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YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, has announced its “Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens” covering books published in 2008.  At Just a glance of this list I find the wide range of excellent graphic novels published including one of my personal favorites, Brian Clevenger’s Atomic Robo and the Fighting Scientists of Tesladyne from Red Five Comics.

Once again manga is well represented on the list which includes 3 titles by Viz Media: Hinako Ashihara’s sensitive shojo drama Sand Chronicles, Takehiko Inoue’s hardhitting and very realistic saga of wheelchair basketball, Real, and Junji Ito’s masterful “horror as obsession” saga Uzumaki. The other manga on the list is a delightful OEL title from Go Comi, Aimee Major Steinberger’s Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventures in Japan, the saga of a six-foot cosplayer’s dream trip to Japan.

Special notice should be taken of Jessica Abel and Gabriel Soria’s Life Sucks from First Second, the most original graphic novel take on the vampire mythos ever and Gerard Way’s innovative superhero saga, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite from Dark Horse.

The Top Great Graphic Novels for Teens for 2008:
Life Sucks. Abel, Jessica.  First Second.
Sand Chronicles Vol 1. Ashihara, Hinako. VIZ.
Sand Chronicles Vol 2. Ashihara, Hinako. VIZ.
Sand Chronicles Vol 3. Ashihara, Hinako. VIZ.
Atomic Robo: Atomic Robo and the Fightin’ Scientists of Tesladyne. Clevinger, Brian. Red Five Comics.
Real Vol 1 . Inoue, Takehiko.  VIZ.
Real Vol 2 . Inoue, Takehiko.  VIZ.
Uzumaki Vol 1. Ito, Junki.  VIZ.
Pitch Black. Landowne, Youme.  Cinco Puntos Press.
Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventures in Japan. Steinberger, Aimee Major.  Go Comi.
Skim. Tamaki, Mariko. Groundwood Books.
Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite. Way, Gerard. Dark Horse.
Cairo .Wilson, G. Willow.  Vertigo.

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