* Ben Templesmith, FELL (Image); THE LOOKING GLASS WARS: HATTER M (Desperado/Image); WORMWOOD: GENTLEMAN CORPSE (IDW)
* Jill Thompson, "A Dog and His Boy" in THE DARK HORSE BOOK OF MONSTERS; "Love Triangle" in SEXY CHIX (Dark Horse); "Fair Division," in FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL (Vertigo/DC)
* Brett Weldele, SOUTHLAND TALES: PREQUEL SAGA (Graphitti); SILENT GHOST (Markosia)

Best Cover Artist
* John Cassaday, ASTONISHING X-MEN (Marvel); THE ESCAPISTS (Dark Horse); THE LONE RANGER (Dynamite)
* Tony Harris, CONAN (Dark Horse); EX MACHINA (WildStorm/DC)
* James Jean, FABLES, JACK OF FABLES, FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL (Vertigo/DC)
* Dave Johnson, 100 BULLETS (Vertigo/DC); ZOMBIE TALES, CTHULU TALES, BLACK PLAGUE (Boom!)
* J. G. Jones, 52 (DC)

Best Coloring
* Kristian Donaldson, SUPERMARKET (IDW)
* Hubert, THE LEFT BANK GANG (Fantagraphics)
* Lark Pien, AMERICAN BORN CHINESE (First Second)
* Dave Stewart, BPRD, CONAN, THE ESCAPISTS, HELLBOY (Dark Horse); ACTION COMICS, BATMAN/THE SPIRIT, SUPERMAN (DC)
* Chris Ware, ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY #17 (ACME Novelty)

Best Lettering
* Ivan Brunetti, SCHIZO (Fantagraphics)
* Todd Klein, FABLES, JACK OF FABLES, FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, TESTAMENT (Vertigo/DC); FANTASTIC FOUR: 1602, ETERNALS (Marvel); LOST GIRLS (Top Shelf)
* Clem Robins, BPRD, THE DARK HORSE BOOK OF MONSTERS, HELLBOY (Dark Horse); LOVELESS, 100 BULLETS, Y: THE LAST MAN (Vertigo/DC)
* Richard Sala, THE GRAVE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER, DELPHINE (Fantagraphics)
* Chris Ware, ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY #17 (ACME Novelty)

Special Recognition
* Ross Campbell, ABANDONED (Tokyopop); WET MOON 2 (Oni)
* Svetlana Chmakova, DRAMACON (Tokyopop)
* Hope Larson, GRAY HORSES (Oni)
* Dash Shaw, THE MOTHER'S MOUTH (Alternative)
* Kasimir Strzepek, MOURNING STAR (Bodega)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
* ALTER EGO, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
* COMIC ART 8, edited by Todd Hignite (Buenaventura Press)
* THE COMICS JOURNAL, edited by Gary Groth, Dirk Deppey, Michael Dean, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
* THE COMICS REPORTER, produced by Tom Spurgeon and Jordan Raphael (www.Comicsreporter.com)
* ¡JOURNALISTA!, produced by Dirk Deppey (Fantagraphics, www.tcj.com/journalista/)

Best Comics-Related Book
* THE ART OF BRIAN BOLLAND, edited by Joe Pruett (Desperado/Image)
* CARTOON AMERICA: COMIC ART IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, edited by Harry Katz (Abrams)
* DEAR JOHN: THE ALEX TOTH DOODLE BOOK, by John Hitchcock (Octopus Press)
* IN THE STUDIO: VISITS WITH CONTEMPORARY CARTOONISTS, by Todd Hignite (Yale University Press)
* WALLY'S WORLD, by Steve Sarger and J. David Spurlock (Vanguard)

Best Publication Design
* ABSOLUTE DC: THE NEW FRONTIER, designed by Darwyn Cooke (DC)
* CASTLE WAITING graphic novel, designed by Adam Grano (Fantagraphics)
* LOST GIRLS, designed by Matt Kindt and Brett Warnock (Top Shelf)
* POPEYE: I YAM WHAT I YAM, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)
* THE TICKING, designed by Jordan Crane (Top Shelf)

Hall of Fame
Judges' Choices: Robert Kanigher and Ogden Whitney

Voters will choose four from among:
* Ross Andru & Mike Esposito
* Dick Ayers
* Bernard Baily
* Matt Baker
* Wayne Boring
* Creig Flessel
* Harold Gray
* Irwin Hasen
* Graham Ingels
* Joe Orlando
* Lily Renée (Peters) Phillips
* Bob Powell
* Gilbert Shelton
* Cliff Sterrett

The 2007 Eisner judges are librarian Robin Brenner, pop culture blogger Whitney Matheson (Pop Candy at usatoday.com), comics writer Christopher P. Reilly (PUNCH & JUDY), retailer James Sime (Isotope Comics, San Francisco) and fantasy author/critic Jeff VanderMeer (bookslut.com).

Ballots will be going out in May to comics creators, editors, publishers and retailers. The results will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 27, 2007, in Ballroom 20 at the San Diego Convention Center.

For more information, visit www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_main.shtml.