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Amazon, The Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly released their Best Graphic Novels of 2015 lists last month (see “Amazon's Best Graphic Novels - 2015,” “'March: Book Two' Tops Another 'Best of' List,” “PW's Top Graphic Novels of 2015”), and now we collect several other mainstream news outlets’ picks for best graphic novels of the year.

Slate’s Book Review critics, Jacob Brogan and Dan Kois, compiled this list of “cartoon stories that moved and surprised them the most.”

  • Incidents in the Night Book 2 by David B (Uncivilized Books)
  • Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Not Funny Ha-Ha by Leah Hayes (Fantagraphics)
  • The Oven by Sophie Goldstein (AdHouse Books)
  • Pope Hats No. 4 by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
  • Sacred Heart by Liz Suburbia (Fantagraphics)
  • Step Aside, Pops by Kate Beaton (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Thunder and Lightning by Lauren Redniss (Random House)
  • Wuvable Oaf by Ed Luce (Fantagraphics)

Goodreads readers voted to compile its annual Goodreads Choice Awards winners for Best Graphic Novels & Comics. (The original list includes 20 titles, we post the Top 10 here.)

  • Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan, illus. by Fiona Staples (Image)
  • Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (HarperCollins/HarperTeen)
  • Attack on Titan, Vol. 15 by Hajime Isayama (Kodansha)
  • Ms. Marvel Vol. 2 by G. Willow Wilson, illus. by Adrian Alphona and Jacob Wyatt (Marvel)
  • Thor, Vol. 1: The Goddess of Thunder by Jason Aaron, illus. by Russell Dauterman and Jorge Molina (Marvel)
  • Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Shannon Watters. illus. by Brooke Allen. (BOOM! Studios)
  • Sunstone Vol. 1 by Stjepan Sejic (Image)
  • Step Aside, Pops by Kate Beaton (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer by Sydney Padua (Pantheon)
  • Hawkeye, Vol. 4: Rio Bravo by by Matt Fraction, illus. by  Francesco Francavilla, David Aja, Annie Wu and  Chris Eliopoulos (Marvel)

The Village Voice compiled this list of choices, which as the authors admit, leans strongly in favor of titles or authors that had connections to The Big Apple.

  • The Bronze Age of DC Comics by Paul Levitz (Taschen)
  • Out of Line: The Art of Jules Feiffer by Jules Feiffer (Abrams)
  • Invisible Ink by Bill Griffith (Fantagraphics)
  • Sky in Stereo by Sacha Mardou (Revival House Press)
  • Murder Mysteries and Other Stories by P. Craig Russell (Dark Horse)
  • Motorcycle Samurai by Chris Sheridan (Top Shelf)
  • The Complete Eightball by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
  • La Lucha by Jon Sack (Verso)
  • Translucid by Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Echert (BOOM! Studios)
  • Bacchus Omnibus by Eddie Campbell (Top Shelf)
  • The Sculptor by Scott McCloud (First Second)

The authors also included some periodical comics they liked:

  • Liberty Anyool (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund)
  • Space Riders by Fabian Rangel Jr., illus. by Alexis Zeritt's (Black Mask)
  • Detective Comics #35 and# 36 by Benjamin Percy, illus. by John Paul Leon (DC Comics)
  • Providence by Alan Moore, illus. by Jacen Burrows (Avatar)

The School Library Journal’s “Good Comics for Kids” bloggers compiled these choices that “exemplify many of the trends we saw in the past year.”

  • Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova (Hachette/Yen Press)
  • Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Shannon Watters. illus. by Brooke Allen. (BOOM! Studios)
  • Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm. illus. by Matthew Holm (Scholastic/Graphix)
  • Lunch Witch by Deb Lucke (Papercutz)
  • We Dig Worms! by Kevin McCloskey (TOON Books)
  • Baba Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola. illus. by Emily Carroll (Candlewick)
  • Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North. illus. by Erica Henderson (Marvel)
  • Ultraman by Eiichi Shimizu. illus. by Tomohiro Shimoguchi (Viz Media)
  • Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (HarperCollins/HarperTeen)
  • Human Body Theater: A Nonfiction Revue by Maris Wicks (First Second)