Comic-Con has announced that 21 individuals have been selected to be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame for 2025. The list includes 12 deceased and 9 living persons.

This year’s choices are:

• Peter Arno
• Gus Arriola
• Wilhelm Busch
• Richard “Grass” Green
• Rea Irvin
• Jack Kamen
• Joe Maneely
• Shigeru Mizuki
• Bob Oksner
• Bob Powell
• Ira Schnapp
• Phil Seuling
• Steve Bissette
• Lucy Shelton Caswell
• Philippe Druillet
• Phoebe Gloeckner
• Joe Sacco, Bill Schanes
• Steve Schanes
• Frank Stack
• Angelo Torres

The selections were made by a panel of six judges who include William Foster, Michael T. Gilbert, Karen Green, Alonso Nuñez, Jim Thompson, and Maggie Thompson.

The comics industry will also elect 6 individuals from a group of 18 nominees proposed by the judges. The nominees will be announced later along with a ballot for online voting.

To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, the person must have made a significant contribution to the comic book/graphic storytelling medium, whether by creating a major character (or characters), producing memorable stories that are considered “classics,” having an art style that influenced numerous others, innovating storytelling devices in the medium, advancing comics publishing, or otherwise having a lasting influence on the industry. The person’s first professional work must have occurred at least 35 years before the year of the awards (that would be 1990, for this year’s awards).

The Hall of Trophies will be presented during San Diego Comic-Con on the morning of July 25.