HOT PICKS From the experts

The Young Adult Library Services Association's 2002 Popular Paperbacks Committee has compiled a list of graphic novels popular among teens, including:
Bendis, Brian-Michael: "Ultimate Spider-Man: Power and Responsibility"
Brennan, Michael: "Electric Girl"
Busiek, Kurt: "Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City"
Clowes, Daniel: "Ghost World"
Dixon, Chuck and Jordan Gorfinkel: "Birds of Prey"
Fujishima, Kosuke: "Oh My Goddess! 1-555-GODDESS"
Gaiman, Neil: "Death: The High Cost of Living"
Groening, Matt: "Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror Spine-Tingling Spooktacular"
Hosler, Jay: "Clan Apis"
Kudo, Kazuya: "Mai the Psychic Girl"
Loeb, Jeph: "Batman: The Long Halloween"
Medley, Linda: "Castle Waiting: Lucky Road"
Millar, Mark: "Ultimate X-Men: The Tomorrow People"
Miyazaki, Hayao: "Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind: Perfect Collection, Volume 1"
Moore, Alan: "Promethea, Book One"
Moore, Terry: "Strangers in Paradise: High School!"
Nishiyama, Yuriko: "Harlem Beat, No. 1"
Sakai, Stan: "Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter"
Smith, Jeff: "Bone: Out From Boneville"
Smith, Kevin: "Daredevil Visionaries: Kevin Smith"
Watson, Andi: "Geisha"
Winick, Judd: "Pedro & amp; Me: Friendship, Loss & amp; What I Learned"