Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics explained

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!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.
2009Asterios PolypWinner[1]
Footnotes in GazaFinalist
GoGo Monster
Luba
Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe
2010Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show OneWinner[2]
BodyworldFinalist
Weathercraft
You’ll Never Know, Book Two: Collateral Damage
2011Finder: VoiceWinner[3]
CelluloidFinalist
Congress of the Animals
Garden
I Will Bite You! And Other Stories
2012Everything Together: Collected StoriesWinner[4] [5]
Are You My Mother?: A Comic DramaFinalist[6]
Building Stories
Cruisin’ With the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote
Unterzakhn
2013Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your LifeWinner[7]
Finalist[8]
The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme
Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories
Incidents in the Night: Volume 1
2014Winner[9]
Arséne SchrauwenFinalist[10]
Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? A Memoir
An Iranian Metamorphosis
and Jillian TamakiThis One Summer
2015Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978–1984Winner[11] [12]
Honor Girl: A Graphic MemoirFinalist
New Construction: Two More Stories
Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father: A Daughter’s Memoir (You’ll Never Know)
Tim Ginger
2016BeverlyWinner[13]
Finalist[14] [15]
Demon: Volume 1
Don’t Come in Here
RokudenashikoWhat Is Obscenity: The Story of a Good for Nothing Artist and Her Pussy
2017PresentWinner[16]
Anti-GoneFinalist
Everything is Flammable
Iceland
with Jamie Richards (trans.)The Interview
2018On A SunbeamWinnerno
and Finalist[17] [18]
Shit is Real
Why Art?
2019The Hard TomorrowWinner[19] [20]
GrassFinalist[21]
Is This How You See Me?
and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Leaving Richard's Valley
2020Apsara EngineWinner[22]
KaitoBlue Flag (Vol. 1-4)Finalist[23]
Come Home, Indio: A Memoir
Sports Is Hell
with Janet Hong (trans.)Umma’s Table
2021No One ElseWinner[24]
Heaven No HellFinalist[25]
with Ann Xu (illus.)Shadow Life
Stone Fruit
with Janet Hong (trans.)
2022 and Robyn SmithWash Day DiariesWinner[26]
Dog BiscuitsFinalist [27]
with Ryan Holmberg (trans.)Talk to My Back
Men I Trust
Joseph Smith and the Mormons
2023Winner[28]
CartoonshowFinalist[29]
CODA
Blood of the Virgin
Social Fiction
CODA

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-15 . Awards Archive . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-15 . Awards Archive . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2012-04-23 . Awards: First Chautauqua Prize Winner; L.A. TImes Book Prizes . 2022-03-14 . Shelf Awareness.
  4. Web site: 2013-04-22 . Awards: Los Angeles Times; Chautauqua; Thomas Wolfe . 2022-03-14 . Shelf Awareness.
  5. Web site: Werris . Wendy . 2013-04-22 . L.A. Times Festival of Books Draws Tens of Thousands . 2022-03-14 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  6. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-15 . Awards Archive . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2014-04-14 . Awards: L.A. Times Festival of Books, SAL Winners . 2022-03-14 . Shelf Awareness.
  8. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-15 . Awards Archive . en-US.
  9. Web site: Swanson . Clare . 2015-04-20 . Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners Announced . 2022-03-14 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  10. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-15 . Awards Archive . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-15 . Awards Archive . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2016 LA Times Book Prize Nominees (and Winners!) . 2022-03-15 . Macmillan Library.
  13. Web site: 2017-04-24 . Awards: Los Angeles Times Winners; Chautauqua Finalists; Jackson Poetry . 2022-03-14 . Shelf Awareness.
  14. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-15 . Awards Archive . en-US.
  15. Web site: 2017 LA Times Book Prize Nominees . 2022-03-15 . Macmillan Library.
  16. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-15 . Awards Archive . en-US.
  17. Web site: 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists Macmillan Library . 2022-03-15 . macmillanlibrary.com.
  18. News: Schaub . Michael . L.A. Times Book Prize finalists include Michelle Obama and Susan Orlean; Terry Tempest Williams receives lifetime achievement award . March 12, 2022 . The Los Angeles Times . February 20, 2019.
  19. Web site: Di Rado . Alicia . 2020-04-17 . Los Angeles Times Book Prize winners named as USC anticipates annual literary fest in October . 2022-03-13 . USC News . en-US.
  20. Web site: 2020-04-20 . Awards: Los Angeles Times Book Winners . 2022-03-14 . Shelf Awareness.
  21. News: Wappler . Margaret . Ronan Farrow, Emily Bazelon and Colson Whitehead among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists . April 13, 2022 . Los Angeles Times . February 19, 2020.
  22. Web site: Nawotka . Ed . 2021-04-19 . L.A. Times Book Award Winners Announced . 2022-03-13 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  23. Web site: Saka . Rasheeda . 2021-03-02 . Here are the finalists for the 2020-21 L.A. Times Book Prize. . 2022-03-13 . Literary Hub . en-US.
  24. Web site: 2022-04-23 . Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners Announced . 2022-08-01 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  25. Web site: L.A Times Book Prizes 2022 . 2022-03-15 . Festival of Books . en-US.
  26. Web site: 2023-04-22 . Los Angeles Times Book Prizes winners announced . 2023-04-26 . . en-US.
  27. Web site: L.A Times Book Prizes 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220318234041/https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/bookprizes-2022/ . 2022-03-18 . 2022-03-16 . Festival of Books . en-US.
  28. News: 2024-04-19 . Los Angeles Times Announces Winners of 44th Annual Book Prizes . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240526212335/https://www.latimes.com/about/pressreleases/story/2024-04-19/los-angeles-times-announces-winners-of-44th-annual-book-prizes . 2024-05-26 . 2024-05-27 . Los Angeles Times.
  29. Gelt . Jessica . 2024-02-24 . LA Times book prize finalists announced . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240226165948/https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/feb/24/la-times-book-prize-finalists-announced/ . 2024-02-26 . 2024-02-26.

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