The judges have spoken and while their selections of Nell Brinkley (of Brinkley Girl fame) and E. Simms Campbell(the father of Esky and the Map of Harlem) for the Eisner Hall of Fame are definitely more than worthy(I could have sworn Campbell was in already!) I was most pleased to see that Stan Sakai was eligible for entrance through the fan vote. Now, not just any fan can vote(sadly not I) but if you're a professional working in the comics field (whether as a writer, artist, cartoonist, colorist or letterer), a publisher or editor, a retailer (comics store owner or manager), a graphic novels librarian, or a comics historian/educator(hint, hint Cei-U!.) then you can cast your vote here for Stan and three other choices from the following list:
Alison Bechdel
Howard Cruse
Moto Hagio
Don Heck
Jeffrey Catherine Jones
Francoise Mouly
Keiji Nakazawa
Thomas Nast
Lily Renée
Peter Phillips
Stan Sakai
Louise Simonson
Don and Maggie Thompson
James Warren
Bill Watterson

It's a great class to be mentioned in, with a lot of great names but here's hoping Stan makes it!