
Hottest Graphic Novels of Summer 2009: List
KIDS
MAGIC PICKLE AND THE GARDEN OF EVIL
by Scott Morse
Graphix/Scholastic
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THE BIG ADVENTURES OF MAJOKO
by Tomomi Mizuna
Udon
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AMELIA RULES! THE WHOLE WORLD’S CRAZY
by Jimmy Gownley
Atheneum
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NINJA BASEBALL KYUMA
by Shunshin Maeda
Udon
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FRANKIE PICKLE AND THE CLOSET OF DOOM
by Eric Wight
Atheneum
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SWANS IN SPACE
by Lun Lun Yamamoto
Udon
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THUMBELINA: THE POP WONDERLAND SERIES
by Michiyo Hayano
Dark Horse
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THE LUCKIEST BOY
by Scott Christian Sava and Joseph Bergin III
IDW
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BONE PREQUEL: ROSE
by Jeff Smith
Graphix/Scholastic
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LARRY MARDER’S BEANWORLD: A GIFT COMES!
by Larry Marder
Dark Horse
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TWEEN
JIM BUTCHER’S THE DRESDEN FILES: STORM FRONT: VOLUME 1, THE GATHERING STORM
adapted by Mark Powers; illustrated by Ardian Syaf
Del Rey Books
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BATGIRL: REDEMPTION
by Adam Beechen and Jim Calafiore
DC Comics
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CIRQUE DU FREAK, VOL. 1
by Darren Shan; illustrated by Takahiro Arai
Orbit/Yen Press
Jack Womack
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DRAGONERO
by Luca Enoch, Stefano Vietti, and Giuseppe Matteoni
Dark Horse
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THE STORM IN THE BARN
Matt Phelan
Candlewick Press
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TEEN
FINAL CRISIS HARDCOVER EDITION
by Grant Morrison, J.G. Jones, and Carlos Pacheco
DC Comics
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YOKAI DOCTOR, VOL. 1
by Yuki Sato
Del Rey Manga
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THE COLOR OF WATER
by Kim Dong Hwa
First Second
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BATMAN: WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER
by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert
DC Comics
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FESTERING ROMANCE
by Renee Lott
Oni Press
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BROKEN BLADE, VOL. 1
by Yunosuke Yoshinaga
CMX
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CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE MAN WITH NO FACE
by Ed Brubaker, Luke Ross, and Steve Epting
Marvel
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STEPHEN COLBERT’S TEK JANSEN
by John Layman, Tom Peyer, and Jim Massey
Oni Press
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MERCY THOMPSON: HOMECOMING
by Patricia Briggs, Francis Tsai, and Amelia Woo
Del Rey Books
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RAY BRADBURY’S FAHRENHEIT 451: THE AUTHORIZED ADAPTATION
by Tim Hamilton
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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FICTION
A DISTANT NEIGHBORHOOD, VOL. 1
by Jiro Taniguchi
Fanfare/Ponent Mon
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UNION STATION
by Ande Parks and Eduarto Barreto
Oni Press
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ASTERIOS POLYP
by David Mazzucchelli
Random House
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BAYOU
by Jeremy Love
Zuda
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PIXU: THE MARK OF EVIL
by Gabriel Ba, Becky Cloonan, Vasilis Lolos, and Fabio Moon
Dark Horse
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GOATS: INFINITE TYPEWRITERS
by Jonathan Rosenberg
Del Rey Books
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SLEEPER: SEASON ONE
by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
WildStorm
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THE BIG KAHN: A FAKE HOLY MAN’S 40-YEAR LIE
by Neil Kleid and Nicholas Cinquegrani
NBM Publishing
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WASTELAND: THE APOCALYPTIC EDITION, VOL. 1
by Antony Johnston and Chris Mitten
Oni Press
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THE LORDS OF MISRULE
by John Tomlinson, Dan Abnett, and Steve White
Radical Press
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THE NOBODY
by Jeff Lemire
Vertigo
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THE SURROGATES, VOL. 2: FLESH & BONE
by Robert Venditti and Brett Weidele
Top Shelf
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FLIGHT: VOLUME 6
edited by Kazu Kibuishi
Villard
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RICHARD STARK’S PARKER: THE HUNTER
by Darwin Cooke
IDW
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DARK ENTRIES
by Ian Rankin and Werther Dell’Edera
Vertigo
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NONFICTION
A DRIFTING LIFE
by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Drawn & Quarterly
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YOU’LL NEVER KNOW
by C. Tyler
Fantagraphics
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THE PHOTOGRAPHER
by Didier Lefèvre and Emmanuel Guibert
First Second
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SYNCOPATED: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NONFICTION PICTO-ESSAYS
edited by Brendan Burford
Villard
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THE PASSION OF THE HAUSFRAU
by Nicole Chaison
Random House
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ABSTRACT COMICS
edited by Andrei Molotiu
Fantagraphics
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NELSON MANDELA: THE AUTHORIZED COMIC BOOK
by Nelson Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation; illustrated by Umlando Wezithombe
W.W. Norton
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THE IMPOSTOR’S DAUGHTER
by Laurie Sandell
Little, Brown
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A.D.: NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE DELUGE
by Josh Neufeld
Random House
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STITCHES
by David Small
W.W. Norton
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