The nominees for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced yesterday; the best run-through of the nominees I've seen is on the Forbidden Planet International blog.

The Eisners are a mixed award: the nominees are selected by a blue-ribbon planel (this year including novelist Jeff VanderMeer and four obvious very smart people whom I don't know), and then voted on by comic industry professionals (retailers, creators, publishers, and editors). The winners will be announced during the gigantic annual Comic-Con in San Diego on July 27th.