Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics

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The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics, established in 2009, is a category of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Works are eligible during the year of their first US publication in English, though they may be written originally in languages other than English.

Recipients

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics winners and finalists
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2009 David Mazzucchelli Asterios Polyp Winner [1]
Joe Sacco Footnotes in Gaza Finalist [1]
Taiyo Matsumoto GoGo Monster
Gilbert Hernandez Luba
Bryan Lee O’Malley Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe
2010 Adam Hines Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show OneWinner [2]
Dash Shaw BodyworldFinalist [2]
Karl Stevens The Lodger
Jim Woodring Weathercraft
C. Tyler You’ll Never Know, Book Two: Collateral Damage
2011 Carla Speed McNeil Finder: VoiceWinner [3]
Dave McKean CelluloidFinalist [3]
Jim Woodring Congress of the Animals
Yuichi Yokoyama Garden
Joseph LambertI Will Bite You! And Other Stories
2012 Sammy Harkham Everything Together: Collected StoriesWinner [4] [5]
Alison Bechdel Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama Finalist [6]
Chris Ware Building Stories
Spain Rodriguez Cruisin’ With the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote
Leela Corman Unterzakhn
2013 Ulli Lust Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your LifeWinner [7]
Anders Nilsen The EndFinalist [8]
Joe Sacco The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme
Ben Katchor Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories
David B. Incidents in the Night: Volume 1
2014 Jaime Hernandez The Love Bunglers Winner [9]
Olivier Schrauwen Arséne SchrauwenFinalist [10]
Roz Chast Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? A Memoir
Mana Neyestani An Iranian Metamorphosis
Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki This One Summer
2015 Riad Sattouf Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978–1984Winner [11] [12]
Maggie Thrash Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir Finalist [11]
Sam Alden New Construction: Two More Stories
Carol Tyler Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father: A Daughter’s Memoir (You’ll Never Know)
Julian Hanshaw Tim Ginger
2016 Nick Drnaso BeverlyWinner [13]
Anna Haifisch The ArtistFinalist [14] [15]
Jason Shiga Demon: Volume 1
Patrick KyleDon’t Come in Here [14]
Rokudenashiko What Is Obscenity: The Story of a Good for Nothing Artist and Her Pussy
2017Leslie SteinPresentWinner [16]
Connor Willumsen Anti-GoneFinalist [16]
Gabrielle Bell Everything is Flammable
Yuichi Yokoyama Iceland
Manuele Fior with Jamie Richards (trans.)The Interview
2018 Tillie Walden On A Sunbeam Winnerno
Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell The PervertFinalist [17] [18]
Aisha Franz Shit is Real
Jérôme Ruillier The Strange
Eleanor Davis Why Art?
2019 Eleanor Davis The Hard TomorrowWinner [19] [20]
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim GrassFinalist [21]
Jaime Hernandez Is This How You See Me?
Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Michael DeForge Leaving Richard's Valley
2020 Bishakh Kumar Som Apsara EngineWinner [22]
Kaito Blue Flag (Vol. 1-4)Finalist [23]
Jim Terry Come Home, Indio: A Memoir
Ben Passmore Sports Is Hell
Yeon-sik Hong with Janet Hong (trans.)Umma’s Table
2021 R. Kikuo Johnson No One ElseWinner [24]
Michael DeForge Heaven No HellFinalist [25]
Hiromi Goto with Ann Xu (illus.)Shadow Life
Lee Lai Stone Fruit
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim with Janet Hong (trans.)The Waiting
2022 Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith Wash Day DiariesWinner [26]
Alex GrahamDog BiscuitsFinalist [26] [27]
Yamada Murasaki with Ryan Holmberg (trans.) Talk to My Back
Tommi Parrish Men I Trust
Noah Van Sciver Joseph Smith and the Mormons
2023 Emily Carroll A Guest in the HouseWinner [28]
Derek M. Ballard CartoonshowFinalist [29]
Matías Bergara CODA
Sammy Harkham Blood of the Virgin
Chantal Montellier Social Fiction
Simon Spurrier CODA

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References

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  2. 1 2 "2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees". Awards Archive. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  3. 1 2 "Awards: First Chautauqua Prize Winner; L.A. TImes Book Prizes". Shelf Awareness. 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  4. ↑ "Awards: Los Angeles Times; Chautauqua; Thomas Wolfe". Shelf Awareness. 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  5. ↑ Werris, Wendy (2013-04-22). "L.A. Times Festival of Books Draws Tens of Thousands". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
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  7. ↑ "Awards: L.A. Times Festival of Books, SAL Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  8. ↑ "2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees". Awards Archive. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  9. ↑ Swanson, Clare (2015-04-20). "Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners Announced". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  10. ↑ "2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees". Awards Archive. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  11. 1 2 "2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees". Awards Archive. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  12. ↑ "2016 LA Times Book Prize Nominees (and Winners!)". Macmillan Library. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  13. ↑ "Awards: Los Angeles Times Winners; Chautauqua Finalists; Jackson Poetry". Shelf Awareness. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  14. 1 2 "2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees". Awards Archive. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
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  17. ↑ "2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists | Macmillan Library". macmillanlibrary.com. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  18. ↑ Schaub, Michael (February 20, 2019). "L.A. Times Book Prize finalists include Michelle Obama and Susan Orlean; Terry Tempest Williams receives lifetime achievement award". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  19. ↑ Di Rado, Alicia (2020-04-17). "Los Angeles Times Book Prize winners named as USC anticipates annual literary fest in October". USC News. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
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  29. ↑ Gelt, Jessica (2024-02-24). "LA Times book prize finalists announced". The Columbian . Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
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