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