Russ Manning Award

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

Winners

 * 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
 * 1992 Mike Okamoto
 * 1993 Jeff Smith
 * 1994 Gene Ha
 * 1995 Edvin Biukovic
 * 1996 Alexander Maleev
 * 1997 Walt Holcomb
 * 1998 Matt VanderPol
 * 1999 Jay Anacleto
 * 2000 Alan Bunce
 * 2001 Goran Sudzuka
 * 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