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Kay Healy's debut graphic novel series Casey's Cases, is about a 10-year-old aspiring detective named Casey and her investigations of the new girl at school, her crush's confiscated love note, the origins of a lost neighbourhood cat, and other mysteries in the life of an unintentionally hilarious fourth grader. The first two books in the series[...]

Lucas Soto and Samuel Soto-Saines' The Street King, is their debut YA graphic novel about "17-year-old Manny Valdez—years after witnessing his father's death in an MMA match—as he grapples with grief and trauma while rising to stardom as an eSports star in a bid to secure enough prize money to save his uncle's arcade" and the[...]

Cramming, a semi-autobiographical debut middle-grade graphic novel that has been auctioned by its creator Brigitta Blair, "about the pressures Ari Sharpe and her friends face in eighth grade, including scoliosis bracing, school, sports, gender exploration, and the gift of learning to be at peace in your body" and is pitched for readers of Swim Team and The[...]

Megan Wagner Lloyd and Erin Kubo have auctioned off the rights to a new YA graphic novel, The Empty House, scheduled for then "When family circumstances force misfit Ada and her mother to relocate, Ada finds herself drawn to a deserted and decaying mansion and a decades-old murder—and becomes determined to discover the secrets hidden within[...]

Dream Warriors is a graphic novel series about magical beings who battle "nap to night" to keep sleeping people safe from bad dreams, from Jesse Byrd and Yonson Carbonell Bobbie Bensur at Paw Prints has bought world rights to the series beginning with Khi's New Beginning, in which the Bad Dreams have teamed up to conduct a[...]

Yehudi Mercado, who recently wrote and drew the well-received Shazam! Thundercrack DCEU graphic novel for DC Comics (and a less-than-well received Miles Morales comic for Marvel) is working on something new for next year from DC Comics, a middle-grade graphic novel about the pets of Gotham's Super-Villains, Barkham Asylum, to be published on the 6th[...]

Armed With Madness: The Surreal Leonora Carrington is published on the 25th of April in the USA and Canada and May in the UK by Self-Made Hero. Armed With Madness, New Graphic Novel by Mary M Talbot & Bryan Talbot Armed With Madness, New Graphic Novel by Mary M Talbot & Bryan Talbot [...]

Deeply Dave is the debut middle-grade graphic novel adapted from the animated webcomic Deeply Dave by Mike Grover and published by Grovertoons It tells the story of a deep sea diver Dave plunges into the abyss to save his astronaut mom from the monsters that lurk below, suchas the 'Big Doom' and, while searching the[...]

Hope Larson is creating two new middle-grade graphic novels, the first of which is The Absolute Value of Verity, which follows the story of an overachieving eighth-grader whose life is turned upside-down by her struggles with dyscalculia Hope says "I was never what I'd describe as an overachiever in school, but I have had[...]

The Brainstormerz is a a three-book middle-grade graphic novel series, by Kwame Alexander, Cassidy Dyce and Rashad Doucet about three friends who put their heads together to think creatively and solve tricky problems, often with hilarious results. Margaret Raymo at Little, Brown has acquired world rights to the series and the first book in the[...]

"What would you sacrifice to save your family? How far would you go to protect your people? For Clove, the last princess of a near-extinct Dragon clan, the answer is the unthinkable: MARRY your greatest sworn enemy in an effort to bring peace to your land." Former accountant Junepurrr has now signed a three-book graphic novel[...]

The webcomic Love Advice From The Great Duke Of Hell by Unfins and published by Webtoon is a "wildly funny YA graphic novel series about average everyday teenager Paul who summons a powerful demon from the deep recesses of Hell to help him snag the girl of his dreams" Unfins was selected for the Most Laughs[...]

Veronica Casson, creator of the Ignatz-nominated webcomic Claviger has sold her first graphic novel Grind Like A Girl, as a print version of her webtoon, formerly published on Gumroad Set in New Jersey in 1993, this semi-autobiographical YA graphic novel follows Heather, a transgender high school senior navigating Catholic school, dreams of art school, family[...]

Quentin By Tarantino is an original graphic novel by Améziane Amazing from Titan Comics coming out this October And, clue is in the title, it's about Quentin Tarantino But not by Quentin Tarantino. "The story transports readers into the crazy world of Quentin Tarantino – exploring the many twists and turns of his groundbreaking career to[...]

His actions have led to numerous books and graphic novels being removed from school libraries, and that has included the Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir by Maia Kobabe. DeSantis rejects that this is "book banning" and last week held a press conference in which he showed a video, including selected scenes from Gender Queer, saying "I just think[...]

And Then Comes July is the debut graphic novel by Sarah Jung, a contemporary YA graphic novel that explores two sisters' relationships as they are escaping an unsafe home environment, and their respective immigrant identities. Sarah Jung Sells Her Debut Graphic Novel,  And Then Comes July Arthur A Levine at Levine Querido has bought And Then Comes[...]

Ngozi Ukazu tweeted out the news about new DC Comics graphic novel, Barda "I am beyond thrilled to announce my very first graphic novel with DC COMICS! Written AND illustrated by yours truly—Buckle up and get ready for BARDA Over the last two years I've become enamored with Jack Kirby's vision and genius[...]

Guardian of Fukushima by Ewen Blain and Fabian Grolleau is a labour of love, a tribute to Naoto Matsamura's sacrifice to protect the abandoned animals of Fukushima, and a warning about the dangers of nuclear power.

Clowes calls upon a lifetime of observation and artistic inspiration to create his most complex and sophisticated graphic novel yet Rich visual detail, masterful graphic storytelling, and a novelist's attention to the vernacular rhythm of language and dialogue combine with a plot full of surprising twists to create a multilayered masterpiece of the form that[...]

Sarah Alpert at Algonquin Young Readers has acquired North American rights to Bad Kid: My Life as a "Troubled Teen", and publication is planned for 2025. Sofia Szamosi's first YA graphic novel, Unretouchable was recently published by Lerner/Graphic Universe, about the lived experience of the use of image retouching software in the model photography industry[...]

Louisa Onomé and ONeillJones have sold their feminist YA graphic novel for a six figure sum at auction Revenge Arc is the story of a group of teen girls at a kickboxing gym decide to get revenge on a boy who wronged them, until it turns out things are more complicated than throwing the first[...]

Norwich-based British cartoonist Theo Parish has auctioned the North American rights to their graphic novel Homebody and a second untitled graphic novel to follow in 2025 won by Rose Pleuler at HarperAlley to be published in the winter of 2024 Book rights to both were already auctioned in the UK to senior commissioning editor Cate Augustin[...]

And now they are publishing their first YouNiverse crossover with The Oloris: Heroes Will Unite, Volume 1. The continent of Africa becomes ground zero for a devastating extraterrestrial invasion from the Moon, forcing a group of heroes to band together in this new graphic novel from the massively talented team of Nigerian creators at YouNeek Studios[...]

The Hundredth Voice, a new middle-grade graphic novel by, and solo graphic novel debut of, Caitlin Like, which its publisher Dark Horse is pitching as in the vein of Neil Gaiman Cailtlin Like is better known for drawing graphic novels such as the Show Me History series from Portable Press, Helen Keller: Inspiration To everyone,[...]

Fight fight fight! Eleven publishers were reportedly after Duel, the debut middle grade graphic novel by husband-and-wife team Jessixa Bagley and Aaron Bagley, along with an unnamed second project Kendra Levin at Simon & Schuster beat out the others at auction and Duel is planned to be published in November 2023. "A rivalry between sisters culminates[...]

Cowgirls & Dinosaurs: Big Trouble in Little Spittle is the first of a new series of middle-grade graphic novels by Lucie Ebrey The western follows Abigail and her rival, Clementine who are cowgirls that ride dinosaurs, off on an adventure to save their town from the Bandit Queen and the perils of the ferocious[...]

Yen Press announced a massive slate of sixteen new titles to be published in August 2023, including twelve manga titles, three novels (Sentenced to Brave Punishment; Liar, Liar; Kunon the Sorcerer Can See Through), and one graphic novel (Cuckoos Three) Check out the complete list below Or follow Yen Press' site for updates. Cover art (not[...]

Seth MacFarlane and his Fuzzy Door production banner is adding another project to its line-up, with Deadline Hollywood reporting exclusively that MacFarlane & UCP have secured the rights to writer Charles Soule (Daredevil, Death of Wolverine, She-Hulk; "Star Wars" creative consultant for Lucasfilm) & artist Will Sliney's ("Star Wars," "Spider-Man" characters; co-founder, Pioneertown Productions) Image[...]

is a spinoff of John Patrick Green's bestselling InvestiGators graphic novel series, to be published next week on the 21st of February It also has a very healthy half-a-million print run lined up, to reflect the success of the regular series Rather than Green handle the whole creative side, however, it will be written by Green[...]

Paul Gilligan, creator of newspaper strip Pooch Cafe and graphic novel King of the Mole People its sequel Rise of the Slugs and Pluto Rocket: New In Town, has sold his latest graphic novel , Boy vs Shark A graphic memoir about toxic masculinity and the summer that Jaws was released, it tells the story of "Ten-year-old Paul being terrified of sharks,[...]