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Graphic Novels: Award Winners
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Graphic novels have won awards such as the Pulitzer, the Printz, the Eisner, the Eagle, the Harvey, the Lulu, the World Fantasy and others. Explore the best of the best in this list.
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Morrison, Grant All-star Superman The last son of the doomed planet Krypton rocketed to Earth. A sci-fi savior raised in America's heartland; embracing and embraced by what's best in humanity. Lex Luthor, the criminal mastermind misguided by his own personal shortcomings. Lois Lane, the dynamic investigative reporter who reminds you that there are enigmas in life that baffle even Superman. [Eagle Award, 2007] 2007 Teen Graphic Novel |
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Yang, Gene Luen American Born Chinese Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. [Printz Award and Eisner Award, 2007] 2006 Teen Graphic Novel |
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Snyder, Scott American Vampire Stronger, fiercer and powered by the sun, Sweet is the first of a new breed of bloodsucker: the American Vampire. Forty-five years after rising from his grave, Sweet finds himself in 1920s Los Angeles, where the young and beautiful are drawn like moths to the burning lights of Hollywood. Something beyond simple human greed is at work here, however, as struggling young actress Pearl Jones is about to discover. 2010 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Mazzucchelli, David Asterios Polyp Asterios Polyp, arrogant, prickly protagonist, is an award-winning architect who's never built an actual building, and a pedant in the midst of a spiritual crisis. After the structure of his own life falls apart, he runs away to try to rebuild it into something new. 2009 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Martin, Ann M. Baby-sitters Club Follow the adventures of Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club as they deal with crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who do not always tell the truth. [Lulu Award, 2006] 2006 Children's Graphic Novel |
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Pope, Paul Batman. Year 100 In 2039, a federal agent has been murdered, Gotham has been invaded by federal agents out for blood, and Detective Gordon of the GCPD, grandson of the former commissioner, finds himself hunting an urban legend--the Batman! [Eisner Award, 2007] 2007 Teen Graphic Novel |
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Yabuki, Kentaro Black Cat Train and his partner Sven go after a huge bounty, attempting to track down a weapons smuggler who is dealing dangerous new technology on the black market. They cross paths with an elegant thief who offers to help them, but will the alliance be fruitful, or will the burglar bring bad luck to Black Cat? 2006 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Samura, Hiroaki Blade of the Immortal Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality and to rid his eternal suffering and lift the curse, he must slay one thousand enemies, and his quest begins with a young girl who seeks revenge on her parents' killers. [Eagle Award, 2007] 2007 Teen Graphic Novel |
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Espenson, Jane Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vampires have solid footing at the top of the totem and Slayers have been crushed to the bottom -- in short, no one likes Buffy anymore, least of all this season's mysterious Big Bad, Twilight, who is hot on her magical trail! Now that it's the world against Slayers, Buffy must find a way to return the status quo to ... status quo and keep her girls alive long enough to do it! [Eisner Award, 2008] 2010 Teen Graphic Novel |
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Brubaker, Ed Captain America Steve Rogers is back as Captain America! But as he mourns his first love -- Peggy Carter, a battlefield ally during World War II -- a mysterious figure from their past returns with the Sentinel of Liberty in his crosshairs. Who is Codename Bravo, and what decades-long grudge could drive him to target his one-time brother-in-arms? 2012 Teen Graphic Novel |
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Layman, John Chew Tony Chu is a detective with a weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. He's been brought on by the Special Crimes Division of the FDA, the most powerful law enforcement agency on the planet, to investigate their strangest, sickest, bizarre cases. 2009 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Russell, P. Craig Coraline Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others. [Eisner Award, 2009] 2008 Children's Graphic Novel |
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Brubaker, Ed Criminal Collects the first three Criminal books -- Coward, Lawless, and The dead and the dying -- under one cover. Includes a Criminal short story and the never-before-printed five page movie trailer in comics form that Brubaker and Phillips created to announce the series online, plus illustrations, selected articles, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and painted covers. [Eisner Award, 2007] 2009 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Waid, Mark Daredevil Having turned his world upside over the past several years, Matt Murdock realizes that justice may not be blind to his past and villains may not be the only ones looking for answers. Bring it on. if Matt Murdock could see what he was doing ... he'd be terrified. 2012 Teen Graphic Novel |
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Tezuka, Osamu Dororo Daigo Kagemitsu, who works for a samurai general in Japan's Warring States period, promises to offer body parts of his unborn baby to 48 devils in exchange for complete domination of the country. Knowing the child to be deficient, Kagemitsu orders the newborn thrown into the river. Calling himself Hyakkimaru, he searches the world for the 48 demons. Each time he eliminates one, he retrieves one of his missing parts. Hyakkimaru meets a boy thief named Dororo, and together they travel the countryside, confronting mosters and ghosts again and again. 2008 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Satrapi, Marjane Embroideries From the author of the comic-strip autobiography, 'Persepolis', comes this comic book for grown-ups, an entertaining and revealing look into the sex lives of Iranian women. In it, Embroideries gathers together many of the women in Marjane Satrapi's life for an afternoon of tea-drinking and talking. 2005 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Willingham, Bill Fables Who killed Rose Red? In Fabletown, where fairytale legends live alongside regular New Yorkers, the question is all anyone can talk about. But only Big Bad Wolf can actually solve the case - and, along with Rose's sister Snow White, keep the Fabletown community from coming apart at the seams. [Eisner Award, multiple years for volumes of this series] 2002 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Bechdel, Alison Fun Home : a Family Tragicomic An unusual memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father, a historic preservation expert dedicated to restoring the family's Victorian home, funeral home director, high-school English teacher, and closeted homosexual. [Eisner Award, 2007] 2006 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Thompson, Craig Habibi Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth--and frailty--of their connection. 2011 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Clowes, Daniel Ice Haven The author of Ghost World presents an offbeat tour of the sleepy Midwestern town of Ice Haven and its unusual inhabitants, including Random Wilder, the narrator and would-be poet laureate of the town; his arch-rival Ida Wentz; the lovelorn Violet Van der Plazt and Vida Wentz; Mr. and Mrs. Ames, a detective team; and others. 2005 Adult Graphic Novel |
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GRAPHIC NOVELS: AWARD WINNERS...
AUTHORS
GRAPHIC NOVELS: AWARD WINNERS...
AUTHORS
| • | Binder, Otto O. |
| • | Broome, John |
| • | Drake, Arnold |
| • | Eisner, Will |
| • | Evanier, Mark |
| • | Fox, Gardner F. |
| • | Gaiman, Neil
The Sandman |
| • | Gerber, Steve |
| • | Goodwin, Archie |
| • | Goscinny, Rene
Asterix |
| • | Kanigher, Robert |
| • | Kirby, Jack |
| • | Koike, Kazuo
Path of the Assassin, Lone Wolf & Cub |
| • | Kubert, Joe |
| • | Lee, Stan, 1922- |
| • | Marston, William Moulton
Wonder Woman |
| • | Moore, Alan, 1953- |
| • | Siegel, Jerry, 1914-1996 |
| • | Stanley, John |
| • | Wein, Len |
| • | Wolfman, Marv |