Creators' Year in Review 2025
We find out which comics were naughty and which were nice.
The end of the year approached and you all know what that means: lists! Lists galore! Lists on every conceivable superlative for every conceivable position. Who's hot!? Who's not!? Who drew the best beef and cheesecake?!
I'm not immune to the lure of the list. However! I am just one man and there's no way I can match the kind of lists done by other sites. Maybe if this were a full-time job I could do it. Alas.
I am also a fan of tradition. I like seasonal and long-running article series. You probably know where this is going.
Welcome folks to the second Creators' Year in Review here at House of Ideas, Powers of Secrets, keeping the Multiversity tradition alive and well. The gist for anyone new is I send out five questions to comics creators from all the around the comics world. They come back with a list of answers that is every bit as eclectic as they all are and I compile them into articles. Part of the fun is: you never know what comics or other creators will be reified en masse and which ones will bubble up from the underground, catching you completely off guard.
For anyone who would like to see what 2024 held in store before diving into 2025, check out last year's lists!
Thank you to everyone who responded! It was a tough year for the world (and fuck if the next one isn't going to be tougher.) I had a not insignificant number of people let me know they couldn't participate because the year just kicked their comics reading free-time in the butts. Whether you could participate or not, y'all are great!
What were some of the comics - print, digital, web, etc. - you loved in 2025?
Cover by Jesse Lonergan
