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Check out the Excelsior Award shortlists for young adults

Written by Sophie Green · Published Dec 20, 2018

Heavy Vinyl, Thanos: The Infinity Siblings, Shibuya Goldfish

The Excelsior Award highlights the best graphic novels published for young people each year across genre and style.

See also: Excelsior shortlist 2019 for 9-11 year-olds

Excelsior Award Blue - for 11+ year-olds

Isola: volume one — Isola: volume one, by Brendan Fletcher & Karl Kerschl

Silver Spoon: vol. 1 — Silver Spoon: vol. 1, by Hiromu Arakawa

Heavy Vinyl — Heavy Vinyl, by Carly Usdin & Nina Vakueva

The King of Birds — The King of Birds, by Alexander Utkin

Supergirl: Being Super — Supergirl: Being Super, by Mariko Tamaki & Joëlle Jones

Excelsior Award Red - for 14+ year-olds

Skyward Volume 1: my low-g life — Skyward Volume 1: my low-g life, by Joe Henderson & Lee Garbett

Exit Stage Left: the Snagglepuss Chronicles — Exit Stage Left: the Snagglepuss Chronicles, by Mark Russell & Mike Feehan

Clue — Clue, by Paul Allor & Nelson Daniel

Thanos: The Infinity Siblings — Thanos: The Infinity Siblings, by Jim Starlin & Alan Davis

Conspiracy of Ravens — Conspiracy of Ravens, by Leah Moore, John Reppion & Sally Jane Thompson

Excelsior Award Black - for 16+ year-olds

Incognegro: Renaissance — Incognegro: Renaissance, by Mat Johnson & Warren Preece

Rasputin: the voice of the dragon — Rasputin: the voice of the dragon, by Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson & Christopher Mitten

Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows — Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, by Jeff Lemire & Max Fuimara

Shibuya Goldfish: volume 1 — Shibuya Goldfish: volume 1, by Aoi Hiroumi

Ian Fleming's James Bond: Hammerhead — Ian Fleming's James Bond: Hammerhead, by Andy Diggle & Luca Casalanguida