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Mollie Ray's Graphic Novel Giant, To Be Published By Faber
As his health declines, can the family remain resilient on his long journey through treatment? Deeply moving and tender, with gorgeous ball-point illustrations, Mollie Ray's debut graphic novel is a resonant story of empathy, healing and hope."   Faber Publishing director Angus Cargill acquired world rights from Mollie Ray's agent James Spackman at The bks Agency[...]
Anjali Singh Launching Own Literary Agency With Graphic Novelists
Literary agent Anjali Singh, former editor at Other Press, Simon & Schuster, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Vintage Books is best known for discovering an early self-published version of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis in Paris and helped make it an early international smash of a graphic novel She is now launching her own agency, Anjali Singh Literary,[...]
Crystal Frasier & Val Wise Auctioned Their Graphic Novel Whippoorwills
She also wrote for Love Is a Battlefield at DC Comics, and worked on Immortal Hulk and co-wrote Gamma Flight with Al Ewing at Marvel Comics. Val Wise has worked on comics such as Werewoofs, Summit, Rolled & Told, Bear Company, Wayward Kindred, and Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms. Crystal Frasier and Val Wise's agent Desiree Wilson[...]
Rachel Brian's New Comic Wants You To (Be Smart About) Screen Time!
Rachel Brian's agent, Molly Ker Hawn, at the Bent Agency, negotiated the deal. In 2019, Little, Brown had the directive to expand their graphic novel list for the years going ahead, and appointed Andrea Colvin, formerly of Lion Forge as editorial director of Graphic Publishing to do just that Publishing new fiction and nonfiction graphic novels for a[...]
Hamsters In My Head by Mela Rogers and Maddie Gallegos
Mela Rogers and Maddie Gallegos's agent, Chelsea Eberly, at Greenhouse Literary Agency, arranged the auction and the deal behind it.   Hamsters In My Head by Mela Rogers and Maddie Gallegos is a contemporary middle-grade graphic novel where Vivian, a girl with undiagnosed ADHD, runs for student council president against her nemesis and must try to wrangle the[...]
You're The Boss
Brian Weisfeld's agent Anthony Mattero at CAA and Nadia Hsieh's agent Christy Ewers at the CAT Agency negotiated the deal while represented Bader represented herself. The expansion of children's graphic novels is fuelling all manner of publishers extending into the comics medium Right now, it seems like an infinite market that is being tapped into, and[...]
 How to Write and Draw Anything
Along with his wife Casey Scieszka, he owns and operates the Spruceton Inn: a Catskills Bed and Bar which runs an annual Artist Residency. Taylor Norman at Holiday House/Neal Porter Books has acquired publishing rights to How to Write and Draw Anything for the autumn of 2025. Jon Scieszka's agent Steve Malk at Writers House, and and Steven Weinberg's[...]
Chris Britt
Chris Britt's agent, Timothy Travaglini at Transatlantic Agency, negotiated the deal. The work of Chris Britt Chris Britt is an editorial cartoonist and author from Phoenix, Arizona, now living in Tacoma, Washington, and a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's College of Fine Arts with a degree in visual arts Britt has been a cartoonist since[...]
Fantagraphics Buys Rights To Santiago Cohen's Secrets Of A Lost Diary
Santiago Cohen's agent Anna Olswanger at Olswanger Literary did the deal for world English rights. Santiago Cohen, celebrating his 70th birthday next year, is a cartoonist, animator, illustrator, and fine artist based in New Jersey He studied Communications Design at Metropolitan University in Mexico with a Master of Fine Arts from the Pratt Institute. In 2016, Cohen[...]
Breena Bard Sells Rights To Bookworms Graphic Novel To Little, Brown
Breena Bard's agent Alexander Slater at Sanford J Greenburger Associates, negotiated the deal for world rights. In 2019, Little, Brown had the directive to expand their graphic novel list for the years going ahead, and appointed Andrea Colvin, formerly of Lion Forge as editorial director of Graphic Publishing to do just that Publishing new fiction and[...]
Maria Fröhlich Sells Rights To Lyra And The Lighthouse For 6 Figures
Maria Fröhlich 's agent Jessica Errera, at Jane Rotrosen Agency, negotiated the deal. Feiwel and Friends is a subsidiary of Macmillan Press, which states that it is a publisher of innovative children's fiction and nonfiction literature, including hardcover, paperback series, and individual titles The imprint states that it is dedicated to "book by book" publishing, bringing[...]
Nicole J. Georges Brings Ballad Of X-Ray And Koko to Comics in 2026
Georges's agent, Anjali Singh, at Ayesha Pande Literary, negotiated the deal. Nicole J Georges' Calling Dr Laura Nicole J Georges is a writer, illustrator, podcaster & professor from Portland who teaches at California College for the Art's MFA in Comics Program She has been "publishing autobiographical comics about her queer vegan life for the past 25 years,[...]
Mia Hamm Gets Her Own Graphic Novel, Mia And Friends
Karlin Gray's agent, Charlotte Wenger, at Prospect Agency, and Micheline Hess' agent, Judy Hansen, at Hansen Literary, negotiated the rights sale. First Second Books is a prominent graphic novels publisher based in New York City, and an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, distributed by Macmillan, with Editorial & Creative Director Mark Siegel and[...]
Heather Nuhfer & Patricia Daguisan's New MG Graphic Novel, Lunch
Heather Nuhfer and Patricia Daguisan's agent, Kathleen Ortiz at KO Media Management, did the deal for world rights. First Second Books is a prominent and ground-breaking American graphic novels publisher based in New York City and an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, distributed by Macmillan, with Editorial & Creative Director Mark Siegel and Editorial[...]
 Fitting In,
Rodroigo Reyes' agent Britt Siess at Britt Siess Creative Management, sold world rights. Rodrigo Reyes Rico posts to social media, "Hey everyone!! I'm so happy to share my upcoming graphic novel Fitting In to be published by Andrews McMeel!! Thank you to my amazing agent @BrittSiess for helping me getting this pitch into reality!! I cannot[...]
Cassandra Calin's Graphic Novel The New Girl, From Scholastic in 2024
Cassandra Calin's agent Seth Fishman at the Gernert Company negotiated the two-book deal for world rights. Cassandra Calin writes, "keeping secrets isn't easy, and I've been keeping one for a LONG time! I'm excited to announce a HUGE project I've been working on with @graphixbooks and @scholastic : my debut graphic novel, THE NEW GIRL! Inspired[...]
Maya Henderson's Sells
Maya Henderson's agent Lori Steel at Red Fox Literary negotiated the deal for world rights Maya Henderson writes "Friends, it fills me with joy to share some of the best news ever! 🥳 My middle grade graphic novel debut, "Brainbow" is coming out fall 2026 from @littlebrownink Thank you so much to my agent Lori[...]
Dust
Gina Nguyen's agent, Britt Siess, at Britt Siess Creative Management, did the two-book deal. X-Men 97 Character Designer Gina Nguyen Sells Her Graphic Novel, Dust Gina Nguyen writes, "Finally get to share the news! My first middle-grade graphic novel is going to be published! This story is very dear to me, & I can't thank my agent,[...]
S.R. Appavu's The Ghost Key
Appavu's agent, Jennifer Azantian at Azantian Literary Agency negotiated the deal Appavu – also known as Bob Appavu – writes "My YA graphic novel is coming in 2026! I feel so lucky to have the perfect agent @JenAzantian who believed in my story, and the perfect editor @alexaace who completely understood the story's heart and[...]
Serendipity
Her agent Tori Sharp, at the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, negotiated the deal for world rights Here's a preview of what's coming… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Holiday House was the first American publishing house founded with the purpose[...]
One Mad Cat 
Vicky Fang posted, "I'm so excited to announce that my early graphic novel series, ONE MAD CAT, will be launching with Candlewick Press in 2025! Get ready for one cute, mad, mystery-solving cat!" Vicky Fang's agent, Elizabeth Bennett (what a literary name!) at the Transatlantic Agency negotiated a two-book rights sale. Photo by: Lindsay Wiser A former[...]
Harriet Tubman: Conductor On The Underground Railroad Graphic Novel
Joe Illidge's agent Gordon Warnock at Fuse Literary; Marcus Kwame Anderson's agent Alex Glass at Glass Literary Management; and the estate of Ann Petry's agent, Jesseca Salky, at Salky Literary Management, negotiated the deal for North American rights This is the Amazon listing for the original: The quintessential biography for middle grade readers of Harriet Tubman,[...]
Banned Together: Authors and Allies on the Fight for Readers' Rights
Ashley Hope Pérez's agent Michael Bourret at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret and Debbie Fong's agent Janna Morishima at Janna Co negotiated the publishing deal.   You may have noticed that there ahs been a new conservative push in the USA towards book banning in schools, public libraries and bookstores in various states[...]
When The Revolution Came To Town, Tells An Arab Spring Kids' Graphic Novel
Isra Moussaoui and Beth Bacon's agent Jennifer Carlson at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner and Noha Habaieb's agent Wendi Gu at Sanford J Greenburger Associates negotiated the deal. Dial is an imprint owned by Penguin Books USA (but then again, isn't everyone these days?) and which publishes books for children "young and old". When The Revolution Came[...]
Ellen Walker Sells Her Debut Graphic Novel, Unreal, To Little, Brown
Ellen Walker's agent Alex Slater at Sanford J Greenburger Associates negotiated the deal. Ellen Walker calls it a "semi-autobiographical graphic novel" and recalls "I  have a vivid memory of hiding in the school toilets following a particularly rough experience My body was burning all over with embarrassment, and my brain wanted out, now So I fished[...]
Pencil & Eraser
Jenny Alvarado's agent Lane Clarke at the ArtHouse Literary Agency brokered the deal. Jenny Alvarado, is an author-illustrator born and raised in Miami, Florida, and currently living in the Space Coast The daughter of Cuban immigrants she hopes to bring some of her experiences into her art and stories.  Her debut picture book, Agent Unicorn, will be[...]
Wahab Algarmi's Almost Sunset, a Muslim American Ramadan Graphic Novel
Almost Sunset has had its North American rights bought by Ben Rosenthal at HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books, and Wahab Algarmi's agent Daniel Lazar at Writers House negotiated the deal. Wahab Algarmi is a writer from the SF Bay Area, specializing in visual storytelling He graduated from the Academy of Art University, after studying with Pixar studios story artists,[...]
Tasia M S & Barbara Perez Marquez's To Dance The Moon And Stars YA OGN
Tasia M S and Barbara Perez Marquez's agent Britt Siess at Britt Siess Creative Management, sold world English rights. Joy Revolution is a new imprint of Penguin Random House Children's Books imprint led by authors Nicola Yoon and David Yoon, launched in 2020 and committed to publishing young adult romance novels starring people of colour and[...]
I'd Like You to Like Me
Kat Chneider's agent Chad W Beckerman at the CAT Agency negotiated the two-book deal. Kat Schneider is a freelance illustrator, comics artist and printmaker from New Jersey She posts to Instagram, "I'm so excited to finally announce that I'm writing and illustrating my very own graphic novel: I'd Like You to Like Me! The story deals[...]