Eisner Awards

Awarded each year at San Diego Comic-Con and voted on by comic book professionals and experts, the Eisners celebrate the best in the comics industry, including graphic memoir, nonfiction titles about comics, and webcomics.

Winners for 2025 include:

Best Short Story: “Spaces” by Phil Jimenez and Giulio Macaione, in DC Pride 2024: To the Farthest Reaches (Available via Hoopla)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot: War on Gaza by Joe Sacco

Best Continuing Series: Santos Sisters by Greg & Fake

Best Limited Series: Zatanna: Bring Down the House by Mariko Tamaki and Javier Rodriguez

Best New Series: Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson

Best Publication for Early Readers: Hilda and Twig Hide from the Rain by Luke Pearson

Best Publication for Kids: Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

Best Publication for Teens: Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

Best Reality-Based Work: Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the United States of America by Caitlin Cass

Best Graphic Memoir: Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls

Best Graphic Album—New: Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

Best Graphic Album—Reprint: The One Hand & the Six Fingers by RAM V (available via Hoopla)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium: The Road by Cormac McCarthy, adapted by Manu Larcenet (available via Hoopla)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material: The Jellyfish by Boum, translated by Robin Lang and Helge Dascher

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia: Tokyo These Days by Taiyo Matsumoto, translated by Michael Arias

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: Thorn: The Complete Proto-BONE Strips 1982-1986 and Other Early Drawings by Jeff Smith

Best Comics-Related Book: Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund by Caitlin McGurk (available via Hoopla)

Best Writer: Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

Best Writer/Artist: Final Cut by Charles Burns

Best Penciller/Inker: Helen of Wyndhorn by Tom King, art by Bilquis Evely