Best of CAF 2025 Voting Underway Now

Monday, January 19, 2026

Each year the "Best Of" competition provides the comic art collectors the opportunity to highlight their 5 most important acquisitions from the prior year - or six this year if you submitted a Mystery Sketch. Now that the submission period has ended, the CAF community votes on the artworks that they feel are the most compelling from the 13 categories. Once the voting period closes we tally the results to see which artworks are awarded the Best of 2025. Winners will be announced on our special 23rd Anniversary Live Stream, Tuesday, February 3rd at 9pm EST!

HOW TO VOTE:

Voting is a TWO STEP PROCESS. First, browse the entire list of entries on a page, and for the artworks you think are most deserving of your vote, please check the SELECT box under each artwork. This first step will help you narrow your list of favorite artworks on the page, so you can select as many artworks as you like. When you are done, click the "UPDATE FAVORITES" button at the top or bottom of the list.

You can also click the thumbnail images from the voting page to see the larger image, and then tab through all the artworks displayed for that category without having to leave the main page. This makes casting votes so much easier!

Now, all your favorite artworks in this Category are moved to the top of the list and are highlighted with a yellow background. You can refine the list if you like by selecting more artworks, or removing artworks by checking the REMOVE checkbox on already favorited artworks - but always click the "UPDATE FAVORITES" button to update your selections. You can now cast your vote by selecting no more than your 5 best artworks from those that you have selected by checking the VOTE checkbox under each artwork you want to cast a vote for, then click the "CAST MY VOTE!" button.

YOU CANNOT CHANGE YOUR VOTES AFTER THEY ARE CAST!

CLICK HERE TO START VOTING!

IMPORTANT DATES:

Voting ends Saturday, January 31st at 11:59 PM EST

The 13 Artwork Categories to Vote in Are:

Published/Unpublished Comic Book Covers
Published/Unpublished Comic Book Splashes, Title Pages
Published/Unpublished Interior Panel Pages
Published/Unpublished Double Page Splash or Spread
Published/Unpublished Comic Book Pin-Ups, Illustrations, Trading Cards
Published/Unpublished Strip Art
Published/Unpublished Commissions/Recreations
Unpublished Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches
Published/Unpublished Media artwork (Music, TV, Movie)
Published/Unpublished Non-Comic Covers, Pin-ups, Illustrations, Gaming Art
Published/Unpublished Other
Published/Unpublished Under $500
Mystery Sketches

Head on over to CAF and Cast your Votes!!!!

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