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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[...]

The upcoming DC Comics YA graphic novel I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki and Yoshi Yoshitani got a lot of attention last year, a lot of it negative from people who would never have bought it But it has been consistently been putting on the preorders And now we get a look inside the[...]

Barking is a graphic novel that crashes into your mind from the first page, the most demanding, uncompromising graphic novel in years Lucy Sullivan's singular exploration of mental illness and tribute to the National Health Service is something you've never seen before, and that's hard to say for most comics these days. "Barking" cover courtesy of Lucy[...]

The Inflatables is a new graphic novel series for kids by Beth Garrod, Jess Hitchman, and Chris Danger It has been picked up for a four-book deal by Jenne Abramowitz at Scholastic and Yasmin Morrissey at Scholastic U.K. Publishers Weekly states that it was "pitched as Toy Story meets SpongeBob, the graphic chapter book series[...]

My very personal graphic novel is now complete and ready for everyone to see You can check out my Kickstarter for The Hostage now through February 25th. The Hostage graphic novel is available as a hardcover as well as a digital PDF not only in English but also in Portuguese, translated by Kelsey Trotta Every backer[...]

Huda Fahmy, creator of webcomic @YesImHotInThis on Instagram has successfully auctioned Huda F Are You?, a new YA graphic novel, for six figures to Dana Chidiac at Dial for publication in the autumn of this year, Huda F Are You? is described as being loosely inspired by Fahmy's own high school years, follows Huda through her[...]

Steph Mided has sold her new contemporary middle-grade graphic novel series, Club Kick Out to Andrew Arnold at Harper Alley Club Kick Out, the first of a two-book deal signed, will be published in 2023. Club Kick Out pitch artwork by Steph Mided Club Kick Out is a story "in which a group of creative outcast girls form[...]

I think that's a classic example of a Rich Twitch, isn't it? Bleeding Cool points out that the Poison Ivy YA graphic novel was going to an early FOC – comic book "last orders – from DC Comics/Lunar Distribution without actually having been solicited to comic book stores That FOC was suddenly being thrust upon[...]

Utterly by coincidence, Newsarama ran the same thing the next day. Poison Ivy: Thorns was listed in the DC Comics Connect catalogue for comic books shipping in March and beyond, and included a sneak book at the graphic novel But here is where things get weird. It was not included in March 2021 solicitations John Constantine kids[...]

But now she has a brand new thing, just announced at Publisher's Weekly, a new graphic novel, Cover Your Tracks. She posted to Instagram, "ANNOUNCEMENT Hey so this has been a CRAZY huge week, but publishers weekly announced my debut solo project with @01firstsecond, edited by the amazing @dezinpub !!!! I'm SO excited for this one, I[...]

Saving Sunshine is a new middle grade graphic novel written by Saadia Faruqi (Meet Yasmin) with art by Shazleen Khan. Saving Sunshine was acquired by Calista Brill and Samia Fakih at First Second, and Fakih will edit the book which "follows bickering twins Zara and Zeeshan, who must put their feud aside when they find an ailing turtle[...]

Goodbye to All of You by Alexander Lu, Tara Kurtzhals and Maarta Laiho is a middle-grade graphic novel being compared to the Voyage Of Chihiro or Spirited Away It follows two Chinese American siblings who feel untethered by the death of their mother. "The night of her funeral, they wake up in a place that looks[...]

Tapas Media is a Korea-based, creator-driven digital channel featuring short-form storytelling, and has already distributed 30 episodes of the webcomic, which Scholastic will now adapt into a graphic novel, Magical Boy, for publication later this year. Magical Boy by The Kao Debra Dorfman, Scholastic VP and Publisher – Global Licensing, Media and Brands told Publisher's Weekly that[...]

And that is what he is doing with his new middle-grade graphic novel series Paws, drawn by Michele Assarasakorn, also better known as a colourist on Isola, Spider-Man, Gotham Academy, and Wonder Woman. Michele Assarasakorn & Nathan Fairburn Create New Graphic Novel, Paws Nathan Fairburn describes it thus; "Paws is the story of three girls with nothing in[...]