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And now, new comics publisher Living The Line is to publish The Strange Death of Alex Raymond as a graphic novel, coming to comic stores in July and bookstores in August. Dave Sim completed 180 pages of this 320-page volume by himself, between 2012 and 2015, with Carson Grubaugh continuing afterward Last year, Sim gave Grubaugh[...]

The last time they announced the name of the new Asterix book, I was just outside Paris, at Parc Asterix. A few days later, Notre Dame burnt down. I hope

HarperAlley is a graphic novel imprint launched from HarperCollins Children's Books under the direction of former art director and acquiring editor at First Second, Andrew Arnold described as a "collaborative, creator-focused publisher" that will specialize in graphic novels for "readers of all ages." The new line is "looking to publish books that readers of all[...]

Fool's Gold is a new graphic novel by Quinne Larsen, their debut middle-grade graphic novel, which tells the story of "the unlikely duo of enthusiastic Pili and suspicious Clover travel across an endless desert full of small towns and strange people, getting into trouble and helping those who need it—all in the hopes of[...]

Daniel Lazar at Writers House was Pedro Martin's agent for selling the North American rights. Pedro Martin Sells His Mexikid Graphic Memoir To Dial Dial is an imprint owned by Penguin Books USA (but then again, isn't everyone these days?) and which publishes books for children young and old. Bleeding Cool recently highlighted Fernanda Frick's new graphic novel from Dial,[...]

 This type of thinking, combined with the 50th anniversary of his death (as far as we know) has inspired the upcoming graphic novel from Image Comics, Jim Lives: The Mystery of the Lead Singer of The Doors and the 27 Club, created by the team of Paolo Baron and Ernesto Carbonetti. The cover to Jim Lives:[...]

Some people are worrying that the second and final Absolute Fourth World by Jack Kirby book might be a casualty of the cutbacks in the DC Comics collected

Beautiful Canvas creators Ryan Lindsay and Sami Kivela are teaming up for a new graphic novel, from Black Mask in June 2021 Everfrost appears to be a post-apocalyptic kaiju procedural war comic book Check the description – and everything else Black Mask out in their June 2021 solicits and solicitations, including their August Free Comic[...]

Well, in June, DC Comics – who is seeing a boom in Pepe Le Pew-related back issue sales , is going to publish an adaptation of the new movie as a graphic novel, written by Ivan Cohen and art by… various Which really fills you with confidence Even the cover isn't finished yet… Space Jam: A[...]

Now Dark Horse Books, as part of their ComiXology deal, will be publishing The Dark as a graphic novel in December 2021, in print for the first time Mark calls The Dark "the first 'post-cyberpunk' graphic novel." Well, I guess something has to be. Dark Horse To Publish Mark Sable and Kristian Donaldson's The Dark The[...]

What awaits her there will test the limits of her will as she grapples with the strange power the planet exerts over her… But what of a second series? Turns out that this will be coming out from Dark Horse Comics as an original graphic novel next year, for the 27th of December, 2022 Titled Prism[...]

Barb the Last Berzerker is their new graphic novel from Simon And Schuster's S&S Books for Young Readers line Described as She-Ra and the Princesses of Power meets Dav Pilkey's Dog Man, this is just the kind of pitch that booksellers like to hear. Barb, The Last Berzerker by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson. And its the[...]

The first issue was successfully crowdfunded and now Dark Horse Comics is going to publish the full Mafiosa graphic novel. Here's the Kickstarter description. The Marchesi brothers, Carlo, Matteo and Tommaso, are three first generation Sicilian Americans who, with their extended families, establish a Mafia family in Brooklyn, New York in the early 1900s. Nicoletta Marchesi is the[...]

And now, thanks to Amazon, we have a few more The Eight-Fold Path details. From award-winning authors Charles Johnson and Steven Barnes comes a graphic novel anthology of interconnected Afrofuturistic parables inspired by the teachings of Buddha. Steven Barnes, Charles Johnson and Bryan Christopher Moss' Eight-Fold Path original graphic novel. Eight strangers looking for enlightenment from an ancient[...]

Gutless is a new YA graphic novel by Rose Bousamra about the last mermaid in the world, a witch princess, and a wooden knight as they embark on a journey of self-discovery while trying to stop an ancient magical being from destroying the earth It's been picked up by Kiara Valdez at First:Second to be published[...]

Frankie's World is a new graphic novel written and drawn by Aoife Dooley based on the Irish comedian and illustrator's real-life experiences of autism Her stand-up performances share her experiences of being diagnosed as autistic at the age of 27 and how a diagnosis helped her to truly understand herself And now she's drawing it all[...]

Roofhoppers is a new graphic novel by Andi Porretta that has been bought by Alex Borbolla at book publisher Atheneum Compared to Booksmart and set against New York City's backdrop, the graphic novel will follow four friends the summer after high school graduation When the group agrees to play a game of dares from their childhood[...]

Comic book creator Vikram Madan is creating two early graphic novels featuring Owl & Penguin, two unlikely friends who, despite their differences, flock together like birds of a feather The two Owl & Penguin graphic novels have been picked up by Sally Morgridge at Holiday House The books will be published in the autumn of 2022[...]

Comic book publisher Soaring Penguin Press has announced that they will be publishing the controversial autobiography by Tobias Taitt, Black Bastard, as a graphic novel  The graphic novel is the autobiography of writer Tobias Taitt, a second-generation Windrush-descendent  For those unfamiliar, the Windrush Generation were people arriving in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean[...]

Ibrahim Moustafa has signed a three-book deal for new graphic novels with the publisher Humanoids, beginning with his new comic book Count out this month. A sci-fi reimagining of the greatest revenge story of all time: The Count of Monte Cristo Framed for treason and wrongfully imprisoned at the hands of a jealous and corrupt magistrate,[...]

Alyssa Cole and ONeill Jones have just sold at auction a two-book deal to the English rights to their new graphic novel Reject Squad for a 6-figure deal to Tiara Kittrell at HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray. Reject Squad Graphic Novel Spin-Off In Cole's Reluctant Royals novella Can't Escape Love, the protagonists bond over a fictional anime Reject[...]

Michael Van Cleve is the author of the recently-published graphic novel El Paso, about a woman being pursued by a prison gang He also wrote the graphic novel Titan and comic book series Child Of The Sun But it's another project that his attention right now, as he wants to change US law regarding the way[...]

In the US, it operates under Macmillan Publishers. The Bent Agency recently sold Oli Franey's debut graphic novel, Monster Crush, to Dark Horse Comics, Cait May and Trevor Bream's Another Kind graphic novel to HarperAlley and Jessica Olien's middle-grade graphic novel debut, Fox Hall, to Henry Holt Books For Younger People,  Samantha Benc's Last Ship To Mars to Henry Holt and The Inflatables to Scholastic. [...]

Anna Kopp is best known as the creator of unofficial Minecraft graphic novels, such as the Smasher And Waffles series She has now sold her new graphic novel The Marble Queen, drawn by Gabrielle Kari, to Brett Israel at Dark Horse Anna Kopp tweeted out; Anna Kopp & Gabrielle Kari's The Marble Queen OGN Sold To[...]

Bleeding Cool often writes about graphic novel deals and nearly always they involve an agent We even have an "agent" tag, so that people can find agents selling graphic novels. "I think my new graphic novels deserve to reach a wider audience" he says, "and I kid myself they're even worthy of optioning for films or[...]

Now we have the Southern Gothic Horror graphic novel trade collection of Grendel, Kentucky by Jeff McComsey and Tommy Lee Edwards Yes, the AWA Studios previews extravaganza continues, as we present 5 titles out this week and next week from the publisher's list! AWA Studios has sent along with the cover and first pages of[...]

It distributes graphic novels to bookstores, on and offline, including Amazon Image Comics is its biggest client, after Marvel went to Hachette and DC went to Penguin Random House However, in recent months, there's a pattern of a number of smaller comic book publishers taking their bookstore and Amazon business to Simon & Schuster, the[...]

Author Thomas King has adapted his own short story, Borders, as a middle-grade graphic novel by Métis artist Natasha Donovan And it has now been acquired by Susan Rich at Little, Brown. From two celebrated Indigenous creators comes a powerful graphic novel about a family caught between nations Borders is a masterfully told story of a boy and[...]

 The game's creators at Ubisoft are teaming up with Dark Horse Comics to release Immortals Fenyx Rising: From Great Beginnings, a new all-ages graphic novel that will follow the game's hero, Fenyx, as she takes readers on an adventure across Mount Olympos. The cover to Immortals Fenyx Rising: From Great Beginnings, courtesy of Dark Horse and Ubisoft. Dark Horse[...]

But over the years became fast more ambitious and, frankly, beautiful, as Knockabout published a Scotland Yardie graphic novel The new graphic novel hasn't tamed its rage or disgust, but it has given it new focus, narrative, space to take a one-gag idea and tell it in an infinite of variations. Now Bleeding  Cool has learned[...]