IMAGE COMICS DOMINATES BEST OF 2018 LISTS

Image Comics reigned supreme over an unprecedented number of Best of Year lists with Image titles featured across mainstream media, comics media, library, and retailer recommendation lists, including the following: NPR's Best Books of 2018 includes: Infidel, Bingo Love  Entertainment Weekly's Best Comics of 2018 includes: Monstress, The New World honorable mentions: Saga, Prism Stalker The Washington Post's The Ten Best Graphic Novels of 2018 includes: Monstress Newsweek's Best Comic Books of 2018 includes: Bingo Love, Death Or Glory, Descender, East of West, Monstress, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Skyward  WIRED Magazine's Favorite End-of-the-Year Books includes: Gideon Falls Forbes Magazine's The Best Graphic Novels of 2018 includes: Gideon Falls Thrillist's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2018 includes: Crowded, Death Or Glory, Monstress, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Saga, Skyward, The Weatherman The Huffington Post's Best Graphic Novels of 2018 includes: Infidel   Vulture/NY Magazine's Best Comics of 2018 includes: The Pervert Paste Magazine's The 25 Best Comic Books of 2018 includes: Prism Stalker, Ice Cream Man, Saga The Advocate's Best LGBTQ Graphic Novels of 2018 includes: Bingo Love Tor.com's Best Comics of 2018 includes: Blackbird, Die, Jook Joint Polygon's Best Comics of 2018 includes: Sleepless, The Dead Hand, Crowded Book Riot's Best Comics of 2018 includes: Bingo Love, Blackbird, Exorsisters, Infidel, Man-Eaters, Saga, Snotgirl Book Riot's Best Book Covers of 2018 includes: Man-Eaters WhatCulture's Ten Best Comic Books of 2018 includes: Crowded The Verge's Best Comics of 2018  includes: Street Angel The Onion’s AV Club's The Best Comics of 2018 includes: The New World, Prism Stalker  Autostraddle's 50 of the Best LGBT Books of 2018 includes: Bingo Love CBC News' The Best Canadian Comics of 2018 includes: Son of Hitler The Beat's Best Comics of 2018 includes: Crowded, Infidel, Bloodstrike: Brutalists, Prism Stalker, Self/Made, Unnatural, The Dead Hand  ComicBook.com's Golden Issue 2018 includes: Saga The Comeback's Five Best Comic Books of 2018 includes: The Wicked + The Divine Monkeys Fighting Robots' Best Covers of 2018 includes: Maestros   honorable mention: Ice Cream Man Monkeys Fighting Robots' Top Five Comic Book Single Issues includes: Gideon Falls  The Good Men Project's 2018 Gift Guide includes: Bitter Root  Multiversity Comics' 2018 in Review includes: Exorsisters, Farmhand, Flavor, Gideon Falls, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Where We Live best breakout artist: Gisèle Lagacé, Jen Bartel best breakout writer: Ram V best letterer: Aditya Bidikar, Clayton Cowles best colorist: Jordie Bellaire, Matt Wilson best publisher: Image (tied) YALSA's 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens includes: Afar, Descender, Monstress, Motor Crush, Paper Girls, Royal City, Snotgirl The New York Public Library's 2018 Best Books for Teens includes: Skyward, Isola  The New York Public Library's 2018 Best Books for Adults includes: Prism Stalker   The Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of 2018 includes: Sleepless, Norroway  Texas Library Association’s 2019 Maverick Reading List includes: Moonstruck, Bingo Love Toledo Library's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2018 includes: Gideon Falls  Amazon.com's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2018  includes: Redlands, Bingo Love, Sleepless Barnes & Noble's Best Books of 2018 includes: Monstress, Saga, The Walking Dead Powell’s Best Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror & Graphic Novels of 2018 includes: Monstress, Saga