List of award-winning graphic novels explained

This is a list of graphic novels which have won a notable award.

Pulitzer Prize winners

• 1992: Maus a.k.a. Maus: A Survivor's Tale — My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman (non-fiction;)

Hugo Award winners

• 1988: Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, category "Other Forms"^[1]
• 2009: Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment),^[2] Best Graphic Novel
• 2010: Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment),^[3] Best Graphic Story
• 2011: Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment),^[4] Best Graphic Story
• 2012: Digger by Ursula Vernon (writer, artist) (Sofawolf Press),^[5] Best Graphic Story
• 2013: Saga, Volume One by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Fiona Staples (artist) (Image Comics),^[6] Best Graphic Story
• 2015: Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson (writer), Adrian Alphona (artist), Jake Wyatt (artist) (Marvel Comics), Best Graphic Story
• 2016: by Neil Gaiman (writer), J. H. Williams III (artist) (Vertigo), Best Graphic Story
• 2017: Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu (writer), Sana Takeda (artist) (Image Comics), Best Graphic Story
• 2018: Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood by Marjorie Liu (writer), Sana Takeda (artist) (Image Comics), Best Graphic Story
• 2019: Monstress, Volume 3: Haven by Marjorie Liu (writer), Sana Takeda (artist) (Image Comics), Best Graphic Story
• 2020: LaGuardia by Nnedi Okorafor (writer), Tana Ford (artist), James Devlin (colorist) (Berger Books/Dark Horse Comics), Best Graphic Story
• 2021: Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler (original author), Damian Duffy (writer),, (Abrams Books), Best Graphic Story

Bram Stoker Award winners

• 2000: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, category "Best Illustrated Narrative"
• 2003: by Neil Gaiman, category "Best Illustrated Narrative"
• 2011: Neonomicon by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows, category "Best Graphic Novel" ^[7]
• 2012: by Rocky Wood and Lisa Morton, "Best Graphic Novel"
• 2013: by Caitlin R. Kiernan, "Best Graphic Novel"
• 2014: Bad Blood by Jonathan Maberry and Tyler Crook, "Best Graphic Novel"
• 2015: Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury by Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Chris Ryall, and Carlos Guzman, "Best Graphic Novel"
• 2017: Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy and Octavia E. Butler, "Best Graphic Novel"^[8]

Guardian First Book Award winner

• 2001: Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware

Robert F. Kennedy Book Award

• 2014 Special Recognition: March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell

The Case Centre Awards & Competitions Winners

• 2019 Outstanding Compact Case Award Winner: Turbulence on the Tarmac, by Debapratim Purkayastha and Sid Ghosh^{[9] [10] [11] [12]} (Non-fiction; Case Ref 519-0016-1)

World Fantasy Award winner

• contains a story by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, #19 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" that earned this award in 1991 as Best Short Fiction.

Sidewise Award winner

• 2004 Ministry of Space by Warren Ellis (writer) and Chris Weston (artist) (Image Comics), Best Short Form

Ignatz Award winners

• Black Hole by Charles Burns
• Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man by John Porcellino
• Tricked by Alex Robinson
• Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
• Blankets by Craig Thompson
• Three Fingers by Rich Koslowski
• From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
• Cages by Dave McKean
• Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
• It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken by Seth
• Same Difference and Other Stories by Derek Kirk Kim

Kirby Award for Best Graphic Album winners

• Beowulf (First Comics)
• The Rocketeer, by Dave Stevens (Eclipse Comics)
• , by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (DC)

Eisner Award / Harvey Award winners

Original graphic novels

• Acme Novelty Library #13, by Chris Ware
• by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
• by Paul Dini and Alex Ross
• Batman & Superman Adventures: World's Finest by Paul Dini, Joe Staton and Terry Beatty
• Blankets by Craig Thompson
• The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance by Larry Gonick
• Ed the Happy Clown by Chester Brown
• Elektra Lives Again by Frank Miller
• Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Vol. 2, by Oscar Wilde and P. Craig Russell
• Fax from Sarajevo by Joe Kubert
• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
• The Golem's Mighty Swing by James Sturm
• Last Day in Vietnam by Will Eisner
• March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
• The Name of the Game by Will Eisner
  • One! Hundred! Demons! by Lynda Barry The Originals by Dave Gibbons
• Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner and Frank Stack (non-fiction;)
• Safe Area Goražde by Joe Sacco (non-fiction;)
• Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
• A Small Killing by Alan Moore and Oscar Zarate
• Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
• Superman: Peace on Earth by Paul Dini and Alex Ross
• Swallow Me Whole by Nate Powell
• This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
• To the Heart of the Storm by Will Eisner
• Torso by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko
• Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (non-fiction)
• Why I Hate Saturn by Kyle Baker
• You Are Here by Kyle Baker

Comic-book compilations

• Astonishing X-Men: Gifted by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday
• Astro City: Life in the Big City by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
• by various creators, ed. by Bob Kahan
• by various creators, ed. by Mark Chiarello and Nick J. Napolitano
• by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
• Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
• Batman Adventures: Dangerous Dames and Demons by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, and others
• Blacksad 2 by Juanjo Guarnido and Juan Diaz Canales
• The Complete Bone Adventures (1994;), reissued in color as Bone: Out from Boneville (2005;), by Jeff Smith
• by Jeff Smith
• Cages by Dave McKean
• Cerebus: Flight by Dave Sim and Gerhard
• From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
• by Mike Mignola
• by Mike Mignola
• Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
• Kings in Disguise by James Vance and Dan Burr.
• Lone Wolf and Cub by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
• Louis Riel by Chester Brown
• Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross
• Maus II a.k.a. Maus: A Survivor's Tale — And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (non-fiction;)
• Same Difference and Other Stories by Derek Kirk Kim
• Sandman: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman and various artists
• Sin City a.k.a. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye by Frank Miller
• Sin City: Family Values by Frank Miller
• Sin City: That Yellow Bastard by Frank Miller
• Stray Bullets: Innocence of Nihilism by David Lapham
• The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot
• Twentieth Century Eightball by Daniel Clowes
• Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
• by Brian K. Vaughan

Kodansha Manga Award

• 1984: Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo
• 1986: Adolf by Osamu Tezuka and What's Michael? by Makoto Kobayashi (tie)
• 1993: Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki
• 2000: Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue
• 2001: 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa
• 2006: Mushishi by Yuki Urushibara
• 2009: Ah! My Goddess by Kōsuke Fujishima
• 2012: Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura
• 2015: Knights of Sidonia by Tsutomu Nihei

• 2019 Winner: New Kid by Jerry Craft

Young People's Literature

• 2006 Finalist: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
• 2009 Finalist: Stitches by David Small
• 2013 Finalist: Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang
• 2015 Finalist: Nimona by ND Stevenson
• 2016 Winner: March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell

American Library Association Youth Media Awards

• 2015 Honor Book: El Deafo by Cece Bell
• 2016 Honor Book: Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
• 2020 Winner: New Kid by Jerry Craft

• 2015 Honor Book: This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

• 2014 Author Honor: March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
• 2017 Author Winner: March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
• 2020 Author Winner: New Kid by Jerry Craft

Michael L. Printz Award

• 2007 Winner: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
• 2015 Honor Book: This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
• 2017 Winner: March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

• 2017 Winner: March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell

YALSA Nonfiction Award

• 2017 Winner: March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell

See also

• • Doug Wright Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Hugo Awards : 1988 Hugo Awards . 2010-04-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110507072923/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1998-hugo-awards-2/ . 2011-05-07 .
2. Web site: Home . thehugoawards.org.
3. Web site: 2010 Hugo Award Winners. 5 September 2010.
4. Web site: The Hugo Awards : 2011 Hugo Awards . 2012-04-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120504165131/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2011-hugo-awards/ . 2012-05-04 .
5. Web site: 2012 Hugo Awards. 7 April 2012.
6. Web site: 2013 Hugo Awards. 22 December 2012.
7. Web site: Horror Writers Association - Past Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009013055/http://horror.org/awards/stokerwinnom.htm . 2014-10-09 .
8. Web site: The 2017 Bram Stoker Awards Winners - Horror Writers Association BlogHorror Writers Association Blog. horror.org. 5 March 2018. en-US. 2018-05-30.
9. Web site: Featured case: Turbulence on the Tarmac. 2020-06-17. thecasecentre.org. en.
10. Web site: BizEd Magazine. 2019-04-22. Case Centre Announces 2019 Case Writing Winners. 2020-06-17. bized.aacsb.edu.
11. Web site: Ethier. Marc. 2019-02-25. Who Is Writing, & Who Is Teaching, The Best MBA Cases?. 2020-06-17. Poets&Quants. en-US.
12. Web site: Telangana Today. 2019-03-04. ICFAI-IBS wins 3 awards. 2020-06-17. Telangana Today. en-US.