graphic novel Archives

The CEO wanted to share my writing catalog—along with books by other authors I felt strongly about—with the multiple divisions of the company: Books, Graphic Novels, Gaming, and of course TV/Film I gave them copies of my books and books by other writers I was happy to do it The more SF&F being adapted in[...]

Rocketship, in partnership with Retro Entertainment, will initially release the new series along with select remastered editions of the original program on vinyl. Rocketship Entertainment logo The drama will be accompanied by a Lights Out graphic novel anthology The talent announced at the panel included prominent comic book creators Dean Haspiel, Justin Jordan, John Bivens, Kevin Grevioux,[...]

Soup by Oliver Gerlach and Kelsi Jo Silva is a new YA graphic novel that tells the story of Soup, a cook in a fantasy world who discovers her boss's villainous grip over her beloved town and decides it's time to dismantle his power through a magical cooking competition Oliver Gerlach is an Edinburgh-based writer of videogames[...]

Kickturn is a middle-grade graphic novel by Brie Spangler of the upcoming Fox Point's Own Gemma Hopper, this time about a 10-year-old girl travelling the country with her parents in a skoolie (a converted school bus) when she discovers skateboarding. Brie Spangler posts on Instagram "New book announcement!! Thank you @knopfkids @rhkidsgraphic @randomhousekids for the opportunity[...]

Please Be My Star by Victoria Grace Elliott, a is a new YA rom-com graphic novel and genderswapped contemporary reimagining of Phantom of the Opera featuring Erika, who, as her loneliness takes on a life of its own, seizes an opportunity to write a play for the boy in her theatre class who she's obsessed with, and[...]

She has told her story a number of times but this si the first time as a graphic novel. Co-writer Bethany Strout is a Licensing Associate Manager at Spotify who previously launched the audiobook publishing house, OrangeSky Audio when she was Acquisitions Editor at Findaway And Sammy Savos is a comic book artist but also a[...]

In 2019, Dynamite Entertainment published a Sweet Valley High graphic novel, based on the popular YA novels of the same name Originally announced in 2016, written by Katy Rex and drawn by Devaki Neogi, it was meant to be the first in a series of such volumes, but it was not to be In the[...]

Food Fighters, a middle-grade graphic novel series by Tyler Whitesides and Rebecca Syracuse has been bought by Erinn Pascal at Andrews McMeel with the first book in the series, Food for Thought, to be published in the spring of 2025. Food for Thought follows a boy who discovers an unexpected ability to control food with his mind, leading[...]

In 2019, Iron Circus Comics announced they had signed a deal to publish Low Orbit, a graphic novel by Kazimir Lee "JUST SIGNED by ICC: Low Orbit, by @portmento! Azar Balkhi's quiet, small town life is disrupted by the arrival of the Brinks! Iris, the laid-back weirdo, & her sci-fi author dad, Shannon, seem like[...]

Emily Thomas' debut graphic novel A Smile Like Yours is a queer YA graphic novel which follows Rhys Moore, a university freshman with developmental prosopagnosia, as he navigates his new collegiate life, friendship and even a romance with a cute roommate. "How far would you go to avoid people? How about moving from a tiny[...]

Pardalita is a new YA graphic novel by Joana Estrela The book follows 16-year-old Raquel, living in small-town Portugal, as she navigates the fallout from her parents' divorce and falls in love with Pardalita, a gifted artist who's moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. When Raquel begins telling her story, Pardalita has already entered her[...]

Lucky 555 is an upcoming queer sci-fi YA graphic novel pitched as The Expanse meets Paper Girls, by Emily Riesbeck and Bayleigh Underwood, which has been picked up by Charlotte Greenbaum at Abrams in a two-book deal. As the citizens of the Sky resign themselves to a slow, miserable decline, self-centered orphan Dyme meets a stowaway android[...]

Speak Up Santiago is the first book in the Bull Hill graphic novel series by Julio Anta (Frontera) and Gabi Mendez (Lo and Behold) And, with a second untitled Bull Hill graphic novel, Shana Corey at Random House has bought world rights for an unnamed six-figure sum. The first book follows 12-year-old NYC kid Santiago, the[...]

Two weeks-and-change ago, Bleeding Cool ran the article, A Week In The Life Of Banned Graphic Novel, Gender Queer Last week we followed up with Another Week In The Life Of Graphic Novel, Gender Queer Since then we had Banned Books Week which saw even more coverage of the graphic novel Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir by Maia[...]

Stepping Up is Kiara Valdez and Diana Tsai Santos' debut YA graphic novel together, inspired by Kiara Valdez's life Stepping Up follows Kiara as her hard-fought place on the stepping team helps her navigate freshman year as one of the only Black students at a predominantly white boarding school, Phillips Academy Andover Carolina Ortiz[...]

I Witnessed is a new middle-grade graphic novel fictional series about kid witnesses to famous true crimes throughout history, from Clarion Books The first two were picked up for world rights by Emilia Rhodes at Clarion Books. The Lizzie Borden Story by Jeramey Kraatz and Crystal Jayme is scheduled for fall 2024 Lizzie Andrew Borden was[...]

S.C.R.A.M.: The Society of Creatures Real and Magical, is a new middle-grade graphic novel by Rory Lucey, the artist on Bad Sister, about three young friends—one of whom is visibly a troll—who become interested in tracking down magical creatures after reading about them at the library but soon realize that a magical creature might be[...]

The Not-So Secret Love Life of Winnie Franklin is a new contemporary YA graphic novel by Trisha Kelly and Jess Lome, pitched as Heartstopper meets To All The Boys I've Loved Before. It has been bought by Elizabeth Lazowski at Chronicle for publication in the autumn of 2024. Comic book artist/colourist Jess Lome tweeted, "Oh my gosh, we can finally announce[...]

How to Survive the End of the World: Lessons from History is a new YA graphic novel from debut author Katy Doughty that has just been picked up by Olivia Swomley and Hilary Van Dusen at Candlewick/MITeen Press for publication in the autumn of 2025. How to Survive the End of the World: Lessons from History[...]

Prince Félix and La Pluma Magia by Kelly Fernández is a queer YA romantic adventure contemporary fairytale graphic novel featuring Prince Félix, who receives a magical feather from the Bird of Many Colors and which leads to a hunter named Ramón instead of a princess Cassandra Pelham Fulton at Scholastic/Graphix has bought Prince Félix and[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran the article, A Week In The Life Of Banned Graphic Novel, Gender Queer Well, it has been quite a week since then, and it's not even Banned Books Week yet As Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir by Maia Kobabe is about to become even well known just as a new edition[...]

Alex Dingley's queer YA horror graphic novel Ancestree, pitched as Crimson Peak meets The Green Knight was picked up by Oni Press Associate Publisher Michelle Nguyen, but it seems that she too, like many others at the publisher, have recently quit Now Oni Press editor Desiree Rodriguez who joined Lion Forge in 2016, will edit the book[...]

Arrowverse creator Marc Guggenheim and Black Kiss's Howard Chaykin are reuniting to collaborate on a new original graphic novel from Image Comics, Too Dead To Die, that promises classic spy novel suspense, and out for Christmas. In the 1980s, Simon Cross was America's top super-spy In Too Dead To Die, he faces down today's very different[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported that courts in Virginia, USA had thrown out the obscenity case which alleged that the graphic novel Gender Queer, written and drawn by Maia Kobabe, coloured by Phoebe Kobabe and published by Lion Forge/Oni Press was "obscene for unrestricted viewing by minors." The criminal lawsuits were filed by lawyer Republican Virginia assembly delegate Tim Anderson on behalf of himself[...]

Bleeding Cool have been fans of comic book and graphic novel creator Paul B Rainey for ages ever since I encountered his comic Memory Man, including the likes of his graphic novel No Time Like The Present, his awesome Thunder Brother: Soap Division, happy endings to Star Wars films otherwise denied them, spreading himself across[...]

Robert Mgrdich Apelian has auctioned off the North American right to his YA graphic novel Fustuk to Rachel Sonis at Penguin Workshop Described as a Ghibli-esque Persian/Armenian YA fantasy graphic novel Fustuk about family, food, and cultural identity in a diaspora, set in a fantastical version of the Persian Empire That follows 17-year-old Kouchka Fustuk, the[...]

Aldridge is a new middle-grade fantasy graphic novel about a girl growing up in a quiet valley town who longs to become a great astronomer and attracts the attention of a strange and mysterious being who lives in the surrounding hills, known only as the Lady She is soon drawn into the Lady's world of[...]

ПЕРЕМОГА: Victory for Ukraine is a new full-color graphic novel anthology by Ukrainian creators highlighting the war in Ukraine from Tokyopop that debuts digitally on August 24th, Ukrainian Independence Day, with a print release on September 27th, 2022 Proceeds from the sales will go to Razom for Ukraine. "Peremoha: Victory for Ukraine" cover art courtesy of[...]

As well as books you might expect like Gender Queer, it now includes the graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary Of A Young Girl, and the Bible In an email sent to The Texas Tribune, Jennifer Price, executive director of Keller ISD's curriculum and instruction wrote to school principals saying "Attached is a list[...]

Maria Capelle Frantz has successfully auctioned off her new middle-grade graphic novel, Megrez of the Great Above, plus an untitled work to Andrew Arnold at HarperAlley. Maria Capelle Frantz Auctions Megrez Of The Great Above to HarperAlley Pitched as The Witch Boy with a sprinkle of Stardust and a touch of environmentalism, Megrez of the Great Above is the[...]