graphic novel Archives

Alex Taylor, also known as azbt, has won the First Graphic Novel Award 2023, presented tonight at Waterstones Picadilly in London, where the seven shortlisted entrants showed their work Publisher Emma Hayley, whose company SelfMadeHero will award the winner a contract for publication, said, "The fun and colourful art style belies the intricate plot lines[...]

"Original graphic novels were a rarity back then and the book trade had no graphic novel category, so no one knew quite what it was… so few people shopping at comics stores wanted to read about the Palestinian plight; they mostly went there to buy their weekly dose of X-Men comics It was only Joe's[...]

Bookworms is a new graphic novel by Breena Bard in which a group of middle schoolers sign up as reading volunteers at their local library, despite its reputation for being haunted, and their tutoring sessions soon become entwined with the mystery of a girl's ghost. Breena Bard is an Oregon Book Award-winning cartoonist, born and raised[...]

Captain Marvel, Bitch Planet, and Shadow Show artist Maria Fröhlich has sold the rights to her debut middle-grade graphic novel, Lyra And The Lighthouse, for an undisclosed six-figure sum Lyra And The Lighthouse follows a lonely thirteen-year-old girl called Lyra, who moves to a haunted lighthouse on the coast of Sweden There, she teams up[...]

Petectives is a three-volume young graphic novel series by Jason Platt, featuring private detectives Purrlock and Marlowe, a cat and a dog based on Sherlock Holmes and Philip Marlowe, solving mysteries and thwarting Purrlock's arch-nemesis, Meowiarty Marlowe is described as a "a real chill co-worker," while Purrlock is "more the anxious, gotta go-get-'em attitude."[...]

Grant Morrison is continuing to talk about their Wonder Woman Earth One graphic novel series with Yanick Paquette on the Xanaduum Substack, including their use of bondage as text and subtext. "Announcing our themes up front, we chose to show Wonder Woman our heroine, in chains on the cover But we gave her a challenging, even[...]

The Ballad of X-Ray and Koko is the middle-grade graphic novel debut from cartoonist Nicole J Georges of Calling Dr Laura, and Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home, the story of a girl named X-Ray, her pet chicken, a life-changing queer friendship, and her journey to finding the place she belongs. Della Farrell at[...]

Mia And Friends is a new upcoming middle-grade graphic novel by Karlin Gray and Micheline Hess Based on the true story of footballer Mia Hamm and her 1999 World Cup teammates and recounts how a shy kid found a home in athletics, a sisterhood in a soccer team, and a place in sports history. Mia Hamm[...]

The upcoming graphic novel Izaak and the Doctor by Amanda West Lewis and Abigail Rajunov is inspired by true stories of so-called "Korczak orphans." This story follows a boy raised in Warsaw between the two world wars by Dr Korczak, who believed that children should have a say in the rules governing their lives, and[...]

Lunch is an upcoming middle-grade graphic novel by Heather Nuhfer and Patricia Daguisan Tia's first day of school nerves disappear when she realizes that when she eats the same lunch as her classmates, she can hear their thoughts Not only does she realize the popular kids are just as insecure as she is, but she also learns[...]

Mexican illustrator Rodrigo Reyes Rico's comedic, memoir-inflected middle-grade graphic novel Fitting In, is a story about an introverted middle schooler, also called Rodrigo, who takes on a mission to do the impossible—join the soccer team and become one of the popular kids in the hope that he can get them to join the school's music[...]

Then learn how to turn those ideas into a comic! Pencils and paper provided, BYO imagination! This event is suitable for children ages 6+ Family Workshops: Fantastic Comics with Neill Cameron, British Museum, Bloomsbury, 1-2.30pm OverBoard London – games, films, comics & geek culture, The Thirsty Bear, 62 Stamford Street, Southwark, 2-8pm If you're looking for a laid-back Saturday[...]

Cassandra Calin is a cartoonist with 2.7 million followers on Instagram, 233,000 subscribers on Tapas, and her debut middle-grade graphic novel out next year, The New Girl. Cassandra Calin's Graphic Novel The New Girl, From Scholastic in 2024 "Instagram sensation and Tapas webcomic superstar Cassandra Calin makes her long-form debut with this funny, feel-good middle-grade graphic novel[...]

Maya Henderson's debut middle-grade graphic novel, Brainbow, tells the story of a girl who senses colours, discovers she has synesthesia and must learn to embrace her identity while navigating difficult friendships and a competitive academic club.  Most Kids Have Five Senses.  Rosie Has Six ​Eleven year old Rosie has always been able to sense colors — and[...]

Gina Nguyen's middle-grade graphic novel debut, tentatively titled Dust, along with a second book, sees the 11-year-old Bao, grieving his father's death, finding a dust bunny behind his bed that doesn't just come to life but eats Bao's emotional messes for him Marisa DiNovis at Knopf has bought the world rights to Dust, and the[...]

Appavu's debut young adult horror graphic novel, The Ghost Key, in which a trans high school senior haunted by grief and prophetic dreams of death after the loss of their sister must fight the ghost of their guilt and come to terms with themself to prevent the imminent tragedy in their new recurring nightmare. Alexandra Aceves[...]

The Three Beasts, is a YA action-adventure graphic novel set in a fantastical Philippines-inspired land, by debut graphic novelist Gillian Pascasio "A sword-wielding trio of lesbian and trans friends risk facing a deadly hydra—and losing each other—to succeed their legendary dragon-tamer fathers… and decide what it means to uphold their Great Tamer fathers' legacies." #gallery-1 { margin:[...]

Serendipity is the debut middle-grade graphic novel by comic book creator and illustrator Gabbie Benda In the story, when a carnival machine gives an overconfident middle schooler an ominous fortune, she decides that bad luck is to blame for her problems rather than her own choices, and makes humorous attempts to reverse her luck. Gabbie Benda,[...]

Andy Hirsch's middle-grade graphic novel Ralph is about an anxious boy and a rambunctious dog who bond while facing obstacles on and off the agility course Robyn Chapman at First Second has acquired world rights to Ralph, and Jill Freshney at First Second will also edit Andy Hirsch posts, "That's right, it's a boy-and-dog sports[...]

One Mad Cat by Vicky Fang of Ava Lin, is a young graphic novel series about a mad cat and her not-so-mad friends who, along with young readers, use clues to solve simple mysteries. Sarah Ketchersid at Candlewick Press has bought world rights to One Mad Cat, and the first book will be published in the autumn of[...]

Titan Comics has announced a biographic novel of the life and work of movie director Francis Ford Coppola, Don Coppola by Amazing Améziane – creator of the upcoming Quentin Tarantino graphic biography, Quentin by Tarantino, comes volume 2 of his cine trilogy of graphic novels for the 11th of June 2024 The original French edition[...]

And it will see a graphic novel published by Z2 Comics, with contributions by rock stars Andy Biersack, Carla Harvey, Cristina Scabbia, and Burton C Bell, with comic book writers Charlie Benante, Andy Biersack, Ryan J Downey, Carla Harvey, and Alan Robert, and artists Steve Kurth, Alan Robert, and Marco Finnegan, with covers by Alan[...]

A female footballer, a murderous housewife, a Mongolian truck driver, a grieving bookseller, an unemployed cross-dresser, a transmasculine queer person working in a ramen shop and protestors from the Rhondda Valley are the main characters of seven graphic novels-in-progress shortlisted for the First Graphic Novel Award 2023 The seven shortlisted creators were revealed at the[...]

Michelle Jing Chan's debut graphic novel, Somewhere in the Gray, will follow a girl who is "dating the most popular girl at school, and what seems easy for her friends—being intimate in any way with their partners—doesn't feel quite right to her as she learns it's more than okay to live somewhere in the grey of[...]

I'm Going Through Something, the debut graphic novel by intersex activist Hans Lindahl and cartoonist Chan Chau The book follows a 16-year-old artist navigating an adolescence in which puberty never happens Lindahl received a grant from the Effing Foundation for Sex Positivity and a place in Narrative Initiative's inaugural Changemaker Authors Cohort. And now David Levithan at[...]

Some are raising money to create a project, and others are using it to create awareness and orders for a project already completed. And, with the right PR company behind them, they often his their goal in days, hours, or even minutes from launch. But that doesn't seem to be the case for Creature Features, a new[...]

The Paperfilms team of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, alongside their award-winning Harley Quinn artist teammate Chad Hardin, have a new project as a team, The Hunters graphic novel, being Kickstartered right now Jimmy Palmiotti is one of the most successful and reliable creators publishing through Kickstarter, and his books fill many a discerning bookshelf[...]

As revealed this weekend at New York Comic Con, Oni Press announced Chef's Kiss Again, the sequel to the 2023 ALA Alex Award-winning original graphic novel by co-creators Jarrett Melendez and Danica Brine.   Teaming Melendez with incoming illustrator Irene Flores (R.L Stine's Just Beyond: Monstrosity, Heavy Vinyl), CHEF'S KISS AGAIN is scheduled for publication in 2025 and will pick up precisely[...]

Joe Illidge and Marcus Kwame Anderson are to adapt the late Ann Petry's Harriet Tubman: Conductor On The Underground Railroad, as a graphic novel, to be published by Tara Weikum at Harper Alley, in the winter of 2026 Joe Illidge's agent Gordon Warnock at Fuse Literary; Marcus Kwame Anderson's agent Alex Glass at Glass[...]

Graphic novels are often included at the top of these lists and, purely by coincidence, they usually seem to involve LGBTQ and POC characters and creators. Banned Together: Authors and Allies on the Fight for Readers' Rights, is a new planned YA graphic anthology edited by Printz Honor author Ashley Hope Pérez and drawn by Debbie[...]