The Beat has reported on this year’s Eisner Award judges selections for this year’s Hall of Fame inductees:
- Jerry Bails
- Tony DeZuniga
- Justin Green
- Jay Jackson
- Jeffrey Catherine Jones
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb
- Win Mortimer
- Diane Noomin
- Gaspar Saladino
- Kim Thompson
- Mort Walker
The judges have also chosen 16 nominees from whom voters will select 4 to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this summer. These nominees are Gus Arriola, Brian Bolland, Gerry Conway, Edwina Dumm, Mark Evanier, Creig Flessel, Bob Fujitani, Warren Kremer, Todd McFarlane, Keiji Nakazawa, Ann Nocenti, Paul Norris, Bud Plant, Tim Sale, Diana Schutz, and Phil Seuling.