Agent Archives

Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier. Yasmin Morrissey, commissioning editor for Scholastic UK, acquired world rights from Aoife Dooley's agent Faith O'Grady at The Lisa Richards Agency and Frankie's World will be published in January, next year. Aoife Dooley posted on Facebook "So, I've been keeping some really exciting news for a long time now (really, it[...]

Clients include Simon & Schuster, Abrams Books, and Encantos Media. Andi Poretta's agent Natascha Morris at the Tobias Literary Agency handled the deal for world English rights. Atheneum Books is a New York City publishing house established in 1959 by Alfred A Knopf, Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn Atheneum merged with Charles Scribner's Sons to[...]

Vikram Madan's agent Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio brokered the deal for world rights. Vikram Madan Owl & Penguin Graphic Novels Picked Up By Holiday House Vikram Madan, born and raised in India, studied in the US where he found himself contributing editorial cartoons to a daily newspaper In 2013, Vikram published his first book, a[...]

British booktrade magazine The Bookseller interviewed James Wills, the managing director of literary agent Watson, Little last week in a story that did not get picked up by a wider press, but will do so probably the minute I press Publish Because it transpires that Alan Moore now has a literary agent And it is[...]

Nature's Design Challenge written by Rebecca Donnelly and drawn by Misa Saburi, is a middle-grade graphic nonfiction series about biomimicry, in which

"Comic creator seek agent" Begging the question, do comic creators need agents?, the comic book writer and artist Kev F Sutherland, who has managed 30 years in the business without one, is trying to find one Bleeding Cool often writes about graphic novel deals and nearly always they involve an agent We even have an[...]

Thomas King's agent Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists brokered the deal for world rights, excluding Canada. In 2019, Little, Brown was directed to expand their graphic novel list for years going ahead, and appointed Andrea Colvin, formerly of Lion Forge as editorial director, Graphic Publishing to do just that Publishing new fiction and nonfiction graphic novels[...]

Beth Garrod and Jess Hitchman's agent Gemma Cooper at the Bent Agency and Chris Danger's agent, Chad W Beckerman at the CAT Agency, negotiated the deal. The Bent Agency recently sold Oli Franey's debut graphic novel, Monster Crush, to Dark Horse Comics, Cait May and Trevor Bream's Another Kind graphic novel to HarperAlley and Jessica Olien's middle-grade graphic novel debut, Fox Hall, to Henry Holt Books[...]

"We're a melting pot!" "No, a mixed salad!" Um, can I just have lunch with my friends, please? And that's basically what this story is about: a young girl just trying to figure out who she is and where she fits." Huda Fahmy Of @YesImHotInThis Sells Her Graphic Novel, Huda F Are You?, For Six Figures Huda[...]

She has worked on Oh Joy Sex Toy, Rolled And Told, is an artist on the upcoming graphic novel from Oni, Martian Ghost Centaur and from Unshaven Comics, the graphic novel Blooms: Heist on the Magical Vault. Steph told Bleeding Cool "Were pretty early in the creation process so I can't reveal too much at this[...]

She only accepts agented graphic novel submissions. And it was Bowen's agent Tamara Kawar at ICM Partners who negotiated the Cover Your Tracks deal for world rights ICM Partners is one of the world's leading talent agencies, dedicated to the representation of artists, content creators, broadcasters, authors, journalists and artisans Originally founded in 1975 as International[...]

Saving Sunshine is a new middle grade graphic novel written by Saadia Faruqi (Meet Yasmin) with art by Shazleen Khan. Saving Sunshine was acquired by

The creators' agents Charlie Olsen and Jessica Mileo at Inkwell Management did the deal for world English rights. Abrams, formerly Harry N Abrams, Inc, is an American publisher of art and illustrated books, children's books, and stationery The enterprise is a subsidiary of the French publisher La Martinière Groupe Run by President and CEO Michael Jacobs,[...]

Magical Boy is a Tapas Studios Original webcomic by comic creator The Kao, the pen name of Vincent Kao, who also created the web series Mondo Mango. Tapas

Nathan Fairbairn is the colourist of Scott Pilgrim, Batman, Wonder Woman Earth One, Spider-Man, DIE!DIE!DIE! and much more. He also wrote, coloured and

Little, Brown Children's comic book publisher, has signed a first-look deal with independent content studio Einhorn's Epic Productions. The deal allows

And their agent, Steven Malk at Writers House negotiated a two-book deal for the pair Writers House is one of the largest literary agencies in the world Based in New York, it was founded by Al Zuckerman, a former novelist, TV writer, and teacher of playwriting at Yale. During lockdown and shutdown, Mac Barnett, author of[...]

Since then Janna's reputation has grown, as the kind of agent who can get a graphic novel sold, so there may be a few more this time Interested people can register right here. The webinars will cover fundamental information authors and illustrators need to know about how to break into the children's graphic novel market[...]

Paul Gilligan's agent Stephen Barr at Writers House negotiated the deal. Tundra, part of Penguin Random House, is Canada's oldest children's book publisher, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2017 They publish primarily for young readers, in a wide range of categories: board books, picture books, chapter books, graphic novels, illustrated nonfiction and middle-grade fiction Tundra is[...]

As well as Shark Attack, Outside the Box, FMQs for the Scottish Parliament and Parliament Stories for the Scottish Parliament. Alex Assan's Sunhead Alex Assan's agent Britt Siess at Britt Siess Creative Management brokered the two-book deal for North American rights. HarperAlley is a graphic novel imprint launched from HarperCollins Children's Books under the direction of former art[...]

The ideal candidate will have proven market knowledge, experience acquiring and developing a successful title list, excellent author and agent connections, strong editorial skills, and an understanding of product financials. Senior Designer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group New York, NY Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is seeking a talented Senior Designer who will[...]

A recent graphic novel The Book Tour came out from Top Shelf, and last summer saw the publication of his Kerry and the Knight of the Forest graphic novel from Random House. This is partially as a result of being represented by comic book literary agent Janna Morishima at Janna Co Janna Co is a literary[...]

Shauna J Grant's agent, Janna Morishima at Janna Co brokered the deal Here;s a little glimpse that Grant sent to Bleeding Cool. Scholastic To Publish Shauna J Grant's Mimi & Penelope Graphic Novel in 2022. Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education and media company that publishes and distributes comics, books and educational materials for schools,[...]

Mari Ahokoivu;'s agent Tuomas Sorjamaa at Ferly negotiated the deal. A story about mothers and daughters, stars and myths One of the bear puppies is not like the others What is it? Who sent it? Oksi is the main work of Mari Ahokoivu's career so far, an epic comic novel that mixes sci-fi, fantasy and Finnish[...]

Samantha's agent, Claire Draper at the Bent Agency, negotiated the sale at auction for world English rights. Last Ship to Mars is a speculative YA graphic novel pitched as Bloom meets Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Publisher's Weekly states that it is "Set on a deteriorating Earth, the story follows Mara, an aspiring scientist,[...]

And Bones Leopard's agent Maria Vicente at P.S Literary Agency negotiated the deal for world rights. Last year, Little, Brown had a directive to expand their graphic novel list for years going ahead and appointed Andrea Colvin, formerly of Lion Forge as editorial director, Graphic Publishing to do just that Publishing new fiction and nonfiction graphic[...]

In 2017 she won the "Get Published by Graphix" contest, and her debut middle grade graphic novel Trespassers was released on May 5, 2020 on Scholastic/Graphix. Wildfire by Breena Bard, art not final. Wildfire will be published by Little, Brown in 2023 and Breena's agent Alex Slater at Trident Media Group negotiated the deal for world rights. Wildfire[...]

I left that marketing job in August 2019, and in January of this year, I finished a sample page of this dream project for my agent Christy After months of concept art, writing and refining, I AM GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR I can't wait for you to meet Ángel Ortiz, Abuela Alba, el[...]

Desperate for work, he takes a job as a chef in an unconventional restaurant, where he discovers a new passion that may or may not have something to do with his gorgeous co-worker, Liam." Chef's Kiss, Debut Graphic Novel by Jarrett Melendez and Danica Brine The creative team behind Chef's Kiss represented themselves without an agent[...]

I'll be ordering it out of blind admiration. Oli Franey's Debut Graphic Novel, Monster Crush from Dark Horse Comics Monster Crush will be published in 2023, and Oli Franey's agent Claire Draper at the Bent Agency negotiated the deal with Dark Horse for world English rights Draper tweeted out "Super thrilled to be able to share with the world[...]