Year
|
Title
|
Original Creator
|
Adapted by
|
Publisher
|
Result
|
Ref.
|
2010
|
Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter
|
Donald E. Westlake
|
Darwyn Cooke
|
IDW Publishing
|
Winner
|
[1]
|
The Book of Genesis
|
|
Robert Crumb
|
W. W. Norton & Company
|
Nominee
|
|
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
|
Charles Darwin
|
Michael Keller and Nicolle Rager Fuller
|
Rodale Books
|
Nominee
|
|
Fahrenheit 451
|
Ray Bradbury
|
Tim Hamilton
|
Hill & Wang
|
Nominee
|
|
West Coast Blues
|
Jean-Patrick Manchette
|
Jacques Tardi
|
Fantagraphics
|
Nominee
|
|
2011
|
The Marvelous Land of Oz
|
L. Frank Baum
|
Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
|
Marvel Comics
|
Winner
|
[1]
|
The Little Prince
|
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
|
Joann Sfar
|
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
|
Nominee
|
[2]
|
7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2 (Inspired by Needle)
|
Hal Clement
|
Nobuaki Tadano
|
Vertical
|
Nominee
|
[2]
|
Dante's Divine Comedy
|
Dante Alighieri
|
Seymour Chwast
|
Bloomsbury Publishing
|
Nominee
|
[2]
|
SilverFin: A James Bond Adventure
|
Charlie Higson
|
Charlie Higson and Kev Walker
|
Disney-Hyperion
|
Nominee
|
[2]
|
2012
|
No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2012.[1][3]
|
|
2013
|
Richard Stark's Parker: The Score
|
Donald E. Westlake
|
Darwyn Cooke
|
IDW Publishing
|
Winner
|
[1]
|
A Wrinkle in Time
|
Madeleine L'Engle
|
Hope Larson
|
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
|
Nominee
|
[4]
|
Chico and Rita
|
|
Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
|
SelfMadeHero
|
Nominee
|
[4]
|
Homer's Odyssey
|
Homer
|
Seymour Chwast
|
Bloomsbury Publishing
|
Nominee
|
[4]
|
Road to Oz
|
L. Frank Baum
|
Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
|
Marvel Comics
|
Nominee
|
[4]
|
2014
|
Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground
|
Donald E. Westlake
|
Darwyn Cooke
|
IDW Publishing
|
Winner
|
[1][5]
|
The Castle
|
Franz Kafka
|
David Zane Mairowitz and Jaromír 99
|
SelfMadeHero
|
Nominee
|
[5]
|
The Complete Don Quixote
|
Miguel de Cervantes
|
Rob Davis
|
SelfMadeHero
|
Nominee
|
[5]
|
The Strange Tale of Panorama Island
|
Edogawa Ranpo
|
Suehiro Maruo
|
Last Gasp
|
Nominee
|
[5]
|
Django Unchained
|
Quentin Tarantino
|
Reginald Hudlin, R. M. Guéra, et al.
|
DC Comics/Vertigo Comics
|
Nominee
|
[5]
|
2015
|
No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2015.[1][6]
|
|
2016
|
Two Brothers
|
Milton Hatoum
|
Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá
|
Dark Horse Comics
|
Winner
|
[1][7]
|
Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt
|
John R. Jewitt
|
Rebecca Goldfield, Mike Short, and Matt Dembicki
|
Fulcrum Publishing
|
Nominee
|
[7]
|
City of Clowns
|
Daniel Alarcón
|
Daniel Alarcón and Sheila Alvarado
|
Riverhead Books
|
Nominee
|
[7]
|
Ghetto Klown
|
John Leguizamo
|
John Leguizamo, Christa Cassano, and Shamus Beyale
|
Abrams ComicArts
|
Nominee
|
[7]
|
Lafcadio Hearn's “The Faceless Ghost” and Other Macabre Tales from Japan
|
Lafcadio Hearn
|
Sean Michael Wilson and Michiru Morikawa
|
Shambhala Publications
|
Nominee
|
[7]
|
2017
|
No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2017.[1][8]
|
|
2018
|
Kindred
|
Octavia E. Butler
|
Damian Duffy and John Jennings
|
Abrams ComicArts
|
Winner
|
[1]
|
Beowulf
|
|
Santiago García and David Rubín
|
Image Comics
|
Nominee
|
[9]
|
H. P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories
|
H. P. Lovecraft
|
Gou Tanabe, trans. by Zack Davisson
|
Dark Horse Comics
|
Nominee
|
[9]
|
Herman Melville's Moby Dick
|
Herman Melville
|
Christophe Chabouté, trans. by Laure Dupont
|
Dark Horse Comics
|
Nominee
|
[9]
|
2019
|
”Frankenstein” in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection
|
Mary Shelley
|
Junji Ito, trans. by Jocelyne Allen
|
Viz Media
|
Winner
|
[10][11]
|
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
|
Anne Frank
|
Ari Folman and David Polonsky
|
Pantheon Books
|
Nominee
|
[12]
|
Out in the Open
|
Jesús Carrasco
|
Javi Rey, trans. by Lawrence Schimel
|
SelfMadeHero
|
Nominee
|
[12]
|
Speak: The Graphic Novel
|
Laurie Halse Anderson
|
Emily Carroll
|
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
|
Nominee
|
[12]
|
To Build a Fire: Based on Jack London's Classic Story
|
Jack London
|
Christophe Chabouté
|
Gallery 13
|
Nominee
|
[12]
|
2020
|
Snow, Glass, Apples
|
Neil Gaiman
|
Colleen Doran
|
Dark Horse Comics
|
Winner
|
[13][14][15]
|
The Giver
|
Lois Lowry
|
P. Craig Russell
|
HMH Books for Young Readers
|
Nominee
|
[16]
|
The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel
|
Margaret Atwood
|
Renee Nault
|
Nan A. Talese
|
Nominee
|
[16]
|
The Seventh Voyage
|
Stanisław Lem
|
Jon J Muth, trans. by Michael Kandel
|
Scholastic Graphix
|
Nominee
|
[16]
|
Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made
|
Salvador Dalí
|
Josh Frank, Tim Heidecker, and Manuela Pertega
|
Quirk Books
|
Nominee
|
[16]
|
H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, vols. 1–2
|
H. P. Lovecraft
|
Gou Tanabe, trans. by Zack Davisson
|
Dark Horse Manga
|
Nominee
|
[16]
|
2021
|
Superman Smashes the Klan
|
|
Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru
|
DC Comics
|
Winner
|
[17]
|
Constitution Illustrated
|
|
R. Sikoryak
|
Drawn & Quarterly
|
Nominee
|
[18]
|
Parable of the Sower: The Graphic Novel Adaptation
|
Octavia E. Butler
|
Damian Duffy and John Jennings
|
Abrams Books
|
Nominee
|
[18]
|
Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind, vol. 1
|
|
Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel Casanave
|
Harper Perennial
|
Nominee
|
[18]
|
Slaughterhouse-Five
|
Kurt Vonnegut
|
Ryan North and Albert Monteys
|
Archaia Entertainment/Boom! Studios
|
Nominee
|
[18]
|
2022
|
George Orwell’s 1984: The Graphic Novel
|
George Orwell
|
Fido Nesti
|
Mariner Books
|
Winner
|
[19][20]
|
After the Rain
|
Nnedi Okorafor
|
John Jennings and David Brame
|
Megascope/Abrams ComicArts
|
Nominee
|
[19][20]
|
Bubble
|
Kurt Vonnegut
|
Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, and Tony Cliff
|
First Second/Macmillan
|
Nominee
|
[19][20]
|
Disney Cruella: Black, White, and Red
|
|
Hachi Ishie
|
VIZ Media
|
Nominee
|
[19][20]
|
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
|
Robert Tressell
|
Sophie and Scarlett Rickard
|
SelfMadeHero
|
Nominee
|
[19][20]
|
2023
|
Chivalry
|
Neil Gaiman
|
Colleen Doran
|
Dark Horse Comics
|
Winner
|
[21]
|
Rain
|
Joe Hill
|
David M. Booher and Zoe Thorogood
|
Syzygy/Image
|
Nominee
|
[21]
|
Ten Days in a Madhouse
|
Nellie Bly
|
Brad Ricca and Courtney Sieh
|
Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster
|
Nominee
|
[21]
|
Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album
|
Tori Amos
|
Rantz Hoseley (ed.)
|
Z2
|
Nominee
|
[21]
|
A Visit to Moscow
|
Rabbi Rafael Grossman
|
Anna Olswanger and Yevgenia Nayberg
|
Turner
|
Nominee
|
[21]
|