graphic novel Archives

Silenced Voices is a new YA graphic novel by Eisner-nominated and Miles Morales: Shockwaves artist Pablo Leon, about two sisters who find their way back to each other after being separated during a military raid on their village during the civil war in Guatemala in 1982 It has been picked up by Andrew Arnold at[...]

Fae and the Moon by Franco Aureliani of Tiny Titans, Superman Family Adventures, Hellboy is writing a new middle grade graphic novel with artists Catherine Satrun and Sarah Satrun Fae and the Moon tells the story of a girl who pulls her missing mother's adored Moon from the sky, and finds herself in a world of mystery and darkness battling[...]

Stunt Girl by Nora Neus and Julie Robine is a new historical fiction YA graphic novel about Nell Nelson that's been picked by Andrea Colvin at Little, Brown Stunt Girl is the story of the real-life historical figure Nell Nelson, one of the early undercover female journalists called stunt girls, who investigates working conditions in the garment factories[...]

While it's their past that unites them, it's their fabricated online identities – some more dangerous than others – that lead to their "real" lives colliding years later. Originally published in 2010 by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, Other Lives is Bagge's first post-Hate original graphic novel and has been out of print for several years Fantagraphics[...]

Have you got graphic novels inside you, just bursting to find a home? Then this is definitely for you.  Twenty years ago, Janna Morishima began her career in publishing as the assistant to creative director David Saylor at Scholastic Two years later, she co-founded the Graphix imprint with Saylor and editor Sheila Keenan, to publish graphic novels for kids, and[...]

A graphic novel that mourns both 9/11 and the political uses to which it has been put Published 7th September 2004. Ex Machina by Brian K Vaughan and Tony Harris, published by Wildstorm/DC, is set in a world in which a superhero called the Great Machine becomes mayor of New York after intervening in the September 11 attacks,[...]

Mai K Nguyen is a UX designer, whose debut graphic novel, Pilu of the Woods, was published by Oni Press in 2019, after two self-published titles over the last decade, Little Ghost and Coral & the King And she has just auctioned the rights to her latest middle-grade graphic novel Anzu and the Realm of Darkness[...]

Hellaween is a middle-grade graphic novel series by debut graphic novelist Moss Lawton The first book follows an aspiring witch and her two best friends—a werewolf and a vampire—whom she's only able to hang out with on Halloween, as the teenage trio tries to have a night of fun and mischief while also contending with[...]

Good Girls Don't Make History by Elizabeth Kiehner, Kara Coyle, Keith Olwell, and Micaela Dawn is a graphic novel that attempts to amplify American women's voices from 1840 to the present day. Good Girls Don't Make History, But Make A Graphic Novel Reliving moments from the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul, Ida B[...]

ABLAZE Publishing is expanding its range of titles with a children's and middle-grade graphic novel to be released on November 24th. BALBUZAR is an unforgettable fable about freedom, resistance, and power, and an ode to nature and the sea Gérard Moncomble's prose deftly balances action, humor, and poetry as the stunningly detailed illustrations by artist Frédéric[...]

Graduation Day is the graphic novel debut of Mary Shyn, a Schulz Studio staff artist, which she sold at auction to Brian Geffen at Henry Holt Graduation Day was pitched as Palm Springs crossed with a John Hughes film, this coming-of-age rom-com set in the Chicago suburbs tells the story of Chris O'Brien, who finds himself stuck[...]

Tony Patrick, screenwriter of the short film Black Card, winner of the Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase in 2015, and writer of X'ed, Batman & The Signal, Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King, is writing a new middle-grade graphic novel, Planet Brooklyn. It is drawn by artist Goñi Montes, known for drawing Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,[...]

Space Trash is a new YA graphic novel by Jenn Woodall to be published by Oni Press in the summer of 2022 Her first graphic novel, Space Trash follows three teenagers attending school on the moon try to keep their boredom and resentments at bay as they stumble across an exciting secret that could change[...]

The Moth Keeper By K O'Neill Creator of the Tea Dragon graphic novels and Aquicorn Cove from Oni Press, K O'Neill, has auctioned their latest graphic novel The Moth Keeper and two sequels, receiving bids from five publishers The Moth Keeper is a middle-grade fantasy graphic novel, which tells the story of a fennec girl named[...]

And now? Now she is writing a YA graphic novel, Girl on Fire Co-written by Andrew Weiner and drawn by Brittney Williams, and based on Alicia Keys' single Girl On Fire, the graphic novel tells the story of 14-year-old Lolo Wright, who discovers she has telekinetic powers she never knew she had while protecting her[...]

The Odyssey is a new middle-grade graphic novel by Rex Ogle writing as Rey Terciero and artist Joe Casanova, following a mouse on an epic journey back to his home in Ithaca Bought by Kiara Valdez at First Second, The Odyssey will be published in the autumn of 2025 Rex Ogle and Joe Casanova's agent,[...]

Two-time Ignatz Award-winning comic creator of webcomic Witchy, Ariel Slamet Ries has sold their YA graphic novel Strange Bedfellows at auction, picked up by Carolina Ortiz at HarperAlley for publication is set for the summer of 2024, with an untitled second book to follow in summer 2026. Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries Strange Bedfellows tells the story of Oberon, finding[...]

The Miracle Seed by Martin Lemelman is a new middle-grade graphic novel melding history, science, and adventure, about the Judean Date Palm that culminates with its resurrection in 2020 after 2000 years of extinction In 2005, a team of scientists attempted to sprout a preserved 2,000-year-old seed The attempt was a success, the oldest verified human-assisted germination[...]

My January Heart by Noor Rasoul is a new semi-autobiographical YA graphic novel pitched as Giant Days meets Hey, Kiddo It follows 17-year-old Noor's attempt to leave her anxiety behind in the Middle East as she pursues her dream of going to art school in California—only to find that running away won't solve all of[...]

Collects the complete five-issue miniseries in a new graphic novel, an adventure as fulfilling for longtime Turtles fans as it is accessible for readers just discovering the heroes in a half shell. It has been a long time coming, with plenty of delays but this, at least, should be on time I mean, odds are[...]

Megan Wagner Lloyd & Michelle Mee Nutter, creators of Allergic and the upcoming Squished graphic novels have sold two more to Scholastic. Cassandra Pelham Fulton at Scholastic/Graphix has acquired world rights to their two standalone middle-grade graphic novels, Luna and Ouch In Luna, a 12-year-old girl and her father have moved to the town where her late mother grew up, and[...]

The estimate for some creative advances for comic creators has been around $600,000, but whatever she has received, she will be using it to revive her graphic novel sequel to Shadoweyes as Shadoweyes For Good. Sophie Campbell's Shadoweyes For Good, From Substack It may also be notable that while Substack has received criticism over allegations of seeking out[...]

Not Light, but Fire: The Story of Mary Bowser (W.T.) written by Jamie McGhee (writing as Jay Leslie), and drawn by Charlot Kristensen is a YA historical fiction graphic novel is inspired by the life and bravery of Mary Jane Richards, also known as Mary Bowser, was a Union spy during the Civil War[...]

While Marvel Comics' Star Wars: The Old Republic Omnibus Volume 1, collecting the Dark Horse Comics series Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic by John Jackson Miller and Brian Ching, was July's best-selling graphic novel. Marvel's X-Men tops the Top 200 Comics And Graphic Novels Ordered Through Diamond, July 2021 TOP 200 COMIC BOOKS Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced[...]

Oddity Woods by Kay Davault (also known as Kay D) is was a webcomic but is now to be a middle-grade supernatural mystery graphic novel series in which Marietta, an aspiring kid detective investigating her father's sudden disappearance, becomes trapped in a woodland realm filled with ghosts, monsters, and other things that go bump in[...]

Black is a new graphic novel by Tobias Taitt and Anthony Smith from publisher Soaring Penguin Press, adapting Taitt's autobiographical story as a second-generation British Windrush immigrant- something that's increasingly in the news given the recent UK government policies in action The original title of the book and the adaptation "Black Bastard" appears to have[...]

With 753 backers and four days to go, Jimmy Palmiotti and Scott Hampton's new graphic novel Rage has more than made its goal, and Palmiotti has a strong reputation for delivering on Kickstarters on time – fifteen of them already Described as an action-packed, dramatic tale of survival amongst global chaos, Rage is a mature[...]

DC Comics is publishing an original character graphic novel, Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod and Jess Taylor, about "an alien princess-in-exile whose home planet is under attack as she is kept safe as a teenaged boy on Earth, with a normal life and a female love interest Her life goes into turmoil when[...]

Out of print, the 52 Omnibus from DC Comics goes for $300, the Death And Return Of Superman Omnibus goes for $400, and Teen Titans By Geoff Johns Omnibus

Publisher's Weekly reported the rise in sales of children's graphic novels in 2020 and 2021, with a 123% rise since 2020 in YA graphic novel sales. YA Graphic Novel Sales Rose 123% In Bookstores Between 2020 and 2021 That noted the middle-grade graphic novel success of Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham's Friends series, now getting seven-figure print runs[...]