The winners of the 2025 Eisner Awards, which honor comic books and graphic literature, were announced at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday evening.
Lunar New Year Love Story, written by Gene Luen Yang and illustrated by LeUyen Pham, took home three awards: best graphic album—new, best writer, and best publication for teens.
Tessa Hulls won the best graphic memoir prize for Feeding Ghosts, which won the Pulitzer Prize for memoir and the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize for the best first book in any genre; it was also a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. Hulls has said that the book will be her last.
The award for best writer/artist went to Charles Burns for Kommix, Final Cut, and Unwholesome Love.
Luke Pearson won the best publication for early readers prize for Hilda and Twig Hide From the Rain, while Vera Brosgol took home the best publication for kids award for Plain Jane and the Mermaid.
Winning the award for best reality-based work was Caitlin Cass for Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the U.S. The best comics-related book prize went to Caitlin McGurk for Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund. Manu Larcenet won the best adaptation from another medium award for his graphic novel version of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.
The Eisner Awards, named in honor of cartoonist Will Eisner, were established in 1988. Previous winners include Raina Telgemeier for Smile, Kate Beaton for Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, and Jillian Tamaki for Our Little Kitchen.
A full list of winners is available at the San Diego Comic-Con website.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
