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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[...]

And among other things, they will be turning them into comic books. Scholastic To Publish Spy Ninjas and Hunt A Killer Graphic Novels Spy Ninjas with 400 million monthly views and more 38 million subscribers gets more than one million views in the first hour of going live As well as a tie-in toyline from Playmates, they[...]

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic comic book artist and creator of the Webtoon strip Humdrum, Robin Easter, has seen their debut middle-grade graphic novel Upstaged picked up by Andrea Colvin at Little, Brown Upstaged sees Ashton, a nonbinary stagehand, struggle to confess their feelings to their best friend Ivy during their last summer at[...]

Expanding from the original film, Barnes and Alexander's Blacula intends to build a bridge from the seventies' version of the iconic bloodsucker to our present-day world and all of its complications. Rodney Barnes & Jason Shawn Alexander Adapt Blacula as Graphic Novel Barnes states "I first saw Blacula as an 8-year-old at the Capital Theater in Annapolis,[...]

Rachel Elliott has sold her very first graphic novel The Real Riley Mayes at auction to Donna Bray at HarperCollins/Balzer and Bray, The Real Riley Mayes is a middle-grade graphic novel that about "first inklings of identity and belonging in a small town When rumors fly about a queer crush, Riley, with the help of new[...]

Monday is the Final Order Cut-Off date for the third Reckless hardcover original graphic novel, Destroy All  Monsters from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips And Ed Brubaker, when he's not thinking about Jed Mercurio, is happy, He writes in his newsletter. Orders for the second book were much bigger than the first one, and initial orders[...]

This week saw the release of Jed Mercurio's new graphic novel, Sleeper Mercurio is the writer and creator of massive hit BBC TV show Line Of Duty and one of many tipped to be the new showrunner of Doctor Who The first volume was co-written with one of his actor regulars Prasanna Puwanarajah and was drawn by Coke[...]

Mister Miracle: The Great Escape time! Varian Johnson, Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author of The Parker Influence, and Afro-futurist artist Daniel Isles, known as @DirtyRobot, are creating a new graphic novel for DC Comics YA line. And DC Comics has released a first look at the book due out in January, as advance orders are now due. Mister[...]

Lo And Behold is a new middle-grade graphic novel written by Wendy Mass, and drawn by Gabi Mendez. Mendez is a graduate of the School of The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Sequential Art Master's program at SCAD, this would be her first major graphic novel project Her calling card runs below. With her life recently[...]

Hugo And Dino, a chapter book graphic novel series by Red Panda And Moon Bear creator Jarod Roselló, about a boy who can change the world around him just enough to go on magical adventures with his best friend, Dino Hugo And Dino has been bought by Whitney Leopard at Random House Graphic, to be[...]

Writer and creator of hit TV show Line Of Duty, and one of many tipped to be the new showrunner of Doctor Who, Jed Mercurio, also has his first graphic novel out this week Sleeper is co-written with actor Prasanna Puwanarajah and drawn by Coke Navarro as a sci-fi space epic, the first volume of[...]