PORTLAND, OR 12.18.2018 — Image Comics reigned supreme over an unprecedented number of Best of Year lists with Image titles featured across mainstream media, comics media, library, and retailer recommendation lists, including the following:
NPR's Best Books of 2018
includes: Infidel, Bingo Love
Entertainment Weekly's Best Comics of 2018
includes: Monstress, The New World
honorable mentions: Saga, Prism Stalker
The Washington Post's The Ten Best Graphic Novels of 2018
includes: Monstress
Newsweek's Best Comic Books of 2018
includes: Bingo Love, Death Or Glory, Descender, East of West, Monstress, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Skyward
WIRED Magazine's Favorite End-of-the-Year Books
includes: Gideon Falls
Forbes Magazine's The Best Graphic Novels of 2018
includes: Gideon Falls
Thrillist's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2018
includes: Crowded, Death Or Glory, Monstress, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Saga, Skyward, The Weatherman
The Huffington Post's Best Graphic Novels of 2018
includes: Infidel
Vulture/NY Magazine's Best Comics of 2018
includes: The Pervert
Paste Magazine's The 25 Best Comic Books of 2018
includes: Prism Stalker, Ice Cream Man, Saga
The Advocate's Best LGBTQ Graphic Novels of 2018
includes: Bingo Love
Tor.com's Best Comics of 2018
includes: Blackbird, Die, Jook Joint
Polygon's Best Comics of 2018
includes: Sleepless, The Dead Hand, Crowded
Book Riot's Best Comics of 2018
includes: Bingo Love, Blackbird, Exorsisters, Infidel, Man-Eaters, Saga, Snotgirl
Book Riot's Best Book Covers of 2018
includes: Man-Eaters
WhatCulture's Ten Best Comic Books of 2018
includes: Crowded
The Verge's Best Comics of 2018
includes: Street Angel
The Onion’s AV Club's The Best Comics of 2018
includes: The New World, Prism Stalker
Autostraddle's 50 of the Best LGBT Books of 2018
includes: Bingo Love
CBC News' The Best Canadian Comics of 2018
includes: Son of Hitler
The Beat's Best Comics of 2018
includes: Crowded, Infidel, Bloodstrike: Brutalists, Prism Stalker, Self/Made, Unnatural, The Dead Hand
ComicBook.com's Golden Issue 2018
includes: Saga
The Comeback's Five Best Comic Books of 2018
includes: The Wicked + The Divine
Monkeys Fighting Robots' Best Covers of 2018
includes: Maestros
honorable mention: Ice Cream Man
Monkeys Fighting Robots' Top Five Comic Book Single Issues
includes: Gideon Falls
The Good Men Project's 2018 Gift Guide
includes: Bitter Root
Multiversity Comics' 2018 in Review
includes: Exorsisters, Farmhand, Flavor, Gideon Falls, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Where We Live
best breakout artist: Gisèle Lagacé, Jen Bartel
best breakout writer: Ram V
best letterer: Aditya Bidikar, Clayton Cowles
best colorist: Jordie Bellaire, Matt Wilson
best publisher: Image (tied)
YALSA's 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
includes: Afar, Descender, Monstress, Motor Crush, Paper Girls, Royal City, Snotgirl
The New York Public Library's 2018 Best Books for Teens
includes: Skyward, Isola
The New York Public Library's 2018 Best Books for Adults
includes: Prism Stalker
The Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of 2018
includes: Sleepless, Norroway
Texas Library Association’s 2019 Maverick Reading List
includes: Moonstruck, Bingo Love
Toledo Library's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2018
includes: Gideon Falls
Amazon.com's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2018
includes: Redlands, Bingo Love, Sleepless
Barnes & Noble's Best Books of 2018
includes: Monstress, Saga, The Walking Dead
Powell’s Best Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror & Graphic Novels of 2018
includes: Monstress, Saga
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