Your good buddy and mine, Mr. Steve Niles, has been nominated for two, oh yeah, two Eisner Award nominations! The Eisner Awards are the comics industry’s top prize and Steve’s obviously touched by the recognition. While the full list of nominees isn’t out quite yet, we do know what Steve’s been nominated for, so here goes:

Best Limited Series
“30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow,” by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith (IDW)

Best Writer
Steve Niles, “30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow”; “30Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales”; “Aleister Arcane” (IDW); “Freaks of the Heartland”; “Last Train to Deadsville” (Dark Horse)

In addition, Steve’s collaborator on “Remains” also got a nice nod:

Best Cover Artist
Kieron Dwyer, “Remains” (IDW)

Good luck guys! We’ll have to wait a bit to discover who our competition is.