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Chris Duffy and Falynn Koch have a new American history graphic novel with a bit of a difference It's not about the people who settled the land, or those who were there before, but of the horses that also made the journey History Comics: Wild Mustang, published by First Second in February 2021, is a[...]

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing – part of the publisher recently bought by Penguin Randomhouse are introducing two new graphic novel lines for 2021, aimed at the very youngest readers and incorporating some already-published lines And in doing so, they aim to teach a new generation of children how to read comic books in the[...]

Catana Chetwynd is a modern-day comic book star. She grew up in Saratoga Springs, New York, where she spent her time drawing and studying psychology in

Scholastic is reprinting Anne M Martin's The Baby Sitter's Club series of novels, alongside the released of the Netflix TV show adaptation, and is also catching up with their graphic novel adaptations that first introduced Raina Telgemeir to the wider world So while they have just brought the ninth novel back into print this month,[...]

Earlier this year, Bleeding Cool ran the news that suspense and thriller novelist Ridley Pearson was writing a new original graphic novel trilogy, The Indestructibles, drawn by Berat Pekmezci, from DC Comics The middle-grade graphic novels will follow a 12-year-old boy, who manifests an inexplicable power after entering a wildfire on a heroic mission; alongside new friends[...]

Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days In Transition was that book, published by Andrews McMeel Publishing in 2018. Julia Kaye's New Graphic Novel Tells Of Six Months In Transition Publishers Weekly called it "blunt yet precise; straightforward but nuanced; simple but beautiful … Kaye skillfully and effectively relates the daily indignities borne by trans women and the triumphs[...]

Meet Starfire's Gay Goth Daughter Mandy, in I Am Not Starfire YA OGN I Am Not Starfire was one of the DC YA graphic novels announced back in 2019 Written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Yoshi Yoshitani, we now have a date, a description and a cover August 10th 2021… and a better idea of[...]

Two graphic novels from two different publishers, both out on the 17th of February, 2021 take on very different political figures of American history, Alexander Hamilton and Teddy Roosevelt. Hamilton and Teddy Roosevelt Both Get Graphic Novels Hamilton Graphic History: America's Celebrated Founding Father from First Comics is a new graphic novel written and drawn by Steve[...]

Julian Hanshaw is a British cartoonist best known for his graphic novels The Art Of Pho, I'm Never Coming Back, and Tim Ginger He also worked as a senior animator of childrens series such as Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, The Secret Show, and Charlie and Lola Hanshaw won The Observer/Comica short story award in 2008 and[...]

Through comics and an active social media presence, she shares stories of the practices, people, and history of prairie restoration. Together they are creating  The Comic Book Guide To Growing Food, the first graphic novel guide to growing a successful vegetable garden That's what the Ten Speed Press blurb says anyway, though I'd surprised if there[...]

Wes Molebash has successfully auctioned a four-book middle-grade graphic novel series called Travis Daventhorpe for the Win! A series about an 11-year-old robotics engineer who discovers he's the prophesied hero of a magical kingdom from another dimension who must survive a school bully's atomic wedgies, new friendships, and an ancient evil while trying to master[...]

The story of someone being in the wrong place at the right time and transforming his life into a mouthpiece to the world. Teenage Muhammad Najem, War Reporter, Gets His Own Graphic Novel The 18-year-old Muhammad Najem's father was killed by a bomb in 2015, and he lived through Assad's "starve-and-surrender siege" with Staffan de Mistura, the[...]

Lebanese comics artist and teacher Fouad Mezher has a new debut YA graphic novel, Suraya, for publication in 2024 from Dana Chidiac at Dial, acquired at auction,  Suraya is set in post-pandemic Beirut, with a 16-year-old physics prodigy and YouTube star dreaming of becoming a rocket scientist, only for her dreams to be interrupted when[...]

The Worst Ronin is a brand new graphic novel being written by Maggie Tokuda-Hall A YA graphic novel, it will be drawn by the background artist of Netflix and Matt Groening's Disenchantment, Faith Schaffer The Worst Ronin tells the story of Tatsuo and Chihiro, two women samurai, one running from the grief of her past,[...]

The exclusive distributor of DC Comics, Dark Horse and IDW graphic novels to bookstores, Penguin Random House has just bought the exclusive distributor of Boom Studios, Oni Press and Rebellion to US bookstores, Simon & Schuster Obviously, there are other factors involved as well, but that's the comic book relevance right there Because ViacomCBS has[...]

It's Thanksgiving Week, and AWA Studios is offering a massive graphic novel giveaway to subscribers of their newsletter AWA Studios is one of the new publishers that we are thankful to have this year Their Upshot imprint currently offers some of the most solid and sometimes surprising titles in comics now AWA's Upshot series have[...]

Winner of the Adobe Awards Top Talent (Illustration, Motion Graphics + Animation) 2019, recipient of the Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Grand Prize 2019, and winner of The Society of Illustrators LA 56th Annual Illustration Competition 2017, she has just sold her debut graphic novel, Stories Of The Island to Della Farrell at Holiday[...]

Aimed at kids ages 9 to 14, Raise the Bar! won the TV competition in 2017 at the Ventana Sur film market in Argentina and was picked by Netflix exec Aram Yacoubian at the Pixelatl Festival in Mexico. Fernanda Frick's Raise The Bar! No Longer Netflix, But A Graphic Novel However, earlier this year, Netflix dropped its[...]

Oh and the word that there is an unpublished Scott Ian/Sam Kieth Demon comic book out there somewhere in DC Comics' bottom drawers… Anthrax's Charlie Benante and Scott Ian on Their New Z2 Graphic Novel Rich Johnston: As Anthrax, you've had a habit of throwing in comic book references throughout your career[...]

But, Frank has also been spending the first lockdown working on the Batman: Earth One original graphic novel and probably some of the second lockdown too And now scheduled for June next year… which might handily come out alongside the first collection of Geiger as well The details, cover and solicits have just hit Amazon…[...]

They talked at length about their work processes, their plans, their relationships with each other and, basically, how they are all doing right now, and how much they wish they could have gone to Thought Bubble this year in real life as planned. Jeff Lemire's Next Comic, The Mazebook, Leaked by Matt Kindt at Thought Bubble Asked[...]

Devised by British musician and artist Graham Coxon, best known for playing lead guitar and being secondary vocalist in Blur and featuring a bunch of big-name writers and artists, Superstate is a compendium graphic novel featuring a new original fully-illustrated score from Coxon It also features cover artwork by Coxon himself and is available for[...]

graphic novel, has launched a Kickstarter for a new Latinx graphic novel, Helm Greycastle, on Monday, November 9th This Latinx fantasy is rooted in real Mesoamerican history with a twist: what if the Aztecs and Mayans stopped the Spanish invasion of Mexico but with swords and magic? "I love playing Dungeons and Dragons with my best[...]

Published in 2015, The Only Child, a graphic novel by Guojing (Jing Guo), was named by Entertainment Weekly and the Wall Street Journal as one of the best books published that year A painted wordless graphic novella compared to Raymond Briggs' The Snowman, it was a fantasy tale of a child, but one who grew[...]

Goblin is a new graphic novel from Eric Grissom and Will Perkins out in May next year from Dark Horse Comics. Goblin is a fantasy story like no other about overcoming great odds and about finding light in even the darkest of places A young, headstrong goblin embarks on a wild journey of danger, loss, self-discovery,[...]

Two of the DC Kids/YA graphic novels have been delayed and rescheduled for August 2021 Indestructibles: The First Fracture by Ridley Pearson and Berat Pekmezci was originally scheduled for 9th of March, but is now scheduled for the 3rd of August 2021 While Catwoman: Soulstealer by Louise Simonson, Sarah J Maas, Samantha Dodge, was originally[...]

But maybe it is now? Krypto The Superdog Reprinted For DC Kids Line In June, DC Comics will be republishing the Krypto the Superdog comic book as a collected graphic novel, and fitting into their current DC Kids line, which has been finding success in bookstores, book fairs and through the likes of Amazon With Krypto The[...]

But in 2021 it is becoming a graphic novel as well. Bubble, The Comedy Sci-Fi Podcast Drama Becoming a Graphic Novel Bubble, by Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan and Tony Cliff will be published by First Second in July Sarah Morgan's work I especially know well from The Wilsons Save The World with Marcus Brigstock, but she is[...]

The Batman Arkham line of graphic novel collections is intended to appeal to players of the Batman Arkham line of games, spotlighting Batman rogue gallery characters that are prominent in the game and providing a "greatest hits" of their Batman comic books in one low-priced volume Previous editions have spotlighted Penguin, Black Mask, Killer Croc, Victor[...]

has auctioned her upcoming graphic novel Reel Love, acquired by Polo Orozco at Random House, competing with bids from six other publishers Reel Love is based on the author's own experiences embracing being asexual and this middle grade graphic novel follows 12-year-old Nilah, who goes on a summer trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains where[...]