In a Move that Should Surprise None..

The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for graphic novels has been awarded to Asterios Polyp, perhaps the best graphic novel of the last 5 years, maybe the best of the aughts.

This makes me wish I was back in North Carolina

The first comic shop I ever visited was the Heroes Aren't Hard to Find store in Winston-Salem. That one closed down years ago, but the main store has always been in Charlotte, which is only about an hour from where I grew up. If I were back in North Cakalacka and knew about this, I'd be there! Thanks, Comics Reporter, for the info!

What? You haven't read Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp yet? Put it on your to-do list! How else will you ever learn to spell Mazzucchelli except by writing about his work? ;)