Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award

The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award is an American award presented to a comic book artist whose first professional work appeared within the previous two years. It was named after comic book artist Russ Manning. The winner is chosen from a list of nominees picked by judges from the West Coast Comics Club and San Diego Comic-Con, and is given at the annual Eisner Award ceremony.

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• 1982 Dave Stevens

• 1983 Jan Duursema

• 1984 Steve Rude

• 1985 Scott McCloud

• 1986 Art Adams

• 1987 Eric Shanower

• 1988 Kevin Maguire

• 1989 Richard Piers Rayner

• 1990 Dan Brereton

• 1991 Dærick Gröss Sr.

• 1992 Mike Okamoto

• 1993 Jeff Smith

• 1994 Gene Ha

• 1995 Edvin Biuković

• 1996 Alexander Maleev

• 1997 Walt Holcomb

• 1998 Matt VanderPol

• 1999 Jay Anacleto

• 2000 Alan Bunce

• 2001 Goran Sudžuka

• 2002 Tan Eng Huat

• 2003 Jerome Opeña

• 2004 Eric Wight

• 2005 Chris Bailey

• 2006 R. Kikuo Johnson

• 2007 David Petersen

• 2008 Cathy Malkasian

• 2009 Eleanor Davis

• 2010 Marian Churchland

• 2011 Nate Simpson

• 2012 Tyler Crook

• 2013 Russel Roehling

• 2014 Aaron Conley

• 2015 (Tie)

  • Jorge Corona
  • Greg Smallwood

• 2016 Dan Mora

• 2017 Anne Szabla

• 2018 (Tie)

  • Hamish Steele
  • Pablo Tunica

• 2019 Lorena Alvarez

• 2022 Luana Vecchio

• 2023 Zoe Thorogood

• 2024 Oliver Bly

• 2025 Richard Blake

• Alley Award

• Bill Finger Award

• Eagle Award

• Eisner Award

• Harvey Award

• Inkpot Award

• Kirby Award

• National Comics Award

• Shazam Award