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June 29, 2015 by Brigid Alverson

Kids’ Comics Award Winners Announced

June 29, 2015 by Brigid Alverson   Leave a Comment

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Back in May, we announced the nominees for the Kids Comics Revolution Awards, in which children were invited to vote for their favorite graphic novels.

The results are in! Since all the books are worth a look, we’ll give you the full list of nominees, with the winner in bold.

Favorite Comic Book Hero:

El Deafo from El Deafo
Knight from Adventures in Cartooning
Princess Adrienne from Princeless

Most Tricked-Out Ride in a Comic:

Colossus from Amulet: Escape from Lucien
Lowrider from Lowriders in Space
Sphinx Bike from Cleopatra in Space

Best Hair in Comics:

Cleopatra from Cleopatra in Space
Hilda from Hilda and the Black Hound
Lupe Impala from Lowriders in Space

Grossest Thing in Comics:

Misa scarfs down her food & burps from “Two-Person Door” by Faith Erin Hicks in Explorer: The Hidden Doors
Sophia gets barfed on in “300 Words” by Dan Santat in Comics Squad: Recess
Raina steps on a dead snake in Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

Cutest Comic Character:

Warren from Extraordinary Warren
Piggie from Elephant & Piggie
Ripley from Lumberjanes

Favorite Comic/Novel Hybrid:

Big Nate in the Zone by Lincoln Peirce
Jedi Academy: Return of the Padawan by Jeffrey Brown
Life of Zarf: The Trouble with Weasels by Rob Harrell
Send for a Superhero! by Michael Rosen and Katherine McEwen
The Yeti Files by Kevin Sherry

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Favorite Comic Book Series (Licensed Franchise, aka, Based on a TV Show, Movie or Video Game):

Adventure Time by Ryan North, Braden Lamb, Shelli Paroline (Boom!)
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift by Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru (Dark Horse)
Bravest Warriors by Joey Comeau, Mike Holmes (Boom!)
The Ultimate Minecraft Comic Book: The Curse of Herobrine (The Minecraft Guys)
SpongeBob Comics by Various (Bongo)

Favorite Comic Book Series (Original, aka, Actually by the Creator):

Capture Creatures by Frank Gibson & Becky Dreistadt (KaBoom!)
Abigail and the Snowman by Roger Langridge (KaBoom!)
Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, & Brooke Allen (Boom! Box)
Bodie Troll by Jay P. Fosgitt (Red 5)
Terrible Lizard by Cullen Bunn, Drew Moss & Ryan Hill (Oni)

Favorite Webcomic:

Camp Weedonwantcha by Katie Rice
Fox & Duck by Eric Orchard
Gronk by Katie Cook
Last of the Polar Bears by Lindsay Cibos
Princess at Midnight by Andi Watson

Favorite Graphic Novel (Adventure):

Amulet #6: Escape From Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi
Cleopatra in Space #1: Target Practice
by Mike Maihack
Hilda and the Black Hound
by Luke Pearson
Maddy Kettle & the Adventures of the Thimblewitch by Eric Orchard
Return of Zita
the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

Favorite Graphic Novel (Humor):

Comics Squad: Recess! by Various
The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza
by James Kochalka
Phoebe and Her Unicorn
by Dana Simpson
Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth
by Ian Lendler & Zack Giallongo
The Zoo Box
by Ariel Cohn & Aron Nels Steinke

Favorite Graphic Novel (Non-Fiction/Myth/Memoir):

The Dumbest Idea Ever! by Jimmy Gownley
El Deafo
by Cece Bell
I Remember Beirut
by Zeina Abirached
Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale
by Nathan Hale
Sisters
by Raina Telgemeier

Favorite Cartoonist/Author:

Dav Pilkey
Faith Erin Hicks
Kazu Kibuishi
Nathan Hale
Raina Telgemeier

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About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor and a newspaper reporter; now she is assistant to the mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts. In addition to editing GC4K, she writes about comics and graphic novels at MangaBlog, SLJTeen, Publishers Weekly Comics World, Comic Book Resources, MTV Geek, and Good E-Reader.com. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters in college, which is why she writes so much. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.

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