The winners of the 2026 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2025, given for creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards, have been announced.
Best Short Story
- "Blood Harvest," in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson (Fantagraphics)
Best One-Shot / Single Issue
- Absolute Batman 2025 Annual #1, by Daniel Warren Johnson, James Harren, and Meredith McClaren (DC)
Best Continuing Series
- Absolute Batman, by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, and others (DC)
Best Limited Series
- Absolute Martian Manhunter, by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez (DC)
Best New Series
- Assorted Crisis Events, by Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadski (Image)
Best Publication for Early Readers
- All the Hulk Feels, by Dan Santat (Abrams Fanfare / Marvel)
Best Publication for Kids
- The Cartoonists Club, by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud (Scholastic Graphix)
Best Publication for Teens
- This Place Kills Me, by Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux (Abrams Fanfare)
Best Humour Publication
- Physics for Cats, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Anthology
- DC Pride 2025, edited by Andrea Shea and Jillian Grant (DC)
Best Reality-Based Work
- Black Arms To Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance, by Ben Passmore (Pantheon)
Best Graphic Memoir
- It Rhymes with Takei, by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger (Top Shelf)
Best Graphic Album: New
- Drome, by Jesse Lonergan (23rd St. Books)
Best Graphic Album: Reprint
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen: The Deluxe Edition, by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber (DC)
Best Adaptation from Another Medium
- Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel, by William Golding, adapted by Aimée De Jongh (Penguin Classics)
Best US Edition of International Material
- Nocturnos, by Laura Perez, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)
Best US Edition of International Material: Asia
- Purgatory Funeral Cakes, by Sanho, translated by Danny Lim (Dark Horse)
Best Archival Collection / Project: Strips
- The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1928–1930, edited by J Michael Catron and Bill Blackbeard (Fantagraphics)
Best Archival Collection / Project: Comic Books
- AKIRA Volumes 1–5 Hardcover Collection, by Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha USA Publishing)
Best Academic / Scholarly Work
- Manga's First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905–1989, by Andrea Horbinski (University of California Press)
Best Comics-Related Periodical / Journalism
- SKTCHD, by David Harper, www.sktchd.com
Best Comics-Related Book
- Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life, by Dan Nadel (Scribner)
Best Publication Design
- The Essential Peanuts, designed by Shawn Dahl with Chip Kidd (Abrams ComicArts)
Best Webcomic
- Tiger, Tiger, by Petra Erika Nordlund (tigertigercomic.com)
Best Digital Comic
- Practical Defense Against Piracy, by Tony Cliff (delilahdirk.com)
Best Writer
- Mariko Tamaki, This Place Kills Me (Abrams Fanfare)
Best Writer / Artist
- Jamal Campbell, Zatanna (DC)
Best Penciller / Inker
- Javier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter (DC)
Best Painter / Multimedia Artist
- Martin Simmonds, The Department of Truth (Image)
Best Cover Artist
- Javier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter, Batman & Robin: Year One #7, The New Gods #8 (DC)
Best Colouring
- Jordie Bellaire, Absolute Wonder Woman, The Nice House by the Sea (DC); The Exorcism at 1600 Penn (IDW); Assorted Crisis Events, The Department of Truth, Exquisite Corpses, W0RLDTR33 (Image); GI Joe (Image/Skybound); EC Catacomb of Torment, EC Epitaphs from the Abyss (Oni Press)
Best Lettering
- Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Ill Vacation, Stillman (Comixology Originals); Absolute Martian Manhunter, Challengers of the Unknown, DC K.O., The Flash, Green Arrow, Poison Ivy (DC); Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Starship Godzilla, (IDW); Author Immortal (Image); Our-Soot-Stained Heart (Mad Cave)