The Spanish Álvaro Martínez Bueno has been awarded the 2022 Eisner Award for Best New Series for the series ‘The Nice House on the Lake’, written by James Tynion IV and published by DC Comics’ Black Label imprint.
The award, known by experts as the ‘Oscar’ of comics, awarded by a professional jury and the vote of the international public, highlights the talent of Martínez Bueno for his work in the contemporary horror and science fiction miniseries above nominees among which included comic book industry heavyweights like Tom King and Greg Smallwood, Mark Russell and Deodato Jr, Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa, and James Harren.
The author has created a science fiction universe from scratch in which a complete development of characters coexists, an overwhelming exercise in architecture and the construction, down to the smallest detail, of a universe inspired by many of the fears that have affected society. during the last times of pandemic.