
Awarded forBest Adaptation from Another Medium
CountryUnited States
First awarded2010
Most recent winner (2021)Superman Smashes the Klan adapted by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru
Websitewww.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info

The Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books.

History and name change

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The award was launched in 2010 as Best Adaptation from Another Work. No award was given in 2011. In 2012 the award was renamed to Best Adaptation from Another Medium. No award was given in 2015 or 2017.





Winners and nominees

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Award winners and nominees
Year Title Original Creator Adapted by Publisher Result Ref.
2010 Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter Donald E. Westlake Darwyn Cooke IDW Publishing Winner [1]
The Book of Genesis Robert Crumb W. W. Norton & Company Nominee
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation Charles Darwin Michael Keller and Nicolle Rager Fuller Rodale Books Nominee
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury Tim Hamilton Hill & Wang Nominee
West Coast Blues Jean-Patrick Manchette Jacques Tardi Fantagraphics Nominee
2011 The Marvelous Land of Oz L. Frank Baum Eric Shanower and Skottie Young Marvel Comics Winner [1]
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Joann Sfar Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Nominee [2]
7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2 (Inspired by Needle) Hal Clement Nobuaki Tadano Vertical Nominee [2]
Dante's Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri Seymour Chwast Bloomsbury Publishing Nominee [2]
SilverFin: A James Bond Adventure Charlie Higson Charlie Higson and Kev Walker Disney-Hyperion Nominee [2]
2012 No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2012.[1][3]
2013 Richard Stark's Parker: The Score Donald E. Westlake Darwyn Cooke IDW Publishing Winner [1]
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle Hope Larson Farrar, Straus and Giroux Nominee [4]
Chico and Rita Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal SelfMadeHero Nominee [4]
Homer's Odyssey Homer Seymour Chwast Bloomsbury Publishing Nominee [4]
Road to Oz L. Frank Baum Eric Shanower and Skottie Young Marvel Comics Nominee [4]
2014 Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground Donald E. Westlake Darwyn Cooke IDW Publishing Winner [1][5]
The Castle Franz Kafka David Zane Mairowitz and Jaromír 99 SelfMadeHero Nominee [5]
The Complete Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Rob Davis SelfMadeHero Nominee [5]
The Strange Tale of Panorama Island Edogawa Ranpo Suehiro Maruo Last Gasp Nominee [5]
Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino Reginald Hudlin, R. M. Guéra, et al. DC Comics/Vertigo Comics Nominee [5]
2015 No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2015.[1][6]
2016 Two Brothers Milton Hatoum Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá Dark Horse Comics Winner [1][7]
Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt John R. Jewitt Rebecca Goldfield, Mike Short, and Matt Dembicki Fulcrum Publishing Nominee [7]
City of Clowns Daniel Alarcón Daniel Alarcón and Sheila Alvarado Riverhead Books Nominee [7]
Ghetto Klown John Leguizamo John Leguizamo, Christa Cassano, and Shamus Beyale Abrams ComicArts Nominee [7]
Lafcadio Hearn's “The Faceless Ghost” and Other Macabre Tales from Japan Lafcadio Hearn Sean Michael Wilson and Michiru Morikawa Shambhala Publications Nominee [7]
2017 No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2017.[1][8]
2018 Kindred Octavia E. Butler Damian Duffy and John Jennings Abrams ComicArts Winner [1]
Beowulf Santiago García and David Rubín Image Comics Nominee [9]
H. P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories H. P. Lovecraft Gou Tanabe, trans. by Zack Davisson Dark Horse Comics Nominee [9]
Herman Melville's Moby Dick Herman Melville Christophe Chabouté, trans. by Laure Dupont Dark Horse Comics Nominee [9]
2019 ”Frankenstein” in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection Mary Shelley Junji Ito, trans. by Jocelyne Allen Viz Media Winner [10][11]
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation Anne Frank Ari Folman and David Polonsky Pantheon Books Nominee [12]
Out in the Open Jesús Carrasco Javi Rey, trans. by Lawrence Schimel SelfMadeHero Nominee [12]
Speak: The Graphic Novel Laurie Halse Anderson Emily Carroll Farrar, Straus and Giroux Nominee [12]
To Build a Fire: Based on Jack London's Classic Story Jack London Christophe Chabouté Gallery 13 Nominee [12]
2020 Snow, Glass, Apples Neil Gaiman Colleen Doran Dark Horse Comics Winner [13][14][15]
The Giver Lois Lowry P. Craig Russell HMH Books for Young Readers Nominee [16]
The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel Margaret Atwood Renee Nault Nan A. Talese Nominee [16]
The Seventh Voyage Stanisław Lem Jon J Muth, trans. by Michael Kandel Scholastic Graphix Nominee [16]
Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made Salvador Dalí Josh Frank, Tim Heidecker, and Manuela Pertega Quirk Books Nominee [16]
H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, vols. 1–2 H. P. Lovecraft Gou Tanabe, trans. by Zack Davisson Dark Horse Manga Nominee [16]
2021 Superman Smashes the Klan Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru DC Comics Winner [17]
Constitution Illustrated R. Sikoryak Drawn & Quarterly Nominee [18]
Parable of the Sower: The Graphic Novel Adaptation Octavia E. Butler Damian Duffy and John Jennings Abrams Books Nominee [18]
Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind, vol. 1 Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel Casanave Harper Perennial Nominee [18]
Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut Ryan North and Albert Monteys Archaia Entertainment/Boom! Studios Nominee [18]
2022 George Orwell’s 1984: The Graphic Novel George Orwell Fido Nesti Mariner Books Winner [19][20]
After the Rain Nnedi Okorafor John Jennings and David Brame Megascope/Abrams ComicArts Nominee [19][20]
Bubble Kurt Vonnegut Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, and Tony Cliff First Second/Macmillan Nominee [19][20]
Disney Cruella: Black, White, and Red Hachi Ishie VIZ Media Nominee [19][20]
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell Sophie and Scarlett Rickard SelfMadeHero Nominee [19][20]
2023 Chivalry Neil Gaiman Colleen Doran Dark Horse Comics Winner [21]
Rain Joe Hill David M. Booher and Zoe Thorogood Syzygy/Image Nominee [21]
Ten Days in a Madhouse Nellie Bly Brad Ricca and Courtney Sieh Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster Nominee [21]
Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album Tori Amos Rantz Hoseley (ed.) Z2 Nominee [21]
A Visit to Moscow Rabbi Rafael Grossman Anna Olswanger and Yevgenia Nayberg Turner Nominee [21]

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