2025 Eisner Award Winners on Hoopla

The 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards—often called the “Oscars” of the comic book world—were announced on Friday, July 25 during San Diego Comic-Con, and Hoopla is celebrating with specially curated collections featuring this year’s winners and nominees.

Named after legendary creator Will Eisner, these awards recognize excellence in storytelling, artistry, and innovation across the comic and graphic novel industry. These collections are a great opportunity to spotlight award-winning titles for your patrons—whether they’re longtime comic fans or just discovering the genre.

Encourage your community to explore these standout works and discover the creativity and depth that graphic literature offers. The Eisner Award collections also serve as a fantastic entry point for readers of all ages and interests.

? Check out the full list of 2025 winners.

Check out this sample of four 2025 Eisner Award winners available on Hoopla 

These winning titles are all published by Fangraphics, who earned the most nominations (26) this year. 

Best Single Issue/One Shot: War on Gaza

by Joe Sacco: 

Sacco continues his mission of chronicling injustice in Gaza in this breathtaking collection of comics and single-panel illustrations.

Best Continuing Series: Santos Sisters

by Greg and Fake: 

This series, in its fifth installment, follows the Santos Sisters as they gain and then navigate their transformation into superheroes.

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

by Caitlin Cass: 

In this critical, intersectional look at the suffrage fight, New Yorker cartoonist explores the movement’s complex racial dynamics.

Best Comics-Related Book: Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins

by Caitlin McGurk and Emily Flake: 

A long-overdue biography of cartoonist Barbara Shermund, whose career in the 1920s-1960s broke ground for women who follow. 

Here’s your guide to the Eisner Winners available on Hoopla. 

Hoopla’s Eisner Collection is a great place to help patrons get started with comics. Eisner winners represent the best comic books and graphic novels in the industry currently. Introducing patrons to critically acclaimed content gets them interested in the genre. 

Hoopla’s 2025 Eisner Award Winners collection can get patrons interested in comics and graphic novels. The collection represents a wide range of topics, genres, and art styles—truly something for everyone! 

Don’t Forget the 2025 Eisner Award Nominees 

And more…

While the official Eisner Award winners were revealed on July 25, we also have a collection that includes 2025 Eisner winners and nominees on Hoopla. 

The nominated works span multiple categories including: 

  • Best Short Story
  • Best Continuing Series 
  • Best Writer 
  • Best New Series 
  • Best Digital Comic 
  • And many more 

All titles were published between January 1 and December 31, 2024, and distributed in the United States. The nominations were selected by a panel of judges, and voting was open to industry professionals such as creators, librarians, publishers, educators, and comic shop managers. 

What Makes the Eisner Awards So Important? 

Now in its 37th year, the Eisner Award is one of the most respected honors in the world of comics and graphic novels. Winning or even being nominated for an Eisner often boosts visibility and readership for creators. 

Will Eisner, the award’s namesake, was a pioneering creator known for The Spirit and one of the earliest adopters of the term “graphic novel.” His legacy continues each year as the industry recognizes groundbreaking works that push the medium forward.

Here’s Hoopla’s Winners Collection! 

When the winners were announced on July 25, we updated our Hoopla collection with this year’s Eisner Award Winners. 

Hoopla’s 2025 Eisner Award Winners Collection 

This page features top graphic novels and comics that received the highest honors at this year’s ceremony. It’s the perfect starting point for sharing the very best of 2025’s comic offerings with your readers.