The TradeWaiters 119: The Cartoonist Co-Op Minicomic Awards 2025


The Minicomic Awards are back, and we’re here to celebrate them! For this episode, Jam, Jeff, and JD read as many of the winning comics as we could get our hands on, and some of the nominees as well.

Here are the winners:
Ratgirl by STC09
Scoot by Cam McCafferty
The Pool by Leda Zawacki
Diaphanoids by Anna Bow and Hagai Palevsky
The Ballad of Black Cassandra Olivia Stephens
Wisteria House by Daniela Vicoso
and Alas by Sajan Rai

Here are the nominated books that we also read:
Be Safe by Christine LeSantos
Queen Caterpillar by Virus Visal
Omega Trillionaire by Nick Winn
Scarlit Geyre by Jon Cairns
Girl Stuff 1.11 by Yaster Goodman
Agents Gorgeous by Gang Fight

Also mentioned in this episode:
TCAF
MCAF
Halfsoul by Scarlet Wings Kaili
Po Pow Press
The Jellyfish by Boum
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
I Hear the Sunspot by Yuki Fumino
Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls
Outbreak Diaries by Jason Turner
Teach English in Japan by Jeff Ellis and J Dalton
Phobos and Deimos by J Dalton
Love in the Time of Covid by Jeff Ellis
True Grit Texture Supply
Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang
Cartoonist Club by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud
2001: A Space Odyssey directed by Stanley Kubrick
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind by Hayao Miyazaki
Guardians of the Cube by Patrick Fillion
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki
and I Learned Love from Shoujo Manga by Rhael McGregor

Music by Sleuth

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