“Der Tagesspiegel” has published the list, which results from the cumulative voting results from four quarters. Four titles come from Reprodukt Verlag. There are six translations compared to four original editions. The ten best comics of 2025 are:
1. Ulli Lust: “Woman as a human being. At the beginning of history” (reproduct)
2. Birgit Weyhe: “Silence” (avant)
3. Olivier Schrauwen: “Sonntag” (t: Christoph Schuler; Edition Moderne)
4. Isabel Kreitz: “The Last Shot” (reproduction)
5. Luz: “Two female semi-nudes” (tr: Lilian Pithan; reproduction)
6. Romain Renard: “Reunion with Comanche” (tr: Anne Bergen; Splitter)
7. Melanie Garanin: “My Friend Rilke” (Carlsen)
8. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips: “Criminal”, Volume 1 (tr: Bernd Kronsbein and Resel Rebiersch; writer & reader)
8. Taiyo Matsumoto: “Tokyo these days” (t: Daniel Büchner; reproduction)
10. Grows Taard/Nextor Burma: “Rephan in Menialmonating (U: Rebesel; Schreiber & Leser)
You can find out more about the books and the jury here.