Gary Panter's Jimbo's Inferno, published by Fantagraphics, has been awarded the American Book Award by the Before Columbus Foundation. This is the second such award for a Fantagraphics graphic novel; Joe Sacco's
About 15 American Book Awards are awarded each year in recognition of literary excellence by the entire spectrum of
Jimbo's Inferno is a retelling of Dante's classic, with Panter's Jimbo character, around since the 80s, as the protagonist.