Comic-Con International has announced that the Eisner Awards judges have chosen two individuals for induction in the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame. The 2016 inductees are Carl Burgos (Golden Age creator of the Human Torch) and Tove Jansson (cartoonist of the international Moomins).

The judges will also choose 4 more inductees from a group of 14 nominees that will be inducted to the Hall of Fame over the summer. The nominees are Lynda Barry, Kim Deitch, Rube Goldberg, Edward Gorey, Bill Griffith, Matt Groening, Jack Kamen, Francoise Mouly, George Pérez, Antonio Prohias, P. Craig Russell, Rumiko Takahashi, Jacques Tardi, and Herb Trimpe.

More information on the nominees can be accessed on the Eisner Awards website.

Those interested in voting must be a comics industry professional or related industry (creator, writer, artist, cartoonist, colors, letter), a publisher or editor, retailer (comics store owner or manager), a graphic novels librarian, or a comics historian/educator. Eligible voters can register at www.eisnervote.com and select up to four choices for the Hall of Fame. The deadline for voting is April 1, 2016.

The 2016 Eisner Awards judging panel includes journalist/reviewer Brian Doherty, comics writer/editor Danny Fingeroth, retailer Jason Grazulis (BSI Comics, Metairie, LA), librarian Jason M. Poole (Webster Public Library, Webster, NY), Comic-Con International board member Natalie Powell, and academic/scholar Carol Tilley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

Submissions for the other Eisner categories are currently being accepted and must be submitted by March 18. Nominees will be announced in mid-April. The Eisner Awards will be presented on July 22 at a gala awards ceremony at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel.