Runaways Wins Top Library Award
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Posted by Frederik Hautain on Jan 26, 2006
Tags: alphona, award, marvel, runaways, vaughan
The critically acclaimed series RUNAWAYS continues to win over fans and critics alike, and now has another award under its belt! The RUNAWAYS Vol. #1 HC, collecting all of the issues #1-18 of the series’ first volume, has made the Top Ten list for Best Books for Young Adults for 2006, as named by the American Library Association. It is worth noting that Runaways is the only graphic novel to make the Top Ten! As part of this year’s Free Comic Book Day offering from Marvel, the new X-Men/Runaways story is sure to attract many new fans to these teens on the run! Marvel would like to congratulate Runaways creators Brian K Vaughan and Adrian Alphona on their achievements and encourage readers everywhere to check out this great series today!
To see the entire list of winners, visit http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/06topten.htm

RUNAWAYS VOL. 1 HC (JUN052053)
Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
Penciled by ADRIAN ALPHONA and TAKESHI MIYAZAWA
Cover by ADRIAN ALPHONA
448 pgs / $34.99
ISBN: 0-7851-1876-4
RUNAWAYS #13 (DEC052028)
Written by BRIAN VAUGHAN
Penciled by ADRIAN ALPHONA
Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$2.99
FOC - 1/26, On Sale - 2/15/2006
RUNAWAYS #14 (JAN062056)
Written by BRIAN VAUGHAN
Penciled by ADRIAN ALPHONA
Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$2.99
FOC - 2/23, On Sale - 3/15/2006
RUNAWAYS VOL. 5: ESCAPE TO NEW YORK DIGEST (JAN062092)
Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
Penciled by TAKESHI MIYAZAWA
& ADRIAN ALPHONA
Cover by JO CHEN
144 PGS./Rated A ...$7.99
ISBN: 0-7851-1901-9
FOC - 2/23, On Sale - 3/22/2006
RUNAWAYS POSTER (AUG051987)
24” x 36” / FC ...$5.99
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