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Over My Dead Body is the new YA comic book by graphic novelist Sweeney Boo, creator of Eat, And Love Yourself The book follows Abby, a teenage witch at a magic academy who takes it upon herself to investigate the disappearance of a missing classmate only to unravel a mystery that's haunted the Academy for[...]

Champions Of Breakfast by Reed Black, is a YA graphic novel series for fans of The Adventure Zone and Nimona, in which "the wizard Cereal assembles a group of ragtag adventurers including the thief Bacon and the necromancer Coffee for a near-impossible quest to prove their worth in a magical Dungeons And Dragons-style fantasy world populated with[...]

Andrew Weiner has sold his early reader graphic novel, Daddy And The Beanstalk, to Andrea Colvin at Little, Brown, to be drawn by Rachel Dukes and published in the winter of 2024 The graphic novel sees a young girl "Estella refuses to go to sleep without a bedtime story, so her father crafts his own hot-dog filled twist[...]

His books through Vault, These Savage Shores and Paradiso has won him fans and how he has an Image Comics graphic novel hitting FOC today, Blue In Green reuniting him with his graphic novel collaborator on Grafity's Wall, Anand Rk, first teased on Bleeding Cool a year ago. A jazz noir horror original graphic novel, it tells a[...]

Combs has sold their debut nonfiction YA graphic novel, Trans History: A Graphic Novel at auction to Andrea Tompa at publishers Candlewick. Written and illustrated from an #OwnVoices perspective, Trans History: A Graphic Novel will be published in 2023 and aims to introduce readers to the history of transgender identities, the transgender rights movement, and what it means to be[...]

Martin and Linh Pham have created a new graphic novel series, Nancy Spector The first book, Nancy Spector, Monster Detective, sees a young detective taking on the case of an Invisible Man looking for his missing dog – who also happens to be invisible Martin describes it as "if Hayao Miyazaki and 80s Burton did a mash[...]

Publisher's Weekly reports that Tasha Mukanik has sold her first graphic novel, a middle-grade graphic novel Lost Time, to Chris Hernandez at Penguin Young Readers Group imprint, Razorbill Mukanik describes it thus: Dinosaur Graphic Novel, Lost Time by Tasha Mukanik from Penguin Lost Time is a middle grade graphic novel about a young girl surviving in the late Cretaceous of North[...]

Publisher's Lunch has announced that Emily Riesbeck of It's Your Funeral, Last Gasp and Mountain, and NJ Barna have a new graphic novel project, The Pirate And The Porcelain Girl, bought at auction by Amanda Ramirez at Simon & Schuster Children's, to be published in the autumn of 2022. The Pirate And The Porcelain Girl, in which a[...]

Last year, Dark Horse Comics has announced a new original graphic novel by artist Benjamin Schipper, Joe Death And The Graven Image, to be published this month, described as a cross between Mike Mignola, A Fistful of Dollars, and Johnny Cash's Ghost Riders in the Sky.  It didn't happen, due to the usual But it[...]

Seasons of Terror is a graphic anthology that features four stories adapted to comic books by Richard Chizmar. The stories are by Ray Bradbury, Shirley

Boom Studios is  to publish a new original graphic novel, WWE: The New Day: Power of Positivity by Evan Narcisse, Austin Walker and Daniel Bayliss And I am already lost I presume those reading this will be able to elicit what they need from the following details Wrestling and stuff I know I should have[...]

Candy Robertson and James Robertson, creating comics together as Candy James are best known in comics for their Pecanpals series., But they are now working on a four graphic novel series Archie And Reddie beginning with I Really Dig Pizza. The books are part of an early reader graphic novel series that follow the comedic adventures of two[...]

The Beak & Ally graphic novel series by Norm Feuti, tells the story of an outgoing bird determined to befriend a reluctant alligator The four-book series has been bought at auction by Andrew Arnold at HarperAlley, with publication to begin in the winter of 2021 Feuiti's agent Judy Hansen at Hansen Literary negotiated the deal for world[...]

Reggie is an all-ages web comic created by Jen de Oliveira and can be read online here. Reggie follows the everyday adventures of Reginald "Reggie" Guinn, kid penguin, and has now been picked up as two planned graphic novels by Esther Cajahuaringa at Little, Brown The publication of the first two Reggie graphic novels is scheduled for summer[...]

Avery Hill Publishing has just published Charlot Kristensen's new graphic novel, What We Don't Talk About But we are already hearing about a second graphic novel being lined up This time written by journalist and essayist Mathew Rodriguez, his debut graphic novel, Carlos Alejos Has to Lose His Chichos. The YA graphic novel is about "a[...]

Fibbed is a new graphic novel by Elizabeth Agyemang, her debut graphic novel Aimed at a middle-grade audience, Fibbed tells the story of the twelve-year-old Nana who, after telling too many farfetched tales, is sent to stay with her family in Ghana where she discovers magic in the village forest and must join forces with[...]

Rory McConville (Judge Dredd), Joe Palmer (2000 AD) and Chris O'Halloran (Ice Cream Man) have created a new original graphic novel being published by Image Comics in February Write It In Blood is a tragicomic crime tale aimed at exploring family loyalty and broken dreams. Write It In Blood, a New Crime Noir Graphic Novel Published[...]

The Mexican border is a hot-button issue, and ripe for a thriller. That’s what Jason Starr and Will Conrad dived into with their miniseries, Red Border.

Jarrett Williams is creating a new middle-grade graphic novel series, Harper Sharp, which has been picked up for a three-book deal by Random House Graphic Publishers Weekly reports that Harper Sharp is a comic book about "a boy named Harper is determined to help solve the mysteries that happen around his school and neighborhood." Random[...]

And next year, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is to publish the graphic novel Paranothern, written by Stephanie Cooke. Publishers Weekly reports that Mari Costa has sold a two YA graphic novels, the first titles Belle of the Ball Described as a comedic, lesbian love-triangle story between a wallflower, a star athlete, and a head cheerleader is set[...]

We mentioned that Ivy Noelle Weir and Amber Padilla were adapting The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, as a contemporary middle-grade graphic novel, The Secret Garden On 81st Street, from Little, Brown Children's in September 2021 But it's just one of two such books that Noelle Weir is writing – and has sold. She is[...]

Hallmark filmed an adaptation in 1987, a cartoon version by AVS in 1994, and a longrunning anime adaptation by NHK in 1991. And now – a graphic novel, updated to contemporary times The Secret Garden on 81st Street is a middle-grade graphic novel modern retelling of The Secret Garden by Ivy Noelle Weir and Amber Padilla[...]

He also adapted the William Gibson screenplay for Alien 3 as a comic book for Dark Horse, and drew the Angel Catbird series of graphic novels, written by Margaret Atwood. A graduate of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, now living in Vancouver, British Columbia, this busy guy is about to be even busier. Johnnie Christmas headshot from[...]

We teased this was coming earlier, now it is all official – Reckless from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips – and the beginning of something. This is our next project, a series of graphic novels, each one a fully self-contained story, and we're releasing three of them over the next year The books are much longer than[...]

The Sapling's Curse, is a Young Adult graphic novel written by first-time author James Persichetti and drawn by L Biehler Publisher's Weekly describes it as thus, "in this inclusive twist on the legend of Arthur, knights Lancelot and Tristan set out on a quest to find the missing magician Merlin, but instead discover an[...]

Expedition Backyard is a new nonfiction young chapter book graphic novel by Rosemary Mosco and Binglin Hu, the latest in a line of new publications picked up by Gina Gagliano, Publishing Director of Random House Graphic Expedition Backyard, tells the story of a gregarious Vole and more retiring Mole, who explore their suburban environment—until they accidentally move to[...]

Marissa Moss of the Amelia's Notebook series, where she helped pioneer the diary hybrid graphic novel format, has a STEM-friendly two-book series of illustrated hybrid graphic novels The first book is tentatively titled Make It Count, and will follow a math-loving middle schooler who finds that being the only girl on the mathletes team brings strain[...]

But now he's done his own deal. Eric Gapstur Sells Sort Of Super Graphic Novel For Six Figures. Publisher's Weekly reports that he has sold world rights to a new graphic novel and its sequel, called Sort Of Super And that Liesa Abrams at Aladdin bought the project for a six-figure sum before anyone else had the[...]

Reimena Yee has a new middle-grade graphic novel, My Aunt Is a Monster, which Random House Graphic will be publishing in 2022 My Aunt Is a Monster is about blind orphan Safia, who dreams of being an adventurer When it's discovered that Safia has a living relative, the reclusive Lady Walteranne Whimsy, Safia is[...]

The deal also includes a second graphic novel about a queer girl's many loves. Photo courtesy of Laura Gao. Laura's agent Brenda Bowen at the Book Group managed the auction and the deal. Laura Gao is a comic book creator, animator, designer, writer and plenty other things – and a product manager for Twitter living in San[...]