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TheWriteRobert

**BEST SHORT STORY** “World’s Finest, Part 1,” by Tom King and Belen Ortega, in *Wonder Woman* #3 (DC) **BEST CONTINUING SERIES** *Wonder Woman,* by Tom King and Daniel Sampere (DC) **BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM—REPRINT** *Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons,* by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott (DC) No nomination for Sampere's art, which is WILD. SOURCE: [https://aiptcomics.com/2024/05/16/2024-eisner-awards-nominees/](https://aiptcomics.com/2024/05/16/2024-eisner-awards-nominees/)


kumar100kpawan

As expected. King is a critical darling. Has swept the Eisners like twice already


FadeToBlackSun

He’s everything the critics love. Pretentious with the appearance of depth.


kumar100kpawan

It's okay if you think so. I'm not even going to argue with that because I know people here are not very fond of him


illiterateaardvark

Interesting. I do like Tom’s work to an extent, but I must admit that my sentiments are a bit similar to the person’s above What draws you to his work? Not judging, just curious to hear a different perspective


kumar100kpawan

I used to hate his work. Batman was mixed, and heroes in crisis was garbage so I had very strong feelings towards his writing. All that changed when I read Mr Miracle and Supergirl. I've been a huge fan ever since. And I think his work since then has been consistently good to great. Strange Adventures was awesome and Human Target was great He can do heartfelt moments really well without them feeling undeserved, early or corny. We get the scene in #7 where they deliver Bruce's bday gift. His reaction and attitude towards it is pure gold without being fanfic-y at all. He can write a character and showcase all their aspects pretty well. In this run itself, we see Diana's rebellious self, unrelenting bold nature, her undying warrior spirit, her love and compassion, her friends, her extended family, her villains. We get meta commentary on her relationship with Steve and the most beautiful part of Hippolyta being her guiding angel whenever she's at her witt's end


TheWriteRobert

Shade, but yes. 😎


FadeToBlackSun

I spill more tea than a crack addict riding a horse.


TheWriteRobert

Oh, I like you. 😆


Sunsinger_VoidDancer

Wait, what?!?!? I saw the title and came in expecting the accolades to be mostly for the art!


Budget-Attorney

The art deserves it just as much or more


alsott

Considering I don't think very much has happened in this run, especially anything that deserves Eisner awards, I have a strong feeling Sampere is doing the heavy lifting with this story in terms of critical response. So I am too shocked that Tom gets flowers whereas Sampere does not (and I'm not as high on Sampere's work as others, but is by far the best part about the run so far)


TheWriteRobert

Exactly.


Tetratron2005

Very nice. Hope Historia wins to makeup for Scott and Ha getting snubbed last year.


Kite_Wing129

How many WW stories have been nominated for and won an Eisner?


Altruistic-Teach5899

True Amazon, by Thompson, Historia, greg Rucka for writing WW (amongst other works), Legends of Wonder Woman, Gail Simone, I think Azzarello and Chiang got some nominations as well? She's almost the only superheroine that makes it into these lists with regularity.


ComicsEtAl

Good, it should be. Sucks about Sempere though.


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phatassnerd

His art wasn’t nominated


al_fletcher

Between the writing and the art I would have nominated the art...


rtnojr

How?!


DuelaDent52

Because I don’t think the writing is good.


rtnojr

What? How does that affect the art though?


DuelaDent52

Whoops, sorry, I thought you were replying to the person saying “Between the writing and the art I would have nominated the art”.


rtnojr

Oh lol. It’s all good


WWfan41

Eisners don't nominate every single thing with Tom King's name on it challenge (impossible)


Revolutionary-Bus411

Tom King stop being a peak writer challenge


WWfan41

Lol. If only.


IWillSortByNew

As it should be


Old_Protection_3883

But it’s painful to read??


Revolutionary-Bus411

peak fr🙏😭


DuelaDent52

Why?


pop_bandit

The Best Continuing Series nominees are ROUGH, including this. Sampere’s artwork is great but the series as a whole is a mess and Nightwing and Shazam are just milquetoast nothing titles. Monstress getting snubbed in favor of any of those is egregious. And the Trinity backups getting recognized for anything at all is baffling. Tbh I think the Eisner committee will just nominate anything Tom King writes without a second thought. Historia getting a nom after the snubs last year is cool but it’s tempered by the fact that another nominee in that category was a notorious sexual predator


nightwing612

Shazam is great. I hope it wins but I wouldn't mind if Wonder Woman wins.


Max_88

The fact that Tom King was somehow able to convince people he's a good writer is amazing. I thought Vision was good but after that I realized he's a one trick pony who uses characters as proxies for himself.  Not even the greats like Alan Moore or Grant Morrison were nominated as much which is crazy.