While Harold Gray is best known for Little Orphan Annie, he wasn’t a one-trick pony. According to the publisher, the volume “concentrates on mastery of the important newcomer to the field of caricature, which we call comic strip, picture story, and graphic novel.”Įd Leffingwell’s Little Joe by Harold Gray edited by Peter Maresca and Sammy Harkham (Sunday Press Books) Count Amédée de Noé) is a name unfamiliar to the general reading public today, but readers during the years covered by the book might have well come across the work of one of the trailblazers of the illustrated form. Of all of the books on the year’s list of nominees, this one may best epitomize the category’s reach. Here are the 2020 Eisner Award nominees for the Best Archival Collection/Project (Strips) category:Ĭham: The Comic Strips and Graphic Novelettes, 1839-1862 by David Kunzle (University Press of Mississippi) This award truly transcends the world of comics to honor pieces of our shared cultural history. Since then, some of the honorees have included Peanuts, Bloom County, Calvin & Hobbes, Mickey Mouse, and Tarzan. Starting in 2006, the Best Archival category was split into separate awards for comic books and comic strips. Best Archival Collection/Project (Strips)
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