IDW Honored With Nine Eisner Award Nominations Diverse 2013 Line Rewarded   San Diego, CA (April 16, 2014) – The 2014 Eisner Award nominations recognized IDW Publishing with nine nominations, with books being represented in multiple categories. The prestigious award ceremony, held annually at San Diego Comic-Con International, honors exemplary work from the past year in comics. "We're thrilled by the Eisner recognition, which once again recognizes the breadth and diversity of IDW's publishing line," said Chris Ryall, IDW's Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-Chief. "We appreciate the nominations and want to congratulate all nominees across every category, too. There's an amazing amount of great material being released every month from all publishers, and it's great to have the Eisner Awards help shine the spotlight on some of those titles." IDW’s 2014 Eisner Nominations: Best Adaptation from Another Medium: Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground, by Donald Westlake, adapted by Darwyn Cooke Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: Percy Crosby’s Skippy Daily Comics, vol. 2: 1928–1930, edited by Jared Gardner and Dean Mullaney Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, vol. 1, edited by Dean Mullaney Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: Best of EC Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier MAD Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier Best Lettering: Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground Best Comics-Related Book: Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art  of Alex Toth, by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell Best Publication Design: Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, designed by Dean Mullaney Best Coloring: Jordie Bellaire, The Manhattan Projects, Nowhere Men, Zero (Image); The Massive, Pretty Deadly (Dark Horse); Tom Strong (DC); X-Files Season 10  (IDW); Captain Marvel, Journey into Mystery, Venom (Marvel); Unity (Valiant) IDW would like to thank those who made these nominations possible with their hard work, and congratulate all of the nominees for this year’s Eisner Awards.

About IDW Publishing IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s The TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE and MY LITTLE PONY; Paramount’s Star Trek; Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2000AD’s Judge Dredd; The Rocketeer; Toho’s Godzilla; Wizards of the Coast’s Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons; and the Eisner-Award winning Locke & Key series, created by best-selling author Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints, Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio, and the multiple award-winning Artist's Edition imprint. IDW’s critically- and fan-acclaimed series are continually moving into new mediums. Currently, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney are creating a feature film based on World War Robot; Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Warner Brothers are producing a film based on Ashley Wood's Lore; Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes and Sony are bringing Zombies vs. Robots to film, Kurtzman/Orci are producing a movie based on Locke & Key at Universal.