Awards
The Tripwire Awards 2025 Results In Full
Celebrating Another Year In UK And US Comics Talent And Culture
At London’s Cartoon Museum in Fitzrovia last night, the seventh consecutive Tripwire Comic Awards were announced hosted by veteran horror writer Jasper Bark (Draw You In) with Tripwire’s editor-in-chief Joel Meadows. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners.
“We are proud to celebrate the best in UK and US comics talent and culture for another year, voted for by the international reading public,”says Tripwire editor-in-chief Joel Meadows.
Here’s the results in full…
Best Writer:
Nominations:
MARK WAID (Batman & Robin Year One, DC Comics)
KELLY THOMPSON (Absolute Wonder Woman/ Birds Of Prey, DC Comics)
JOSEPH ILLIDGE/ TIM SEELEY (Bloodletter, Image Comics)
DENIZ CAMP (Absolute Martian Manhunter, DC Comics, Assorted Crisis Events, Image Comics)
GENE LUEN YANG (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, IDW Comics)
Winner: KELLY THOMPSON (Absolute Wonder Woman/ Birds Of Prey, DC Comics)
Best Artist:
Nominations:
DAN MORA (Batman/Superman:World’s Finest, DC Comics)
BILQUIS EVELY (Helen Of Wyndhorn,Dark Horse Comics)
FERNANDO BLANCO (W0rldtr33,Image Comics)
STEVAN SUBIC (Batman: Full Moon,DC Comics)
RICCARDO FEDERICI (The New Gods,DC Comics)
Winner: BILQUIS EVELY (Helen Of Wyndhorn,Dark Horse Comics)
Best Cover Artist sponsored by Ace Comics:
Nominations
ESAD RIBIC (Battle Beast, Image Comics / Aliens vs Avengers, Marvel Comics)
ALEX ROSS (Thunderbolts: Doomstrike, Marvel Comics / Thor, Marvel Comics)
TULA LOTAY (You Won’t Feel A Thing,DSTLRY / The Horizon Experiment, Image Comics)
JULIAN TEDESCO (Walking Dead Deluxe, Image Comics / Batman/Deadpool, DC Comics)
DAN PANOSIAN (Batman, DC Comics /Conan The Barbarian, Titan Comics)
Winner: TULA LOTAY (You Won’t Feel A Thing, DSTLRY / The Horizon Experiment, Image Comics)
Best Colourist:
Nominations
MATT WILSON (Punisher: Red Band/ Ultimate Spider-man, Marvel Comics)
LEE LOUGHRIDGE (The Devil’s Cut / Gone / Somna, DSTLRY)
JORDIE BELLAIRE (Absolute Wonder Woman, DC Comics)
ELLIE WRIGHT (Vanishing Point, Mad Cave Studios)
BRENNAN WAGNER (Batman: The Last Halloween, DC Comics, Grendel: The Devil’s Crucible: Defiance, Dark Horse Comics)
Winner: ELLIE WRIGHT (Vanishing Point, Mad Cave Studios)
Best Letterer:
Nominations
HASSAN OTSMANE-ELHAOU (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, IDW Publishing)
RICHARD STARKINGS (Parliament Of Rooks, Comixology)
FRANK CVETKOVIC (Batman: Dark Patterns, DC Comics)
CLEM ROBINS (Bowling With Corpses, Dark Horse Comics)
ANNIE PARKHOUSE (2000AD, Rebellion)
Winner: HASSAN OTSMANE-ELHAOU (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, IDW Publishing)
Best New Series sponsored by Turnaround Distribution
Nominations
CRUEL UNIVERSE (Various, Oni/EC Comics)
BATMAN: THE LAST HALLOWEEN (Jeph Loeb & Various, DC Comics)
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN (Kelly Thompson & Hayden Sherman, DC Comics)
THE PUNISHER (Jimmy Palmiotti & Dan Panosian, Marvel Comics)
HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE (Various, Heavy Metal)
Winner: ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN (Kelly Thompson & Hayden Sherman, DC Comics)
Best New Talent sponsored by Ace Comics:
Nominations
HAYDEN SHERMAN (Absolute Wonder Woman, DC Comics)
KEEZY YOUNG (Hello Sunshine, Little Brown)
JAVIER RODRIGUEZ (Absolute Martian Manhunter, DC Comics)
EVIE ROEBUCK (2000AD)
ABIGAIL J. HARDING (Parliament Of Rooks, Comixology)
Winner: HAYDEN SHERMAN (Absolute Wonder Woman, DC Comics)
Best Original Graphic Novel:
Nominations
GROUPIES (Helen Mullane & Tula Lotay, Comixology Originals/ Mad Cave Studios)
THE KNIVES (Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips, Image Comics)
THE CASEBOOK OF STAMFORD HAWKSMOOR (Bryan Talbot, Jonathan Cape)
RAISED BY GHOSTS (Briana Loewinsohn, Fantagraphics)
DR WERTHLESS: THE MAN WHO STUDIED MURDER (Harold Schecter & Eric Powell, Dark Horse Comics)
Winner: GROUPIES (Helen Mullane & Tula Lotay, Mad Cave Studios)
Best Publisher sponsored by Turnaround Distribution:
Nominations
ONI PRESS
MAD CAVE STUDIOS
DARK HORSE COMICS
IDW PUBLISHING
IMAGE COMICS
Winner: MAD CAVE STUDIOS
Best Collection:
BRUCE DICKINSON’S THE MANDRAKE PROJECT: YEAR ONE (Tony Lee & Staz Johnson, Z2 Comics)
ROM: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS VOL. 1 Hardcover (Bill Mantlo & Various, Marvel Comics)
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE AND OTHER STORIES & ART GALLERY EDITION (Graphitti Designs)
LIFE DRAWING (Jaime Hernandez, Fantagraphics Books)
SPECTRUM (Rick Quinn & Dave Chisholm, Mad Cave Studios)
Winner: BRUCE DICKINSON’S THE MANDRAKE PROJECT: YEAR ONE (Tony Lee & Staz Johnson, Z2 Comics)
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Best Comics-Related Website / Publication:
DOWN THE TUBES
ZDARSKY COMIC NEWS
CASUALLY COMICS (YouTube Channel)
GRAPHIC POLICY
Winner: ZDARSKY COMIC NEWS
Best Small Press / Independent (UK) Sponsored by Knockabout Publishing:
Nominations
AVERY HILL PUBLISHING
FLYING EYE BOOKS
SELF-MADE HERO
MAD ROBOT COMICS
REBELLION PUBLISHING
Winner: MAD ROBOT COMICS
Best Small Press / Independent (US) Sponsored by Turnaround Distribution:
Nominations
AHOY! COMICS
DSTLRY
VAULT COMICS
DRAWN & QUARTERLY
ABLAZE MEDIA
Winner: DSTLRY
Best Editor:
Nominations
CHAS PANGBURN (Mad Cave Studios)
KATIE KUBERT (DC Comics)
WILL DENNIS (DSTLRY)
KATII O’BRIEN (Dark Horse Comics)
SCOTT DUNBIER (Act IV Publishing)
Winner: CHAS PANGBURN (Mad Cave Studios)
Best Crowdfunding Campaign:
Nominations
ROMO THE WOLF BOY (Ilya, Kickstarter)
CHROME ROSES: CYBERPUNK TRILOGY (Monty Nero, Kickstarter)
THE COMICS COURIER (Tiffany Babb, Kickstarter)
THE BIG LIE (Fabrice Sapolsky, FairSquare Graphics)
Winner: THE COMICS COURIER (Tiffany Babb, Kickstarter)
Best Convention:
LONDON FILM AND COMIC CON
THOUGHT BUBBLE COMIC ART FESTIVAL
MACC-POW!
LAKE COMO COMIC ART FESTIVAL
NEW YORK COMIC CON
Winner: NEW YORK COMIC CON
Best Audio/Live Action Adaptation:
Nominations
SUPERMAN (dir. James Gunn, Warner Bros.)
KINGDOM COME (audio adaptation by Mark Waid, Alex Ross & Dirk Maggs, Audible)
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS (dir. Matt Shakman, Marvel Studios)
CREATURE COMMANDOS (dir. James Gunn, HBO Max)
THE PENGUIN (dir. Craig Zobel, HBO MAX)
Winner: SUPERMAN (dir. James Gunn, Warner Bros.)
Best Humour Comic (Print):
Nominations
BUNNY VS MONKEY: THE GRAPHIC JOKE FIGHT (Jamie Smart,Phoenix Comics)
PRINTOPIA (Bob Fingerman, Cosmic Lion Productions)
THE CARTOONIST’S CLUB (Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud, Scholastic)
SPACE NEGRO: THE LAST NEGRO (Jared Sams, 1First Comics)
ALL GOOD THINGS (Roger Langridge)
Winner: PRINTOPIA (Bob Fingerman, Cosmic Lion Productions)
Person Of The Year:
Nominations
CHRISTINA MERKLER (Lunar Distribution)
MARK IRWIN (Mad Cave Studios)
TODD MCFARLANE (Image Comics)
SCOTT SNYDER (DC Comics)
CHIP MOSHER (Neon Ichiban / DSTLRY)
Winner: SCOTT SNYDER (DC Comics)
The Roll Of Honour Nominations (two are selected)
DAVID LLOYD
ALAN MOORE
KAREN BERGER
HOWARD CHAYKIN
ARCHIE GOODWIN
JOHN BYRNE
JAMIE DELANO
JOE KUBERT
PAT MILLS
FLO STEINBERG
MARIE SEVERIN
DWAYNE MCDUFFIE
BERNIE WRIGHTSON
LEN WEIN
MICHAEL KALUTA
BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH
FRANK MILLER
DENIS KITCHEN
Winners: Alan Moore, Frank Miller
