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Legendary Comics has released their September 2022 solicitations, giving a schedule for the first graphic novel volume of Tragic, by Dana Mele and Valentina Pinti, a modern-day retelling of Hamlet. "Tragic is a YA thriller family drama mashup with an intensely visual presentation," said Dana Mele "I was inspired by a story very close to my heart,[...]

Anderson Entertainment is set to release the first original graphic novel based on 2005's New Captain Scarlet TV series, created by Gerry Anderson The series was a CGI reimagining of his classic series, 1967's Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons New Captain Scarlet: Operation Sabre marks the first major new story from the series since its[...]

Bill Sienkiewicz and Szymon Kudranski paint a new graphic novel, co-created by Stan Lee, Alliances, heading up Dynamite Entertainment's full September 2022 solicits, including the launches of Ninjettes,  Vampirella Mindwarp, Scarket Sisters and Karma. STAN LEE ALLIANCES HC DYNAMITE JUL220578 (W) Stan Lee, Luke Lieberman, Ryan Silbert (A) Bill Sienkiewicz From the mind of legendary comics creator Stan Lee,[...]

Highsummer is the debut middle-grade graphic novel series by Filipina author-illustrator Tori Tadiar. Tori auctioned the publishing rights with five publishers bidding on it, before Rachel Stark at Disney-Hyperion won the deal In the Highsummer series inspired by Philippine folklore and mythology, 12-year-old Mika tries to undo a curse she accidentally cast on two classmates—but when[...]

Bleeding Cool mentioned previously that civil rights activist and American football player Colin Kaepernick's publishing company Kaepernick Publishing had partnered with Scholastic to release two graphic novels in 2023 The first, for middle-grade readers, is titled Dreamer, written by Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian hockey player and civil rights activist Akim "Dreamer" Aliu And that the book will chart Aliu's[...]

published by Bloodstream City Press. Lungflower Graphic Novel, Drawn By A.I Algorithm, Is First To Publish An emotional, one-of-a-kind horror experience from the mind of Brian Martinez, beautifully visualized with artificial intelligence Ever since Victor's fiancé left him he's lived in a big, empty, decaying house all by himself Work, home, work, home[...]

Earlier this year, he Kickstarted his latest graphic novel project, Karma, drawn by Carlos Reno, a Brazilian artist known for Zenescope's Legends Of Oz, and a bunch of Bill Jemas' zombie comics for Take Two Entertainment's comics line Double Take And now, it has been confirmed to be picked up and published by Dynamite Entertainment in September. Love,[...]

And now Dark Horse Comics has X-Files star David Duchovny, co-writing a new graphic novel with writer/artist Phillip Sevy of Tomb Raider and Triage, called Kepler, to be published in November Forbes gets the PR… Inspired by allegorical sci-fi touchstones such as 1968's Planet of the Apes, the story unfolds on the titular planet of Kepler,[...]

Luminous Beings is a new graphic novel by David Arnold and Jose Pimienta, a YA graphic novel about a group of teens who decide to film a documentary about humanity's recent brush with extinction (via undead squirrels), which leads them on a series of misadventures throughout the night. David Arnold is the author of The Electric Kingdom,[...]

 The Miraculous Vanishing of Lake Peigneur: The Real True Story of a Lake That Disappeared by Allan Wolf and Jose Pimienta is a new nonfiction middle grade graphic novel It tells the story of "the 1980 disaster when a freshwater lake in Louisiana drained dry following a mining error and various boats were sucked into[...]

What's Cooking, Arlo? by Kimberly Gee is an early reader graphic novel series that follows Arlo and his trusty stove, Cooky, as they whip up recipes for their friends that fill their tummies and lift their spirits In the first book, Happy Pudding, Arlo is excited to invite his neighbors to a little get-together after a long[...]

Dog & Hat and the Lunar Eclipse Picnic is a new early reader graphic novel from writer-artist Darin Shuler. Dog & Hat and the Lunar Eclipse Picnic follows best friends Dog (a dog) and Hat (who lives on his head and provides all kinds of advice) accompanying their pal Ant to meet her long-lost cousins on[...]

Lone is a new middle-grade graphic novel by Angie Hewitt In this fantasy, a soon-to-be eighth-grader Alma makes a disturbing discovery: the lake her town is named for has disappeared, along with everyone's remembrance of it having ever existed With her best friend's help, Alma investigates the mystery, because more than just the lake has[...]

Hoover of the Tut: My Immortal Life series has a new "choose-your-own path" debut middle grade graphic novel called Dragon vs Unicorn,  a "choose-your-own path" debut middle-grade graphic novel emphasizing social and emotional learning, in which a rule-following dragon and a free-spirited unicorn have a relatable conflict Readers can choose how the friends handle it[...]

Dave Roman of Astronaut Academy is creating a new middle grade graphic novel series called Unicorn Boy coloured by Heather Mann. The series features Brian, a very ordinary boy, who to his dismay sprouts an extraordinary unicorn horn overnight With the help of best friend Avery, he discovers that being Unicorn Boy comes with magical power[...]

Joan Holub and Rafael Rosado has created – and sold – a new graphic novel series with the imaginative name Fart Boy and an untitled sequel to Phoebe Yeh at the book publisher Crown, owned by Penguiin Random House In which Phartholomew Normal aka Fart Boy (the stinkiest hero around) must rise to the occasion when Professor[...]

Which makes him ideally suited to write a Batman middle-grade graphic novel Kinda. Bruce Wayne: Not Super is a new middle-grade graphic novel by Stuart Gibbs with art by Berat Pekmezci of The Flash comics that follows a 13-year-old Bruce Wayne as he attends an exclusive prep school for the gifted But, this school is for the super-gifted[...]

Comedian, actress, and disability advocate Maysoon Zayid is writing a new middle-grade graphic novel, Shiny Misfits, drawn by Shadia Amin Emily Seife at Scholastic Graphix has bought North American rights to the book "After the boy of her dreams becomes a viral sensation for catching her as she's falling, Bay Ann Musa, a disabled 11-year-old,[...]

Image Comics' Reckless: The Ghost in You by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is the month's most ordered graphic novel. Top 400 Comics From Diamond in April 2022 QtyRank RetailRank Index DESC_1 SRP Vendor 1 1 199.68 TMNT THE LAST RONIN #5 [*] $8.99 IDW PUBLISHING 2 2 183.75 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 $5.99 MARVEL 3 5 121.16 HULK #6 $3.99 MARVEL 4 11 100.00 GUNSLINGER SPAWN #7 $2.99 IMAGE COMICS 5 9 89.06 BLOOD STAINED TEETH #1 (MR) $3.99 IMAGE COMICS 6 14 88.60 SAGA #58 (MR) $2.99 IMAGE COMICS 7 18 86.39 SPAWN SCORCHED #4 $2.99 IMAGE COMICS 8 6 85.63 BRZRKR (BERZERKER) #8 (MR) [*] $3.99 BOOM! STUDIOS 9 19 85.55 KING SPAWN #9 $2.99 IMAGE COMICS 10 7 82.53 ALICE EVER AFTER[...]

Kari, colorist Ines Bravo, and letterer Aditya Bidikar, is a binge-worthy Shakespearean superhero story, written partially in iambic pentameter, reminiscent of Adam West's Batman TV Show, and packed full of jokes that will make one chuckle for more. "No Holds Barred" In No Holds Bard, William Shakespeare is not just the greatest actor/poet/playwright of all time, but he was[...]

DC Comics is announcing new original graphic novels in their MG Middle-Grade and YA Young Adult line in 2023 It's part of DC's continuing publishing plan originally announced in 2017, for publication in 2018 Five years later, the line continues apace, though with fewer titles as befits a slimmed-down publisher since then Such as The[...]

DC Comics is announcing new original graphic novels in their MG Middle-Grade and YA Young Adult line in 2023 It's part of DC's continuing publishing plan originally announced in 2017, for publication in 2018 Five years later, the line continues apace, though with fewer titles as befits a slimmed-down publisher since then Such as Static:[...]

Now to try writing another one and possibly for someone else. Z2 Comics' latest music/comic book collaboration is with Tori Amos, who is already an Eisner Award winner for the Comic Book tattoo graphic novel It is now to have a follow-up Little Earthquakes: The Graphic Album, to be released for the 30th anniversary of her breakthrough album, Little[...]

"I've actually been playing the long game—the only reason I spent four decades in the music business is so that one day I could have my very own graphic novel."   Z2 Comics and "Weird Al" Yankovic present The Illustrated Al: The Songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic in both softcover and hardcover formats, as well as oversized hardcover deluxe, and an oversized[...]

Courtesy of the Netflix show, sales of the Heartstopper graphic novels by Alice Oseman have been doing very well indeed But it looks like there may be a new rush on sales in the UK especially. All Alice Oseman's Heartstopper Graphic Novels In Amazon UK's Top Ten Heartstopper Vol 1 by Alice Oseman is the fifth bestselling[...]

Skybound Entertainment announced their Skybound Comet imprint for young readers almost a year ago and we've been seeing it pop up in a lot of high profile places, from cover wraps on Publishers Weekly to a new trailer to the cover of Diamond Previews. The most anticipated of those books may just be Clementine Book One,[...]

Seven novels so far, they are about to add an eighth – but only in graphic novel form And it is intended to be a direct sequel to the Netflix Enola Holmes film from 2020 starring Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill With a new story by Nancy Springer, scripted by Mickey George and drawn[...]

The children's division also did well, with sales increasing 16%, driven, Karp said, by S&S's growing list of graphic novels." A number of those can be seen here. Karp is also cited as stating that to stay ahead of possible printing issues, Simon & Schuster has "moved a number of its third-quarter titles into the fourth[...]

Sophie Escabasse of Witches of Brooklyn has just sold her fantasy middle-grade graphic novel, Taxi Ghost, to Whitney Leopard at Random House Graphic Taxi Ghost is the story of Adele, who "starts to see the ghosts that use her sister's car as a taxi to get around town, and is pulled into a mission to save an[...]

Cecil Castellucci and Shazleen Khan are creating a new YA graphic novel My First Monster, which follows Amelia LaCouer, a new girl who gets swept into an emotionally abusive relationship with the most popular guy in school, who is, quite literally, a monster. Cecil C Castellucci is a Canadian young adult novelist, indie rocker, and director[...]