Great Graphic Novels for Teens
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| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Smoke and Mirrors
2013 - Selection(s) Stage magician Terry Ward finds himself lost in an alternate world where magic is real. |
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| Dawn of the Arcana
2013 - Selection(s) Will Nakaba and Casesar’s alliance survive or will politics, rebellion and dark visions nip their slowly blossoming feelings at the bud? |
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| Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary
2013 - Selection(s) A philosophy class assignment transforms into a portrait of Tina's high school experience. |
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| Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller
2013 - Selection(s) You thought you knew the whole story. |
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| Sumo
2013 - Selection(s) His NFL career dream dashed, Scott starts life over as a sumo wrestler. |
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| Avalon Chronicles: Once in a Blue Moon, V. 1
2013 - Selection(s) Aeslin is sucked into her favorite childhood storybook only to find that her family and this fantasy world are intertwined. |
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| A Devil and Her Love Song V. 1
2013 - Selection(s) Beautiful Maria tells you the ugly truth. |
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| The Royal Historian of Oz
2013 - Selection(s) Frank is held ransom when his father steals Dorothy’s shoes. |
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| Hades: Lord of the Dead: Olympians V. 4
2013 - Selection(s) Who’s Hade’s queen of the underworld? |
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| Cat’s Cradle: The Golden Twine
2013 - Selection(s) Wannabe monster tamer Suri finds her life thrown upside down when she accidentally meets a real monster. |
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| Goliath
2013 - Selection(s) David and Goliath told from the perspective of the un-assuming giant. |
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| Daredevil V. 1
2013 - Selection(s) Daredevil is back and he has an eye for justice! |
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| A Flight of Angels
2013 - Selection(s) An angel lies dying in a forest while its denizens decide his fate. |
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| Steve Jobs: Genius By Design
2013 - Selection(s) Steve Jobs’ life from birth to death. |
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| Xombi
2013 - Selection(s) David Kim uses the nanotechnology infecting his body to halt a dangerous, supernatural threat. |
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| Broxo
2013 - Selection(s) Princess Zora and Broxo uncover the secrets of his past. |
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| Uglies: Shay's Story
2013 - Selection(s) Rejecting life in Prettytown, Shay finds her way to the rebellion. |
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| A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel V. 1
2013 - Selection(s) A dark and stormy night is just the beginning in this classic tale of a fight against evil. |
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| Wonder Woman: Blood V.1
2013 - Selection(s) Diana discovers the truth of her parentage in this reboot. |
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| 5 Centimeters Per Second
2013 - Selection(s) A poignant look at love, loss, and hope in modern-day Japan. |
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| Broxo
2013 - Selection(s) Princess Zora and Broxo uncover the secrets of his past. |
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| Mystic: The Tenth Apprentice
2013 - Selection(s) Two orphaned girls are best friends, but only one can become apprentice to the most powerful magician in the land. |
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| Rust: Visitor in the Field V. 1.
2013 - Selection(s) Will the mysterious boy with the jet pack be the salvation or ruin? |
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| Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man
2013 - Selection(s) The fall and sacrifice of Marvel's greatest hero. |
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| Batgirl: The Darkest Reflection V.1
2013 - Selection(s) Batgirl is back, fighting new villains and her own personal demons. |
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| King City TP
2013 - Selection(s) Joe doesn't have much except a cat who can be changed into almost anything. |
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| Pandemonium
2013 - Selection(s) Seifer has always wanted a more exciting life, but being a stand-in for the missing prince might be more than he can survive. |
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| The Silence of Our Friends
2013 - Selection(s) In 1966 two families have the courage to become friends against a backdrop of riots and racism. |
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| Ultimate Comics Spider-man, V.1.
2013 - Selection(s) Witness the birth of a new Spider-man Miles Morales. |
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| Gladstone’s School for World Conquerors
2013 - Selection(s) Teenage villains-in-training. |
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| Legends of Zita the Spacegirl
2013 - Selection(s) Zita has won the hearts of the whole universe, but will a robot clone take it all away from her? |
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| Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise
2013 - Selection(s) The adventure continues as Aang and the gang must find a way to bring peace to a post-war world. |
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| A Game For Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return
2013 - Selection(s) As the bombs drop on Beirut, Zeina’s family must depend on her neighbors for survival. |
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| A + E 4ever: a graphic novel
2013 - Selection(s) Two misfits find each other as they explore their sexual identities. |
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| Batman: Noël
2013 - Selection(s) It's winter in Gotham City and Batman's playing Scrooge. |
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| Batman: The Court of Owls V.1
2013 - Selection(s) This story rocks Gotham back to its very foundations. |
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| Friends with Boys
2013 - Selection(s) From homeschool to high school, Maggie learns to let go of her past and make new friends. |
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| My Friend Dahmer
2013 - Selection(s) Go to high school with the nation's most notorious serial killer |
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| Joe the Barbarian Deluxe Edition
2013 - Selection(s) A bullied teenager is sent on an otherworldly adventure through a fantasy landscape. |
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| Hopeless Maine: Personal Demons V.1
2013 - Selection(s) Salamandra finds herself in a supernatural orphanage. |
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| Drama
2013 - Selection(s) The drama on the stage is no match for drama behind the curtain. |
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| Ichiro
2013 - Selection(s) After the death of his father, Ichiro moves to Japan and encounters gods and monsters. |
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| Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb
2013 - Selection(s) A look at one of the most controversial decisions in American history. |
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| Stargazing Dog
2013 - Selection(s) The heart-breaking story of a man and his dog as they search for happiness in a life that rejects them. |
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| Sigil: Out of Time
2013 - Selection(s) Samantha discovers her powers and journeys through time to seek vengeance for her mother’s death. |
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| Cardboard
2013 - Selection(s) Cardboard + Imagination = Awesome |
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| Attack on Titan V. 1
2013 - Selection(s) The walls have kept the bloodthirsty giants out of the walled city. Until now… |
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| Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (And Doesn't Work) in Words and Pictures
2013 - Selection(s) Who knew economics could be so fun? |
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| Lou! Secret Diary
2013 - Selection(s) The highs and lows of becoming a teenager. |
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| Cow Boy
2013 - Selection(s) Young Boyd is determined to bring the dastardly Linney family to justice. |
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| August Moon
2013 - Selection(s) Fiona discovers magical creatures, a boy who claims to be from the moon, and hidden dangers threatening the town of Calico. |
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| Lizzie Newton: Victorian Mysteries V.1
2013 - Selection(s) A young writer finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation. |
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| Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy
2013 - Selection(s) A spy on the gallows has a story to tell. |
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| Bloody Chester
2013 - Selection(s) Getting hired to burn down a ghost town isn't exactly a dream job, but it's the only one Bloody Chester can get. |
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| Title | Year | |
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| Around the World
2012 - Selection(s) Journey around the world with three nineteenth-century travelers. |
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| Americus
2012 - Selection(s) With his favorite fantasy series under attack, Neal finds his voice. |
2012 - Selection(s) | |
| Laddertop V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) Welcome to Laddertop Academy, the space school where gifted students train for the most important jobs in the galaxy. |
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| The New York Five
2012 - Selection(s) College roommates learn their most important lessons outside the classroom. |
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| Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur
2012 - Selection(s) Dark magic, a vengeful sorceress, shadowy prophesies, and malicious fairies—King Arthur like you've never seen. |
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| 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente
2012 - Selection(s) The battles of the Puerto Rican baseball pioneer on and off the field. |
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| Batman: The Black Mirror
2012 - Selection(s) Gotham City brings its new Batman and Commissioner Gordon face-to-face with the stuff of nightmares. |
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| Troop 142
2012 - Selection(s) Are you prepared for a week-long camping trip with Boy Scout Troop 142? |
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| Level Up
2012 - Selection(s) Death match! Med school versus video games! |
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| Mangaman
2012 - Selection(s) East meets West when Ryoko falls through The Rip to enter Marissa’s American high school |
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| Marzi: A Memoir
2012 - Selection(s) A young girl growing up in Communist Poland. |
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| 27: First Set
2012 - Selection(s) Guitarist Garland seeks out dark magic to reclaim his rock-star status. |
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| Amazing Agent Jennifer V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) Why take over the family business when you can train to become a secret agent? |
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| The Last Dragon
2012 - Selection(s) A lovely young maiden, a would-be hero, and a fire-breathing dragon. |
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| Infinite Kung Fu
2012 - Selection(s) A zombie, apocalyptic, dystopian, blaxploitation, kung-fu epic. |
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| Zahra’s Paradise
2012 - Selection(s) Violent street protests. A missing brother. How far will an Iranian blogger go to uncover the truth? |
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| Morning Glories V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) Six talented but troubled teens find themselves trapped at the prestigious Morning Glory Academy. |
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| Age of Reptiles Omnibus V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) Revenge, family, murder, and survival—from a dinosaur’s perspective |
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| The Story of Saiunkoku V.1 & 2.
2012 - Selection(s) An educated young noblewoman desperate for money meets a childish emperor. How will they rule the country together? |
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| Gandhi: A Manga Biography
2012 - Selection(s) A brief picture of one of the most well-known names in history. |
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| Baltimore: The Plague Ships
2012 - Selection(s) An injured vet becomes the scourge of World War I’s vampire army. |
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| Sense and Sensibility
2012 - Selection(s) Elinor and Marianne find romance and heartbreak in Regency England. |
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| One Soul
2012 - Selection(s) Eighteen births, eighteen lives, eighteen deaths. |
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| 1000 Opas and a Dead Body: Skullkickers V. 1.
2012 - Selection(s) What do you do after a hard day of fighting werewolves, drunken louts, an evil mage, and the undead? You get paid, of course! |
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| The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti: A Treasury of XXth Century Murder
2012 - Selection(s) Sacco and Vanzetti: thieves and murderers or anarchist scapegoats? |
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| A Bride’s Story V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) The nineteenth-century Silk Road sets the stage for the arranged marriage between a huntress and a boy. |
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| Scarlet
2012 - Selection(s) When her life is destroyed by police corruption, Scarlet seeks bloody revenge. |
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| Wandering Son V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) A gentle coming-of-age story about a boy who wants to be a girl and a girl who wants to be a boy. |
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| Permanent Record: Avengers Academy V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) A school for the next generation of heroes or rehab for a group of damaged super teens? |
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| The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
2012 - Selection(s) How is the media telling you what to think? |
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| Freshman: Tales of 9th Grade Obsessions, Revelations, and Other Nonsense
2012 - Selection(s) For Annie and her friends, high school may not be all it’s cracked up to be. |
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| Takio
2012 - Selection(s) Taki and her little sister use their kung fu telekinesis to become superheroes. |
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| Bad Island
2012 - Selection(s) Shipwreck is only the beginning of this family vacation from hell |
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| Permanent Record: Avengers Academy V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) A school for the next generation of heroes or rehab for a group of damaged super teens? |
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| How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less
2012 - Selection(s) A young woman questions her heritage and politics during her birthright tour of Israel. |
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| Axe Cop V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) A cop with an axe and his dinosaur sidekick, and it just gets weirder from there. |
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| Anya’s Ghost
2012 - Selection(s) When Anya befriends a ghost, her life turns around—at least for a while. |
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| The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury V. 1: Time Runs Out
2012 - Selection(s) Nothing is impossible for the galaxy’s greatest adventurer—even if she only has one year left to live |
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| Page by Paige
2012 - Selection(s) When everything is new and strange, a sketchbook can be your best friend. |
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| Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth
2012 - Selection(s) Tour the last 4.5 billion years on earth—with an alien. |
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| Ivy
2012 - Selection(s) For an aspiring teen painter, running away is not the escape she thought it would be. |
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| reMIND V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) Sonja discovers that there may be some truth to her town’s favorite urban legend, the Lizard Man. |
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| Bake Sale
2012 - Selection(s) Whip up some fun in the kitchen with Cupcake and his best friend Eggplant. |
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| The Adventures of Dr. McNinja: Night Powers
2012 - Selection(s) He heals with one hand, kills with the other. |
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| Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory: Olympians V
2012 - Selection(s) The queen of the Gods has her own stories to tell. |
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| Animal Land V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) A young tanuki discovers a human infant who may change the world. |
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| Dawn Land
2012 - Selection(s) Thousands of years ago, Young Hunter defends humanity against the Stone Giants. |
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| Ruse: The Victorian Guide to Murder
2012 - Selection(s) What's more dangerous than being the smartest detective in the world? Working for him. |
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| Blue Exorcist V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) The son of Satan decides to kick some demon ass. |
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| Feynman
2012 - Selection(s) The life and times of the world's smartest man. |
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| Daybreak
2012 - Selection(s) You find yourself in a desolate landscape. Follow the one-armed man. You’re safe, at least for now. |
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| Cold Dead Fingers: The Sixth Gun V. 1
2012 - Selection(s) In the Old West, an enchanted six-shooter pits Becky against dark forces. |
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| Bake Sale
2012 - Selection(s) Whip up some fun in the kitchen with Cupcake and his best friend Eggplant. |
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| Thor: The Mighty Avenger V. 1 & V. 2
2012 - Selection(s) Is the mysterious man Jane finds in her museum really the God of Thunder? |
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| Kamisama Kiss V. 1 & 2
2011 - Selection(s) How will homeless teen Nanami deal with her new responsibilities as a local deity? |
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| 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
2011 - Selection(s) 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens The list of 63 titles, drawn from 89 official nominations, is presented annually at the ALA Midwinter Meeting...
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| Title | Year | |
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| Parade (With Fireworks)
2010 - Selection(s) In 1920s Italy, a fight between the Fascists and Socialists forces Paolo to make a choice that will change his life forever. |
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| Takeru: Opera Susanoh Sword of the Devil (series)
2010 - Selection(s) Three men, all named Takeru, join forces to search for the legendary Sword of Susanoh. |
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| G.I. Joe: Origins
2010 - Selection(s) It's the War on Terror and G.I. Joe is there. |
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| Name of the Flower, vol. 1
2010 - Selection(s) A teen girl and an eccentric older author develop a relationship as they overcome past tragedy. |
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| Pluto (in three volumes)
2010 - Selection(s) Who is killing the greatest robots on Earth? |
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| The Color of Heaven
2010 - Selection(s) Romance blooms in the parallel stories of a young girl and her widowed mother in traditional Korean society. |
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| Green Manor: Assassins and Gentlemen
2010 - Selection(s) The fog of Victorian London conceals the perfect murder. |
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| Nightschool (vols. 1 and 2)
2010 - Selection(s) When you go to a school for vampires and demons, don't get caught without your hall pass. |
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| Refresh Refresh
2010 - Selection(s) Three young men struggle to cope with the absence of their fathers: Marine Corps reservists who have been sent to war in Iraq. |
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| Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Edition
2010 - Selection(s) A gorgeous retelling of this compelling tale of censorship and intellectual freedom. |
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| The Crogan Adventures: Crogan's Vengeance
2010 - Selection(s) "Catfish" Crogan never thought he'd be a notorious pirate, but his life just took a turn for the worse. |
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| Ooku: The Inner Chambers, vol 1
2010 - Selection(s) In an imaginary feudal Japan, women are in charge and men are objects of desire. |
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| Mixed Vegetables, vol 1
2010 - Selection(s) Hanayu longs to be a sushi chef, but can she abandon her family's bakery to follow her heart? |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Cthulhu Tales, vol 2: Whispers of Madness
2010 - Selection(s) Lovecraftian tales of terrifying alien gods which resemble icky squids. |
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| Clover (Omnibus Edition)
2010 - Selection(s) Former soldier Kazuhiko is asked to do one last job—deliver a young woman to a mysterious location only she can find. |
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| We Were There (series)
2010 - Selection(s) What do you do when you fall in love with a guy who is still in love with his dead girlfriend? |
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| Locke & Key (series)
2010 - Selection(s) After the father is murdered, a family finds that all is not as it seems in a town called Lovecraft. |
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| Cirque du Freak, vol. 1
2010 - Selection(s) In this adaptation of the popular series, Darren becomes a vampire to save his friend's life. |
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| Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel
2010 - Selection(s) BE THERE: witness the war's turning point and Lincoln's historic address. |
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| Wonderland
2010 - Selection(s) Wonderland as seen through the eyes of the White Rabbit's maid. |
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| Ender's Game: Battle School
2010 - Selection(s) Training to save the earth, Ender enters Battle School and faces the monsters that haunt his own psyche. |
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| Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
2010 - Selection(s) A jock, a tough girl and the new kid use their secret love of science to bring down a nefarious plot. |
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| T-Minus: The Race to the Moon
2010 - Selection(s) The scientists behind the space race. |
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| The Helm
2010 - Selection(s) Pathetic loser Matt Blurdy has a heroic destiny, but he'd better shed those extra pounds and beat that murder rap in a hurry, because his... |
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| Spider-Man Noir
2010 - Selection(s) The Spider-Man legend is re-imagined in a dark depression-era New York. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2010 - Selection(s) The classic story you don't know if you've only seen the movie. |
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| Trotsky: A Graphic Biography
2010 - Selection(s) The mind behind the Soviet Revolution and the foundation of the U.S.S.R. |
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| Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone: Deaths-Head Revisited
2010 - Selection(s) A former death camp commander faces justice ... in the Twilight Zone. |
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| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010 - Selection(s) Like the movie, only funnier and closer to the book. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| X-Men: Magneto Testament
2010 - Selection(s) The story of X-Men villain Magneto as a Jewish child in Nazi Germany. |
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| Children of the Sea, vol 1
2010 - Selection(s) Three young teens hear the call of the ocean and realize their special connection to the depths of the sea. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, vol 1
2010 - Selection(s) Tadayasu has the remarkable ability to see microscopic organisms and they're really cute! |
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| Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel
2010 - Selection(s) Horror comes to life: the ethics of creation and destruction. |
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| Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors without Borders
2010 - Selection(s) In 1986 a young French photographer accompanied Doctors Without Borders into war torn Afghanistan. This is his story. |
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| Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking, vol 1
2010 - Selection(s) This is what happens when the most positive girl in the world meets the most negative teacher in the world. |
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| Train*Train (vol. 1)
2010 - Selection(s) Asahi's dreams of working with trains hit a snag when he gets assigned to work with the weirdoes at the Minami Kitazawa Station. |
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| Storm in the Barn
2010 - Selection(s) Jack and his family are struggling to survive the Dust Bowl. Will the mystery in the barn be their salvation or their complete undoing? |
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| Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer
2010 - Selection(s) Thought Pinocchio's story had a happy ending? Wrong! |
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| Mythos
2010 - Selection(s) Superhero origins: every great story has a great beginning. |
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| Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You (series)
2010 - Selection(s) Shy girls wins. |
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| Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee, vol 1
2010 - Selection(s) In a land of perpetual darkness, where telephones and email are non-existent, will your message be received? |
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| Pigeons From Hell: Based on the Short Story by Conan creator Robert E. Howard
2010 - Selection(s) Hoo-doo in a haunted plantation house deep in the bayou. |
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| The Return of King Doug
2010 - Selection(s) A major loser gets a second chance to be a hero when he returns to a magical land to save his son. |
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| Swallow Me Whole
2010 - Selection(s) Teen step-siblings deal with their own mental illnesses, mistaken love, and the strength of family ties. |
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| I Kill Giants
2010 - Selection(s) Barbara Thorson carries a hammer to school every day to battle monsters, but are the monsters real or a mark of something more disturbing? |
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| Green Lantern: Secret Origin
2010 - Selection(s) The tough road from test pilot to interstellar hero. |
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| Wonder Woman: The Circle
2010 - Selection(s) Following a war that decimated the Amazon nation, a long-imprisoned enemy seeks the death of Wonder Woman. |
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| solanin
2010 - Selection(s) Life after college: office drone or rock star? |
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| Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood
2010 - Selection(s) The Robin Hood legend retold. |
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| Invincible Iron Man: The Five Nightmares
2010 - Selection(s) A terrorist uses Iron Man's own technology against him. |
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| Katman
2010 - Selection(s) An urban teen spends his summer vacation caring for stray cats while he cultivates a friendship with an aspiring cartoonist. |
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| Omega the Unknown
2010 - Selection(s) The weird, twisting journey of a boy with a (maybe) super-heroic destiny. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Superman: Brainiac
2010 - Selection(s) Superman and Supergirl face a terrifying threat from their home planet. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| The Mourning Star, vol 2
2010 - Selection(s) A wild fantasy world of magic and combat ... and, dude, the guy's got scissor hands! |
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| Orange
2010 - Selection(s) Soaring art turns this story of a suicidal girl into a fever dream of emotion. |
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| The Nobody
2010 - Selection(s) A mysterious stranger covered head to toe in bandages arrives in a small town. Paranoia follows in his wake. |
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| Animal Academy: Hakobune Hakusho, vol 1
2010 - Selection(s) Morimori High is filled with special students and Neko is possibly the only human in her class. |
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| Orbital (series)
2010 - Selection(s) Teamed with an alien partner, a human tries to keep the galactic peace on behalf of an interstellar coalition that despises him. |
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| Bayou, vol 1
2010 - Selection(s) A kidnapping and a lynching send Lee on a quest into a terrifying fantasy world hidden beneath the bayou. |
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| Otomen, vol 1
2010 - Selection(s) In the stoic and manly breast of Asuka Masamune beats the heart of a ... girly girl? |
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| Karakuri Odette, vol. 1
2010 - Selection(s) An android wants to find out what it means to be human, so she enrolls in high school. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Jim Butcher's Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle
2010 - Selection(s) Magic, murder, and mayhem in downtown Chicago: this is a job for a professional wizard. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Yokaiden, vol 1
2010 - Selection(s) When his grouchy grandmother's soul is stolen by the yokai, Hamachi journeys into their realm to get it back. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Sandman: The Dream Hunters
2010 - Selection(s) The tale of a young Buddhist monk and the fox spirit who loves him. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc (series)
2010 - Selection(s) Keiichi has moved to a sleepy little town and is settling in quite nicely when he learns of a series of grisly and mysterious murders. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
2010 - Selection(s) Deeply moving true stories of survival during and after Hurricane Katrina. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| The Color of Earth
2010 - Selection(s) Romance blooms in the parallel stories of a young girl and her widowed mother in traditional Korean society. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| X-Men: Misfits
2010 - Selection(s) In this manga take on X-Men, Kitty Pryde is the only girl at a school for super mutants. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Ender's Shadow: Battle School
2010 - Selection(s) Bean's life on the street is a constant war. Will he find peace at Battle School? |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| 1985
2010 - Selection(s) A boy with family issues realizes he's got a lot more to worry about when Marvel super-villains start invading the real world. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, vol.3: Wolves at the Gate
2010 - Selection(s) Her enemies say she's bringing on the apocalypse, her closest allies are sleeping around, and now she has to ask a vampire for help. Is... |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Cat Burglar Black
2010 - Selection(s) Teen orphan K's skills as a burglar are the key to an international ring of crime. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| Gunnerkrigg Court, vol 1: Orientation
2010 - Selection(s) Antimony is starting her first year of boarding school, where secrets and mysterious, spooky events are part of the curriculum. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| The Color of Water
2010 - Selection(s) Romance blooms in the parallel stories of a young girl and her widowed mother in traditional Korean society. |
2010 - Selection(s) | |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray
2010 - Selection(s) Dorian possesses a portrait that is "the most magical of mirrors," revealing his true self. |
2010 - Selection(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan
2009 - Selection(s) Go Comi |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Astounding Wolf-Man, Vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) Image Comics |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Honey and Clover, vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Dark Tower: The Long Road Home, Vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) Marvel |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Venus in Love, vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) DC Comics/CMX |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Nana, vol. 10
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Real, Vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Silver Surfer: Requiem
2009 - Selection(s) Marvel |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Life Sucks
2009 - Selection(s) First Second |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Invincible, Vol. 9
2009 - Selection(s) Image Comics |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Honey and Clover, vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Green Arrow: Year One
2009 - Selection(s) DC |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Venus in Love, vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) DC Comics/CMX |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Nana, vol. 11
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Slam Dunk, Vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Fruits Basket, vol. 20
2009 - Selection(s) Tokyopop |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Sand Chronicles, Volume 1
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Naruto, vol. 28
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Honey and Clover, vol. 3
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Flight, Vol. 5
2009 - Selection(s) Villard |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Venus in Love, vol. 3
2009 - Selection(s) DC Comics/CMX |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Nana, vol. 12
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Uzumaki, Vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Fruits Basket, vol. 21
2009 - Selection(s) Tokyopop |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Sand Chronicles, Volume 2
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Naruto, vol. 29
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite
2009 - Selection(s) Dark Horse |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Metro Survive, Vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) DrMaster Publications |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Planet Hulk
2009 - Selection(s) Marvel Comics |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) DC |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Skim
2009 - Selection(s) Groundwod Books |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Sand Chronicles, Volume 3
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Naruto, vol. 30
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Runaways: Dead End Kids
2009 - Selection(s) Marvel |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Metro Survive, Vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) DrMaster Publications |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Fever, vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) Tokyopop |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) DC |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Emiko Superstar
2009 - Selection(s) Minx |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Minister Jade
2009 - Selection(s) Cellar Door Publishing |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Naruto, vol. 31
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Cairo
2009 - Selection(s) Vertigo |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Rapunzel's Revenge
2009 - Selection(s) Bloomsbury |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Love the Way You Love: Side A Songs of Faith, vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) Oni Press |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography
2009 - Selection(s) Hill and Wang |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery
2009 - Selection(s) Vertigo |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Monster Zoo
2009 - Selection(s) Image Comics |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| The Good Neighbors: Book One, Kin
2009 - Selection(s) Graphix |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro, vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) Yen Press |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify!, vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) Go Comi |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| The War at Ellsmere
2009 - Selection(s) Slave Labor Graphics |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Love the Way You Love: Side B, vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) Oni Press |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation
2009 - Selection(s) Hill and Wang |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Kieli, Vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) Yen Press |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Black Jack, vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) Vertical |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| The Death of Captain America: The Death of the Dream, Vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) Marvel |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro, vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) Yen Press |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify!, vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) Go Comi |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Hikaru no Go, Vol. 12
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ Media |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Usagi Yojimbo: Tomoe's Story
2009 - Selection(s) Dark Horse Comics |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Pitch Black
2009 - Selection(s) Cinco Puntos Press |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Kieli, Vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) Yen Press |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Dororo, vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) Vertical |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| The Death of Captain America: The Burden of Dreams, Vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) Marvel |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Two Flowers for the Dragon, vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) CMX Manga |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify!, vol. 3
2009 - Selection(s) Go Comi |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Hikaru no Go, Vol. 13
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ Media |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Key to the Kingdom, vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) CMX |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need
2009 - Selection(s) Riverhead Trade |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| High School Debut, Vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Dororo, vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) Vertical |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Atomic Robo: Atomic Robo and the Fightin' Scientists of Tesladyne
2009 - Selection(s) Red Five Comics |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Two Flowers for the Dragon, vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) CMX Manga |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Nana, vol. 8
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Deja-Vu: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
2009 - Selection(s) Tokyopop |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Welcome to Tranquility, vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) Wildstorm |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA
2009 - Selection(s) Hill and Wang |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| High School Debut, Vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Dororo, vol. 3
2009 - Selection(s) Vertical |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, Vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) Marvel |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Echo: Moon Lake
2009 - Selection(s) Abstract Studio |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Nana, vol. 9
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Real, Vol. 1
2009 - Selection(s) VIZ |
2009 - Selection(s) | |
| Welcome to Tranquility, vol. 2
2009 - Selection(s) Wildstorm |
2009 - Selection(s) |
Nominations for the 2012 list are now closed. 2013 nominations will open in February.