Celebrate the 2025 Eisner Award Winners with Hoopla 

The Eisner Awards for 2025 were announced on Friday, July 25 during San Diego Comic-Con and you can explore many of these award-winning titles through your library on Hoopla Digital. Known as the “Oscars” of the comic book world, the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards recognize excellence in comics and graphic novels each year. See the full list of this year’s Eisner Award winners. 

Named after legendary comic creator Will Eisner, the Eisner Awards celebrate storytelling, art, innovation, and impact in the comic industry. If you love graphic novels or want to discover the best titles of the year, you’ll want to check this out—your guide to the Eisner Winners Collection, available through Hoopla. 

How do the Eisner Awards Work? 

These nominated works span multiple categories including: 

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

All nominated 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 including creators, librarians, publishers, educators, and comic shop managers. Want to see who was nominated? Here’s the Hoopla collection of Eisner Award winners and nominees. 

And here’s a list of a few winners to get you started. 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. 

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 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.

2025 Eisner Award Winners Collection on Hoopla 

This page features top graphic novels and comics that received the highest honors at this year’s ceremony. It’s the perfect place to read the very best of 2025’s comic offerings. 

Explore Eisner-Winning Stories from Your Library 

With Hoopla, you can stream or download these incredible Eisner Award titles instantly. No holds, no waitlists, and no overdue fees—just great reading from some of the most talented creators in comics today. 

Ready to dive in? Celebrate the 2025 Eisner Winners with Hoopla!