Eisner Awards 2025: A Batalha dos Titãs dos Quadrinhos Começou!

Os indicados ao prestigiado Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2025 foram revelados, e a disputa promete ser eletrizante. Uma editora em particular surge como a grande favorita, acumulando um número impressionante de nomeações que acende um debate apaixonado entre os fãs e a indústria. Quer saber quem está na pole position, quais criadores brilharam e quais obras estão concorrendo aos maiores prêmios? Mergulhe nesta leitura e fique por dentro de todos os detalhes desta edição histórica do "Oscar dos Quadrinhos"!

A editora Fantagraphics está no centro das atenções, liderando a corrida com nada menos que 24 indicações (25 no total, contando com uma compartilhada). Um feito notável que demonstra a força e a diversidade de seu catálogo. Mas a competição é acirrada! Gigantes como a DC Comics, com 10 indicações, e a First Second/Macmillan, empatada com a Abrams em 7 nomeações (9 incluindo as compartilhadas), também mostraram sua potência criativa. A Pantheon surge logo atrás, com 6 indicações, mais uma em parceria.

Outras editoras de peso também marcaram presença: Image Comics com 5 indicações (e mais 7 compartilhadas), BOOM! Studios com 5 (e outras 5 em colaboração) e Dark Horse com 2 nomeações (e impressionantes 9 compartilhadas). Essa variedade de editoras demonstra a riqueza e a vitalidade da produção de quadrinhos em 2024.

No pódio dos criadores, o talentoso Tom King reina absoluto com quatro indicações. Logo atrás, um time de estrelas com três indicações cada acende a disputa: Leela Corman, Bilquis Evely, Emil Ferris, LeUyen Pham, Ram V, Javier Rodriguez, Olivier Schrauwen, James Tynion IV, Gene Luen Yang e Quentin Zuttion.

E quando o assunto são obras individuais, Mulher Maravilha Absoluta dispara na frente com cinco indicações. Seguindo de perto, "História de amor do ano novo lunar" e "Helena de Wyndhorn" conquistaram quatro nomeações cada. Outras obras aclamadas como "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two", "Zatanna: Bring Down The House" e "Parade" receberam três indicações cada, enquanto "The Road" figura com duas.

As obras concorrentes foram avaliadas por um painel de jurados e contemplam trabalhos publicados entre 1º de janeiro e 31 de dezembro de 2024. Agora, a decisão está nas mãos dos votantes online, que poderão escolher seus favoritos até o dia 5 de junho. A grande coroação acontecerá durante a San Diego Comic-Con, em 25 de julho.

A lista completa de indicados está logo abaixo. Prepare-se para descobrir joias dos quadrinhos e comece a fazer suas apostas! Qual editora levará o grande prêmio? Quais criadores serão consagrados? E quais histórias se tornarão lendas? Acompanhe cada categoria e mergulhe no fascinante universo dos indicados ao Eisner Awards 2025!

Melhor Conto

• “Anything Sinister,” by Ross Murray, in NOW #13 (Fantagraphics)

• “Day 1703,” by Chris Ware, in Smoke Signal #43 (Desert Island)

• “Pig” by Stacy Gougoulis, in NOW #13 (Fantagraphics)

• “Spaces,” by Phil Jimenez, in DC Pride 2024 #1 (DC)

• “Water I’ve Loved: Moving Day” by Pam Wye, in MUTHA magazine,

• “You Cannot Live on Bread Alone” by Kayla E., in NOW #13 (Fantagraphics)

  
  

  Melhor Edição Única/One-Shot

• Abortion Pill Zine: A Community Guide to Misoprostol and Mifepristone by Isabella Rotman, Marnie Galloway, and Sage Coffey (Silver Sprocket)

• Ice Cream Man #39: “”Decompression in a Wreck, Part One,” by W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo (Image Comics)

• PeePee PooPoo #1, by Caroline Cash (Silver Sprocket)

• Sunflowers, by Keezy Young (Silver Sprocket)

• Unwholesome Love, by Charles Burns (co-published with Partners and Son)

• The War on Gaza, by Joe Sacco (Fantagraphics)

  
  

  Melhor Série Contínua

• The Department of Truth, by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds (Image)

• Detective Comics: Detective Comics, by Ram V, Tom Taylor, Riccardo Federici, Stefano Raffaele, Javier Fernandez, Christian Duce, March, and Mikel Janín (DC)

• Fantastic Four, by Ryan North, Carlos Gomez, Ivan Fiorelli, and others (Marvel)

• Santos Sisters, by Greg & Fake, Graham Smith, Dave Landsberger, and Marc Koprinarov (Floating World)

• Ultimate Spider-Man, by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto (Marvel)

  Wonder Woman, by Tom King and Daniel Sampere (DC)

  
  

  Melhor Série Limitada

• Alan Scott: The Green Lantern, by Tim Sheridan and Cian Tormey (DC)

• Animal Pound, by Tom King and Peter Gross (BOOM! Studios)

• The Deviant, by James Tynion IV and Joshua Hixson (Image)

• Helen of Wyndhorn, by Tom King and Bilquis Evely (Dark Horse)

• Rare Flavours, by Ram V and Filipe Andrade (BOOM! Studios)

• Zatanna: Bring Down the House, by Mariko Tamaki and Javier Rodriguez (DC)

  
  

  Melhor Nova Série

• Absolute Batman, by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta (DC)

• Absolute Wonder Woman, by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman (DC)

• Minor Arcana, by Jeff Lemire (BOOM! Studios)

• The Pedestrian, by Joey Esposito and Sean Von Gorman (Magma Comix)

• The Power Fantasy, by Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard (Image)

• Uncanny Valley, by Tony Fleecs and Dave Wachter (BOOM! Studios)

  
  

  Melhor publicação para os primeiros leitores

• Bog Myrtle, by Sid Sharp (Annick Press)

• Club Microbe, by Elise Gravel, translated by Montana Kane (Drawn & Quarterly)

• Hilda and Twig Hide from the Rain, by Luke Pearson (Flying Eye)

• Night Stories, by Liniers (Astra Books)

• Poetry Comics, by Grant Snider (Chronicle Books)

  
  

  Melhor publicação para crianças

• How It All Ends, by Emma Hunsinger (Greenwillow/HarperCollins Early Readers)

• Next Stop, by Debbie Fong (Random House Graphic/Random House Children’s Books)

• Plain Jane and the Mermaid, by Vera Brosgol (First Second/Macmillan)

• Weirdo, by Tony Weaver Jr. and Jes & Cin Wibowo (First Second/Macmillan)

• Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest, by Isabel Greenberg (Abrams Fanfare)

  
  

  Melhor Publicação para Adolescentes

• Ash’s Cabin, by Jen Wang (First Second/Macmillan)

• Big Jim and the White Boy, by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson (Ten Speed Graphic)

• The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag (Scholastic)

• The Gulf, by Adam de Souza (Tundra)

• Lunar New Year Love Story, by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham (First Second/Macmillan)

• Out of Left Field, by Jonah Newman (Andrews McMeel)

  
  

  Melhor Publicação de Humor

• Adulthood is a Gift! by Sarah Andersen (Andrews McMeel)

• Forces of Nature, by Edward Steed (Drawn & Quarterly)

• Kids Are Still Weird: And More Observations from Parenthood, by Jeffrey Brown (NBM)

• A Pillbug Story, by Allison Conway (Black Panel Press)

• Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It, by Tara Booth (Drawn & Quarterly)

  
  

  Melhor Antologia

• EC Cruel Universe, edited by Sierra Hahn and Matt Dryer (Oni Press)

• Godzilla’s 70th Anniversary, edited by Jake Williams and others (IDW)

• Now: The New Comics Anthology #13, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

• Peep #1, edited by Sammy Harkham and Steve Weissman (Brain Dead/Kyle Ng)

• So Buttons #14: “Life and Death,” by Jonathan Baylis and various artists (So Buttons Comix)

  
  

  Melhor trabalho baseado na realidade

• Djuna, by Jon Macy (Street Noise Books)

• The Heart That Fed: A Father, a Son, and the Long Shadow of War, by Carl Sciacchitano (Gallery 13/S&S)

• The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C. S. Lewis & J. R. R. Tolkien, by John Hendrix (Abrams Fanfare)

• The Puerto Rican War: A Graphic History, by John Vasquez Mejias (Union Square)

• Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the U.S., by Caitlin Cass (Fantagraphics)

  
  

  Melhor Memória Gráfica

• Degrees of Separation: A Decade North of 60, by Alison McCreesh (Conundrum)

• Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir, by Tessa Hulls (MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

  The Field, by David Lapp (Conundrum)

• I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir, by Maurice Vellekoop (Pantheon)

• Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love, by Sarah Leavitt (Arsenal Pulp Press)

  
  

  Melhor Álbum Gráfico - Novo

• Final Cut, by Charles Burns (Pantheon)

• Lunar New Year Love Story, by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham (First Second/Macmillan)

• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)

• Sunday, by Olivier Schrauwen (Fantagraphics)

• Victory Parade, by Leela Corman (Pantheon)

  
  

  Melhor Álbum Gráfico - Reimpressão

• Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story, by Patrick McDonnell (Abrams ComicArts)

• Lackadaisy, vols. 1–2, by Tracy J. Butler (Iron Circus)

• The One Hand and The Six Fingers, by Ram V, Dan Watters, Laurence Campbell, and Sumit Kumar (Image)

• Rescue Party: A Graphic Anthology of COVID Lockdown, edited by Gabe Fowler (Pantheon)

• Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist’s Perspective of the Japanese American Experience, by Kelly Goto and Sam Goto (Chin Music Press)

• UM Volume One, by buttercup (Radiator Comics)

  
  

  Melhor Adaptação de Outro Meio

• Thomas Piketty’s Capital & Ideology: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Clare Alot and Benjamin Adam (Abrams ComicArts)

• The Hidden Life of Trees, by Peter Wohlleben, adapted by Benjamin Flao and Fred Bernard (Greystone)

• The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, adapted by Manu Larcenet (Abrams)

• Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, adapted by Travis Dandro (Drawn & Quarterly)

• The Worst Journey in the World, Volume 1: Making Our Easting Down, by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, adapted by Sarah Airriess (Iron Circus)

  
  

  Melhor Edição dos EUA de Material Internacional

• All Princesses Die Before Dawn, by Quentin Zuttion (Abrams ComicArts)

• The Jellyfish, by Boum, translated by Robin Lang and Helge Dascher (Pow Pow Press)

• Mothballs, by Sole Otero; translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

• Return to Eden, by Paco Roca; translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

• Sunday, by Olivier Schrauwen (Fantagraphics)

  
  

  Melhor Edição Americana de Material Internacional - Ásia

• Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow, by Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba, translated by Asa Yonola (Kodansha)

• Hereditary Triangle, by Fumiya Hayashi, translated by Alethea and Athena Nibley (Yen Press)

• Kagurabachi, vol. 1, by Takeru Hokazono, translated by Camellia Nieh (VIZ Media)

• Last Quarter, vol. 1, by Ai Yazawa, translated by Max Greenway (VIZ Media)

• Search and Destroy vol. 1, by Atsushi Kaneko, based on the work of Osamu Tezuka; translated by Ben Applegate (Fantagraphics)

• Tokyo These Days, vols. 1–3, by Taiyo Matsumoto, translated by Michael Arias (VIZ Media)

  
  

  Melhor Coleção/Projeto de Arquivo - Tiras

• All In Line, by Saul Steinberg (New York Review Books)

• Frank Johnson, Secret Pioneer of American Comics, vol. 1, edited by Chris Byrne and Keith Mayerson (Fantagraphics)

• Stan Mack’s Real-Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995, by Stan Mack, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

• Thorn: The Complete Proto-BONE Strips 1982–1986, and Other Early Drawings, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)

  
  

  Melhor Coleção/Projeto de Arquivo - Histórias em Quadrinhos

• The Complete Web of Horror, edited by Dana Marie Andra (Fantagraphics)

• David Mazzucchelli’s Batman Year One Artist’s Edition, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

• DC Comics Style Guide (Standards Manual)

• The Farewell Song of Marcel LaBrume, by Attilio Micheluzzi, edited by Gary Groth and Conrad Groth (Fantagraphics)

• Wally Wood from Witzend: Complete Collection, commentary by J. David Spurlock (Vanguard)

• X-Men: The Manga Remastered, vol. 1, edited by Glenn Greenberg and others (VIZ Media)

  
  

  Melhor Periódico/Jornalismo Relacionado a Quadrinhos

• The Beat, edited by Heidi MacDonald and others, https://www.comicsbeat.com

• ICv2: The Business of Pop Culture, edited by Milton Griepp, icv2.com

• INKS, The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, edited by Susan Kirtley (Ohio State University Press)

• SOLRAD: The Online Literary Magazine for Comics, edited by Daniel Elkin, www.solrad.co (Fieldmouse Press)

• Zdarsky Comics News, edited by Allison O’Toole (Chip Zdarsky)

  
  

  Melhor livro relacionado a quadrinhos

• American Comic Book Chronicles: 1945-49, by Keith Dallas, John Wells, Richard Arndt, and Kurt Mitchell (TwoMorrows)

• Kate Carew: America’s First Great Woman Cartoonist, by Eddie Campbell with Christine Chambers (Fantagraphics)

• Q&A, by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)

• Reading Love and Rockets, by Marc Sobel (Fantagraphics)

• Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund, by Caitlin McGurk (Fantagraphics)

• Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: The Ultimate History, edited by Daniel Kothen Schulte with text by David Gerstein and J. B. Kaufman (TASCHEN)

  
  

  Melhor Trabalho Acadêmico/Acadêmico

• Comics and Modernism: History, Form, and Culture, edited by Jonathan Najarian (University Press of Mississippi)

• Drawing (in) the Feminine: Bande Dessinée and Women, edited by Margaret C. Flinn (Ohio State University Press)

• From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich: The Materiality of Cheap Comics, by Neale Barnholden (University Press of Mississippi)

• Petrochemical Fantasies: The Art and Energy of American Comics, by Daniel Worden (Ohio State University Press)

• Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the United States, by Michelle Ann Abate (Rutgers University Press)

  
  

  Melhor Trabalho Acadêmico/Acadêmico

  
  

• The Beauty Salon, based on the novella by Mario Bellatin, adapted by Quentin Zuttion; translated by M. B. Valente (Europe Comics)

• Beyond the Sea, by Anaïs Flogny; translated by Dan Christensen (Europe Comics)

• Gonzo: Fear and Loathing in America, by Morgan Navarro; translated by Tom Imber (Europe Comics)

• My Journey to Her, by Yuna Hirasawa (Kodansha)

• The Spider and the Ivy, by Grégoire Carle; translated by M. B. Valente (Europe Comics)

  
  

  Melhor Webcomic

  
  

• The Accidental Undergrad, by Christian Giroux, https://solrad.co/tag/the-accidental-undergrad (Fieldmouse Press)

• Life After Life, by Joshua Barkman, https://falseknees.com/comics/24ink1.html (False Knees)

• Motherlover, by Lindsay Ishihiro, https://motherlovercomic.com (Iron Circus)

• Practical Defence Against Piracy, by Tony Cliff, https://www.delilahdirk.com/dd4/dd4-p188.html

• Rigsby WI, by S. E. Case, https://rigsbywi.com (Iron Circus)

  
  

  Melhor Escritor

  
  

• Tom King, Archie: The Decision (Archie); Animal Pound (BOOM! Studios); Helen of Wyndhorn (Dark Horse); Jenny Sparks, The Penguin, Wonder Woman (DC)

• Ram V, Rare Flavours (BOOM! Studios); Dawnrunner (Dark Horse); The One Hand (Image); Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! (Image Skybound)

• Kelly Thompson, Absolute Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey (DC); Scarlett (Image Skybound); Venom War: It’s Jeff #1 (Marvel)

• James Tynion IV, Something Is Killing the Children, Wynd (BOOM! Studios); Blue Book, The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos (Dark Horse); Spectregraph (DSTLRY); The Department of Truth, The Deviant, WORLDTR33 (Image)

• Gene Luen Yang, Lunar New Year Love Story (First Second/Macmillan)

  
  

  Best Writer/Artist

  
  

• Charles Burns, Kommix (Fantagraphics); Final Cut (Pantheon); Unwholesome Love (co-published with Partners & Son)

• Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two (Fantagraphics)

• Jon Macy, Djuna (Street Noise Books)

• Paco Roca, Return to Eden (Fantagraphics)

• Olivier Schrauwen, Sunday (Fantagraphics)

• Maria Sweeney, Brittle Joints (Street Noise Books)

  
  

  Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

  
  

• Filipe Andrade, Rare Flavours (BOOM! Studios)

• Nick Dragotta, Absolute Batman (DC)

• Bilquis Evely, Helen of Wyndhorn (Dark Horse)

• Manu Larcenet, The Road (Abrams ComicArts)

• Javier Rodriguez, Zatanna: Bring Down the House (DC)

• LeUyen Pham, Lunar New Year Love Story (First Second/Macmillan)

  
  

  Best Painter/Multimedia Artist

  
  

• Frederic Bremaud and Federico Bertolucci, Donald Duck: Vacation Parade (Fantagraphics)

• Leela Corman, Victory Parade (Pantheon)

• Benjamin Flao The Hidden Life of Trees (Greystone)

• Merwan, Aster of Pan (Magnetic Press)

• Eduardo Risso, The Blood Brothers Mother (DSTLRY)

• Maria Sweeney, Brittle Joints (Street Noise Books)

  
  

  Best Cover Artist

  
  

• Juni Ba, The Boy Wonder (DC); Godzilla Skate or Die, TMNT Nightwatcher and others (IDW)

• Evan Cagle, Dawnrunner (Dark Horse), New Gods, Detective Comics

• Bilquis Evely, Animal Pound (BOOM!); Helen of Wyndhorn (Dark Horse)

• Tula Lotay, Helen of Wyndhorn #1, Count Crowley: Mediocre Midnight Monster Hunter #3, Dawnrunner #1, Barnstormers TPB (Dark Horse); Somna and other titles (DSTLRY); The Horizon Experiment (Image)

• Hayden Sherman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Batman: Dark Patterns, Superman, Ape-ril, Batman: The Brave and the Bold) (DC)

  
  

  Best Coloring

  
  

• Jordie Bellaire, Absolute Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey, John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America, The Nice House by the Sea (DC); The City Beneath Her Feet (DSTLRY); The Exorcism at 1600 Penn (IDW; W0rldtr33 (Image); G.I. Joe, Duke (Image Skybound)

• Matheus Lopes, Batman & Robin: Year One (DC); Helen of Wyndhorn (Dark Horse)

• Justin Prokowich, Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze (Titan Comics)

• Javier Rodriguez, Zatanna: Bring Down the House) (DC)

• Dave Stewart, Dawnrunner, Free Comic Book Day Comic 2024 [general], The Serpent in the Garden, Hellboy, Hellboy and the BPRD, Paranoid Gardens, Shaolin Cowboy Cruel to Be Kin Silent but Deadly Edition (Dark Horse); Ultramega, Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! (Image Skybound)

• Quentin Zuttion, All Princesses Die Before Dawn (Abrams ComicArts); Beauty Salon (Europe Comics)

  
  

  Best Lettering

  
  

• Becca Carey, Absolute Superman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Plastic Man No More! (DC); Radiant Black, Rogue Sun (Image); When the Blood Has Dried, Murder Kingdom (Mad Cave Studios)

• Leela Corman, Victory Parade (Pantheon)

• Clayton Cowles, Animal Pound (BOOM! Studios); FML, Helen of Wyndhorn (Dark Horse); Absolute Batman, Batman, Batman & Robin: Year One, Birds of Prey, Jenny Sparks, Wonder Woman (DC); Strange Academy, Venom (Marvel)

• Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book Two (Fantagraphics)

• Nate Powell, Fall Through (Abrams ComicArts); Lies My Teacher Told Me (New Press)