2025 Eisner Awards — The Eisners

Best Short Story

6 nominees

"Spaces" in DC Pride 2024 #1 Winner

Phil Jimenez, Phil Jimenez

DC Comics

"Anything Sinister"

Fantagraphics

"Day 1703"

Desert Island

"Pig"

Fantagraphics

"Water I've Loved: Moving Day" in MUTHA magazine

MUTHA magazine

"You Cannot Live on Bread Alone"

Fantagraphics

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

6 nominees

The War on Gaza Winner

Joe Sacco, Joe Sacco

Fantagraphics

Abortion Pill Zine

Silver Sprocket

Ice Cream Man #39

Image Comics

PeePee PooPoo #1

Silver Sprocket

Sunflowers

Silver Sprocket

Unwholesome Love

Charles Burns, Charles Burns

Fantagraphics

Best Continuing Series

6 nominees

Santos Sisters Winner

Greg & Fake, Graham Smith, Dave Landsberger, Marc Koprinarov

Floating World

The Department of Truth

James Tynion IV

Image

Detective Comics

DC

Fantastic Four

Marvel

Ultimate Spider-Man

Marvel

Wonder Woman

DC

Best Limited Series

6 nominees

Zatanna: Bring Down the House Winner

Mariko Tamaki, Javier Rodriguez

DC

Alan Scott: The Green Lantern

DC

Animal Pound

BOOM! Studios

The Deviant

Image

Helen of Wyndhorn

Dark Horse

Rare Flavours

BOOM! Studios

Best New Series

6 nominees

Absolute Wonder Woman Winner

Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman

DC

Absolute Batman

DC

Minor Arcana

BOOM! Studios

The Pedestrian

Magma Comix

The Power Fantasy

Image

Uncanny Valley

BOOM! Studios

Best Publication for Early Readers

5 nominees

Cover for Hilda and Twig Hide from the Rain

Hilda and Twig Hide from the Rain Winner

Luke Pearson, Luke Pearson

Flying Eye

Bog Myrtle

Annick Press

Club Microbe

Drawn & Quarterly

Night Stories

Astra Books

Poetry Comics

Chronicle Books

Best Publication for Kids

5 nominees

Plain Jane and the Mermaid Winner

Vera Brosgol, Vera Brosgol

First Second/Macmillan

How It All Ends

Greenwillow

Next Stop

Random House Graphic

Weirdo

First Second

Young Hag and the Witches' Quest

Abrams Fanfare

Best Publication for Teens

6 nominees

Lunar New Year Love Story Winner

Gene Luen Yang, LeUyen Pham

First Second/Macmillan

Ash's Cabin

First Second

Big Jim and the White Boy

Ten Speed Graphic

The Deep Dark

Scholastic

The Gulf

Tundra

Out of Left Field

Andrews McMeel

Best Humor Publication

5 nominees

Cover for Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It

Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It Winner

Tara Booth, Tara Booth

Drawn & Quarterly

Adulthood is a Gift!

Andrews McMeel

Forces of Nature

Drawn & Quarterly

Kids Are Still Weird

NBM

A Pillbug Story

Black Panel Press

Best Anthology

5 nominees

Godzilla's 70th Anniversary Winner

Jake Williams

IDW

EC Cruel Universe

Oni Press

NOW #13

Fantagraphics

Peep #1

Fantagraphics

So Buttons #14

So Buttons Comix

Best Reality-Based Work

5 nominees

Cover for Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the U.S.

Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the U.S. Winner

Caitlin Cass, Caitlin Cass

Fantagraphics

Djuna

Street Noise Books

The Heart That Fed

Gallery 13/S&S

The Mythmakers

Abrams Fanfare

The Puerto Rican War

Union Square

Best Graphic Memoir

5 nominees

Cover for Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir

Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir Winner

Tessa Hulls, Tessa Hulls

MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Degrees of Separation

Conundrum

The Field

Conundrum

I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together

Pantheon

Something, Not Nothing

Arsenal Pulp Press

Best Graphic Album—New

5 nominees

Lunar New Year Love Story Winner

Gene Luen Yang, LeUyen Pham

First Second/Macmillan

Final Cut

Charles Burns, Charles Burns

Pantheon

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two

Fantagraphics

Sunday

Fantagraphics

Victory Parade

Pantheon

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

6 nominees

Cover for The One Hand and The Six Fingers

The One Hand and The Six Fingers Winner

Ram V, Dan Watters, Laurence Campbell, Sumit Kumar

Image

Breaking the Chain

Abrams ComicArts

Lackadaisy

Iron Circus

Rescue Party

Pantheon

Seattle Samurai

Chin Music Press

UM Volume One

Radiator Comics

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

5 nominees

The Road Winner

Manu Larcenet, Cormac McCarthy

Abrams

Thomas Piketty's Capital & Ideology

Abrams ComicArts

The Hidden Life of Trees

Greystone

Winnie-the-Pooh

Drawn & Quarterly

The Worst Journey in the World Volume 1

Iron Circus

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

5 nominees

The Jellyfish Winner

Boum, Boum, Robin Lang, Helge Dascher

Pow Pow Press

All Princesses Die Before Dawn

Abrams ComicArts

Mothballs

Fantagraphics

Return to Eden

Fantagraphics

Sunday

Fantagraphics

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

6 nominees

Tokyo These Days vols. 1–3 Winner

Taiyo Matsumoto, Taiyo Matsumoto, Michael Arias

VIZ Media

Ashita no Joe

Kodansha

Hereditary Triangle

Yen Press

Kagurabachi

VIZ Media

Last Quarter

VIZ Media

Search and Destroy

Fantagraphics

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

4 nominees

Cover for Thorn: The Complete Proto-BONE Strips 1982–1986

Thorn: The Complete Proto-BONE Strips 1982–1986 Winner

Jeff Smith, Jeff Smith

Cartoon Books

All In Line

NYRB

Frank Johnson, Secret Pioneer of American Comics

Fantagraphics

Stan Mack's Real-Life Funnies

Fantagraphics

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

6 nominees

Cover for David Mazzucchelli's Batman Year One Artist's Edition

David Mazzucchelli's Batman Year One Artist's Edition Winner

Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli, Scott Dunbier

IDW

The Complete Web of Horror

Fantagraphics

DC Comics Style Guide

Standards Manual

The Farewell Song of Marcel LaBrume

Fantagraphics

Wally Wood from Witzend

Vanguard

X-Men: The Manga Remastered

VIZ Media

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

5 nominees

The Beat Winner

Heidi MacDonald

comicsbeat.com

ICv2

icv2.com

INKS: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society

Ohio State University Press

SOLRAD

solrad.co

Zdarsky Comics News

zdarskycomicsnews.com

Best Comics-Related Book

6 nominees

Cover for Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund

Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund Winner

Caitlin McGurk

Fantagraphics

American Comic Book Chronicles: 1945-49

TwoMorrows

Kate Carew

Fantagraphics

Q&A

Drawn & Quarterly

Reading Love and Rockets

Fantagraphics

Walt Disney's Donald Duck

TASCHEN

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

5 nominees

Cover for Drawing (in) the Feminine: Bande Dessinée and Women

Drawing (in) the Feminine: Bande Dessinée and Women Winner

Margaret C. Flinn

Ohio State University Press

Comics and Modernism

University Press of Mississippi

From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich

University Press of Mississippi

Petrochemical Fantasies

Ohio State University Press

Singular Sensations

Rutgers University Press

Best Publication Design

6 nominees

David Mazzucchelli's Batman Year One Artist's Edition Winner

Chip Kidd

IDW

Bill Ward: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition

Fantagraphics

Brian Bolland: Batman The Killing Joke

Graphitti Designs

One Bite at a Time

Elephant Eater Comics

Scott Pilgrim 20th Anniversary Color Hardcover Box Set

Oni Press

Walt Disney's Donald Duck

TASCHEN

Best Digital Comic

5 nominees

My Journey to Her Winner

Yuna Hirasawa, Yuna Hirasawa

Kodansha

The Beauty Salon

Europe Comics

Beyond the Sea

Europe Comics

Gonzo: Fear and Loathing in America

Europe Comics

The Spider and the Ivy

Europe Comics

Best Webcomic

5 nominees

Life After Life Winner

Joshua Barkman, Joshua Barkman

False Knees

The Accidental Undergrad

Fieldmouse Press

Motherlover

Iron Circus

Practical Defence Against Piracy

Delilahdirk.com

Rigsby WI

Iron Circus

Best Writer

5 nominees

Lunar New Year Love Story Winner

Gene Luen Yang

First Second/Macmillan

Various Works

Tom King

DC

Various Works

Ram V

Various

Various Works

Kelly Thompson

DC

Various Works

James Tynion IV

Various

Best Writer/Artist

6 nominees

Cover for Kommix, Final Cut, Unwholesome Love

Kommix, Final Cut, Unwholesome Love Winner

Charles Burns, Charles Burns

Various

Various Works

Emil Ferris, Emil Ferris

Various

Various Works

Jon Macy, Jon Macy

Various

Various Works

Paco Roca, Paco Roca

Various

Various Works

Olivier Schrauwen, Olivier Schrauwen

Various

Various Works

Maria Sweeney, Maria Sweeney

Various

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

6 nominees

Helen of Wyndhorn Winner

Bilquis Evely

Dark Horse

Various Works

Filipe Andrade

Various

Various Works

Nick Dragotta

Various

Various Works

Manu Larcenet

Various

Various Works

Javier Rodriguez

Various

Various Works

LeUyen Pham

Various

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist

6 nominees

The Blood Brothers Mother Winner

Eduardo Risso

Various

Various Works

Frederic Bremaud, Federico Bertolucci

Various

Various Works

Leela Corman

Various

Various Works

Benjamin Flao

Various

Various Works

Merwan

Various

Various Works

Maria Sweeney

Various

Best Cover Artist

5 nominees

Multiple Covers Winner

Tula Lotay

Various

Various Works

Juni Ba

Various

Various Works

Evan Cagle

Various

Various Works

Bilquis Evely

Various

Various Works

Hayden Sherman

Various

Best Coloring

6 nominees

Multiple Titles Winner

Jordie Bellaire

DC, Image, Marvel

Various Works

Matheus Lopes

Various

Various Works

Justin Prokowich

Various

Various Works

Javier Rodriguez

Various

Various Works

Dave Stewart

Various

Various Works

Quentin Zuttion

Various

Best Lettering

5 nominees

Cover for Animal Pound, Helen of Wyndhorn, DC Titles

Animal Pound, Helen of Wyndhorn, DC Titles Winner

Clayton Cowles

Various

Various Works

Nate Powell

Various

Various Works

Becca Carey

Various

Various Works

Leela Corman

Various

Various Works

Emil Ferris

Various