The winners of the 2010 Eisner Awards for great achievement in comics and graphic novels were announced at Comic-Con in San Diego over the weekend.

We were happy to see a couple of Readings favourites get some big awards - mostly David Mazzuccheilli for his amazing graphic novel Asterios Polyp (which the above scene is taken from) and Joe Sacco for his graphic non-fiction book Footnotes in Gaza .

Here's the highlights of the awards announcement:

• Best Writer/Artist: David Mazzuccheilli for Asterios Polyp
• Best Writer/Artist–Nonfiction: Joe Sacco for Footnotes in Gaza
• Best Graphic Album — New: Asterios Polyp by David Mazzuccheilli
• Best Humor Publication: Scott Pilgrim vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley
• Best Publication for Teens: Beasts of Burden by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson
• Best Publication for Kids: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
• Best New Series: Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory
• Best Limited Series or Story Arc: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
• Best Continuing Series: The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard
• Best Reality-Based Work: A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
• Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia: A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
• Best Adaptation from Another Work: Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter adapted by Darwyn Cooke
• Best Lettering: David Mazzuccheilli for Asterios Polyp
• Best Comics-Related Book: The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle
• Best Single Issue (or One-Shot): Captain America #601: "Red, White, and Blue-Blood," by Ed Brubaker and Gene Colan
• Best Short Story: "Urgent Request," by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim in The Eternal Smile
• Best Anthology: Popgun Vol 3 edited by Mark Andrew Smith, D. J. Kirkbride and Joe Keatinge
• Best Digital Comic: Sin Titulo by Cameron Stewart
• Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: The Comics Reporter produced by Tom Spurgeon

Full list of winners and more information here.