Fantagraphics has announced that Atsushi Kaneko and Briana Loewinsohn are recipients of  inaugural Outstanding Comics Awards from the American Library Association’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table.

Briana Loewinsohn received the Outstanding Comics Award – Young Adult in the Category of Nonfiction Winner for Raised By Ghosts. Set in the author’s own teenage years, Raised By Ghosts follows a semi-autobiographical Briana through middle school and high school in the 1990’s. It’s a love letter to friends and family and all of the messy complexities they come with that reads like “slightly-grungy Wes Anderson” (Comics Beat). Briana had this to say about the announcement!

Atsushi Kaneko received the Outstanding Comics Award – Adult in the Category of Series Honor Books for Search and Destroy Vol. 1, 2, and 3. Translated by Ben Applegate, the series—”a blast of pure cyberpunk energy” (Publishers Weekly Starred Review)—is a contemporary reimagining of the timeless, Eisner Award–winning Dororo, by “God of Manga” Osamu Tezuka.

These aren’t the first awards for these titles either! Search and Destroy already has a fancy American Manga Awards seal on its catalog page, and Raised by Ghosts has been packing the trophy case full since its 2025 release, with a Harvey Award, a spot on both the Missouri Association of School Librarians Denny O’Neil Graphic Novel List AND the New York Public Library’s Best Comics For Adults List.