It's a new month, so it's time to honor the best titles from the previous.  All the titles up for nomination come from our previous month's reviews, and had a score of 8 or higher.  Our board of manga reviewers then pick the best of the best.  Winners will receive either the gold scroll, silver scroll or bronze scroll.  First, the nominations:

Abandon the Old in Tokyo	Drawn & Quarterly	9.5
Case Closed Volume 29-30	Viz Media	8.5
Divine Melody Volume 2	DR Masters	8
Kimi ni Todoke Volume 1	Viz Media	9
Nabari no Ou	Yen Press	8.5
NGE: Shinji Ikari Raising Project Volume 1	Dark Horse Manga	8.5
Swan Volume 1-2	CMX	9
20th Century Boys Volume 4	Viz Media	8
X-Men: Misfits Volume 1	Del Rey Manga	9.5
Yokai Doctor Volume 1	Del Rey Manga	8

For the Brownie, nominations come from our lowest review scores of 5 or below.  This is all in good fun, in the vein of the Razzies.  The nominees are:

None.

The Blue nominations are to recognize the best of BL titles from the month.  The nominees are:

Love Like A Comedy	Digital Manga Publishing	8
Sugar Milk	Digital Manga Publishing	8

Voting was tough this month!  Our reviewers definitely had their favorites, with tie breakers needed for BOTH the Gold and Silver awards.  It all shook out like this:

20th Century Boys Volume 4


Abandon the Old In Tokyo


Kimi ni Todoke Volume 1


Sugar Milk

After voting, our reviewers then have the option to give a minority opinion, or honorable mention to any titles they feel deserved more credit.

It was seriously a close call this month.  There were four books tied for Gold and Silver, and all of them deserved recognition.  The one to not make it was Swan.  This is a great series, filled with intense drama that will just draw you in.  Don't let the dated art or subject matter keep you away from this series.  It is worth every page turn.

Lori Henderson