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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[...]

The graphic novel adaptation from Soaring Penguin Press tells Tobais' story through from the care homes of 1970s Britain, to prison, to discovering a passion for literature and turning his life around As well as an in-person event I am hoping to attend, the museum will also be holding a free online panel event, discussing[...]

Aaron Alexovich has sold the publishing rights for an undisclosed six-figure sum to his new middle-grade graphic novel Shock City, to Dana Leydig at Viking Shock City has been pitched as a younger reader Beetlejuice as uses characters from his previous graphic novel series, It's Not Scary. Aaron Alexovich Sells Shock City Graphic Novel For Six Figures Shock City[...]

Nicole Valdez, formerly marketing and publicity manager for the kids, middle-grade and YA graphic novel publisher Random House Graphic, has been named senior publicity manager at children's publicity at Simon & Schuster Valdez previously worked for three years in publicity at DC Comics before launching the Random House Graphic imprint from Random House Children's Books[...]

We know it had 497,000 orders, so by that yardstick, X-Men: Trial Of Magneto #1 got around 120,000 orders, and X-Men #2 landed at just under 99,000… Top 400 Comics & Graphic Novels Ordered From Diamond In August 2021 Top 400 Comics Ordered From Diamond In August 2021 QtyRank RetailRank Index Product description Price Publisher 1 1 590.57 KING SPAWN #1 $5.99 IMAGE COMICS 2 2 144.39 X-MEN TRIAL OF MAGNETO #1 $4.99 MARVEL[...]

Super Boba Café is a middle-grade graphic novel series by Nidhi Chanani about Aria who, after a traumatic event at middle school, spends the summer with her grandma at her boba cafe in San Francisco She doesn't realize that her grandma uses the boba to placate the hill monsters—avoiding an earthquake But Aria thinks there[...]

Peculiar Woods, is a new middle-grade graphic novel by Wawawiwa comic book creator Andrés J Colmenares, who currently lives in Colombia.Picked up by Lucas Wetzel at Andrews McMeel, it has been pitched as Adventure Time meets The Brave Little Toaster The whimsical and adventurous tale of a lonely boy who teams up with a chair and blanket to[...]

Girls Give Me Butterflies is a debut middle-grade graphic novel by Dresden Douglas, pitched as a sapphic Lizzie McGuire, about young Brooke who begins to feel flustered and tongue-tied around other girls while struggling to tune out the voice of Sprout, an excitable little figment who manifests all Brooke's innermost thoughts Picked up by Mekisha Telfer[...]

As the third book is published this week, the first is now being turned into a graphic novels series, by Robert Venditti and Olivia Stephens Here's a preview of the volume, to be published in the autumn of 2022 by Read Riordan. Robert Venditti & Olivia Stephens Adapt Tristan Strong Graphic Novel Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents[...]

Tang is creating a debut middle-grade graphic novel, Parachute Kids, inspired by her own childhood, with three siblings who emigrate from Taiwan to California and find themselves on their own to face language and cultural barriers when their parents unexpectedly return home Parachute Kids has been picked up by Tracy Mack at Scholastic/Graphix for publication in 2023. Parachute[...]

Everyone Is White On The Internet is a new middle-grade graphic novel by Nadia Shammas and Molly Murakami set in the early 2000s and based on a true story, follows Nora, an Arab American girl from Brooklyn who takes on the secret persona of a white girl in her online fandom community in order to[...]

The Harrowing, is a new YA graphic novel by Kristen Kiesling and Jen Hickman Pitched as Minority Report meets I Hunt Killers, it's a near-future story about a psychic teen girl who is forced to use her powers to track down killers, until she discovers her boyfriend is her next target It asks questions about how far[...]

Well, now Chris Grabenstein is getting a graphic novel adaptation of his middle-grade novel, and first in the series, Escape from Mr Lemoncello's Library by Douglas Holgate, artist on The Adventures of Commander Zack Proton, Cheesie Mack, The Last Kids On Earth, The Amazing Joy Buzzards, Red Sonja, The Regular Show, and Wires And Nerve. Chris[...]

The John Lee Hooker Estate and Z2 Comics announce the graphic novel John Lee Hooker: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, documenting the life of the legendary blues musician, told by Gabe Soria and Jarrett Williams and drawn by the legendary Kyle Baker, known for The Cowboy Wally Show, Why I Hate Saturn, Birth Of A Nation, Damage Control,[...]

Steam is a new YA graphic novel by Shaenon K Garrity and Emily Holden Dickson about the adventures of Ruby, a "hypercognitive humanoid" designed to solve science's greatest problems, who escapes from a university lab and finds a job as a barista in a kooky coffee shop, where she finds plenty of problems to solve[...]

Jeff in the Jurassic is the first of a young middle-grade graphic novel trilogy by the creator of Rust, Royden Lepp. Jeff is an alien with a mission, but nothing ever goes the way he wants it to Now he's crash-landed on the very planet he's supposed to destroy, and he's stuck with the locals—the local[...]

Hashitate is a coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel dealing with immigration, social pressures, and family expectations centered around 12-year-old Sumie, who becomes insta-famous when an embarrassing video goes viral and she is forced to reconcile who she is online with who she wants to be in real life On Twitter, A.Y Hashitate posted "my heart is so[...]

Caitlin Like's new middle-grade graphic novel, The Hundredth Voice, has been picked up by Brett Israel at Dark Horse Comics Inspired by The Phantom of the Opera and The Little Mermaid, this story follows a boy determined to break his family's curse which causes every singer to lose their voice When he arrives at his grandfather's exclusive—and haunted—academy,[...]

Now it is getting adapted into a graphic novel for June 2022. Now adapted into graphic novel format—the "riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking" (The Guardian) New York Times bestselling companion to the critically acclaimed Showtime documentary about the largely unknown true rise and decline of the American empire Since its initial publication in 2012, the New York[...]

He is now working his debut middle-grade graphic novel North for the Winter, in which an 11-year-old girl must team up with the boy next door and his teenage sister to outsmart a hunter and dodge U.S military planes, so they can return a flying reindeer to the North Pole to save Christmas before it's[...]