Hot Fall Graphic Novels for Libraries
Yesterday at Book Expo America, held at New York City's Javits Center, I moderated a panel on Hot Fall Graphic Novels for Libraries, with an excellent panel that included New York City librarian Ryan Donovan, Columbia librarian Karen Green, New Jersey teacher Leigh Brodsky, and Forbidden Planet's Jeff Ayers. It was a lively, spirited discussion of some of our favorite (and most recommended, obviously) graphic novels for kids, teens, and adults. Here's the complete list of titles chosen by the panelists.
JUVENILE
Nina in That Makes Me Mad by Hilary Knight, Steven Kroll Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pub. Date: September 2011 Format: Hardcover, 32pp Age Range: 4 to 6 ISBN: 9781935179108
Bake Sale by Sara Varon Publisher: First Second
Pub. Date: August 2011 Format: Hardcover, 160pp Age Range: 12 and up ISBN: 9781596437401
Sidekicks by Dan Santat Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Pub. Date: July 2011 Format: Paperback, 224pp Age Range: 8 to 11 ISBN: 9780439298193
TEEN
Americus by MK Reed, Jonathan David Hill Publisher: First Second
Pub. Date: August 2011 Format: Paperback, 208pp Age Range: 12 and up ISBN: 9781596436015
Same Difference by Derek Kirk Kim Publisher: First Second
Pub. Date: December 2011 Format: Hardcover, 96pp Age Range: Young Adult ISBN: 9781596436572
The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen, Rebecca Guay Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date: October 2011 Format: Hardcover, 144pp ISBN: 9781595827982
Lucid by Anna Wieszczyk, Michael McMillian Publisher: Archaia Black Label
Pub. Date: June 2011 Format: Hardcover, 112pp Age Range: Young Adult ISBN: 9781936393046
Mangaman by Barry Lyga, Colleen Doran Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date: November 2011 Format: Hardcover, 144pp Age Range: 12 ISBN: 9780547423159
TEEN +
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media by Brooke Gladstone, Josh Neufeld Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Pub. Date: May 2011 Format: Hardcover, 170pp ISBN: 9780393077797
Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey by GB Tran Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date: January 2011 Format: Hardcover, 288pp ISBN: 9780345508720
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths by Shigeru Mizuki Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date: April 2011 Format: Paperback, 368pp ISBN: 9781770460416
Feynman by Jim Ottaviani, Leland Myrick (Illustrator) Publisher: First Second
Pub. Date: August 2011 Format: Hardcover, 272pp ISBN: 9781596432598
Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Authorized Adaptation by Ray Bradbury, Ron Wimberly Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date: July 2011 Format: Paperback, 144pp ISBN: 9780809080441
ADULT
Aaron & Ahmed by James Romberger, Jay Cantor Publisher: Vertigo
Pub. Date: April 2011 Format: Hardcover, 144pp ISBN: 9781401211868
Rasl, Vol. 3: Romance at the Speed of Light by Jeff Smith Publisher: Cartoon Books
Pub. Date: December 2011 Format: Paperback, 120pp ISBN: 9781888963335
A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti by Rick Geary Publisher: NBM Publishing Company
Pub. Date: August 2011 Format: Hardcover, 80pp ISBN: 9781561636051
The Armed Garden and Other Stories by David B. Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date: August 2011 Format: Hardcover, 112pp ISBN: 9781606994627
Paying for It by Chester Brown Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date: May 2011 Format: Hardcover, 292pp ISBN: 9781770460485
The Sky Over the Louvre by Jean-Claude Carriere, Bernard Yslaire Publisher: N B M Publishing Company
Pub. Date: April 2011 Format: Hardcover, 66pp ISBN: 9781561636020
HONORABLE MENTION
Juvenile
Bad Island by Doug TenNapel Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Pub. Date: August 2011 Format: Hardcover, 224pp ISBN: 9780545314794
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "Race to Death Valley" by Floyd Gottfredson Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date: June 2011 Format: Hardcover, 260pp ISBN: 9781606994412
Teen
Wandering Son: Book One by Shimura Takako Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date: July 2011 Format: Hardcover, 192pp ISBN: 9781606994160
Fame: Lady Gaga: The Graphic Novel by Dan Glasl, C.W. Cooke, Adam Ellis Publisher: Bluewater Productions
Pub. Date: July 2011 Format: Paperback, 40pp Age Range: Young Adult ISBN: 9781450749206
Nuts by Gahan Wilson Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date: August 2011 Format: Hardcover, 144pp ISBN:1606994549
Farm 54 by Galit Seliktar and Gilad Seliktar Publisher: Fanfare/Ponent Mon
Pub. Date: May 2011 Format: Hardcover, 136pp ISBN: 9781908007001
Congress of the Animals by Jim Woodring Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date: June 2011 Format: Hardcover, 104pp ISBN: 9781606994375
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jonathan Case, Jeff Jensen Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date: October 2011 Format: Hardcover, 240pp ISBN: 9781595825605
Defiance: Resistance, Book 2 by Carla Jablonski, Leland Purvis Publisher: First Second
Pub. Date: July 2011 Format: Paperback, 128pp Age Range: Young Adult ISBN: 9781596432925
An Elegy for Amelia Johnson by Dave Valeza, Andrew Rostan Publisher: Archaia Studios Press
Pub. Date: March 2011 Format: Hardcover, 128pp Age Range: Young Adult ISBN: 9781932386837
Empire State: A Love Story (or Not) by Jason Shiga Publisher: Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date: May 2011 Format: Hardcover, 144pp ISBN: 9780810997479
