The 37th Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were held on Friday, July 25, 2025, during San Diego Comic-Con. Named after comics luminary Will Eisner, awards were given in 32 categories for comics published in 2024.

Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham (First Second/Macmillan) was the biggest winner, taking home the Best Graphic Album – New, Best Publication for Teens, and Best Writer for Yang. David Mazzucchelli’s Batman Year One Artist’s Edition (IDW) was the only other multi-winner with Best Archival Collection Project and Best Publication Design.

Awards were given to 24 different publishers. DC won 3 plus 2 shared, First Second and Fantagraphics each won 3 plus 1 shared, IDW won 3, and Dark Horse, DSTLRY, and Image each won 1 plus 2 shared.

The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award went to Mad Cave Studios for the L.A. Strong charity comic, and the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award went to artist Richard Blake. The 18th annual Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing was given to Don Glut and Sheldon Mayer, and the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award was awarded to Akira Comics of Madrid, Spain.

The Hall of Fame judges’ choices were Peter Arno, Gus Arriola, Steve Bissette, Wilhelm Busch, Lucy Shelton Caswell, Philippe Druillet, Phoebe Gloeckner, Richard “Grass” Green, Rea Irvin, Jack Kamen, Joe Maneely, Shigeru Mizuki, Bob Oksner, Bob Powell, Joe Sacco, Bill Schanes, Steve Schanes, Ira Schnapp, Phil Seuling. Frank Stack, and Angelo Torres. The voter selections were Kyle Baker, Eddie Campbell, Roz Chast, Dan Clowes, Junji Ito, Todd Klein, and John Romita Jr.

The 2025 Eisner Award winners are:

Best Short Story
“Spaces” by Phil Jimenez in DC Pride 2024 #1 (DC)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot
The War on Gaza by Joe Sacco (Fantagraphics)

Best Continuing Series
Santos Sisters by Greg & Fake, Graham Smith, Dave Landsberger, and Marc Koprinarov (Floating World)

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

Best New Series
Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman (DC)

Best Publication for Early Readers
Hilda and Twig Hide from the Rain by Luke Pearson (Flying Eye)

Best Publication for Kids
Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Publication for Teens
Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Humor Publication
Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It by Tara Booth (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Anthology
Godzilla’s 70th Anniversary edited by Jake Williams and others (IDW)

Best Reality-Based Work
Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the U.S. by Caitlin Cass (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Memoir
Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls (MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Best Graphic Album—New
Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint
The One Hand and The Six Fingers by Ram V, Dan Watters, Laurence Campbell, and Sumit Kumar (Image)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium
The Road by Cormac McCarthy, adapted by Manu Larcenet (Abrams)

Best US Edition of International Material
The Jellyfish by Boum, translated by Robin Lang and Helge Dascher (Pow Pow Press)

Best US Edition of International Material—Asia
Tokyo These Days Vols. 1-3 by Taiyo Matsumoto, translated by Michael Arias (VIZ Media)

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

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
David Mazzucchelli’s Batman Year One Artist’s Edition by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
The Beat edited by Heidi MacDonald and others

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

Best Academic/Scholarly Work
Drawing (in) the Feminine: Bande Dessinée and Women edited by Margaret C. Flinn (Ohio State University Press)

Best Publication Design
David Mazzucchelli’s Batman Year One Artist’s Edition designed by Chip Kidd (IDW)

Best Digital Comic
My Journey to Her by Yuna Hirasawa (Kodansha)

Best Webcomic
Life After Life by Joshua Barkman (False Knees)

Best Writer
Gene Luen Yang, Lunar New Year Love Story (First Second/Macmillan)

Best Writer/Artist
Charles Burns, Kommix (Fantagraphics), Final Cut (Pantheon), Unwholesome Love (co-published with Partners & Son)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Bilquis Evely, Helen of Wyndhorn (Dark Horse)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist
Eduardo Risso, The Blood Brothers Mother (DSTLRY)

Best Cover Artist
Tula Lotay, Groupies (Comixology Originals); Helen of Wyndhorn #1, Count Crowley: Mediocre Midnight Monster Hunter #3, Dawnrunner #1, Barnstormers trade paperback (Dark Horse); Somna and other titles (DSTLRY), The Horizon Experiment (Image)

Best Coloring
Jordie Bellaire, Absolute Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey, John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America, The Nice House by the Sea (DC); The City Beneath Her Feet (DSTLRY); The Exorcism at 1600 Penn (IDW); W0rldtr33 (Image); G.I. Joe, Duke (Image Skybound)

Best Lettering
Clayton Cowles, Animal Pound (BOOM! Studios); FML,Helen of Wyndhorn (Dark Horse); Absolute Batman, Batman, Batman & Robin: Year One, Birds of Prey, Jenny Sparks, Wonder Woman (DC); Strange Academy, Venom (Marvel)