A l’issue du comic-con de San Diego 2011 qui s'est tenu du 21 au 24 juillet, deux français tirent leur épingle du jeu parmi la multitude de prix décernés : 
Juanjo Guarnido, lauréat de la catégorie « Best Painter / Multimedia Artist (interior art) » pour Blacksad qui arrive enfin aux USA édité par Dark Horse, Jacques Tardi, qui remporte deux prix pour C’était la guerre des tranchées, édité par Fantagraphics, pour les catégories « Best Reality-Based Work » et « Best U.S. Edition of International Material ».Best Short Story
"Post Mortem," de Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, de Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
Best Continuing Series
Chew, de John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
Best Limited Series
Daytripper, de Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
Best New Series
American Vampire, de Scott Snyder, Stephen King, et Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
Best Publication for Kids
Tiny Titans, de Art Baltazar et Franco (DC)
Best Publication for Teens
Smile, de Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
Best Humor Publication
I Thought You Would Be Funnier, de Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!)
Best Anthology
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, de Paul Morrissey et David Petersen (Archaia)
Best Digital Comic
Abominable Charles Christopher, de Karl Kerschl, www.abominable.cc
Best Reality-Based Work
It Was the War of the Trenches (C'était la guerre des tranchées), de Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)Best Graphic Album—New
Return of the Dapper Men, de Jim McCann et Janet Lee (Archaia)
Wilson, de Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Wednesday Comics, de Mark Chiarello (DC)
Best Adaptation from Another Work
The Marvelous Land of Oz, de L. Frank Baum, Eric Shanower et Skottie Young (Marvel)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, de Bob Montana, Greg Goldstein (IDW)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material
It Was the War of the Trenches (C'était la guerre des tranchées), de Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, de Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
Best Writer
Joe Hill, Lock & Key (IDW)
Best Writer/Artist
Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)Best Cover Artist
Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse)
Best Coloring
Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young's Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC)
Best Lettering
Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC); SHIELD (Marvel); Driver for the Dead (Radical)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
ComicBookResources, produit par Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com)
Best Comics-Related Book
75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, de Paul Levitz (TASCHEN)
Best Publication Design
Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, designé par Randall Dahlk (IDW)
HALL OF FAME
Judges' Choices: Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Jackson, Martin Nodell, Lynd Ward
Elected: Mort Drucker, Harvey Pekar, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award:
Nate Simpson
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award:
Patrick McDonnell
Bill Finger Excellence in Comic Book Writing Award:
Del Connell, Bob Haney
Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award:
Comics & Vegetables, Tel Aviv, Israel - Yuval Sharon, Danny Amitai
