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List of award-winning graphic novels
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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 (Special Citation; ISBN 0-679-40641-7)[1]
- 2025: Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls (Memoir or Autobiography; ISBN 9780374601652)[2]
Pulitzer-winning narrative comics later collected into books
- The 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning[3] went to the series "Welcome to the New World" by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan, published in the New York Times[4] and then expanded into a 2020 book of the same name (ISBN 9781250305596)[5]
- The 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary[6] went to "I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp" by Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey, published in Insider[7] and later published as a 2024 book of the same name (ISBN 9781988247960).
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Hugo Award winners
- 1988: Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (ISBN 0-930289-23-4), category "Other Forms"[8]
- 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),[9] 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),[10] 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),[11] Best Graphic Story
- 2012: Digger by Ursula Vernon (writer, artist) (Sofawolf Press),[12] Best Graphic Story
- 2013: Saga, Volume One by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Fiona Staples (artist) (Image Comics),[13] 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: The Sandman: Overture 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), John Jennings (artist), (Abrams Books), Best Graphic Story
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Bram Stoker Award winners
- 2000: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, category "Best Illustrated Narrative"
- 2003: The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman, category "Best Illustrated Narrative"
- 2011: Neonomicon by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows, category "Best Graphic Novel" [14]
- 2012: Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times by Rocky Wood and Lisa Morton, "Best Graphic Novel"
- 2013: Alabaster: Wolves 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"[15]
Guardian First Book Award winner
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[16][17][18][19] (Non-fiction; Case Ref 519-0016-1)
World Fantasy Award winner
- The Sandman: Dream Country 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
Eisner Award / Harvey Award winners
Original graphic novels
- Acme Novelty Library #13, by Chris Ware
- Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
- Batman: War on Crime 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 (ISBN 1-56971-346-4)
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
- The Golem's Mighty Swing by James Sturm (ISBN 1-896597-71-8)
- 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; ISBN 1-56858-011-8)
- Safe Area Goražde by Joe Sacco (non-fiction; ISBN 1-56097-470-2)
- Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
- A Small Killing by Alan Moore and Oscar Zarate (ISBN 1-59291-009-2)
- 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
- Batman: Black and White by various creators, ed. by Bob Kahan (ISBN 1-56389-332-0)
- Batman: Black & White, Volume Two by various creators, ed. by Mark Chiarello and Nick J. Napolitano (ISBN 1-56389-917-5)
- Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (ISBN 1-56389-868-3)
- Batman: The Long Halloween Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (ISBN 1-56389-469-6)
- 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; ISBN 0-9636609-2-6), reissued in color as Bone: Out from Boneville (2005; ISBN 0-439-70640-8), by Jeff Smith
- Bone: One Volume Edition by Jeff Smith (ISBN 1-888963-14-X)
- Cages by Dave McKean
- Cerebus: Flight by Dave Sim and Gerhard
- From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
- Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola
- Hellboy: The Wolves of Saint August by Mike Mignola
- Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
- Kings in Disguise by James Vance and Dan Burr. (ISBN 0-393-32848-1)
- 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; ISBN 0-679-72977-1)
- 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 (ISBN 1-59307-293-7)
- Sin City: Family Values by Frank Miller (ISBN 1-59307-297-X)
- Sin City: That Yellow Bastard by Frank Miller (ISBN 1-59307-296-1)
- 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 (ISBN 0-930289-23-4)
- Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan
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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
Kirkus Prize
- 2019 Winner: New Kid by Jerry Craft
National Book Award
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
Newbery Medal
- 2015 Honor Book: El Deafo by Cece Bell
- 2016 Honor Book: Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
- 2020 Winner: New Kid by Jerry Craft
Caldecott Medal
- 2015 Honor Book: This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
Coretta Scott King Book Award
- 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
- 2025 Winner: Brownstone: A Graphic Novel by Samuel Teer and Mar Julia[20]
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
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