Flashpoint World of Flashpoint Batman TPBMedia Release -- The nominees for the 2012 Eisner Awards have been announced - and DC Entertainment has been honored with 15 nominations, including two shared with Chronicle Books!

DC Entertainment congratulates all of this year's nominees, and thanks the panel of Eisner Awards judges for their selections.

DC's 2012 Eisner Award nominees are:

Best Limited Series

* FLASHPOINT: BATMAN - KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE, by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (Collected in the FLASHPOINT: THE WORLD OF FLASHPOINT FEATURING BATMAN TP, DEC110277)
* THE NEW YORK FIVE, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly (Collected in THE NEW YORK FIVE TP, JUN110351)

Best Writer:

* Jeff Lemire, ANIMAL MAN; FLASHPOINT: FRANKENSTEIN AND THE CREATURES OF THE UNKNOWN, FRANKENSTEIN: AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E., SWEET TOOTH

Best Single Issue:

* THE UNWRITTEN #24: "Stairway to Heaven" by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Al Davison (Collected in THE UNWRITTEN VOL. ON TO GENESIS TP, OCT110301)

Best Reality-Based Work:

* MARZI: A MEMOIR, by Marzena Sowa and Sylvain Sawia (JUL110278)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12)

* THE ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, by Sholly Fisch, Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis (Collected in THE ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD TP, JUN110329)

Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books

* THE MAD FOLD-IN COLLECTION by Al Jaffee (Chronicle Books)
* THE SUGAR AND SPIKE ARCHIVES VOL. 1 HC, by Sheldon Mayer (JAN110334)

Best Graphic Album-Reprint

* WE3 DELUXE EDITION HC, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (FEB110270)

Best Writer:

* Mike Carey, THE UNWRITTEN

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team:

* Michael Allred, iZOMBIE

Best Cover Artist:

* Michael Allred, iZOMBIE
* Yuko Shimizu, THE UNWRITTEN

Best Coloring:

* Laura Allred, iZOMBIE

Best Publication Design:

* THE MAD FOLD-IN COLLECTION designed by Michael Morris (Chronicle Books)