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{{Short description|Award for non-fictional US comics}}
{{Infobox award
| name          = Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work
| image         = 
| image_upright = 
| caption       = 
| alt           = 
| awarded_for   = Best Reality-Based Work
| presenter     = 
| country       = [[United States]]
| year          = 2006
| holder_label  = Most recent winner (2021) 
| holder        = ''Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio'' by [[Derf Backderf]]
| website       = {{URL|https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info}}
}}

The '''[[Eisner Award]] for Best Reality-Based Work''' is an award for "creative achievement" in non-fiction [[American comic books]].

==Winners and nominees==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:60%;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Authors
!scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| colspan=4 data-sort-value="ω" style="background-color:#CACCD0; font-weight:bold; padding-left:20%"| 2000s
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2006
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Nat Turner|'''''[[Nat Turner (comics)|Nat Turner]]'''''}} ([[Kyle Baker Publishing]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Baker|'''[[Kyle Baker]]'''}}
|rowspan=5|<ref name="2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees">{{cite news|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner06.php|title=2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Embroideries|''[[Embroideries (comics)|Embroideries]]''}} ([[Pantheon Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Satrapi|[[Marjane Satrapi]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Epileptic|''[[Epileptic (comics)|Epileptic]]''}} ([[Pantheon Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|B.|[[David B.]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea|''[[Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea]]''}} ([[Drawn & Quarterly]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Delisle|[[Guy Delislefg]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|True Story, Swear to God|''[[True Story, Swear to God]]''}} ([[Clib's Boy Comics]]) and [[True Story, Swear to God|True Story, Swear to God: This One Goes to Eleven]] ([[AiT/Planet Lar]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Beland|[[Tom Beland]]}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2007
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Fun Home|'''''[[Fun Home]]'''''}} ([[Houghton Mifflin]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Bechdel|'''[[Alison Bechdel]]'''}}
|rowspan=5|<ref name="2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees">{{cite news|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner07.php|title=2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees, Comic Book Awards Almanac |website=The Hahn Library |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|I Love Led Zeppelin|''[[I Love Led Zeppelin]]''}} ([[Fantagraphics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Forney|[[Ellen Forney]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Mom's Cancer|''[[Mom's Cancer]]''}} ([[Abrams Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Fies|[[Brian Fies]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Project X: Cup Noodle|''[[Project X: Cup Noodle]]''}} ([[Digital Manga]], {{ISBN|9781569709597}})
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Katoh|[[Tadashi Katoh]]}} (author) and [[Akira Imai]] (artist)
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Stagger Lee|''[[Stagger Lee (comics)|Stagger Lee]]''}} ([[Image Comics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|McCulloch|[[Derek McCulloch (comics)|Derek McCulloch]]}} and [[Shepherd Hendrix]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2008
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow|'''''[[Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow]]'''''}} ([[Center for Cartoon Studies]]/[[Hyperion Books for Children]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Sturm|'''[[James Sturm]]'''}} and '''[[Rich Tommaso]]'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Your 2008 Eisner Award Winners">{{cite news|url=https://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/your_2008_eisner_award_winners/|title=Your 2008 Eisner Award Winners, The Comics Reporter}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Laika|''[[Laika (comics)|Laika]]''}} ([[First Second Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Abadzis|[[Nick Abadzis]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Magical Life of Long Tack Sam|''[[The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam]]''}} ([[Riverhead Books]]/[[Penguin Group]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Fleming|[[Ann Marie Fleming]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm|''[[Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm]]''}} ([[Vertigo Comics]]/[[DC Comics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Carey|[[Percy Carey]]}} and [[Ronald Wimberly]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|White Rapids|''[[White Rapids (comics)|White Rapids]]''}} ([[Drawn & Quarterly]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Blanchet|[[Pascal Blanchet]]}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2009
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|What It Is|'''''[[What It Is (comics)|What It Is]]'''''}} ([[Drawn & Quarterly]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Barry|'''[[Lynda Barry]]'''}}
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Eisner Nominations Released">{{cite news|url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/14697/eisner-nominations-released/|title=Eisner Nominations Released|work= ICV2}}</ref><ref name="2009 Eisner Award Winners">{{cite news|url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/15455/2009-eisner-award-winners/|title=2009 Eisner Award Winners|work= ICV2}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Alan’s War|''[[Alan’s War]]''}} ([[First Second Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Guibert|[[Emmanuel Guibert]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story|''[[Blue Pills|Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story]]''}} ([[Houghton Mifflin]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Peeters|[[Frederik Peeters]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Fishtown|''[[Fishtown (comics)|Fishtown]]''}} ([[IDW Publishing]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Colden|[[Kevin Colden]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh Child|''[[A Treasury of XXth Century Murder|A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh Child]]''}} ([[NBM Publishing]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Geary|[[Rick Geary]]}}
|-
| colspan=4 data-sort-value="ω" style="background-color:#CACCD0; font-weight:bold; padding-left:20%"| 2010s
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2010
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Drifting Life|'''''[[A Drifting Life]]'''''}} ([[Drawn & Quarterly]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Tatsumi|'''[[Yoshihiro Tatsumi]]'''}}
|rowspan=6|<ref name="2010 Eisner Award nominations announced">{{cite news|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/2010-eisner-award-nominations-announced/|title=2010 Eisner Award nominations announced|work= The Beat}}</ref><ref name="The 2010 Eisner Award winners include Ed Brubaker, Batwoman illustrator J.H. Williams III">{{cite news|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-2010-eisner-award-winners-include-ed-brubaker-batw-5595542|title=The 2010 Eisner Award winners include Ed Brubaker, Batwoman illustrator J.H. Williams III, IO9}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Footnotes in Gaza|''[[Footnotes in Gaza]]''}} ([[Metropolitan Books]]/[[Henry Holt and Company]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Sacco|[[Joe Sacco]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Imposter’s Daughter|''[[The Impostor's Daughter: A True Memoir]]''}} ([[Little, Brown]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Sandell|[[Laurie Sandell]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Monsters|''[[Monsters (comics)|Monsters]]''}} ([[Secret Acres]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Dahl|[[Ken Dahl]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Photographer|''[[The Photographer (comics)|The Photographer]]''}} ([[First Second Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Guibert|[[Emmanuel Guibert]]}}, [[Didier Lefèvre]], and [[Frédéric Lemercier]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Stitches|''[[Stitches (book)|Stitches]]''}} ([[W. W. Norton & Company]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Small|[[David Small]]}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2011
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|It Was the War of the Trenches|'''''[[It Was the War of the Trenches]]'''''}} ([[Fantagraphics]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Tardi|'''[[Jacques Tardi]]'''}}
|rowspan=6|<ref name="Presenting the Eisner Award Nominees for 2011">{{cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2011/04/11/presenting-the-eisner-award-nominees-for-2011|title=Presenting the Eisner Award Nominees for 2011, Tor.com}}</ref><ref name="Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present">{{cite news|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present|title=Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present, San Diego Comic-Con International|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-date=2014-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213024118/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book|''[[Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book]]''}} ([[Drawn & Quarterly]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Barry|[[Lynda Barry]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir|''[[Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir]]''}} ([[Fantagraphics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Farmer|[[Joyce Farmer]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Terrible Axe Man of New Orleans|''[[A Treasury of XXth Century Murder|Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Terrible Axe Man of New Orleans]]''}} ([[NBM Publishing]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Geary|[[Rick Geary]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Two Generals|''[[Two Generals]]''}} ([[McClelland & Stewart]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Chantler|[[Scott Chantler]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|You'll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage|''[[You'll Never Know (comic)|You'll Never Know]]''}} Book 2: Collateral Damage ([[Fantagraphics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Tyler|[[Carol Tyler]]}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2012
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Green River Killer: A True Detective Story|'''''[[Green River Killer: A True Detective Story]]'''''}} ([[Dark Horse Comics]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Jensen|'''[[Jeff Jensen]]'''}} and '''[[Jonathan Case]]'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Nominees Announced For 2012 Eisner Awards">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbr.com/nominees-announced-for-2012-eisner-awards/|title=Nominees Announced For 2012 Eisner Awards|work= Comic Book Resources}}</ref><ref name="Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present" />
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Around the World|''[[Around the World (comics)|Around the World]]''}} ([[Candlewick Press]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Phelan|[[Matt Phelan]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Marzi: A Memoir|''[[Marzi (comics)|Marzi: A Memoir]]''}} ([[Vertigo Comics]]/[[DC Comics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Sowa|[[Marzena Sowa]]}} and [[Sylvain Savoia]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths|''[[Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths]]''}} ([[Drawn & Quarterly]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Mizuki|[[Shigeru Mizuki]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Vietnamerica|''[[Vietnamerica]]''}} ([[Villard (imprint)|Villard]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Tran|[[GB Tran]]}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2013
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller|'''''[[Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller]]'''''}} ([[Center for Cartoon Studies]]/[[Hyperion Books for Children]]) <ref group="note" name="name">There was a tie between ''Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller'' and ''The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song''.</ref>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Lambert|'''[[Joseph Lambert (cartoonist)|Joseph Lambert]]'''}}
|rowspan=6|<ref name="2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbr.com/2013-eisner-award-nominees-announced/|title=2013 Eisner Award Nominees Announced|work=Comic Book Resources}}</ref><ref name="Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present" />
|-
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song|'''''[[The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song]]'''''}} ([[Abrams ComicArts]]) <ref group="note" name="name" />
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Young|'''[[Frank M. Young]]'''}} and '''[[David Lasky]]'''
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Chinese Life|''[[A Chinese Life]]''}} ([[SelfMadeHero]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Kunwu|[[Li Kunwu]]}} and [[Philippe Ôtié]], translated by [[Edward Gauvin]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Infinite Wait and Other Stories|''[[The Infinite Wait and Other Stories]]''}} ([[Koyama Press]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Wertz|[[Julia Wertz]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me|''[[Marbles: Mania Depression Michelangelo & Me]]''}} ([[Gotham Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Forney|[[Ellen Forney]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|You'll Never Know Book 3: A Soldier's Heart|''[[You'll Never Know (comic)|You'll Never Know]]''}} Book 3: A Soldier's Heart ([[Fantagraphics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Tyler|[[Carol Tyler]]}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2014
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story|'''''[[The Fifth Beatle (graphic novel)|The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story]]'''''}} ([[M Press]]/[[Dark Horse Comics]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Tiwary|'''[[Vivek J. Tiwary]]'''}}, '''[[Andrew C. Robinson]]''', and '''[[Kyle Baker]]'''
|rowspan=6 |<ref name="2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees">{{cite news|url=https://comicsalliance.com/2014-eisner-awards-full-list-of-winners-and-nominees/|title=2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees, Comic Alliance}}</ref><ref name="Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present" />
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Bag of Marbles|''[[A Bag of Marbles#Films and graphic novel|A Bag of Marbles]]''}} ([[Graphic Universe]]/[[Lerner Publishing Group]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Joffo|[[Joseph Joffo]]}}, [[Kris (cartoonist)|Kris]], and [[Vincent Bailly]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Hip Hop Family Tree, Book 1: 1970s-1981|''[[Hip Hop Family Tree]]''}}, Book 1: 1970s-1981 ([[Fantagraphics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Piskor|[[Ed Piskor]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|March: Book One|''[[March (comics)|March]]''}}: Book One ([[Top Shelf Productions]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Lewis|[[John Lewis]]}}, [[Andrew Aydin]], and [[Nate Powell]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life|''[[Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life]]''}} ([[Fantagraphics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Lust|[[Ulli Lust]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story|''[[Margaret Sanger#Graphic novels|Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story]]''}} ([[Drawn & Quarterly]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Bagge|[[Peter Bagge]]}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2015
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hip Hop Family Tree, Book 2: 1981-1983|'''''[[Hip Hop Family Tree]]'''''}}, Book 2: 1981-1983 ([[Fantagraphics]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Piskor|'''[[Ed Piskor]]'''}}
|rowspan=6|<ref name="2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced">{{cite news|url=https://comicsalliance.com/2015-eisner-award-nominations/|title=2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced, Comic Alliance}}</ref><ref name="Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present" />
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?|''[[Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?]]''}} ([[Bloomsbury Publishing]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Chast|[[Roz Chast]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories|''[[Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories]]''}} ([[2d Cloud]]/[[Uncivilized Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|MariNaomi|[[MariNaomi]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|El Deafo|''[[El Deafo]]''}} ([[Amulet Books]]/[[Abrams Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Bell|[[Cece Bell]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Treaties Trenches Mud and Blood|''[[Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales|Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Treaties Trenches Mud and Blood]]''}} ([[Abrams Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Hale|[[Nathan Hale (author)|Nathan Hale]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of The First World War|''[[To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of The First World War]]''}} ([[Soaring Penguin Press]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Clode|edited by [[Jonathan Clode]]}} and [[John Stuart Clark]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2016
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|March: Book Two|'''''[[March: Book Two]]'''''}} ([[Top Shelf Productions]]/[[IDW Publishing]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Lewis|'''[[John Lewis]]'''}}, '''[[Andrew Aydin]]''', and '''[[Nate Powell]]'''
|rowspan=6|<ref name="Brilliant Art, Tremendous Stories and Daring Creators: The 2016 Eisner Award Winners [SDCC 2016]">{{cite news|url=https://comicsalliance.com/eisner-winners-2016/|title=Brilliant Art, Tremendous Stories and Daring Creators: The 2016 Eisner Award Winners [SDCC 2016], Comics Alliance}}</ref><ref name="Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present" />
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East 1978–1984|''[[The Arab of the Future|The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East 1978–1984]]''}} ([[Metropolitan Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Sattouf|[[Riad Sattouf]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Displacement: A Travelogue|''[[Displacement: A Travelogue]]''}} ([[Fantagraphics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Knisley|[[Lucy Knisley]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Hip Hop Family Tree, Book 3: 1983–1984|''[[Hip Hop Family Tree]]''}} Book 3: 1983–1984 ([[Fantagraphics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Piskor|[[Ed Piskor]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist|''[[Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist]]''}} ([[Fantagraphics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Griffith|[[Bill Griffith]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Story of My Tits|''[[The Story of My Tits]]''}} ([[Top Shelf Productions]]/[[IDW Publishing]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Hayden|[[Jennifer Hayden]]}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2017
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|March: Book Three|'''''[[March: Book Three]]'''''}} ([[Top Shelf Productions]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Lewis|'''[[John Lewis]]'''}}, '''[[Andrew Aydin]]''', and '''[[Nate Powell]]'''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Fantagraphics and Image Comics Lead Eisner Awards Nominations">{{cite news|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/2017-eisner-award-nominations|title=Fantagraphics and Image Comics Lead Eisner Awards Nominations, Syfy Wire|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-date=2018-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201010602/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/2017-eisner-award-nominations|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present" />
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Dark Night: A True Batman Story|''[[Dark Night: A True Batman Story]]''}} ([[Vertigo Comics]]/[[DC Comics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Dini|[[Paul Dini]]}} and [[Eduardo Risso]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo|''[[Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo]]''}} ([[NBM Publishing]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Revel|[[Sandrine Revel]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir|''[[Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir]]''}} ([[St. Martin's Press]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Hart|[[Tom Hart (cartoonist)|Tom Hart]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Tetris: The Games People Play|''[[Tetris: The Games People Play]]''}} ([[First Second Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Brown|[[Box Brown]]}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2018
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Spinning|'''''[[Spinning (comics)|Spinning]]'''''}} ([[First Second Books]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Walden|'''[[Tillie Walden]]'''}}
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Complete List of 2018 Eisner Award Nominees Announced">{{cite news|url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/2018-eisner-award-nominations-announced/|title=Complete List of 2018 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, comicbook.com}}</ref><ref name="Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present" />
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Audubon: On the Wings of the World|''[[Audubon: On the Wings of the World]]''}} ([[Nobrow Press]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Grolleau|[[Fabien Grolleau]]}} and [[Jerémie Royer]], translated by [[Etienne Gilfillan]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Best We Could Do|''[[The Best We Could Do]]''}} ([[Abrams ComicArts]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Bui|[[Thi Bui]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary 1852–1903|''[[Calamity Jane#Comics|Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary 1852–1903]]''}} ([[IDW Publishing]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Perrissin|[[Christian Perrissin]]}} and [[Matthieu Blanchin]], translated by [[Diana Schutz]] and [[Brandon Kander]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Lennon: The New York Years|''[[Lennon: The New York Years]]''}} ([[IDW Publishing]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Foenkinos|[[David Foenkinos]]}}, [[Éric Corbeyran]], and [[Horne Perreard]], translated by [[Ivanka Hahnenberger]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2019
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman|'''''[[Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman]]'''''}} ([[First Second Books]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Brown|'''[[Box Brown]]'''}}
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Eisner Award Nominees Revealed">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/2019-eisner-nominees-complete-list-1205156|title=Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref name="Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/2019-eisner-awards-complete-winners-list-1225835|title=Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List, Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|All the Answers: A Graphic Memoir|''[[All the Answers: A Graphic Memoir]]''}} ([[Gallery 13]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Kupperman|[[Michael Kupperman]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|All the Sad Songs|''[[All the Sad Songs]]''}} ([[Retrofit Comics]]/[[Big Planet Comics]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Pierre|[[Summer Pierre]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Monk!|''[[Monk!]]''}} ([[First Second Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Daoudi|[[Youssef Daoudi]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|One Dirty Tree|''[[One Dirty Tree]]''}} ([[Uncivilized Books]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Van Sciver|[[Noah Van Sciver]]}}
|-
| colspan=4 data-sort-value="ω" style="background-color:#CACCD0; font-weight:bold; padding-left:20%"| 2020s
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2020
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|They Called Us Enemy|'''''[[They Called Us Enemy]]'''''}} ([[Top Shelf Productions]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Takei|'''[[George Takei]]'''}}, '''[[Justin Eisinger]]''', '''[[Steven Scott (writer)|Steven Scott]]''', and '''[[Harmony Becker]]'''
|rowspan=6|<ref name="2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/2020-eisner-nominees-complete-list-1297196|title=2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List, The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref name="SDCC ’20: The 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winners">{{cite news|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-20-eisner-award-winners-2020/|title=SDCC ’20: The 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winners|work= The Beat}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations|''[[Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations]]''}} ([[One World (publisher)|One World]]/[[Random House]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Jacob|[[Mira Jacob]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Grass|''Grass''}} ([[Drawn & Quarterly]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Gendry-Kim|[[Keum Suk Gendry-Kim]]}}, translation by [[Janet Hong]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos|''[[Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos]]''}} ([[First Second Books]]/[[Macmillan Inc.|Macmillan]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Knisley|[[Lucy Knisley]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight|''[[Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight]]''}} ([[Hill & Wang]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Fetter-Vorm|[[Jonathan Fetter-Vorm]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2 |''[[My Solo Exchange Diary]]''}}, vol. 2 ([[Seven Seas Entertainment]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Kabi|[[Nagata Kabi]]}}, translation [[Jocelyne Allen]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2021
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio|'''''[[Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio]]'''''}} ([[Abrams Books]])
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Backderf|'''[[Derf Backderf]]'''}}
|rowspan=6|<ref name="2021 Eisner Award Nominees Revealed">{{cite news|url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/2021-eisner-award-nominees-revealed-image-comics/|title=2021 Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Image and Fantagraphics Lead With Most Nominations, comicbook.com}}</ref><ref name="2021 Eisner Award Winners">{{cite news|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/comicconhome-21-the-2021-eisner-award-winners/|title=ComicCon@Home ’21: The 2021 Eisner Award winners, The Beat}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Big Black: Stand at Attica|''[[Big Black: Stand at Attica]]''}} ([[Archaia Entertainment]]/[[Boom! Studios]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Smith|[[Frank “Big Black” Smith]]}}, [[Jared Reinmuth]], and [[Améziane]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Dragon Hoops|''[[Dragon Hoops]]''}} ([[First Second Books]]/[[Macmillan Publishers]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Yang|[[Gene Luen Yang]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Invisible Differences: A Story of Asperger’s, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color|''[[Invisible Differences: A Story of Asperger’s, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color]]''}} ([[Oni Press]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Caroline|[[Mademoiselle Caroline]]}} and [[Julie Dachez]], translation by [[Edward Gauvin]]
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Paying the Land|''[[Paying the Land]]''}} ([[Metropolitan Books]]/[[Henry Holt and Company]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Sacco|[[Joe Sacco]]}}
|-
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Year of the Rabbit|''[[Year of the Rabbit (comic)|Year of the Rabbit]]''}} ([[Drawn & Quarterly]])
| style="background:;" | {{sort|Veasna|[[Tian Veasna]]}}, translation by [[Helge Dascher]]
|-
! rowspan="6" |2023
|'''''Flung Out of Space'' ([[Abrams ComicArts]])'''
|'''[[Grace Ellis]] and [[Hannah Templer]]'''
| rowspan="6" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-17 |title=Eisner Awards Current Info |url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=Comic-Con International: San Diego |language=en |archive-date=2017-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607093909/https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|''Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense'' (HBM) 
|Noël Simsolo and Dominique Hé, translation by Montana Kane
|-
|''Alice Guy: First Lady of Film'' ([[SelfMadeHero|Self Made Hero]])
|José-Louis Bocquet and Catel Muller, translation by Edward Gauvin
|-
|''But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust'' ([[University of Toronto Press]]) 
|edited by [[Charlotte Schallié]]
|-
|''Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism'' ([[Fantagraphics]])
|[[Jess Ruliffson]]
|-
|''Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball'' ([[First Second Books|First Second]]/[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]])
|Jon Chad
|-
|}

==Notes==
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