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Best Publication for Kids:
- The Cartoonists Club, by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud (Scholastic Graphix)
- Chickenpox, by Remy Lai (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
- Creature Clinic, by Gavin Aung Than (First Second)
- Night Chef: An Epic Tale of Friendship with a Side of Deliciousness! By Mika Song (Random House Graphic)
- Oasis, by Guojing (Godwin Books/Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
- A Song for You and I, by K. O’Neill (Random House Graphic)
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Best Publication for Teens:
- Angelica and the Bear Prince, by Trung Le Nguyen (Random House Graphic)
- Clementine: Book Three, by Tillie Walden (Image Skybound)
- Everyone Sux But You, by K. Wroten (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
- Hello Sunshine, by Keezy Young (Little, Brown Ink)
- This Place Kills Me, by Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux (Abrams Fanfare)
- Trumpets of Death, by Simon Bournel-Bosson, translated by Edward Gauvin (Graphic Universe/Lerner)
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Best Humor Publication:
- And to Think We Started as a Book Club, by Tom Toro (Andrews McMeel Universal)
- Ew, It’s Beautiful: A False Knees Comics Collection, by Joshua Barkman (Andrews McMeel Universal)
- The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt, by John Allison and Max Sarin (Dark Horse)
- Jeff the Land Shark, by Kelly Thompson and Tokitokoro (Marvel)
- Physics for Cats, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Spent: A Comic Novel, by Alison Bechdel (Mariner Books)
Best Anthology:
- Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project, edited by Meghan Kemp-Gee and Megan Praz (Stacked Deck Press)
- DC Pride 2025, edited by Andrea Shea and Jillian Grant (DC)
- Noir Is the New Black Season 2 (FairSquare Graphics)
- Stardust the Super Wizard Anthology, edited by Van Jensen (Blue Creek Creative)
- 2000AD 2026 Annual Featuring Judge Dredd, edited by Oliver Pickles (Rebellion)
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Best Reality-Based Work:
- Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance, by Ben Passmore (Pantheon)
- Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me, by Mimi Pond (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Fela: Music Is the Weapon, by Jibola Fagbamiye and Conor McCreery (Amistad)
- Globetrotters: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s World Tour, by Julian Voloj and Julie Rocheleau (Abrams ComicArts)
- Muybridge, by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Daschert and Rob Aspinal (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Surrounded: America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832, by Wilfrid Lupano and Stéphane Fert (ABLAZE)
Best Graphic Memoir:
- The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
- My Life in 24 Frames Per Second, by Rintaro (Kana Manga US)
- It Rhymes with Takei, by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger (Top Shelf)
- Precious Rubbish, by Kayla E. (Fantagraphics)
- Raised by Ghosts, by Briana Loewinsohn (Fantagraphics)
- Talking to My Father’s Ghost: An Almost True Story, by Alex Krokus (Chronicle)
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