Our Best of 2025 continues! We find out which comics and artists made it on to the comics industry’s most prestigious (and accurate!) awards list: The Corner Box Best of 2025! This week's awards include Best Original Graphic Novel, Best Collection and Archival Collection, Best New Series, Favorite Comeback, Favorite Artist and Cover Artist, and Best Continuing Series.

Timestamp Segments

• [00:54] The Best Best Of List.
• [01:56] Recap of last week’s Bests.
• [01:58] Best Original Graphic Novel.
• [02:17] Best Collection.
• [02:32] Best New Series.
• [02:51] Favorite Artist.
• [04:39] Best Archival Collection.
• [08:53] The self-publishing movement.
• [13:46] John’s first publication.
• [14:27] David’s comics manifesto.
• [18:40] David’s 2024/25 Best Archival Collection.
• [22:47] Favorite Cover Artist.
• [28:30] Favorite Comeback.
• [39:39] Where does John buy his comics?
• [42:32] Best Continuing Series.
• [49:46] Honorable Mentions.

Notable Quotes

• “This is the only true, valid list of Best of 2025 that’s out there.”
• “This is what we wanted. As fans of comic books, people have been screaming for this, for a while.”
• “Fletcher Hanks froze to death on a bench.”

Books Mentioned

• Absolute Batman, by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta.
• Absolute Batman 2025 Annual.
• Absolute Wonder Woman, by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, & Jordie Bellaire.
• Aquaman, by Jeremy Adams & John Timms.
• Assorted Crisis Events.
• Bacchus, by Eddie Campbell.
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller.
• Batman: Hush 2, by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, & Alex Sinclair.
• Batman: The Long Halloween, by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale.
• Batman: Year 100, by Paul Pope & Jose Villarrubia.
• Blueberry, by Jean-Michel Charlier & Moebius.
• Bone, by Jeff Smith.
• Captain Marvel (2019-2023).
• Cerebus, by Dave Sim.
• Complete Megaton Man Universe Volume 1: The 1980s, by Don Simpson & Bill Morrison.
• Cornelius: The Merry Life of a