Dark Horse is delighted to share with you this year’s Dark Horse titles and creators who have received Harvey Awards 2025 nominations. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material published in comics and graphic novels. Congratulations to all the nominees–see the full list.
Book of the Year:Helen of Wyndhorn by Tom King & Bilquis Evely
About Helen of Wyndhorn
Following the tragic death of her late father C.K. Cole, the esteemed pulp writer and creator of the popular warrior character Othan; Helen Cole is called back to her grandfather’s enormous and illustrious estate: Wyndhorn House.
Scarred by Cole’s untimely passing and lost in a new, strange world, Helen wreaks drunken havoc upon her arrival; however, her chaotic ways begin to soften as she discovers a lifetime of secrets hiding within the myriad rooms and hallways of the expansive manor. For outside its walls, within the woods, dwell the legendary adventures that once were locked away within her father’s stories.
Best International Book: Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part Two by Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido; translated by Diana Schutz & Brandon Kander
About Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part Two
Weekly’s been framed by Lewis Solomon, the power behind New York’s construction boom, but the king of the hill has built his empire on a mound of corpses, including union attorney Kenneth Clarke and theater director Iris Allen, and Blacksad must take out their killer before he can take down Solomon. But with Weekly in stir and cops on his heels, the feline detective is minus an ally—and the sudden reappearance of his lost love Alma promises a dangerous distraction as he seeks to uncover the truth.