PORTLAND, OR 01/02/2020 — Kick off the new year by adding these critically acclaimed Image Comics to your pull-lists and TBR piles. Check out the series that rocked 2019's Best of Year lists and were featured across mainstream media, comics media, library, and retailer recommendation lists, including the following:
NPR's Best Books of 2019
includes: Maneaters
Entertainment Weekly's Best Comics of 2019
includes: Bitter Root, Die, Monstress, November, Saga
The Washington Post's The Best Graphic Novels, Memoirs & Story Collections of 2019
includes: Middlewest
The Guardian UK's Best Comics of the Decade
includes: Prince of Cats
Forbes Magazine's The Best Graphic Novels of 2019
includes: Bad Weekend
Thrillist's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2019
includes: Blackbird, Coffin Bound, Crowded, Die, Little Bird, Middlewest, Skyward, Space Bandits, Unearth
The Huffington Post's Best Graphic Novels of 2019
includes: Middlewest
io9/Gizmodo's Our Favorite Comics of 2019
includes: Bitter Root, Die, The White Trees, The Wicked + The Divine
Paste Magazine's 10 Gifts that Comic Book Readers will Love in 2019
includes: Die
Polygon's Best Comics of 2019
includes: Assassin Nation, Crowded, Die, Gogor, The New World
SYFY Wire's Best New Comic Books of 2019
includes: Bitter Root, Little Bird, Undiscovered Country
WhatCulture's Best Comic Book Covers of 2019
includes: Ascender, Bitter Root, Deadly Class, Excellence, Isola, Middlewest, Sea of Stars
IGN's Best Comic Book Writer of 2019
includes: Kieron Gillen
The Onion’s AV Club's The 25 Best Comics of 2010s
includes: Gideon Falls, November, Octopus Pie, Pretty Deadly, Prince of Cats, Zero
Gamespot's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2019
includes: The Walking Dead
icV2's Graphic Novel Gifts for Comic Fans
includes: Bad Weekend
The Oklahoman's Top 10 Comic Series of 2019
includes: Bitter Root, Little Bird, Monstress
Irish Times' Best Comics of 2019
includes: Criminal, Paper Girls
Decider's Best of 2019
includes: The Walking Dead
The Beat's The 100 Best Comics of the Decade
includes: Bitch Planet, Criminal, Monstress, Prince of Cats, The Private Eye, Rock Candy Mountain, Saga, Sex Criminals, Southern Bastards, The Walking Dead, The Wicked + The Divine
The Beat's The Best Comics of 2019
includes: Copra, Criminal, Crowded, Ice Cream Man, Murder Falcon, Outer Darkness, Snotgirl, The White Trees
Den of Geek's Best Comics of 2019
includes: Ascender, Excellence
Monkeys Fighting Robots' Our Favorite Comic Books of the Past Decade
includes: Copra, Little Bird, Middlewest, Murder Falcon, Paper Girls, Saga, The Superannuated Man, Undiscovered Country, The Walking Dead
Multiversity Comics' 2019 in Review
includes:
Best New Series: Criminal, Die
Best Ongoing Series: Gideon Falls, Die, The Wicked + The Divine
Best Artist: Andrea Sorrentino, Sana Takeda, Erica Henderson, Tradd Moore
Best Writer: Donny Cates, Jason Aaron, Jeff Lemire, Chip Zdarsky, Kieron Gillen, Jonathan Hickman
Best Limited Series: Assassin Nation, Murder Falcon, The White Trees
Best Single Issue: The White Trees #1, The Wicked + The Divine #45
Best Cover Artist: Becky Cloonan
Best Colorist: Tamra Bonvillain, Jordie Bellaire, Matt Wilson
Best Letterer: Aditya Bidikar, Clayton Cowles
Best Reprinted Edition: Saga
The Chicago Public Library's Best Teen Graphic Novels & Manga of 2019
includes: Middlewest
Texas Library Association’s 2020 Maverick Reading List
includes: Blackbird, Crowded, Middlewest, Skyward, Sleepless, Motor Crush
Amazon.com's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2019
includes: Bitter Root, Crowded, East of West, The Magic Order, Maneaters, Skyward
Powell’s Best Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror & Graphic Novels of 2019
includes: Bitter Root
