Thirteen Image Comics titles make YALSA's 2019 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list ahead of this weekend's ALA Midwinter programming

Image Comics is pleased to announce a total of 13 titles listed on YALSA’s 2019 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list—a new record for the publisher. The list includes: Bingo Love, Vol. 1 by Tee Franklin Coyotes, Vol. 1 by Sean Lewis & Caitlin Yarsky Descender, Vol. 5: Rise of the Robots by Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen Descender, Vol. 6: The Machine War by Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen Monstress, Vol. 3 by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda Motor Crush, Vol. 2 by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart & Babs Tarr Paper Girls, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang Royal City, Vol. 2: Sonic Youth by Jeff Lemire Royal City, Vol. 3: We All Float On by Jeff Lemire Scales & Scoundrels, Vol. 1: Into the Dragon's Maw by Sebastian Girner & Galaad Skyward, Vol. 1: My Low-G Life by Joe Henderson & Lee Garbett Sleepless, Vol. 1 by Leila del Duca & Sarah Vaughn Son of Shaolin by Jay Longino & Caanan White To read the full list of titles, click here. The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Librarians and bookstore retailers attending this weekend’s ALA Midwinter Conference are invited to learn more about these excellent graphic novels by visiting the Image Comics booth (#2048) for exciting creator signings, free samples, books, swag, special-edition librarian-only T-shirts, and the chance to talk to your favorite comics writers and artists. ALA MIDWINTER 2019 IMAGE COMICS EVENT SCHEDULE (BOOTH #2048) Friday, January 25th, 2019 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM – Exhibit Hall, Booth #2048 Creator Booth Time / Signing - Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze) Saturday, January 26th, 2019 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM – Exhibit Hall, Booth #2048 Creator Booth Time / Signing - Christopher Sebela (Crowded, Shanghai Red) 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM – Exhibit Hall, Booth #2048 Creator Booth Time / Signing - Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze) 1:40 PM - 2:40 PM – Exhibit Hall, Booth #2048 Creator Booth Time / Signing - Joseph Keatinge (Flavor, Stellar) 2:50 PM - 3:50 PM – Exhibit Hall, Booth #2048 Creator Booth Time / Signing - Chelsea Cain & Lia Miternique (Man-Eaters) 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM – Exhibit Hall, PopTop Stage Adapting Graphic Novels for Programming and Lesson Planning - Chloe Ramos-Peterson, Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze) Sunday, January 27th, 2019 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM – WSCC, Room 303 – RSVP Required GNCRT Publisher’s Breakfast - Chloe Ramos-Peterson, Chelsea Cain (Man-Eaters), Christopher Sebela (Crowded, Shanghai Red) 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM – Exhibit Hall, Booth #2048 Creator Booth Time / Signing - Christopher Sebela (Crowded, Shanghai Red) 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM – Exhibit Hall, Booth #2048 Creator Booth Time / Signing - Emily Powell & Eliza Fantastic Mohan (Man-Eaters) Monday, January 28th, 2019 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM – Exhibit Hall, Book Buzz Theater Image Comics - 2019 Book Buzz Preview

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.