Alan Moore for Promethea (ABC)

Jaime Hernandez for Penny Century (Fantagraphics)

Al Jaffee for MAD Magazine (E.C. Publications, Inc.)

Sergio Aragones (Groo, etc.)

Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware, design by Chris Ware (Pantheon)

Luba’s Comics and Stories by Gilbert Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)

Superman & Batman: World’s Funnest by Evan Dorkin & various artists (DC Comics)

Last Day in Vietnam by Will Eisner, edited by Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Maverick)

Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware, edited by Chip Kidd (Pantheon)

Drawn & Quarterly vol. 3, #1 edited by Chris Oliveros (Drawn & Quarterly)

Charles Burns for Black Hole (Fantagraphics)

Todd Klein for Castle Waiting (Cartoon Books)

Laura DePuy for The Authority (Wildstorm/DC Comics)

Mutts by Patrick McDonnell

The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics)

Lone Wolf & Cub by Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima, edited by Mike Hansen (Dark Horse)

The Spirit Archives by Will Eisner, edited by Dale Crain (DC Comics)

Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly, Paul in the Country, etc.)

Adam Hughes for Wonder Woman (DC Comics)

Guido Crepax
Mort Weisinger
Sheldon Moldoff