Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium

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

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

History and name change

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

Award winners and nominees
YearTitleOriginal CreatorAdapted byPublisherResultRef.
2010Richard Stark's Parker: The HunterDonald E. WestlakeDarwyn CookeIDW PublishingWinner[1]
The Book of GenesisRobert CrumbW. W. Norton & CompanyNominee
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic AdaptationCharles DarwinMichael Keller and Nicolle Rager FullerRodale BooksNominee
Fahrenheit 451Ray BradburyTim HamiltonHill & WangNominee
West Coast BluesJean-Patrick ManchetteJacques TardiFantagraphicsNominee
2011The Marvelous Land of OzL. Frank BaumEric Shanower and Skottie YoungMarvel ComicsWinner[1]
The Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-ExupéryJoann SfarHoughton Mifflin HarcourtNominee[2]
7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2 (Inspired by Needle)Hal ClementNobuaki TadanoVerticalNominee[2]
Dante's Divine ComedyDante AlighieriSeymour ChwastBloomsbury PublishingNominee[2]
SilverFin: A James Bond AdventureCharlie HigsonCharlie Higson and Kev WalkerDisney-HyperionNominee[2]
2012No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2012.[1][3]
2013Richard Stark's Parker: The ScoreDonald E. WestlakeDarwyn CookeIDW PublishingWinner[1]
A Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine L'EngleHope LarsonFarrar, Straus and GirouxNominee[4]
Chico and RitaFernando Trueba and Javier MariscalSelfMadeHeroNominee[4]
Homer's OdysseyHomerSeymour ChwastBloomsbury PublishingNominee[4]
Road to OzL. Frank BaumEric Shanower and Skottie YoungMarvel ComicsNominee[4]
2014Richard Stark's Parker: SlaygroundDonald E. WestlakeDarwyn CookeIDW PublishingWinner[1][5]
The CastleFranz KafkaDavid Zane Mairowitz and Jaromír 99SelfMadeHeroNominee[5]
The Complete Don QuixoteMiguel de CervantesRob DavisSelfMadeHeroNominee[5]
The Strange Tale of Panorama IslandEdogawa RanpoSuehiro MaruoLast GaspNominee[5]
Django UnchainedQuentin TarantinoReginald Hudlin, R. M. Guéra, et al.DC Comics/Vertigo ComicsNominee[5]
2015No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2015.[1][6]
2016Two BrothersMilton HatoumFábio Moon and Gabriel BáDark Horse ComicsWinner[1][7]
Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John JewittJohn R. JewittRebecca Goldfield, Mike Short, and Matt DembickiFulcrum PublishingNominee[7]
City of ClownsDaniel AlarcónDaniel Alarcón and Sheila AlvaradoRiverhead BooksNominee[7]
Ghetto KlownJohn LeguizamoJohn Leguizamo, Christa Cassano, and Shamus BeyaleAbrams ComicArtsNominee[7]
Lafcadio Hearn's “The Faceless Ghost” and Other Macabre Tales from JapanLafcadio HearnSean Michael Wilson and Michiru MorikawaShambhala PublicationsNominee[7]
2017No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2017.[1][8]
2018KindredOctavia E. ButlerDamian Duffy and John JenningsAbrams ComicArtsWinner[1]
BeowulfSantiago García and David RubínImage ComicsNominee[9]
H. P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other StoriesH. P. LovecraftGou Tanabe, trans. by Zack DavissonDark Horse ComicsNominee[9]
Herman Melville's Moby DickHerman MelvilleChristophe Chabouté, trans. by Laure DupontDark Horse ComicsNominee[9]
2019”Frankenstein” in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story CollectionMary ShelleyJunji Ito, trans. by Jocelyne AllenViz MediaWinner[10][11]
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic AdaptationAnne FrankAri Folman and David PolonskyPantheon BooksNominee[12]
Out in the OpenJesús CarrascoJavi Rey, trans. by Lawrence SchimelSelfMadeHeroNominee[12]
Speak: The Graphic NovelLaurie Halse AndersonEmily CarrollFarrar, Straus and GirouxNominee[12]
To Build a Fire: Based on Jack London's Classic StoryJack LondonChristophe ChaboutéGallery 13Nominee[12]
2020Snow, Glass, ApplesNeil GaimanColleen DoranDark Horse ComicsWinner[13][14][15]
The GiverLois LowryP. Craig RussellHMH Books for Young ReadersNominee[16]
The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic NovelMargaret AtwoodRenee NaultNan A. TaleseNominee[16]
The Seventh VoyageStanisław LemJon J Muth, trans. by Michael KandelScholastic GraphixNominee[16]
Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never MadeSalvador DalíJosh Frank, Tim Heidecker, and Manuela PertegaQuirk BooksNominee[16]
H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, vols. 1–2H. P. LovecraftGou Tanabe, trans. by Zack DavissonDark Horse MangaNominee[16]
2021Superman Smashes the KlanGene Luen Yang and GurihiruDC ComicsWinner[17]
Constitution IllustratedR. SikoryakDrawn & QuarterlyNominee[18]
Parable of the Sower: The Graphic Novel AdaptationOctavia E. ButlerDamian Duffy and John JenningsAbrams BooksNominee[18]
Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind, vol. 1Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel CasanaveHarper PerennialNominee[18]
Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt VonnegutRyan North and Albert MonteysArchaia Entertainment/Boom! StudiosNominee[18]
2022George Orwell’s 1984: The Graphic NovelGeorge OrwellFido NestiMariner BooksWinner[19][20]
After the RainNnedi OkoraforJohn Jennings and David BrameMegascope/Abrams ComicArtsNominee[19][20]
BubbleKurt VonnegutJordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, and Tony CliffFirst Second/MacmillanNominee[19][20]
Disney Cruella: Black, White, and RedHachi IshieVIZ MediaNominee[19][20]
The Ragged-Trousered PhilanthropistsRobert TressellSophie and Scarlett RickardSelfMadeHeroNominee[19][20]
2023ChivalryNeil GaimanColleen DoranDark Horse ComicsWinner[21]
RainJoe HillDavid M. Booher and Zoe ThorogoodSyzygy/ImageNominee[21]
Ten Days in a MadhouseNellie BlyBrad Ricca and Courtney SiehGallery 13/Simon & SchusterNominee[21]
Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic AlbumTori AmosRantz Hoseley (ed.)Z2Nominee[21]
A Visit to MoscowRabbi Rafael GrossmanAnna Olswanger and Yevgenia NaybergTurnerNominee[21]

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