YALSA makes it happen!
The Young Adult Library Services Association has released its list of nominations in their newest book list category. The Great Graphic Novels for Teens list will be released in sometime in midwinter 2007. This is the first acclaimed list associated with libraries and dedicated solely to the format. While librarians have embraced graphic novels as a way to excite kids and teens to read for years, this is definitely an indication that the support is now out there in pushing them as a valid and growing form of literacy. Both YALSA and ALA are organizations with strong voices in the children's book community and any kind of official list is a step in the right direction.
According to the YALSA website, the final list will be compiled using the following criteria:
- appropriateness for young adults aged 12-18
- how well image and word are integrated
- clarity of the panel's flow on the page
- ability of the images to convey the necessary meaning
- quality of the artwork's reproduction.
The committee making the choices for the final list are all librarians (both school and public, very important here) and included are Dawn Rutherford, a very well-known YA librarian who dyed her hair in order to get kids to read more and Robin Elizabeth Brenner who runs the excellent website, No Flying No Tights. The rest of the committee can be found here. What I'm most curious about is who is actually nominating these books. The list is quite ecclectic with a mix of manga, superhero and alt indie titles, but surprisingly no books from Marvel Comics.
Some commentary below on the nominees:
Burns, Charles. Black Hole. Random House/ Pantheon Graphic Novels, 2005. 24.95. (0-375-42380-X).
A very very dark book about the isolation and grotesqueness of being an adolescent - totally belongs here.
Clugston, Chynna. Queen Bee. Scholastic/ Graphix, 2005. 16.99. (0-439-71572-5).
Yay! Pat Scholastic on the back...
Crane, Jordan. The Clouds Above. Fantagraphics Books, 2005. 18.95. (1-56097-627-6).
I love this book but it's almost too much of a fetish object to be here.
Holm, Jennifer L. Babymouse: Our Hero. Random House/ Books for Young Readers, 2005. 5.95. (0-375-83230-0).
Definitely not for the 12-18 set. This is Random House's first graphic novel squarely aimed at ages 7-10. A review will come later.
Katayama, Kyoichi. Socrates in Love: Volume One. VIZ Media/ Shojo Beat Manga, 2005. 8.99. (1-4215-0199-6).
Takanashi, Mitsuba. Crimson Hero. VIZ Media/ Shojo Beat Manga, 2005. 8.99. (1-4215-0140-6).
Yazawa, Ai. Nana. VIZ Media, 2005. 8.99 . (1-4215-0108-2).
Three titles originating from Shojo Beat magazine -- considering all the hype this summer about how this book was going to change the industry, things have been very quiet. Although, I've very much looking forward to reading Nana when it comes out in early December.
Meltzer, Brad. Identity Crisis. DC Comics, 2005. 24.99. (1-4012-0688-3).
Pekar, Harvey. The Quitter. DC ComicsVertigo, 2005. 19.99. (1-4012-0399-X).
Vaughn, Brian K. Ex Machina Volume 2: Tag. DC Comics/ Wildstorm Signature Series, 2005. 12.99. (1-4012-0626-3).
Baker, Kyle. Plastic Man Volume 2: Rubber Bandits. DC Comics, 2006. 14.99. ( 1-4012-0729-4).
Four very different titles from DC Comics and I'm just having a really hard time seeing any of them having a wider appeal to a teen audience.
Quick, Jen Lee. Off*Beat. TokyoPop Media, 2005. 9.99. (1-59816-132-6).
Rivkah. Steady Beat: Volume One. TokyoPop, 2005. 9.99. (1-59816-135-0).
Two OEL titles from Tokyopop -- they seem to be shifting their attention to this list and pushing them hard in the teen market. It will be interesting to see what ones come out on top.
According to the YALSA website, the final list will be compiled using the following criteria:
- appropriateness for young adults aged 12-18
- how well image and word are integrated
- clarity of the panel's flow on the page
- ability of the images to convey the necessary meaning
- quality of the artwork's reproduction.
The committee making the choices for the final list are all librarians (both school and public, very important here) and included are Dawn Rutherford, a very well-known YA librarian who dyed her hair in order to get kids to read more and Robin Elizabeth Brenner who runs the excellent website, No Flying No Tights. The rest of the committee can be found here. What I'm most curious about is who is actually nominating these books. The list is quite ecclectic with a mix of manga, superhero and alt indie titles, but surprisingly no books from Marvel Comics.
Some commentary below on the nominees:
Burns, Charles. Black Hole. Random House/ Pantheon Graphic Novels, 2005. 24.95. (0-375-42380-X).
A very very dark book about the isolation and grotesqueness of being an adolescent - totally belongs here.
Clugston, Chynna. Queen Bee. Scholastic/ Graphix, 2005. 16.99. (0-439-71572-5).
Yay! Pat Scholastic on the back...
Crane, Jordan. The Clouds Above. Fantagraphics Books, 2005. 18.95. (1-56097-627-6).
I love this book but it's almost too much of a fetish object to be here.
Holm, Jennifer L. Babymouse: Our Hero. Random House/ Books for Young Readers, 2005. 5.95. (0-375-83230-0).
Definitely not for the 12-18 set. This is Random House's first graphic novel squarely aimed at ages 7-10. A review will come later.
Katayama, Kyoichi. Socrates in Love: Volume One. VIZ Media/ Shojo Beat Manga, 2005. 8.99. (1-4215-0199-6).
Takanashi, Mitsuba. Crimson Hero. VIZ Media/ Shojo Beat Manga, 2005. 8.99. (1-4215-0140-6).
Yazawa, Ai. Nana. VIZ Media, 2005. 8.99 . (1-4215-0108-2).
Three titles originating from Shojo Beat magazine -- considering all the hype this summer about how this book was going to change the industry, things have been very quiet. Although, I've very much looking forward to reading Nana when it comes out in early December.
Meltzer, Brad. Identity Crisis. DC Comics, 2005. 24.99. (1-4012-0688-3).
Pekar, Harvey. The Quitter. DC ComicsVertigo, 2005. 19.99. (1-4012-0399-X).
Vaughn, Brian K. Ex Machina Volume 2: Tag. DC Comics/ Wildstorm Signature Series, 2005. 12.99. (1-4012-0626-3).
Baker, Kyle. Plastic Man Volume 2: Rubber Bandits. DC Comics, 2006. 14.99. ( 1-4012-0729-4).
Four very different titles from DC Comics and I'm just having a really hard time seeing any of them having a wider appeal to a teen audience.
Quick, Jen Lee. Off*Beat. TokyoPop Media, 2005. 9.99. (1-59816-132-6).
Rivkah. Steady Beat: Volume One. TokyoPop, 2005. 9.99. (1-59816-135-0).
Two OEL titles from Tokyopop -- they seem to be shifting their attention to this list and pushing them hard in the teen market. It will be interesting to see what ones come out on top.
posted by Scott Robins at
2:26 PM
6 Comments:
Identity Crisis???!!!
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Manale, at 7:23 PM
My thought exactly, with a slightly altered order to the punctuation marks.
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Skipper Pickle, at 7:49 PM
Nana is utterly fantastic--one of my favorite new series in a very, very long time. I can see why it's been so huge in Japan.
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Greg McElhatton, at 9:31 PM
Lots of different teens read different types of graphic novels, including stuff like Identity Crisis. The list will be selected with popularity in mind, but not as an exclusive factor. One needs to look at other YALSA lists (Best Books for Young Adults especially) to see that some titles that may have appeal only to certain teens are still going to be selected. Also, one needs to remember that these titles are merely nominated - the list will grow dramatically for the next year, then the committee will have to whittle it down to what the members, along with their teen readers, think are outstanding titles for teens. And Marvel titles haven't been nominated yet because Marvel refuses to send out review copies to anybody, and most librarians can't afford to purchase their own copies of stuff they may not necessarily like. In a situation like this, Marvel's attitude is only going to hurt itself. Even more than it's already hurting, according to the 3rd quarter earnings report.
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Kat Kan, at 3:59 PM
To chime in with Kat here, I wanted to add from "the front" of the committee itself that we are definitely considering a variety of titles, including superhero titles. Marvel has certainly not won themselves friends in the library community, but we are also just beginning to receive nominations (from librarians and teens as well as our own committee members), so I'm sure more variety will appear as the year progresses. Also, as we must consider only titles published from September 2005 on, and we have to have read titles before we can nominate them, many titles we might nominate are not quite yet on the list. Thanks for the compliments on the site, and the thumbs up for Nana -- I'm loving it!
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