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Mark Siegel at First Second has acquired world rights to A Better World Is Possible. Benjamin A Wilgus will also edit the book, which is scheduled for publication in 2026 Danica Novgorodoff and Meera Subramanian's agent, Tanya McKinnon, at McKinnon Literary Agency, brokered the deal for world rights. Danica Novgorodoff is a graphic novelist, painter, illustrator, graphic designer, and writer from Brooklyn, New[...]

Mark Siegel will be the Vice President, Executive Editorial, and Creative Director for both First Second and 23rd Street Books Editorial Director Calista Brill, who joined First Second in 2008, will work closely with Siegel on the direction of both imprints. 23rd Street Books will launch in the autumn of 2025 with new publications from First[...]

And in First Second's September 2024 solicits and solicitations, the eighth book is listed, InvestiGators: Class Action, to be followed by two Agents Of SUITS spinoffs next year While Born In The USA by Lawrence Goldstone and James Otis Smith tells the story of American immigration, and Tony Weaver Jr, Jes Wibowo and Cin Wibowo[...]

And before she drew My Little Pony comics, New Yorker cartoons and The Nib. Instagram video screencap Kasia Babsis' agent, Farley Chase at Chase Literary Agency, has sold world rights to Breadcrumbs outside of Polish, to Mark Siegel at First Second Ally Shwed will also edit, and Breadcrumbs will be published in 2025. Kasia Babis previously published webcomics[...]

It will be published by Calista Brill at First Second. "New York Times bestselling author Kami Garcia has returned with a middle grade graphic novel about the struggles of a game-loving girl who gets diagnosed with dyslexia and her loving support network that help her along in the journey When reading isn't as easy as ABC…[...]

Irene Marchesini and Carlotta Dicataldo create a rich and detailed world, wonderfully plausible and therefore all the more frightening, in which the outcasts protect each other, in which one is taken for crazy if one gives a larva time to become an insect and learning to fly, and in which understanding one's real identity makes[...]

Tripping Over You is a webcomic by Suzana Harcum and Owena White, which ran from 2013 to 2022, and is now to be published as a graphic novel, picked up by Kiara Valdez at First Second, who has bought world rights to the first three volumes Tripping Over You Vol 1 will be published in 2024,[...]

First Second publish one of the best-selling graphic novel lines The InvestiGators by John Patrick Green  and the spinoff series Agents Of SUIT with Christopher Hastings and Pat Lewis The main line has print runs for one-and-a-half million, while the spinoff has had around half a million, with Mango and Brash as a super-spy duo[...]

Robyn Chapman at First Second has acquired world rights to Ralph, and Jill Freshney at First Second will also edit Andy Hirsch posts, "That's right, it's a boy-and-dog sports drama More details await in an upcoming newsletter" and you can sign up for that newsletter here. Photo of Andy Jirsh by Amanda Michael, courtesy of MacMillan Andy[...]

The phrase "president of the anime club" is sometimes used in slang in an inclusive self-depracatory fashion, as something that is really important to those involved, but acknowledging that others may not be as see it so. Kiara Valdez at First Second has bought world rights to President of the Anime Club to be published in…[...]

it has just been announced that Samia Fakih at First Second had acquired Henna for the Jinn for publication in 2026 A new historical fiction YA graphic novel about "an Algerian girl who takes a job as a henna painter in a mysterious noble Turkish household while she investigates the disappearance of her brother" Safiya Zerrougui[...]

Paul Pope has issued an update on the latest with his two big comic book series THB and Battling Boy, currently being published by First Second He posts "As of last week, all 1000+ pages of THB have been delivered to :01 I am still working on Battling Boy vol 2 More news on both[...]

Samia Fakih at First Second has bought Rox, Piper & Snips, for publication in 2025 Jade Armstrong's agent Seth Fishman at the Gernert Company negotiated the deal for world rights. Jade Armstrong Sells Rights To Magical Teenagers Rox, Piper & Snips Jade Armstrong is a non-binary cartoonist living in Montréal work in comics and animation, with a[...]

Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner calls on the voices of his father and grandfather to weave a powerful story about the enduring challenge of holding a family together in the face of an ever-changing world. Replay: A Memoir of an Uprooted Family was published in French a couple of weeks ago by Delcourt, and will[...]

He worked with Dave Roman, was publisher of Cryptic Press, published graphic novels with First Second with  Hippopotamister in 2016, Kitten Construction Company and then InvestiGators broke out Agents Of S.U.I.T is the first spinoff into the rest of the InvestiGators, after discussion between him, Green's agent Jen Linnan and First Second editorial director Calista[...]

Originally translated as Overlays, Robyn Chapman will also edit, and Montana Kane will translate from the French as Mark Siegel at First Second has acquired Overlays for publication in English in September 2023 But we have a preview from the German., "Schichten" published by Reprodukt. Layers: A Memoir by Pénélope Bagieu, a YA Graphic Memoir, in it[...]

Lily Kim Qian, an illustrator and design assistant at Penguin Random House for Penguin Young Readers, has had the world rights to her debut graphic memoir Until We Meet Again, formerly titled Pareidolia, picked up by Robyn Chapman of publisher First Second which "tells the story of a young girl growing up in a loving[...]

Ollie Roswell is a comic artist and illustrator from South Florida now residing in Tucson, Arizona, who has worked on licensed comics such as Steven Universe and Goldie Vance as well as Weeds, Welcome To Wanderland and Witch Hazel & The Pumpkin Boy. Ted Anderson & Ollie Roswell Explore Gender In YA OGN Masked Princess Samia Fakih[...]

Michelle Wong has just sold her debut YA graphic novel, Terminal Hope, at auction to Kiara Valdez at First Second "For fans of Marissa Meyer and Marie Lu, about an orphaned teen who must team up with a rogue android to survive the underbelly of mankind's last remaining sanctuary and thwart city enforcers when he[...]

I wanted to depict diabetes because I live with it, myself. The Sweetness Between Us, Vampire YA Rom Com by Sarah Winifred Searle Calista Brill at First Second has bought The Sweetness Between Us, also edited by Ben Wilgus, and that publication is set for 2025 Sarah Winfred Searle's agent Jen Linnan at Linnan Literary Management negotiated[...]

Carolina Ortiz at HarperAlley won Stepping Up in a four-house auction, alongside a second untitled graphic novel. Kiara Valdez & Diana Tsai Santos Auction YA Graphic Novel Stepping Up Kiara Valdez is an Afro-Dominican writer-editor at First Second, but usually when editors write their own graphic novel, it will be published by another company so as to avoid[...]

A story about a non-binary teen and their mother who, during a contentious road trip, take a wrong turn that lands them in the Realm of the Spirits, where they are surrounded by trickster spirits who aren't so keen on human trespassers, with no obvious way out.  Love, Misha has been picked up by Samia[...]

The first three books of Unicorn Boy have been picked up by Calista Brill at First Second to begin publication in the autumn of 2032, with Steve Foxe as editor Dave Roman's agent Linda Pratt at Wernick & Pratt negotiated the deal for world rights Dave Roman tweeted "My next book series, Unicorn Boy has officially[...]

Picked up by Robyn Chapman at First Second, with Michael Moccio co-editing, Monstrous will be published in 2023. PR shot of Sarah Myer from their website Sarah Myer is a comic book writer and artist from Maryland, who taught as an adjunct professor of Foundation Studies at Savannah College of Art and Design for three years[...]

Why the People: The Case for Democracy is a new graphic novel by Beka Feathers and Ally Shwed to be published by First Second in June as an addition to their World Citizen Comics line of comic books, aiming to offer an analysis and history of American democracy, framed as a debate between two people[...]

Mark Siegel at First Second has bought Patch. The first book is tentatively scheduled for the spring of 2025. Boya Sun is an illustrator based in Los Angeles and is the co-creator of the graphic novel Chasma Knights and the 5 Worlds series and  Boya Sun's agent Kelly Sonnack of Andrea Brown Literary Agency sold world rights to[...]

Eowulf and the Descendant Dilemma by Mike Cavallaro, is a middle-grade graphic novel spinoff of the Nico Bravo graphic novel series, bought by Mark Siegel at First Second Eowulf and the Descendant Dilemma follows Eowulf, pint-size descendant of the monster slayer Beowulf, who played a major role in Nico's adventures and now stands poised to take center[...]

Now it's time to get to work!" Gavin Aung Than, PR: Wendy Cartwright Photography Mark Siegel at First Second has preempted world rights to Myth Valley Medical, which will be published in the spring and summer of 2024 Gavin Aung Than's agent, Chelsea Eberly at Greenhouse Literary Agency, negotiated the deal. First Second Books is an American graphic[...]

It has been picked up by Kiara Valdez at First Second to be published in 2024. Nadia Shammas is best known for the recently released Ms Marvel: Stretched Thin original graphic novel for Marvel, Care Bears for IDW and for her upcoming graphic novel Squire for HarperCollins for February next year She posted about Everyone Is White[...]

Bought by Kiara Valdez at First Second, The Odyssey will be published in the autumn of 2025 Rex Ogle and Joe Casanova's agent, Brent Taylor at Triada US negotiated the two-book deal for world rights. Editor at DC Comics from 2008 to 2011, Rex Ogle also worked as a Senior Editor at Scholastic from 2011 to[...]