You could say that 2025 was an unusual year for comics, but then every year seems to be unusual to some degree for the medium. Between economic uncertainty here in the United States generally, the overall state of the direct market, and some lean months from the Big Two, it's not exactly been a show of strength this year.
How our best comics list was decided
The GR+ team, which includes Newsarama, plus some freelance contributors put our heads together to determine our Comics of the Year for 2025. After some deliberation, a rough ranking was determined (including manga this year) based on arguments for or against that was then agreed upon by the team. The only criteria for inclusion was that it be sequential art published in English between Dec 1, 2024 and Nov 30, 2025.
