| Year |
Nominee |
Titles |
Ref. |
| 1990s |
| 1996 |
Sergio Aragonés |
Groo (Image Comics) |
[2] |
| Dan Clowes |
Eightball (Fantagraphics) |
| Kim Deitch |
"The Strange Secret of Molly O'Dare" in Zero Zero (Fantagraphics) |
| Evan Dorkin |
"Instant Piano" stories (Dark Horse Comics), Milk and Cheese #666 (Slave Labor Graphics), Dork #3 (Slave Labor Graphics) |
| Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics) |
| Jim Woodring |
Jim, Jim Special: Frank's Real Pal (Fantagraphics) |
| 1997 |
Don Rosa |
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone Publishing), Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone Publishing) |
[3] |
| Mark Crilley |
Akiko (Sirius Entertainment) |
| Marc Hempel |
Tug & Buster (Art & Soul) |
| Batton Lash |
Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre (Exhibit A Press) |
| Carol Lay |
Joy Ride and Other Stories (Kitchen Sink Press) |
| Masashi Tanaka |
Gon (Paradox Press) |
| 1998 |
Jeff Smith |
Bone (Cartoon Books) |
[4] |
| R. Crumb |
Self-Loathing (Fantagraphics), Mystic Funnies (Alex Wood) |
| Bill Morrison |
Roswell, Little Green Man (Bongo Comics) |
| Masashi Tanaka |
Gon (Paradox Press) |
| Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics) |
| 1999 |
Kyle Baker |
You Are Here (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics) |
[5] |
| Roman Dirge |
Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl (Slave Labor Graphics) |
| Evan Dorkin |
Dork (Slave Labor Graphics) |
| Rich Koslowski |
The 3 Geeks (3 Finger Press) |
| Batton Lash |
Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre (Exhibit A Press), Mavis (Exhibit A Press) |
| 2000s |
| 2000 |
Kyle Baker |
I Die at Midnight (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter" in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC Comics) |
[6] |
| Sergio Aragonés |
"Xt'Tapalatakettle's Day" in Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror (Bongo Comics), Sergio Aragones' Groo & Rufferto (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick), Marginals in Mad (DC Comics) |
| Mark Crilley |
Akiko (Sirius Entertainment) |
| Jay Hosler |
Clan Apis (Active Synapse) |
| Lewis Trondheim |
The Nimrod (Fantagraphics), "The Beach" in Measles #3 (Fantagraphics) |
| 2001 |
Tony Millionaire |
Maakies (Fantagraphics), Sock Monkey (Dark Horse Comics/Maverick) |
[7] |
| Alison Bechdel |
Post-Dykes to Watch Out For (Firebrand Books) |
| Ben Katchor |
Julius Knipl: The Beauty Supply District (Pantheon Books) |
| Michael Kupperman |
Snake 'n' Bacon Cartoon Cabaret (HarperCollins) |
| Pete Sickman-Garner |
Hey, Mister (Top Shelf Productions) |
| Judd Winick |
The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius 2.0 (Oni Press) |
| 2002 |
Evan Dorkin |
Dork (Slave Labor Graphics) |
[8] |
| Tom Beland |
True Story, Swear to God (Clib's Boy Comics) |
| Chynna Clugston-Major |
Blue Monday: Absolute Beginners (Oni Press) |
| Makoto Kobayashi |
"What's Michael?" in Super Manga Blast (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Chris Ware |
Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics) |
| Judd Winick |
The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius (Oni Press) |
| 2003 |
Tony Millionaire |
House at Maakies Corner (Fantagraphics) |
[9] |
| Kim Deitch |
Stuff of Dreams (Fantagraphics) |
| Derf (John Beckderf) |
Trashed: True Tales from the Back of a Garbage Truck (SLG) |
| Roger Langridge |
Fred the Clown (Hotel Fred Press) |
| 2004 |
Kyle Baker |
Plastic Man (DC Comics), The New Baker (Kyle Baker Publishing) |
[10] |
| Tony Millionaire |
Sock Monkey (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Eric Powell |
The Goon (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Joann Sfar |
Little Vampire Does Kung Fu! (Simon & Schuster), Little Vampire Goes to School (Simon & Schuster) |
| Jeff Smith |
Bone (Cartoon Books) |
| 2005 |
Kyle Baker |
Plastic Man (DC Comics), Kyle Baker, Cartoonist (Kyle Baker Publishing) |
[11] |
| Phil Foglio |
Girl Genius (Airship Entertainment) |
| Scott Kurtz |
PvP (Image Comics) |
| Eric Powell |
The Goon (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Johnny Ryan |
Angry Youth Comix (Fantagraphics) |
| 2006 |
Kyle Baker |
Plastic Man (DC Comics), The Bakers (Kyle Baker Publishing) |
[12] |
| Paige Braddock |
Jane's World (Girl Twirl) |
| Bryan Lee O'Malley |
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Oni Press) |
| Eric Powell |
The Goon (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Seth |
Wimbledon Green (Drawn & Quarterly) |
| 2007 |
Tony Millionaire |
Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics), Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident (Dark Horse Comics) |
[13] |
| Ivan Brunetti |
Schizo (Fantagraphics) |
| Lilli Carré |
Tales of Woodsman Pete (Top Shelf Productions) |
| Michael Kupperman |
Tales Designed to Thrizzle (Fantagraphics) |
| Lewis Trondheim |
A.L.I.E.E.E.N. (First Second Books), Mr. I (NBM Publishing) |
| 2008 |
Eric Powell |
The Goon (Dark Horse Comics) |
[14] |
| Kyle Baker |
The Bakers: Babies and Kittens (Image Comics) |
| Fred Chao |
Johnny Hiro (AdHouse Books) |
| Brandon Graham |
King City (Tokyopop), Multiple Warheads (Oni Press) |
| James Stokoe |
Wonton Soup (Oni Press) |
