graphic novel Archives

Zerocalcare is the pen name of Michele Rech, one of Italy's bestselling graphic novel creators, best known for his ability to write comedy with depth His comics blog – Zerocalcare.it – is one of Italy's most-read comic destinations and is widely shared on social media. "Forget Me Now" by Zerocalcare, cover courtesy of ABLAZE Forget My Name,[...]

Bangladeshi American artist Fahmida Azim got into a big auction over her latest couple of middle-grade graphic novels Eight different publishers were in the bidding, which was won by Cassandra Pelham Fulton at Scholastic/Graphix The first of the two books, Mega Megha, follows "spunky American preteen Megha Malik, who seeks to prove how grown-up she is by[...]

The Goddard school district of Kansas has reversed a decision that previously saw them remove more than two dozen books from circulation in the district's school libraries, including a number of graphic novels Julie Cannizzo, assistant superintendent for academic affairs in Goddard, sent an email to principals and librarians last week with the list of 29[...]

She tweeted out the news "It's been officially announced that SWING is gonna be a real actual book!!!!! Thanks so much to everyone who believes in this project, and a special thanks to Miranda (who doesn't have Twitter) for taking me swing dancing that very first time" Valiant Editor Audrey Meeker Sells Her Own Graphic Novel,[...]

Barnes (JCJB) is a new manga-style YA graphic novel, pitched as Studio Ghibli meets Yoruban folklore about Isra, a narcoleptic, romance novel-obsessed witch living in a magical but war-stricken land, who draws power from memories and teams up with a ragtag group of travelers to save her world Kiara Valdez at First Second has acquired[...]

The Adventures Of Zooni is an early graphic novel series written and illustrated by Vikram Madan of Bobo and Pup Pup that "pairing a rollicking rhyme with an irresistible plucky dog who keeps encountering trouble, but always finds help by a cast of animal friends in a collection of short and mini stories." Sally[...]

Two years ago, Abrams ComicArts announced Surely Books as an LGBTQ+ focused imprint of graphic novels, curated by Batman writer Mariko Tamaki. The pandemic slowed things down a touch, but its first book, Lifetime Passes by writer Terry Blas and artist Claudia Aguirre, the story of a bunch of teenagers who hatch a scheme feigning to help[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran one Cara Delevingne-created comic book strip from The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories To Save The World. And now

Or in comic book terms, see the exclusive distributor of DC Comics, Dark Horse and IDW graphic novels to bookstores and the exclusive distributor of Marvel comics to comic shops, Penguin Random House, buy the exclusive distributor of Boom Studios, Oni Press, and Rebellion to US bookstores, Simon & Schuster Creating a mega-publisher and distributor[...]

The Adventures of Maker Girl and Professor Smarts is a new series of graphic novels by debut graphic novelist Jasmine Florentine in a two-book deal with world rights picked up by Hilary Van Dusen and Olivia Swomley at Candlewick/MIT Kids.  Twelve-year-old best friends Yaya and Chuy prove that you don't have to have superpowers to defeat supervillains;[...]

Sami Brice's Ripple, a contemporary YA graphic novel based on the author's own life Fourteen-year-old Noéme suddenly finds her home filled with extended family when Haiti is hit by an earthquake Life was hard enough as she started high school, but now she has to deal with a new side of her identity she had been[...]

Adventuregame Comics by Jason Shiga is an interactive middle grade graphic novel series where readers make their own choices about how the story unfolds The first of three books is Leviathan, about the quest through an old medieval village to vanquish a giant sea creature terrorizing the Cobalt Isles Maggie Lehrman at Abrams has acquired world rights to Adventuregame[...]

School Spirits, is a new YA graphic novel series by Nate Trinrud, Megan Trinrud, and Maria Nguyen which has had its first two books sold at auction to Kate O'Sullivan at Clarion/HarperAlley The first book follows a teenager who finds herself living her own personal nightmare: she's been murdered, she's stuck haunting the halls of[...]

Cartoonist Maple Lam has auctioned off the world English rights to the first two books in their debut middle-grade graphic novel series Monkey King and the World of Myths Picked up by Chris Hernandez at Razorbill Monkey King and the World of Myths tells the story of the legendary Monkey King must set off on a globe-trotting[...]

Here's the Diamond Comic Distributors Top 400 comics and graphic novels sold to stores in August 2021 for your perusal. Top 400 Comics & Graphic Novels From Diamond In September 2021 Top 400 Comics in August 2021 through Diamond Qty Rank Retail Rank Index Code Product Price Publisher 1 5 107.37 JUL210735-M STAR WARS WAR BOUNTY HUNTERS #4 $3.99 MARVEL COMICS 2 6 100.00 JUN210539-M AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #73 $3.99 MARVEL COMICS 3 3 97.74 JUL210520-M INFERNO #1 $5.99 MARVEL COMICS 4 1 88.03 JUL210530-M AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #74 $9.99 MARVEL COMICS 5 4 80.28 JUL210513-M DARK AGES #1 $4.99 MARVEL[...]

We like to keep an eye on Jean-Marc Lofficier's Hexagon Comics USA line, European comics mostly written by Jean-Marc Lofficier, translated into English

Bleeding Cool has been talking at length about major printing and distribution issues hitting the comic book industry, with DC Comics continuing to issue

Carrington and Kitt Thomas is a new middle-grade graphic novel , about a boy who finds a magical wish-granting star and uses it to wish for endless snow days It has been bought up by Andrew Arnold at HarperAlley for world English rights and publication of The Kinda Sorta Normal Life of Joshua Jones is scheduled[...]

Along the way, Warren works toward answers for questions she didn't know she was asking: what makes a good leader? What does it mean to be a part of a community? Can democracy work? And if so, how can everyday people make it happen? Cartoonist Embedded With Julia Salazar Creates Campaign Graphic Novel All these themes will[...]

Foxes, Fire, And Other Magic is a new middle-grade graphic novel by Kyla Smith about Yuuki, a curious young fox spirit who stumbled into the human world during the annual Obon Festival and became trapped And Nao, a nonbinary noodle maker struggling to keep their parents' legacy alive They must learn to trust each other to save[...]

But what about on the printed page, held close to my face? Because as I get on the train home, I learn that Legendary Comics, the comics imprint of Legendary who made the movie, is to adapt their movie adaptation by Denis Villeneuve of the novel by Frank Herbert, into a graphic novel Written by[...]

She is currently working in production on Netflix's DEADENDIA, based on the graphic novels of which she was the editor. Txabi Jones is a freelance graphic designer from Bilbao who has been living in London and working for corporate and not-for-profit organisations for over 20 years He has been with the SelfMadeHero team since October 2015. Asia Alfasi[...]

As well as adding "Also, seems like the perfect time to share my #MSWL [manuscript wishlist]… Looking forward to seeing those submissions come in! And agent colleagues, if it's been a minute since we've connected or have never had the chance before, I'm always up for a call or zoom coffee." Carolina Ortiz illustration by Emma[...]

Daniel Miyares' agent Studio Goodwin Sturges represented the author-illustrator for world rights. Daniel Miyares Creates Middle-Grade Graphic Novel About Escaping Cuba Daniel Miyares is best known as the author-illustrator of books like Float, Night Out, That is My Dream, and Bring Me A Rock! working with the likes of Schwartz & Wade Books, Chronicle Books, Candlewick Press, Simon & Schuster[...]

Unretouchable by Sofia Szamosi is a YA graphic novel based on the author's own experiences, about body image, social media, and the invisible forces that shape the way we think about ourselves Picked up by Greg Hunter at Graphic Universe, Unretouchable tells the story of Olive, who is spending the summer before college at a to-die-for internship: helping[...]

Slime Shop, is a new a middle-grade graphic novel by YouTube slime queen Karina Garcia, writer Kevin Panetta and artist Niki Smith Slime Shop tells the story of Bailey, her sister Sophia, and their friend Jayden run a slime shop out of Bailey's bedroom But what Bailey doesn't know is that when she's not around, the[...]

Jerry Craft, creator of the middle-grade graphic novels New Kid – the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Awards and Class Act has seen a speaking engagement withdrawn and his comic books pulled from a number of libraries after outrage was expressed by a group of parents part of the Katy Independent School District,[...]

A special preview event happening last night for the London Cartoon Museum's new exhibition for Black, a new graphic novel by Tobias Taitt and Anthony Smith f a new graphic memoir by Tobias Taitt and Anthony Smith The graphic novel adaptation from Soaring Penguin Press tells Tobais' story through from the care homes of 1970s Britain,[...]

Good Mourning, is the debut YA graphic novel by Circe Moskowitz and Caleb Hosalla The world English rights to this supernatural romance OGN have been picked up by Michelle Lee at Dial Books. Circe Moskowitz & Caleb Hosalla, via Dial Books PR Originally pitched as Schitt's Creek meets HGTV, Black vampire Theo trades in the city and[...]

Huda Fahmy, creator of webcomic @YesImHotInThis on Instagram is publishing a new YA graphic novel, after auctioning it to publishers Dial Books Huda F Are You? is described as being loosely inspired by Fahmy's own high school years, follows Huda through her first year of high school in Dearborn, Michigan, where she's just one of many hijabi[...]