Raina Telgemeier Archives

The Cartoonists Club, a new graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud for the 1st of April next year, was announced with a print run of 750,000 Well, it seems that's not enough, as Scholastic Graphix, the biggest comic book publisher in the English language, have bumped it up ahead of publication to 800,000 The[...]

Scholastic's commitment remains unshakeable to publish and distribute stories representative of ALL voices." Raina Telgemeier is one of the best-selling comic book creators in the world In North America, she is second only to Dav Pilkey Her graphic novels, often examining traumatic times in high school life, sell in the multiple millions, and she is one[...]

With one of the best-selling comic book creators in the world, Raina Telgemeier, giving the opening speech of the Conference Jenn Haines, President of the Board of ComicsPRO and owner of The Dragon, an Eisner-Award winning store, will be Keynote Speaker She will be speaking about the challenges she's faced throughout her 23 years in[...]

And they include Drama by Raina Telgemeier, one of the bestselling graphic novels of recent times, from 35 locations The graphic novel is a coming-of-age story involving the crew of a middle school musical has won both praise and criticism for its LGBTQ portrayal My youngest has a copy on her bookshelf along with all[...]

And while Dav Pilkey's Cat Kid Comic Club topped the list in January 2021, the biggest seller throughout the year, was Raina Telgemeier with Guts, Smile and Drama continuing to sell massive numbers and dominate the charts With also strong performances from Nathan W Pyle's Strange Planet and Stranger Planet, My Hero Academia by Kohei[...]

image from Scholastic. New York Times Bestseller Lists For Graphic Books and Manga – April 2020 GUTS by Raina Telgemeier Scholastic Raina finds her tummy trouble might be more than it first appears to be when she goes back to school. BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER: KAREN'S WITCH by Ann M Martin Illustrated by Katy Farina Scholastic Karen wants to[...]

Expect more big wins from this trio. Raina Telgemeier (Up) The second best-selling comic book creator in America, with her graphic novels constantly topping the proper bookseller lists as Scholastic Book Printing presses were reserved in advance for her two 2019 volumes, Share Your Smile and Guts So many of DC and Marvel's bookstore-aimed titles are[...]

Raina Telgemeier is still topping and middling the chart Persepolis is still on it IDW/Top Shelf has They Called Us Enemy instead of March The Batman books managed to skip Tom King's run Shannon Hale has one hell of a placement with Best Friends though, Umbrella Academy has hit since the TV show aired… GUTS by[...]

Raina Telgemeier is the Children's Laureate of Graphic Novels Her books are the bestselling graphic novels in America because they matter to children Guts is her latest and continues her streak of stories that explore childhood fears and anxieties. Guts is about stomach trouble and fear of illness It starts with young Raina and her mother[...]

It's by Raina Telgemeier And it follows bestselling original graphic novels such as Sisters, Smile, Drama and Ghosts – and my daughter has been asking if it is out for most of the last six months It is currently the second best-selling book on Amazon, just behind Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, Testaments. A[...]

Raina Telgemeier's Share Your Smile, her how-to-make-comics guide was published last month (a week early in comic stores too) and today Midtown Comics Downtown has the author and the best-selling Western comic book creator through its doors to sign copies. The signing will run from 7pm and will be an open signing, first come first served,[...]

Bestselling comic book creator Raina Telgemeier wowed New York Comic Con audiences by revealing her next two books: Guts, a graphic memoir set before Smile, and Share Your Smile, a book teaching kids how to tell their own stories Bird-themed pop culture website Vulture revealed the covers for both books in an EX-X-XCLUSIVE interview with[...]

For 2016, the American Library Association had a record year for comic books in their Top 10 Frequently Challenged list — or the Banned Books list. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki topped the chart, with Drama by Raina Telgemeier at number two Big Hard Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky landed[...]

Time to add yet another award to Raina Telgemeier's long list of accolades The children's graphic novel mogul won the third annual Dwayne McDuffy Award For Kids Comics at the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival in Michigan this weekend for her 2016 book Ghosts, according to a press release from the convention's website Telgemeier used[...]

Garrity, Melanie Gillman, Zac Gorman, Jimmy Gownley, Matt Groening, Dan Hipp, Keith Knight, Mike Kunkel, Roger Langridge, Jeff Lemire, Jonathan Lemon, Patrick McDonnell, Tony Millionaire, Caleb Monroe, Terry Moore, Dustin Nguyen, Molly Ostertag, Lincoln Peirce, Paul Pope, Hilary Price, Liz Prince, Stan Sakai, Chris Schweizer, Ryan Sook, Jeremy Sorese, Raina Telgemeier, Richard Thompson, Tom Tomorrow,[...]

Jeff Smith's Bone has now been published for ten years in colour from Scholastic, who created their imprint Graphix especially to publish the book. Now in February, they will be publishing a ten year "tribute edition" of the first collection, Out Of Boneville which will contain an extra 48 pages including Bone-inspired comics and art from[...]

Amy and Brandon will also be giving away a free 11×17 print to anyone who purchases the book. Wednesday, July 9th The Astoria Bookshop at 31-29 31st Street in Astoria, Queens, New York, will host Raina Telgemeier and Dave Roman at 6:30PM for a drawing party to celebrate their new graphic novel Comics Squad: Recess[...]