Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)
- Doodleville, by Chad Sell (Knopf/BFYR/RH Children’s Books)
- Go with the Flow, by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann (First Second/Macmillan)
- Mister Invincible: Local Hero, by Pascal Jousselin (Magnetic Press)
- Snapdragon, by Kat Leyh (First Second/Macmillan)
- Superman Smashes the Klan, by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (DC)
- Twins, by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright (Scholastic Graphix)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
- Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones, by Ngozi Ukazu (First Second/Macmillan)
- Displacement, by Kiku Hughes (First Second/Macmillan)
- Dragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second/Macmillan)
- Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence, by Joel Christian Gill (Oni Press)
- A Map to the Sun, by Sloane Leong (First Second/Macmillan)
- When Stars are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed (Dial Books)
Best Humor Publication
- The Complete Fante Bukowski, by Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)
- Department of Mind-Blowing Theories, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
- FANGS, by Sarah Andersen (Andrews McMeel)
- Wendy, Master of Art, by Walter Scott (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber (DC)
- What If We Were . . ., by Axelle Lenoir (Top Shelf)
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Best Anthology
- Ex Mag, vols. 1–2, edited by Wren McDonald (PEOW)
- Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison, edited by Sarah Mirk (Abrams)
- Hey, Amateur! Go From Novice to Nailing It in 9 Panels, edited and curated by Shelly Bond (IDW Black Crown)
- Los Angeles Times, edited by Sammy Harkham (NTWRK)
- Menopause: A Comic Treatment, edited by MK Czerwiec (Graphic Medicine/Pennsylvania State University Press)
- Now, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
Best Reality-Based Work
- Big Black: Stand at Attica, by Frank “Big Black” Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane (Archaia/BOOM!)
- Dragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second/Macmillan)
- Invisible Differences: A Story of Asperger’s, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color, by Mme Caroline and Julie Dachez, translation by Edward Gauvin (Oni Press)
- Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, by Derf Backderf (Abrams)
- Paying the Land, by Joe Sacco (Metropolitan/Henry Holt)
- Year of the Rabbit, by Tian Veasna, translation by Helge Dascher (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Graphic Memoir
- Banned Book Club, by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada, and Ko Hyung-Ju (Iron Circus)
- Dancing After TEN: A Graphic Memoir, by Vivian Chong and Georgia Webber (Fantagraphics)
- Ginseng Roots, by Craig Thompson (Uncivilized)
- I Don’t Know How to Give Birth! by Ayami Kazama, translated by Julie Goniwich (Yen Press)
- The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)
- When Stars Are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed (Dial Books)
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