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The LA Times Book Prizes were awarded over the weekend and the graphic novel prize went to The Love Bunglers by Jaime Hernandez. This is fitting since the story, although denied a ton of traditional comics awards, is actually a timeless masterpiece. And as the Times put it, Hernandez is “one of Southern California’s signature artists,” with his work exploring so many aspects of SoCal life, from Latino culture to punk culture. Bravo.

The nominees were :

• Roz Chast, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? A Memoir,Bloomsbury
*** • Jaime Hernandez, The Love Bunglers, Fantagraphics
• Mana Neyestani, An Iranian Metamorphosis, Uncivilized Books
• Olivier Schrauwen, Arsène Schrauwen, Fantagraphics
• Mariko Tamaki (Author), Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator), This One Summer, First Second
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  1. One of the few comics that literally had me choking up by the end. Hopefully it’ll get some Eisner love this July, at least in the reprint category (I’m pretty sure it’s eligible anyway).

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