YALSA has announced their picks for the top graphic novels of the year for 12-18 year olds.  There are 73 titles on the list and the committee selected a Top Ten:

   

The Helm by Jim Hardison and Bart Sears

Children of the Sea, Vol. 1 by Daisuke Igarashi

 

Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer by Van Jenson and Dusty Higgins

I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Nimura

 

Omega the Unknown by Jonathan Lethem and Farel Dalrymple

Bayou by Jeremy Love

A.D.: New Orleans after the Deluge by Josh Neufeld

Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 1: Orientation by Tom Siddell

Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki

Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga