Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Graphic Novel/Comics

2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics WinnerAsterios PolypDavid MazzucchelliAsterios Polyp, its 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 ...Amazon2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics ShortlistFootnotes in GazaJoe SaccoAmazonGoGo MonsterTaiyo MatsumotoAmazonLubaGilbert HernandezAmazonScott Pilgrim, Vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the UniverseBryan Lee O’MalleyAmazon

2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics WinnerFinder: VoiceCarla Speed McNeilWhat you find isn't nearly as important as what finds you . . . Since 1996, Finder has set the bar for science-fiction storytelling, with a lush, intricate world and compelling characters. Now, Carla Speed McNeil's Eisner Award-winning series comes to Dark...Amazon2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics ShortlistCelluloidDave McKeanAmazonCongress of the AnimalsJim WoodringAmazonGardenYuichi YokoyamaAmazonI Will Bite You! And Other StoriesJoseph LambertAmazon

2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics WinnerEverything Together: Collected StoriesSammy HarkhamOffers a collection of graphic stories, including "Somersaulting" and "Poor Sailor."...Amazon2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics ShortlistAre You My Mother?: A Comic DramaAlison BechdelAmazonBuilding StoriesChris WareAmazonCruisin’ With the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred TooteSpain RodriguezAmazonUnterzakhnLeela CormanAmazon

2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics WinnerToday is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life,Ulli LustBack in 1984, a rebellious,17-year-old, punked-out Ulli Lust set out for a wild hitchhiking trip across Italy, from Naples through Verona and Rome and ending up in Sicily. Twenty-five years later, this talented Austrian cartoonist has looked back at that t...Amazon2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics ShortlistHand-Drying in America: And Other StoriesBen KatchorAmazonIncidents in the Night: Volume 1David B.AmazonThe EndAnders NilsenAmazonThe Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the SommeJoe SaccoAmazon

2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics WinnerThe Love BunglersJaime HernandezThe suppression of family history is the initial thread that ties together The Love Bunglers, featuring Hernandez's longtime Love and Rockets heroine Maggie. Because these secrets can't be dealt with openly, their lingering effect is even more powerful. Bu...Amazon2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics ShortlistAn Iranian MetamorphosisMana NeyestaniAmazonArséne SchrauwenOlivier SchrauwenAmazonCan’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? A MemoirRoz ChastAmazonThis One SummerMariko Tamaki and Jillian TamakiAmazonThis One SummerMariko Tamaki and Jillian TamakiAmazon

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics WinnerArab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic MemoirRiad SattoufVOLUME 1 IN THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CHILDHOOD A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015/2016 | AN OBSERVER GRAPHIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 | A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOKS OF 2016 'EXUBERANTLY HERETICAL' 'I tore through it... The most enjoyab...Amazon2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics ShortlistHonor Girl: A Graphic MemoirMaggie ThrashAmazonNew Construction: Two More StoriesSam AldenAmazonSoldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father: A Daughter’s Memoir (You’ll Never Know)Carol TylerAmazonTim GingerJulian HanshawAmazon

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics WinnerBeverlyNick DrnasoNick Drnaso's comics mercilessly reveal the sterile sameness of the suburbs. Connected by a series of gossipy teens, the modern lost souls of Beverly struggle with sexual anxieties that are just barely repressed and social insecurities that undermine every...Amazon2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics ShortlistDemon: Volume 1Jason ShigaAmazonDon’t Come in HerePatrick KyleAmazonThe ArtistAnna HaifischAmazonWhat Is Obscenity: The Story of a Good for Nothing Artist and Her PussyRokudenashikoAmazon

2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics WinnerPresentLeslie Stein...Amazon2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics ShortlistAnti-GoneConnor WillumsenAmazonEverything is FlammableGabrielle BellAmazonIcelandYuichi YokoyamaAmazonThe InterviewManuele Fior Translated by Jamie RichardsAmazon