graphic novel Archives

One of the most successful digital comic series and graphic novels, Lore Olympus, is getting an official cookbook This July, The Official Lore Olympus Cookbook by creator Rachel Symthe, written by Genn McMenemy, with recipes by Diana Moutsopoulos, features 60 recipes that breathe fresh life into traditional Greek cuisine. Organized by season, each chapter offers a[...]

Graphix/Scholastic Books, a brand new middle grade debut graphic novel – Diary of a Nature Nerd by Tiffany Everett, a book aimed at readers aged 8–12 about big goals, new feelings, and blended families! The author-artist is an avid explorer of America's national parks and grew up in a blended family, so she's drawn on her[...]

Featuring classic and instantly recognizable school supplies, this dynamic duo's contrasting yet complementary personalities make this graphic novel a perfect addition to classrooms and libraries Ideal for reluctant readers, this engaging story is set to publish in May, making it an excellent choice for a quick and enjoyable summer vacation read. Jenny Alvarado is an author and[...]

Debut author-illustrator Salomey Doku launches her modern-day retelling of Beauty and the Beast in Brielle & Bear: Volume One on  April 22nd 2025 from Random House.  refreshes a tale as old as time in a dreamy graphic novel perfect for binge-readers looking for a sweet, escapist love story. "Brielle & Bear: Volume One" cover art: Random House Graphic Once[...]

Gabriel Wexler is a right-wing artist. Together, they have collaborated on a new graphic novel, Should We Buy A Gun, looking at the ownership of guns in the United States of America, and created over the last eleven years. It has recently been published by SerioComics, a new publisher of graphic novels. Should We Buy A Gun by Dave[...]

This may be the most opportune time for almost a hundred years to read a graphic novel about Neville Chamberlain Chamberlain, written by Ben Dickson, was created over six years by three artists, Vincent Deporter, Fran Strukan and Valentina Briski, the first of whom passed away during its creation Chamberlain's name has been summoned a[...]

A Quick & Easy Guide To Healthy Relationships is a new graphic novel from cartoonist Mariah-Rose Marie, in the Quick & Easy Guide graphic novel line for modern living published by Oni Press Mariah-Rose Marie is also known for comics such as Cook Like Your Ancestors, and Be Gay Do Comics. A Quick & Easy Guide[...]

Limits of the Human Body by Jim Ottaviani and Dale DeForest is an upcoming nonfiction middle grade graphic novel about both the physiology and mental journey of athletes to push the limits of the performance of the human body Calista Brill at First Second has bought world rights to Limits of the Human Body, for publication in 2026,[...]

Some very special Valentine's Day messages to launch Tales From Ero-Tech, from Chloe Brailsford, Alan Flops and more.

The KCU Pitchfest is a gallery showcase of unpublished kids and YA-intended graphic novel projects that are reviewed by a panel of top agents and editors And will cost $120 to take part Participants can submit their pitch to be considered over the next few weeks Participants can also have the opportunity to sign up[...]

Spike Trotman's Iron Circus Comics, the biggest graphic novels publisher in the Midwest, known for raising five million dollars via crowdfunding, has announced a final graphic novel for 2025, in June, The Unsinkable Ship Of Fools by Jonas Goonface, co-creator of Godshaper Dogpile Originally published on Goonface's Patreon from 2020 to 2024 It has just launched[...]

Originally planned for the autumn of 2024, Agent Cupcake is a new middle-grade "sparkle spy" graphic novel coming in November 2025 from the Eisner-nominated Triple Dream Comics team of Mel Hilario, Lauren Davis, and Katie Longua, the team behind Debian Perl, Digital Detective, which they auctioned to Grace Scheipeter at Oni Press back in 2021[...]

Soulmates is a YA graphic novel by debut author David Wilson, illustrator of the middle-grade graphic memoir Play Like a Girl. "To everyone else, 17-year-old golden boy Kit Summers has it all figured out But when he starts having premonitions of death, he must find a way to stop them—while navigating new feelings for an old friend who has[...]

Mariah-Rose Marie's debut YA graphic novel Go Back and Get It tells a story of when two mixed-race sisters drive cross-country to visit family in the American South, they come to reckon with their history, differences, and roots, all while unknowingly answering the call of something more ancient, magical, and illuminating than they could imagine[...]

Small Magics is Emily Tetri's upcoming middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who spends her summer on a magical island Mark Siegel at First Second has bought world rights to Small Magics and Tess Banta will also edit Publication is planned for 2026 and Emily Tetri's agent Leon Gladstone at GladstoneWeisberg ALC negotiated the deal. Small Magics[...]

Huck 'N' Hairball and the Litterbox Time Machine is a middle-grade buddy-comedy-adventure-science-fiction graphic novel series by Rich Moyer of Ham Helsing: Vampire Hunter, in which the bumbling cat Huck and his brainy friend (and hairball) Hairball invent a time machine and accidentally break the universe. Chris Duffy and Emily Duffy at Union Square Kids have bought world rights for a[...]

Wendy Xu has sold North American rights to two new graphic novels. The first is the middle-grade book Yarrow and the Burning Mountain, due out in 2027 It is about a young goblin who, to protect her way of life, and takes on her evil estranged cousin who is attempting to mass produce her village's special pottery. The[...]

Brian Devine and Dave Devine's debut YA graphic novel, From Both Sides, is a coming-of-age YA romance reminiscent of Eleanor & Park, set in 1980s Philadelphia, in which freshman Martha Dunn assumes a more confident alter ego, Josie Bloom, to start up a letter and mixtape exchange with her former best friend, Simon Skylark, and[...]

Birdie Marigold and the Mini-Golf Mystery is a new middle-grade graphic novel by Kathleen Gros about a girl who moves into her late great-aunt's mansion and uncovers a mystery decades in the making Alyssa Miele at HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books has bought the world English rights to Birdie Marigold and the Mini-Golf Mystery in an exclusive submission. Birdie[...]

Nat a Chance, the sixth in the series of Nat Enough graphic novels by Connecticut-based cartoonist Maria Scrivan, has received a 100,000 print run for when it is published by Scholastic Graphix in March next year. Nat a Chance by Maria Scrivan "The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling series that began with Nat Enough! You don't know[...]

The new middle-grade graphic novel A Song For You And I by Kay O'Neill will have a 120,000-copy print run when it is published by Random House Graphic in March next year Well, they do have quite the appreciative fanbase. A Song For You And I by K O'Neill from Random House Graphic in March "Being a[...]

Boom Studios today revealed the entire "20 For 20" slate: 20 titles from the publisher's past, that will see entire series collected in one go

Published last month, The Squad is the sequel graphic novel to 2022's The Tryout, both by Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao and both published by Scholastic/Graphix. The Squad, however, got itself into six figures with a 100,000-copy print run when it was published in mid-November. The Squad by Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao, being published from Scholastic/Graphix "STEP UP[...]

Le Guin as a graphic novel, coming out from Clarion Press in March next year and getting a 100,000-copy print run. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin A Wizard of Earthsea was originally published by 1968 set in the fictional archipelago of Earthsea, about Ged, a young mage who displays great power while still a[...]

I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919, is the eleventh of Lauren Tarshis' "I Survived" series of books to be adapted as a graphic novel. One of a series of fast-paced historical fiction books for kids in grades 3–5, that focus on historical disasters from the perspective of a boy or girl who lived to tell the tale[...]

Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love), a new graphic novel by comic book creator Laura Gao, has secured a hundred thousand print run from publisher HarperAlley for March next year Laura Gao posted, "Introducing my longest relationship yet (3+ years!!)… KIRBY'S LESSONS FOR FALLING (IN LOVE) is a record of all the lessons I've learned[...]

Sunset of the Sabertooth by Mary Pope Osborne recently got a graphic novel adaptation from writer Jenny Laird, and artists Kelly Mathews and Nichole Mathews from Random House Books for Young Readers, with a 100,000 paperback print run and a 25,000 copy hardcover print run The seventh of a series of graphic novel adaptations of[...]

Writer Rachel Faturoti and artist Flo Woolley have created a new YA graphic novel series, Black Dolls about four Black British teen girls forming a pop-punk band to take on the music industry. Black Dolls Vol 1: A YA graphic novel about figuring out your identity in a world that tries to define you Paperback – 17[...]

​​Pizza and Taco: Best Christmas Ever! A Graphic Novel by Stephen Shaskan, just published by Random House Graphic, had a 125,000 print run It's the latest in a series of simplistic stories told in a comic book format aimed at younger children The next two will be Pizza and Taco: Coolest Club Ever in January,[...]

In a time when major events in graphic novels are fewer and further between, Final Cut is such an event. A new graphic novel by Charles Burns is a big deal, and this is his first since Black Hole, an aching, quiet horror tragedy about teenage love, mental illness, and the limits of movies as an outlet[...]