List of award-winning graphic novels

This is a list of graphic novels which have won a notable award.

Pulitzer Prize winners

 * Maus a.k.a. Maus: A Survivor's Tale — My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman (non-fiction; ISBN 0-679-40641-7)

Hugo Award winners

 * 1988: Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (ISBN 0-930289-23-4), category "Other Forms"


 * 2009: Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment), Best Graphic Novel

World Fantasy Award winner

 * The Sandman: Dream Country contains a story by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess that earned this award.

Ignatz Award winners

 * Black Hole by Charles Burns
 * Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man by John Porcellino
 * Tricked by Alex Robinson
 * Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
 * Blankets (graphic novel) by Craig Thompson
 * Three Fingers by Rich Koslowski
 * From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
 * Cages (comic series) by Dave McKean
 * ''Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
 * It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken by Seth
 * Same Difference and Other Stories by Derek Kirk Kim

Kirby Award for Best Graphic Album winners

 * Beowulf (First Comics)
 * The Rocketeer, by Dave Stevens (Eclipse Comics)
 * Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (DC)

Original graphic novels

 * Acme Novelty Library #13, by Chris Ware
 * Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
 * Batman: War on Crime by Paul Dini and Alex Ross
 * Batman & Superman Adventures: World's Finest by Paul Dini, Joe Staton and Terry Beatty
 * Blankets by Craig Thompson
 * The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance by Larry Gonick
 * Ed the Happy Clown by Chester Brown
 * Elektra Lives Again by Frank Miller
 * Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Vol. 2, by Oscar Wilde and P. Craig Russell
 * Fax from Sarajevo by Joe Kubert (ISBN 1-56971-346-4)
 * Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
 * The Golem's Mighty Swing by James Sturm (ISBN 1-896597-71-8)
 * Last Day in Vietnam by Will Eisner
 * The Name of the Game by Will Eisner
 * One! Hundred! Demons! by Lynda Barry
 * The Originals by Dave Gibbons
 * Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner and Frank Stack (non-fiction; ISBN 1-56858-011-8)
 * Safe Area Goražde by Joe Sacco (non-fiction; ISBN 1-56097-470-2)
 * Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
 * A Small Killing by Alan Moore and Oscar Zarate (ISBN 1-59291-009-2)
 * Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
 * Superman: Peace on Earth by Paul Dini and Alex Ross
 * To the Heart of the Storm by Will Eisner
 * Torso by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko
 * Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (non-fiction)
 * Why I Hate Saturn by Kyle Baker
 * You Are Here by Kyle Baker

Comic-book compilations



 *  Astonishing X-Men: Gifted by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday
 * Astro City: Life in the Big City by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
 * Batman: Black and White by various creators, ed. by Bob Kahan (ISBN 1-56389-332-0)
 * Batman: Black & White, Volume Two by various creators, ed. by Mark Chiarello and Nick J. Napolitano (ISBN 1-56389-917-5)
 * Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (ISBN 1-56389-868-3)
 * Batman: The Long Halloween Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (ISBN 1-56389-469-6)
 * Batman Adventures: Dangerous Dames and Demons by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, and others
 * Blacksad 2 by Juanjo Guardno and Juan Diaz Canales
 * The Complete Bone Adventures (1994; ISBN 0-9636609-2-6), reissued in color as Bone: Out from Boneville (2005; ISBN 0-439-70640-8), by Jeff Smith
 * Bone: One Volume Edition by Jeff Smith (ISBN 1-888963-14-X)
 * Cages by Dave McKean
 * Cerebus: Flight by Dave Sim and Gerhard
 * From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
 * Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola
 * Hellboy: The Wolves of Saint August by Mike Mignola
 * Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
 * Kings in Disguise by James Vance and Dan Burr. (ISBN 0-393-32848-1)
 * Lone Wolf and Cub by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
 * Louis Riel by Chester Brown
 * Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross
 * Maus II a.k.a. Maus: A Survivor's Tale — And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (non-fiction; ISBN 0-679-72977-1)
 * Same Difference and Other Stories by Derek Kirk Kim
 * Sandman: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman and various artists
 * Sin City a.k.a. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye by Frank Miller (ISBN 1-59307-293-7)
 * Sin City: Family Values by Frank Miller (ISBN 1-59307-297-X)
 * Sin City: That Yellow Bastard by Frank Miller (ISBN 1-59307-296-1)
 * Stray Bullets: Innocence of Nihilism by David Lapham
 * The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot
 * Twentieth Century Eightball by Daniel Clowes
 * Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (ISBN 0-930289-23-4)
 * Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan

Manila Critics Circle National Book Awards

 * The Mythology Class by Arnold Arre
 * Trip to Tagaytay by Arnold Arre
 * Isaw, atbp. by various artists
 * Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah by Carlo Vergara
 * Siglo: Freedom by various artists

Kodansha Manga Award

 * 'Akira' by Katsuhiro Otomo
 * 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa