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In 2019, graphic novelist Nadine Takvorian tweeted a photograph "Today I remember my great-grandmother Armaveni, pictured top-center, who was locked in the French School of Marsovan, Turkey with other women and children, and the building was set on fire A Turkish soldier took pity and freed them before they were burned alive #ArmenianGenocide" Now Armaveni will[...]

Also, you call it comics, but it's not even funny? You have some serious rebranding work to do," "We were thinking of graphic novels." "Oh no that's far worse I'm out." As the writer of the comic book Chase Variant from Image Comics, I know the power of a confusing title Thus, from Iron Circus, we have launching[...]

She also created the graphic novel adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches, Exquisite Corpse, and California Dreamin'. First Second Books is a prominent and ground-breaking American graphic novels publisher based in New York City, and an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, distributed by Macmillan, with Editorial & Creative Director Mark Siegel and Editorial Director Calista Brill. Who is[...]

(yes I've heard the name before, it's just so cute)" Cover to Flora by Paulina Ganucheau Ten years later… Flora is to be a YA fantasy romance graphic novel by Paulina Ganucheau to be published in 2025 Paulina Ganucheau is also the creator of Lemon Bird, co-creator of Zodiac Starforce and Another Castle, and artist on Shade The[...]

Richard Mercado, production artist at Skybound Entertainment, and creator of No Boyfriends Since Birth, has sold the rights to his first YA graphic novel, Coming Out Perfect, for six figures to David Saylor and Emily Nguyen at Scholastic/Graphix Coming Out Perfect is, about a teenage boy who, after a failed attempt to come out to[...]

The Hooded Man Caliburn Prize for Comic Creation, or The Caliburn Prize for short is a new UK comic-based literary grant, recognising fresh and unpublished voices in the world of comic and graphic novel creation The Caliburn Prize is a £2,500 grant aimed at helping unpublished UK-based creators get a foot on the comics ladder. "When[...]

Through both Penguin Random House and Lunar Distribution, DC Comics is restarting their graphic novel display programme ahead of the release of The Flash movie in June. Flash Graphic Novel Displays through Penguin Random House DC Comics Instore Flash Graphic Novel Displays Through Lunar & PRH With The Flash in theaters on June 16, we are thrilled to announce that The Flash standee displays from[...]

Daniel Dae Kim will star in Butterfly, a new spy thriller series adapted from the BOOM! Studios graphic novel created by Arash Amel and written by Amel & Marguerite Bennett, with artwork from Antonio Fuso and Stefano Semeone Amazon Studios are developing the show with Kim along with BOOM! Studios, who originally published the graphic novel[...]

TOKYOPOP is publishing Guardian of Fukushima, a moving new graphic novel depicting the true story of the aftermath of the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku, Japan, from the perspective of Naoto Matsumura, an ordinary man who risked his life by remaining behind to care for animals left behind following the disastrous meltdown at the[...]

Silk Cotton is the name of a new, completed graphic novel by Colleen Douglas, Jesus C Gan and Lorezo Palombo about a Caribbean Pantheon of supernatural beings, something never attempted in comic book format before It has been published in Italian by Leviathan Labs, and sold out its first printing at Lucca last year in[...]

The Deadliest is a comedy STEM graphic novel series for ages six to nine by entomologist Dr Eleanor Spicer Rice Rice is an entomologist and writer living in Raleigh, North Carolina, whose newspaper and magazine topics range from belly button biodiversity to blue crabs in bathtubs She studied the interactions between ant species at NC[...]

Guy Kopsombut, a self-taught Nashville-based artist and creator of the wholesome webcomic 4am Shower, and collection Everyday Smiles has a debut middle-grade graphic novel, Squad Goals In which "11-year-old Ronin must juggle starting a new school, helping his parents launch their new Thai restaurant, and learn how to be the best e-sports player possible to[...]

Diary of a Nature Nerd is the debut middle-grade graphic novel by Tiffany Everett Brooke loves her nomadic life on the road, exploring national parks and wildlife, and tracks her experiences in her diary But the blended-family RV begins to feel cramped when Brooke discovers that her best-friend-turned-stepsister has been harboring a secret." Tiffany Everett is an illustrator[...]

Absolutely Everything by Other Boys creator Damian Alexander is a new middle-grade graphic novel that follows Marcella, a sixth grader who struggles with undiagnosed ADHD leading to mishaps at home, in school, and with her friendships Damian Alexander states "Marcella's story is heavily inspired by my own life and experiences with undiagnosed ADHD growing up!" Absolutely Everything by Damian Alexander Damian Alexander[...]

It details the story of Tsai Kun-Lin, a political victim of the White Terror, as he lived through the occupation of present-day Taiwan and was sentenced to jail for attending a high school book club and is recommended for fans of Persepolis. An incredible true story in graphic novel form, that lays bare the tortured and[...]

But three years later, it appears that the whole thing has been completed and will be published as a complete graphic novel, twice as much as had been previously released Heart Attack by Shawn Kittelsen and Eric Zawadski will now be published by Skybound and Image Comics in September 2023. "Heart Attack began 10 years ago as[...]

Oni Press, has announced a much-anticipated release date for the graphic novel Lights, the 6th of September 6, 2023 Lights follow the events of Sheets and Delicates, bringing Brenna Thummler's characters, artwork, and ghostly charm back to life in the third and final instalment of the Sheets trilogy In Lights, Wendell will finally uncover the[...]

Armed With Madness is a new graphic novel by Professor Mary M Talbot and Dr Bryan Talbot being announced by Self Made Hero for May 2023. Armed With Madness, New Graphic Novel by Mary M Talbot & Bryan Talbot "Reluctant muse and feminist champion… society heiress and rebel refugee… the last of the Surrealists: Leonora Carrington played[...]

Dr Haleh Massey and Ghazal Qadri are creating a middle-grade graphic novel, Say Something, Poupeh Babaee!, which tells the story of an Iranian girl who develops selective mutism after a travel ban prevents her parents from joining her in the USA Alexa Carter at Little Bee Books has bought world rights to Say Something, Poupeh[...]

Supriya Kelkar and Ani Bushry have auctioned off their semi-autobiographical middle grade graphic novel, Off The Cuff, about an Indian-American girl in small-town Michigan in the '90s, a time when becoming a part of the melting pot is one of the leading ideals, who learns to stop trying to blend in and to make new friends and[...]

Bleeding Cool announcement time! Grace Ellis is the co-creator of Lumberjanes, as well as writer of Moonstruck drawn by Shae Beagle and published by Image Comics, DC Comics' Lois Lane And The Friendship Challenge drawn by Brittney Williams, and the upcoming Flying Out Of Space graphic novel drawn by Hannah Templar And later this year,[...]

Chickenpox by Australian comic book creator Remy Lai is an upcoming semi-autobiographical middle-grade graphic novel, about a quarantine from a very different time, Chickenpox is the story or an eldest child Abby Lai, sick of her four annoying siblings, who faces the end of her world when all five kids catch chickenpox and have to[...]

The publishing rights to Red Dryer's debut solo graphic novel Ghosted, and a second untitled graphic novel, have been won at auction by Carolina Ortiz at HarperAlley Ghosted is a contemporary middle grade with elements of magical realism that centres around 12-year-old Dominic as he navigates his grief of his father abandoning the family, and the[...]

They have just sold the rights to Wayward: Fractured Shadows, their new middle-grade fantasy graphic novel at auction for a six-figure sum by Jess Harold at Henry Holt. Spider-Man Freshman Year Director Sells Graphic Novel For 6 Figures "The town of Wayward sits on top of a mirror realm of demons who feed on emotions—the bigger, the better[...]

Bleeding Cool reveals today that Shang-Chi and the Quest for Immortality by Victoria Ying is an upcoming original graphic novel from Scholastic, licensed from Marvel Comics, and starring the Shang Chi characters who featured prominently in the recent Shang Chi movie. Victoria Ying works in animation and graphic novels with film credits including Tangled, Wreck it[...]

Bleeding Cool has been running many articles about recent news coverage about the graphic novel Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir by Maia Kobabe as a new edition has come out from Oni Press. Initially marketed toward older audiences, winning an American Library Association Award in 2020 for "books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults ages 12 through 18"[...]

Cushi is a new graphic novel written and drawn by biology professor Jay Hosler, known for previous works such as Clan Apis, The Sandwalk Adventures, and Optical Allusions Cushi, which follows a cartoon ant born into a colony of leafcutter ants and examines how we seek to understand the natural world with the stories we[...]

It told the story of stand-up comedian/actor Maria Bamford moving back to Los Angeles after spending six months away in recovery for bipolar disorder and attempts to build up her life from scratch with the help of her agent Bruce Ben-Bacharach played by Fred Melamed. And now Fantagraphics is to publish Hogbook And Lazer Eyes, a new graphic[...]

Maia Kobabe is the creator of the most-banned graphic novel in America – and one of its best-selling – Gender Queer: A Memoir That book, initially published in 2019, was not initially intended for kids, but won awards for its appeal to a younger audience However, the reaction from some parents – and politicians –[...]

"Fetch: An Odyssey is a 48-page graphic novel created by 7-year-old Evie Dunn It is the tale of a young girl's epic journey to recover her dog, Rosco, who is being held in the heavens of Mount Olympus by Zeus the King of the Gods Her journey will take her deep within the heart of Greek[...]