The thirty seventh annual Will Eisner Comedian Trade Awards have been administered on the night of July 25 at San Diego Comedian-Con. Thought-about the comics world’s highest honors, the ceremony introduced winners throughout 32 classes. The awards went to 24 totally different publishers and have been hosted by voice actor Phil LaMarr and comics creator Invoice Morrison on the San Diego Bayfront Lodge.

Notably, this yr’s ceremony marked the tip of an period. Longtime award administrator Jackie Estrada retired after 35 years heading up the Eisners, which she helped flip into the distinguished prize they’re at the moment. Estrada’s announcement acquired a standing ovation from these in attendance, in response to the Beat—whose editor-in-chief, longtime PW contributing editor and Extra to Come podcast cohost, took dwelling the Eisner for Greatest Comics-Associated Journalism.

Main the pack of the 2025 winners was Macmillan graphic novel imprint First Second, which took dwelling 4 awards, together with three for Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham’s PW-starred YA graphic novel Lunar New 12 months Love Story. Along with the Greatest New Graphic Album prize, the ebook snagged Greatest Publication for Teenagers, with Yang additionally successful the Greatest Author class.

DC Comics, Fantagraphics, and IDW trailed carefully, with three awards every. The one different title that gained a number of classes was David Mazzucchelli’s Batman 12 months One Artist’s Version (IDW), for Greatest Archival Assortment Mission and Greatest Publication Design.

Different notable wins included Sacco’s work of graphic journalism The Struggle on Gaza (Fantagraphics) for Greatest Single Situation, and Tessa Hulls’ Pulitzer-winning Feeding Ghosts (MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux) for Greatest Graphic Memoir.

The Eisner nominations are chosen by a panel of judges, which this yr included PW’s graphic novels critiques editor Meg Lemke. Voting is open to comedian ebook, graphic novel, and webcomic creators in addition to nominees in each class, graphic novel and comics publishers and editors, house owners and managers of comedian ebook specialty retail shops, comics educators, and graphic novels librarians.

The complete checklist of winners could be discovered right here.

An earlier model of this text said that actor and comic Thomas Lennon copresented this yr’s Eisner Awards with Phil LaMarr; his cohost was Invoice Morrison.