The 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes are honoring the best books of 2011. The awards will be handed out on Friday, April 20, 2012, as part of the annual Festival of Books. The ceremony will be open to the public and will take place at the Bovard Auditorium on the campus of USC. For more information, check out latimes.com/festivalofbooks.
Graphic Novel Nominees
I Will Bite You! And Other Stories, Joseph Lambert (Secret Acres)
Celluloid, Dave McKean (Fantagraphics)
Finder: Voice, Carla Speed McNeil (Dark Horse)
Congress of the Animals, Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
Garden, Yuichi Yokoyama (PictureBox)