The 2021 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced in a virtual ceremony that highlighted some of the best children's and teen creators in comics. Jillian Tamaki won Best Publication for Early Readers with Our Little Kitchen and Gene Luen Yang earned three Eisners, two for Superman Smashes the Klan (Best Publication for Kids, and Best Adaptation from Another Medium) and one for Dragon Hoops (Best Publication for Teens).

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Here are the winners and nominees in the children's and teen categories:

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki (Abrams Books for Young Readers)

Other nominated titles:

• Bear by Ben Queen and Joe Todd-Stanton (Archaia/BOOM!)
• Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic Graphix)
• Donut Feed the Squirrels by Mika Song (RH Graphic/RH Children’s Books)
• Kodi by Jared Cullum (Top Shelf)
• Lift by Minh Lê and Dan Santat (Little, Brown Young Readers)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC)

Other nominated titles:

• Doodleville by Chad Sell (Knopf/BFYR/RH Children’s Books)
• Go with the Flow by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann (First Second/Macmillan)
• Mister Invincible: Local Hero by Pascal Jousselin (Magnetic Press)
• Snapdragon by Kat Leyh (First Second/Macmillan)
• Twins by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright (Scholastic Graphix)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (First Second/Macmillan)

Other nominated titles:

• Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu (First Second/Macmillan)
• Displacement by Kiku Hughes (First Second/Macmillan)
• Fights: One Boy’s Triumph over Violence by Joel Christian Gill (Oni Press)
• A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong (First Second/Macmillan)
• When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed (Dial Books)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Superman Smashes the Klan adapted by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC)

• Constitution Illustrated by R. Sikoryak (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Parable of the Sower: The Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Abrams)
• Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind, vol. 1, adapted by Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen and Daniel Casanave (Harper Perennial)
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, adapted by Ryan North and Albert Monteys (Archaia/BOOM!)