By Zack Quaintance — The 2020 Eisner Award Nominations are live now, with voting continuing through July in preparation for the announced winners at San Diego Comic-Con 2020 Online. As always, these nominations are wonderful, showcasing a deep and rewarding set of comics and creators from throughout the industry. Still, there is only so much room for nominees.

As comics have continued to expand and broaden the spaces in which the best work is found, we can’t help but wonder what it would look like if the Eisners expanded to meet that, taking a cue from the Academy Awards and adding more nominees in key categories. It would be a great way to help make comics more diverse and inclusive, enabling folks who have long been shut out from the accolades to enjoy a deserved segment of the spotlight.

With that in mind, throughout July we’ll be turning to a long and august list of comics critics and journalists from throughout the industry to crowdsource an Extra Eisners Reading List, which will be made up of comics and creators who did not score nominations but are very much deserving of attention nonetheless.

Bookmark this page or check back to the home page semi-daily for the updates, which will go live at 3 p.m. ET/Noon PT, or you can (as always) keep an eye on the Twitter feed. And as always, I hope you and yours are still staying safe during these chaotic and trying times…and before we get to the picks, checkout this great piece by Jarrod Jones of DoomRocket about how the Eisners could be more exciting!

Check out our Coronavirus Reading List, a crowdsourced set of more than 40-plus recommendations from writers, artists, colorists, and others throughout comics!

Zack Quaintance is a tech reporter by day and a freelance writer by night/weekend. He Tweets compulsively about comics as Comics Bookcase.