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Walker is a new debut YA graphic novel by cartoonist and trans comic book creator Clive Hawken, about a transgender teenager who hits the road in search of a monster Though it doesn't attract the same attention as Mothman or Sasquatch, the "Plains Walker" is a legendary cryptid, feared and beloved in its own right;[...]

These are the covers to the first six volumes of Batman: The Caped Crusader trade paperbacks collecting classic Batman stories from decades past. And

Punk Rock Karaoke, is a new YA graphic novel by cartoonist Bianca Xunise And in an auction with bids from five publishing houses, it has been picked up by Aneeka Kalia at Viking for a six-figure sum for North American rights for the book and its sequel. Bianca Xunise's Punk Rock Karaoke OGN Sells For 6[...]

Scott Chantler has seen his middle-grade graphic novel Squire & Knight and its sequel, picked up by Mark Siegel at First Second Squire & Knight is a graphic novel about a brainy young squire who solves mysteries involving monsters and magic, but the overbearing knight he serves takes the credit every time.  Squire & Knight will be[...]

Peach & Plum is a new early graphic novel series written and illustrated by Tim McCanna, about two best friends who rhyme all the time. Rachel Poloski at Little, Brown acquired world rights to the first two books. Tim McCanna is an actor, musician, musical theatre writer, graphic designer and creator of picture books, including Teeny Tiny Trucks,[...]

The other week, Bleeding Cool ran a guide to graphic novels that have been sold by agents to book publishers over the last couple of years We have been keeping it updated adding more entries sent in to richjohnston@bleedingcool.com and we have additional news about one of the deals done Bleeding Cool previously reported that[...]

Oh Brother, is a new middle-grade graphic novel by Australian autobiographical cartoonist Georgina Chadderton that has been picked up simultaneously by three publishers across the English-speaking world Gina Gagliano at Random House Graphic in the USA, Ben Horslen and Katie Sinfield at Penguin Random House Children's in the UK, Lynne Missen at Tundra Books for Canada,[...]

IDW Publishing is getting into the YA graphic novel line, with a new three-book deal for AJ O Mason and Dominic Bustamante's new graphic novel series Kloud 9 The pitch was bought by Erika Turner at IDW, for publication in 2023 Kloud 9 is a "queer space opera is about Kal, a lonely orphan trying[...]

Mochikoa is a new three-book debut young reader graphic novel series written by JT Petty and drawn by Boya Sun, that has been acquired by Mark Siegel at First Second to be published in the autumn of 2023 Mochikoa tells the story of an ambitious koala-like character who tries to become a ping-pong champion. JT Perry is the writer[...]

Now Andrea Colvin at Little, Brown has acquired Kokoro, as a YA graphic memoir of Christine Mari growing up and negotiating her place in two worlds—America and Japan—while navigating the mental and emotional legacy of being a "hafu"—half Japanese, half American. Little, Brown To Publish Kokoro Graphic Novel by Christine Mari Two years ago, I created my[...]

Amanda Weidman had sold her first comic book Mari and the Cloud Princess, as a middle-grade graphic novel, to Grace Scheipeter at Oni Press for publication in 2023.  Mari and Cloud Princess are friends across dimensions, brought together by their curiosity and mutual yearning for adventure Cloud Princess, known as "Cloud" for short, is the avid[...]

Minh Lê, creator of the picture books Lift and Drawn Together, and writer of the Green Lantern: Legacy graphic novel drawn by Andie Tong is now creating two new middle-grade graphic novels The first, Enlighten Me is being drawn by Baby-Sitter's Club artist Chan Chau and tells a fantastical account of Minh's childhood experience attending[...]

Marvel Legends is a new line of comic books launching from Marvel Comics as a serialised line of mini-series, intended to be collected and for the main audience, middle-grade graphic novel readers in bookstores, book fairs, and libraries, each retelling or rebooting the origin of a well known Marvel character, under Marvel Senior Editor Lauren[...]

A series of graphic novels telling an anthropomorphic steampunk alternate history Victoriana detective mystery action-adventure, it plays with the traditions of French graphic novels, with British sensibilities and references, and happens to be utterly gorgeous And this week published in the US by Dark Horse and next month in the UK by Jonathan Cape, the[...]

Adult graphic novels saw sales increase 178.5% in the first half of the 2021, totalling 16.2 million copies sold and making graphic novels the second-largest adult fiction subcategory Publisher's Weekly reports that graphic novels made up nearly 20% of adult fiction unit sales in the first six months of 2021, compared to 9.3% last year[...]

Last year, Bleeding Cool announced a new graphic novel by Blur's Graham Coxon, Superstate, based on his new album of the same name Both are released, separately to together on the 27th August 2021, in association with Z2 Comics And you get to listen to one of the comics, or read one of the tracks,[...]

Black Cotton Star is a graphic novel written by XIII and Blake And Mortimer writer Yves Sente, drawn by Blackjack artist Steve Cuzor, published by Dupuis in 2017 as Cinq Branches De Coton Noir , and translated into English by Pegasus Books this time last year It has now been picked up by ZQ Entertainment[...]

A compilation of every announced graphic novel from a major publisher over the last year-and-a-half, arranged by which agent negotiated the deal – if they did The bookstore graphic novel market has been booming, and so many deals for 2022, 2023, and 2024 are being done through the lockdown and pandemic Speaking with many major[...]

Mel Hilario, Lauren Davis, and Katie Longua, the team behind Debian Perl, Digital Detective, have auctioned their latest graphic novel, Agent Cupcake, won by Grace Scheipeter at Oni Press Agent Cupcake is a middle-grade graphic novel about a 12-year-old Miguel Mangayayam who has always been obsessed with magical creatures, so he's thrilled when he's recruited[...]

Double Walker is an original graphic novel by Wonder Woman and Midnighter's Michael Conrad and Noah Bailey who both recently worked together creating Tremor Dose It is being released first digitally on ComiXology Originals on the 13th of July, then from Dark Horse at a later date/ This mind-bending tale of neurotic folk horror written by[...]

Amina Mucciolo, founder of Studio Mucci and artist, designer, and entrepreneur, has sold her autobiographical middle-grade graphic novel to Erinn Pascal at Scholastic The fictionalized autobiographical story follows Amina's experience in middle school when she started braiding her hair with bright colors as a way to cope with bullying, body image, and neurodivergence, forging a[...]

She is currently working on her first graphic novel middle-grade graphic memoir Continental Drifter, about a Thai-American girl caught between two worlds: Bangkok, where her family lives, and Maine, where they spend their summers Picked up by Robyn Chapman at First Second, it will be published in 2023 Kathy Macleod's agent Chad Luibl of Janklow &[...]

Alex Aster has sold her debut YA novel Lightlark, an untitled sequel, and an untitled graphic novel to Anne Heltzel executive editor at Amulet Books/Abrams No word yet on the artistic team This past year, Alex Aster's debut song Divine, went viral on TikTok – specifically its BookTok hashtag, spawning over 150,000 videos, which also[...]

Fast Break is the upcoming middle-grade graphic novel by Shawn Pryor and Courtney Hahn, in which seventh-grade basketball prodigy Mikayla Thomas is denied a spot on her new school's team and ends up joining the motley co-ed Firebirds—not exactly the team she was looking for, but maybe exactly where she belongs Picked up by Melissa[...]

However, comics and graphic novels beat the trend, with a rise in French sales of 6.3% and jumping from the sixth most popular category in print publishing in France to the fifth, with a turnover of 326.9 million euros in 2020 (387 million dollars). This was despite 2020 being a year without a new Asterix volume,[...]

Lambda Award-winning artist and author Kelsey Wroten has auctioned the rights to her YA graphic novel Everyone Sux But You, won by Mark Podesta at Holt Her first graphic novel, Cannonball was published by Uncivilized Books and she just illustrated the book The Ex-Girlfriend of my Ex-Girlfriend is my Girlfriend written by Maddy Court. Kelsey Wroten Auctions Her[...]

SURVIVED: THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, a graphic novel about that fateful day, will be published by Graphix in time for the upcoming anniversary of the event The book will be out on August 3rd for readers 8-12 Written by Lauren Tarshis and illustrated with a gorgeous contemporary art style by Corey Egbert,[...]

The rights to a film version of Bryan Talbot's The Tale of One Bad Rat have been optioned by Grasp the Nettle Films, a company based in Devon and London.

Former Justice League and Metal editor Rebecca Taylor, now Managing Editor at Vault Comics has signed up Kenzie's Kingdom, written by Shea Fontana, drawn by Agnes Garbowska, and coloured by Silvana Brys for the middle-grade/YA graphic novel imprint Wonderbound Publisher's Weekly states that Kenzie's Kingdom is about a teenage girl who is less than content[...]

Annalise's Special Dish is a new graphic novel early reader series by J de laVega that has been picked up by Michele McAvoy at Little Press/Blue Bronco Books Jr for publication to being in 2023 " When students of PS 114 are asked to bring in a dish that represents their culture, Annalise is thrilled, until[...]