Fantagraphics Celebrates 26 Nominations at the 2025 Eisner Awards

2025 EISNER AWARD NOMINATIONS

 

The nominations for the 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. Fantagraphics has received 26 nominations, the most of any publisher.  In a press release, the publisher says, "We are so honored by the recognition for our talented artists, designers, and editors and we have high hopes for some wins."

The winners will be announced on July 25, 2025 at a ceremony held during 2025 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Fantagraphics' nominees:

Category/Name of nominated individual and/or title of nominated work:

Short Story: “Pig” by Stacy Gougoulis, in NOW #13

Short Story: “Anything Sinister,” by Ross Murray, in NOW #13

Short Story: “You Cannot Live on Bread Alone” by Kayla E., in NOW #13

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

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

Best Anthology: Now: The New Comics Anthology #13, edited by Eric Reynolds

Best Graphic Album—New: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two, by Emil Ferris

Best Graphic Album—New: Sunday, by Olivier Schrauwen

Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Mothballs, by Sole Otero; translated by Andrea Rosenberg

Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Return to Eden, by Paco Roca; translated by Andrea Rosenberg

Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Sunday, by Olivier Schrauwen

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia: Search and Destroy Vol. 1, by Atsushi Kaneko, based on the work of Osamu Tezuka; translated by Ben Applegate

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: Frank Johnson, Secret Pioneer of American Comics, vol. 1, edited by Chris Byrne and Keith Mayerson

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: Stan Mack’s Real-Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995, by Stan Mack, edited by Gary Groth

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: The Complete Web of Horror, edited by Dana Marie Andra

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books:  The Farewell Song of Marcel LaBrume, by Attilio Micheluzzi, edited by Gary Groth and Conrad Groth

Best Comics-Related Book: Reading Love and Rockets, by Marc Sobel

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

Best Comics-Related Book: Kate Carew: America's First Great Woman Cartoonist, by Eddie Campbell with Christine Chambers

Best Publication Design: Bill Ward: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition, designed by Kayla E.

Best Writer/Artist: Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two

Best Writer/Artist: Paco Roca, Return to Eden

Best Writer/Artist: Olivier Schrauwen, Sunday

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

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Frederic Bremaud & Federico Bertolucci, Donald Duck: Vacation Parade

Best Lettering: Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book Two.

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