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And we got to see some artwork as well.  Eric Gapstur Sells Sort Of Super Graphic Novel For Six Figures. Sort Of Super will be published in the Spring of 2022, and Eric's agents Uwe Stender and Brent Taylor at Triada US negotiated the deal. Aladdin Books is an imprint of US book publisher Simon And Schuster Publishing[...]

You can see a fifteen-page Lunar Boy comic book they created two years ago, right here. Lunar Boy is due to be published in 2023 and their agent Britt Siess at Martin Literary & Media Management represented both creators in negotiation HHarperAlley is a graphic novel imprint launched from HarperCollins Children's Books under the direction of[...]

Publication is set for summer 2023 and Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo's agent Jessica Mileo at InkWell Management negotiated the deal for world English rights. HarperAlley is a graphic novel imprint launched from HarperCollins Children's Books under the direction of former art director and acquiring editor at First Second, Andrew Arnold last year, described as a[...]

Mika Song's agent, Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio, did the North American rights deal. Random House Graphic (RHG) is a new imprint dedicated to publishing graphic novels for kids and teens of every age and interest, fiction and nonfiction, and launched its first list in Spring 2020, young chapter books to YA, reflecting the[...]

Publication for these books is planned for the autumns of 2021 and 2022 respectively. Agents Elena Giovinazzo at Pippin Properties and Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency represented Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld respectively when negotiating this deal. Tom Lichtenheld who lives in Geneva, Illinois, has written and illustrated many popular books for children, including Cloudette and[...]

They rejoice and leave the old house back together again. The Man Who Lives Inside His Head by Dean Stuart will be published in the summer of 2022 and Dean's agent Alice Sutherland-Hawes at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency did the deal for world rights. Dean Stuart is an illustrator and a gallery artist, with a BFA Illustration from[...]

Agents Beth Phelan at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency and Sara Crowe at Pippin Properties represented the creators respectfully, in negotiations. Growing Pangs is a new memoir-style middle-grade graphic novel written by Kathryn Ormsbee  (The House in Poplar Wood ), and drawn by Molly Brooks (Sanity & Tallulah series) to be published in the[...]

The second graphic novel focuses on the character Lucy, "who is facing a long and lonely summer until she meets Anaïs, the daughter of a visiting artist, and learns there's more going on in her town than she originally thought—and more to her feelings for Anaïs than just friendship." Kathleen Gros Creating Anne Of Green Gables[...]

Sarah's agent, Molly O'Neill at Root Literary negotiated the five-book deal. Sarah posted the news on Instagram, saying "Friends – I am SO excited to share this news! When I started working with my wonderful agent @mollyoneillbooks, I also gave myself permission to start playing and developing my own stories The root of this series grew from[...]

Their agent Dara Hyde at Hill Nadell Literary Agency negotiated the deal for world rights. Samuel Sattin is also working on an upcoming graphic history book, Side Quest: A Visual History of Role Playing Games with Christina "Steenz" Stewart from Imprint at Macmillan Books, also in 2023 Sattin is a graphic novelist and writer of comics[...]

Their agent Anjali Singh at Ayesha Pande Literary negotiated the deal for world rights excluding India. Founded in 2019 by Arthur A Levine, Levine Querido is an independent publisher of children's books which seeks out the writing and artwork of "exceptionally talented creators, with a distinct focus on building a platform for previously underrepresented voices." [...]

Frank's agent Emily Mitchell at Wernick & Pratt brokered the deal for world rights. Yesterday Frank Dormer posted the following image from Instagram, calling it a Character study for new story.; Could it be this one? Doesn't look like a land-based narwhal to me. Frank W Dormer Sells Graphic Novel For Kids, Playdate. Abrams, formerly Harry N[...]

Niki Smith's agent Charlie Olsen at InkWell Management negotiated the deal for world rights. Last year, Little, Brown had 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 novels for a[...]

Jessica Olien's agent Meredith Kaffel Simonoff at DeFiore and Company negotiated the deal for world rights. Jessica Olien's Middle-Grade Graphic Novel Debut, Fox Hall, For 2023. Henry Holt and Company is an American book publishing company based in New York City and one of the oldest publishers in the United States It was founded in 1866 by[...]

You can see more of his comics work here and illustration work here. Ridley Pearson's novels include the John Knox & Grace Chu novels, The Red Room, Choke Point, The Risk Agent, novels featuring the character Walt Fleming, In Harm's Way, Killer Summer, Killer View, Killer Weekend,  novels featuring the Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews, The[...]

TS Ferguson of Little, Brown/Patterson has signed Valeria Wicker as the artist and her agent, Adria Goetz at Martin Literary Management negotiated the deal. The original song was written by Paul McCartney, with a co-credit to John Lennon, and performed by The Beatles.  It also appears on James' own Spotify playlists. James Patterson, World's Best-Selling Author, Writing[...]

Britt Siess at Martin Literary & Media Management was the agents for both creators. Zeferino also found amusing, tweeting on line, that she was getting congratulations from her extended family on the deal announced in Publisher's Weekly, without them knowing what the word "queer" meant "Nothing beats having an aunt who barely talks to you and voted[...]

Kirsch, and The Derby Daredevils series by Kit Rosewater and Sophie Escabasse for Abrams. Renée Kurilla's agent Jennifer Rofé at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency managed the deal. Renée Kurilla's Graphic Novel, The Flower Garden, to be Published by Abrams Art from artist. Renée Kurilla was the lead artist at FableVision Studios for nearly ten years., before[...]

Art from agent. Lumberjackula is described as a half-vampire, half lumberjack fifth-grader who battles against a gang of evil Stake-people, and his parents expectations in as dance-filled, fantasy comedy for fans of Dog Man He struggles to choose between a vampire or lumberjack prep school when what he really wants is to dance. Lumberjackula, a New Graphic Novel[...]

Her agent Elizabeth Bennett at Transatlantic Agency negotiated the deal. Fang worked at Google as a Staff Interaction Designer responsible for Assistant for Kids & Families and leading creative with Disney and Nickelodeon, from 2015 to 2019, after a long career in web design, UX design, interaction design, mobile producer, game designer and developer, as well[...]

His agent Timothy Travaglini at Transatlantic Agency negotiated the deal No more details save that it's a porcine parody of Bram Stoker's Dracula, one might presume it is an anthropomorphic cartoon pig take on the vampire legend Steaks through the heart maybe? Garlic bulb in the mouth? Sorry, I'll stop But we did find the[...]

His agent Nicole Tugeau at Tugeau 2 brokered the deal On social media, he told his audience, Guys this is a huge thing for me Remember my "magic lantern" gif series? A few months ago my agent Nicole shared the gifs with Joy at FSG, and she had the vision to see potential for a graphic[...]

And the only reason I've heard of Flint appears to be in play as Kiel describes it half-jokingly as "The Mighty Ducks meets Roger & Me." Kiel's agents for the deal was Jennifer Unter at the Unter Agency while Khouri represented himself. If you've known anything about me over the years, it's that there are few[...]

Their agent, Tanya McKinnon at McKinnon Literary, arranged the deal. Monster Locker is a new middle-grade graphic novel series written by The Arcadia Project series: Giants Beware!; Dragons Beware!; Monsters Beware! author Jorge Aguirre with art by Andrès Vera Martinez, in which a sixth-grader named Pablo and his friends must stop various monsters that[...]

They both live in Orange County, California and created the Clyde graphic novel series for Penguin Random House. They sold the book at auction to Clarissa Wong of HarperCollins, and their agent Rachel Orr at the Prospect Agency brokered the deal. It's been hard to stay quiet, but WE FINALLY GET TO SCREAM IT! BLAKE LASER, our graphic novel, will[...]

Her agent Kelly Sonnack at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency did the deal.   Ashlyn Anstee of Are We There Yeti? is creating a new graphic novel series Shelby & Watts about a fox and a badger who are neighbours and best friends, and share a love of discovery and solving environmental mysteries The first book, Shelby &[...]

He has created a new graphic novel series Survival Scout, a nonfiction middle-grade graphic novel series in which a girl repeatedly (and somehow humorously) escapes natural and human-caused disasters with carefully detailed survival skills, a level head, grit, and the running commentary of at least one know-it-all skunk. The first two books, Lost in the Mountains and Tsunami were[...]

Her agent, Britt Siess at Martin Literary & Media Management negotiated the deal. And we get a little look ahead and what is to come in 2023 For more, you can download a 28-page PDF with a pay-what-you-want price point. Kay Davault – better known as Kay D – has seen her debut graphic[...]

His agent, Chad Luibl at Janklow & Nesbit negotiated the deal Here's a preview…     Jonah Newman is a comics writer and artist based in Brooklyn, New York, after studying comics at the Rhode Island School of Design and the School of Visual Arts The author of many self-published short comics, and the historical fiction webcomic[...]

Jared's agent on the deal was Kelly Sonnack at Andrea Brown Literary Agency She described the book as being 'to kids with acne what Smile was to kids with braces.' Jarad Greene is the creator of the upcoming Scullion: A Dishwasher's Guide to Mistaken Identity from Oni Press, a celebrity swords & sorcery graphic novel[...]