2025 Shortlist announced!

The Organising Committee of the Comic Arts Awards of Australia, together with the 2024 Judging Panel, congratulate the projects that make up the 2025 Shortlist:

Deer Editor (Mad Cave Studios)
Writer: Ryan K. Lindsay.

Adelaide and the Shooting Star (Chapters 0–2) (Self-published)
Writer / Illustrator: Alice Lam.

The Girl I Left Behind (Self-published)
Writer / Illustrator: Katie Zhang.

A Home In Her (Gestalt)
Writer / Illustrator: Sarah Winifred Searle.

Finn and Bianca’s First Comic Fair (Self-published)
Writer / Illustrator: Finn O’Sullivan.

Marion (Glom Press)
Writer / Illustrator: Natalia Zajaz.

In Utero (Top Shelf)
Writer / Illustrator: Chris Gooch.

Godzilla: Skate or Die #1–5 (IDW Publishing)
Writer / Illustrator: Louie Joyce.
Letterer: Rus Wooton.
Editor: Jake Williams.

Kobi Dog (Self-published)
Writer / Illustrator: Fionn McCabe.

Dreamwalker #1 (Gestalt)
Writers: Molly Hunt, Scott Wilson.
Illustrator: Christopher Wood.
Editor / Letterer: Wolfgang Bylsma.

Follow Your Gut: A Story from the Microbes that Make You (Scribe Publications)
Illustrator: Ben Hutchings.
Art Director: Briony Barr.
Science Director: Gregory Crocetti.
Writers: Ailsa Wild, Lisa Stinson.

Last Light in the Dark Sky (Self-published)
Writer / Illustrator: L. G. Veldenmire.

The Sweetness Between Us (Allen & Unwin)
Writer / Illustrator: Sarah Winifred Searle.

Bristlemouth: A Cove Horror (IPI Comics)
Writer / Illustrator: Hayden Fryer.
Song Lyrics: Ian C. Thomas.
Editor-in-Chief: Christopher Sequeira.
Publisher: Gerry Huntman.

Fridge Boy From Space (Comicoz)
Creator / Writer / Illustrator: Rob Feldman.
Editor / Publisher: Nat Karmichael.

Manta #11–15 (Self-published)
Creator: Jorden Allen-Barr.

Revenge of the Toxic Space Potato (Allen & Unwin)
Writer / Illustrator: First Dog on the Moon.

The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors (Scribe Publications)
Writer / Illustrator: Joshua Santospirito.

When the World Was Soft (Allen & Unwin)
Creators: Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation.
Illustrator: Alex Mankiewicz.

Gourmand Go (Blackglass Press)
Writer: Jason Franks.
Artists: Harry Purnell, Gavin Thomson, Laura Renfrew, Matt Kyme, Cristian Roux, Aly Faye, Ben Michael Byrne.
Colourist: Graeme Jackson.

In Purgatory #10: Memento Mori (Halftone Productions)
Writer / Illustrator: Kieran Jack.
Letterer: Bradley Adan.
Guest Cover Artist: Keith Stanley.

KILLEROO: Old Man Rufus (OzComics)
Writer / Publisher: Darren Close.
Illustrator: Ryan Vella.

Kosher Mafia #1–4 (Mad Cave Studios)
Writer: David Hazan.

Manifesto (Self-published)
Writer / Illustrator: Stuart Medley.

Meet Me in the Pit #5 (Blueprint Comics)
Editor / Publisher: Chris Neill.
Contributing Cartoonists: Multiple contributors.

RRV (Self-published)
Writer / Illustrator: Steven Martellotta.

The Electrifying Bolt 2024 Special (Bolt Comics)
Writer: Andrew Tribe.
Illustrator: Lauren Marshall.

The Lady of the Swamp (Halftone Productions)
Writer: Kieran Jack.
Illustrator: Logan French.
Letterer: Bradley Adan.

Gold, Silver and Bronze Award recipients from this shortlist will be announced at the 2025 Comic Arts Awards of Australia on Saturday, 31 January, The State Library of New South Wales, Michael Crouch Room.

In-Person and Livestream tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/caaa2025

Please get in touch with the event organiser daniel@comicartsaust.com.au if any listings need to be updated or corrected.