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Block'd, by Brian Hawkins and Ignacio Di Meglio, is an upcoming high school basketball werewolf YA original graphic novel out from Mad Cave Studios in February 2025 And yes, it  does sound a bit Teen Wolf. I hope someone sends a copy to Jeph Loeb… "In a small but not too quiet town, Cam Banter, a high[...]

Dani Chuatico is working on their YA contemporary graphic novel, Passé It On "When Jamie travels to New York to start training at a renowned ballet school, she finds herself questioning if her passion is enough to keep her going It is only after she meets more dancers that she realizes she'll need to practice to[...]

A collection was published in June 2018. Now it seems, just like Prez before it, Mystik U is being repackaged and relaunched for the YA graphic novel that DC has been doing rather well with of late And renamed (again) as Mystik U: Freshman Year Enchantments A colon title that may suggest future volumes to come,[...]

It is part of a new wave of middle-grade and YA original graphic novels being launched for 2025, and we have details of more on this Bleeding Cool DC Middle-Grade and YA tag. Nubia: Too Real L.L McKinney, Robyn Smith 04 February 2025 $16.99 Ages 13 to 17, Grades 8 to 12, 208 pages 22.9 cm H |[...]

Suzanne Samin and Amalas Rosa have sold North American rights to new YA graphic novel Fear of Falling for an undisclosed six-figure sum to Ruta Rimas at Putnam, at auction. Fear of Falling follows "two former best friends from the Bronx: Aran, a Syrian American teen grappling with his mother's death, and Tao, a college basketball[...]

Finish Lines is a new YA graphic novel by Sarah Broyles and Hanna Schroy about a high school junior who joins her grandfather for a locally famous canoe race in their home state of Texas. Calista Brill at First Second has acquired world rights to Finish Lines, which will be co-edited with Nachie Marsham for publication in 2026[...]

Last Night I Dreamed of Home by Sophie Li, is an upcoming YA graphic novel about two college students originally from China who fall in love and who must grapple with their identities and the expectations of their families. World English rights were won by Simon Boughton at Norton Young Readers at auction, and publication is[...]

High School Bites is a new YA vampire graphic novel, with quite a creative pedigree It is being written by Kami Garcia, writer of DC Comics' best-selling Teen Titans graphic novels, Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity, Beautiful Creatures and John Constantine: Distorted Illusions and Yen Plus And it's being drawn by Sweeney Boo, artist on Harley Quinn, Captain Marvel,[...]

Breadcrumbs is a new YA graphic memoir by Kasia Babis about growing up in Poland after it transitioned from communism to capitalism in 1989, and how she became involved in progressive politics as her country took a turn toward the hard right And before she drew My Little Pony comics, New Yorker cartoons and The[...]

Quiet Appetites is an upcoming YA graphic novel by Casey Gilly and Morgan Beem, about a family who moves to the rural English countryside and is haunted by something ancient As someone living in the English countryside right now, and feeling rather ancient myself, it may have much to appeal Samia Fakih at First Second has[...]

A YA graphic novel about overcoming and surviving domestic abuse with the help of found family, follows a young witch who accidentally transforms her father into a literal monster during a fight and must partner with her nemesis-turned-friend (and potentially something more) to undo the curse before her father can hurt anyone else. Chris Hernandez at[...]

Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout is an upcoming YA historical fiction graphic novel with two intertwined timelines: one a modern-day family drama, the other a courageous tale of art and resistance under Nazi occupation Mark Siegel at First Second has bought world rights to Song of a Blackbird, excluding Dutch, in a[...]

The Dream Frontier is a new shounen-inspired YA graphic novel series written by Tony Weaver Jr and drawn by Irene Yeom The story follows Sygnus, a Black teen who uses a mysterious virtual reality competition game to help understand himself and his place in the world. Tony Weaver Jr is the CEO of Weird Enough Productions,[...]

Rebis: Born and Reborn by Irene Marchesini and Carlotta Dicataldo, is a new YA graphic novel about a runaway child and an alleged witch whose lives are forever changed when they meet in a medieval forest. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ "Martino[...]

Image Comics is to republish Saga by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples in a six inch by nine inch format beginning in September, with new cover art by Fiona Staples, aimed at the YA bookstore market, in a format that has proved successful for graphic novels from other publishers.  The series will still remain[...]

Girlmode is a new graphic novel by Magdalene Visaggio and Paulina Ganucheau from HarperCollins for September 2024.

Maleficent will be published in 6" by 9" digest-sized editions, in both hardcover and paperback, simultaneously aimed for bookstore and library shelves, for YA and MG audiences, for March 2024. "Queen Maleficent rules the Forbidden Woods It's a mysterious land shrouded in darkness and steeped in evil Countless kings and knights have traveled from far and[...]

DC Comics are adding a couple of new YA graphic novels to their line, to be published later this year Wonder Woman: The Adventures of Young Diana for the 6th of August and This Land Is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story for the 1st of October After a rough start and a dropping of[...]

Who have found recent success in the exploding YA graphic novel market with original works from Teen Titans to Dreamer, from Wayne Family Adventures to Primer Recently they have announced that they are taking Kids and YA titles and serialising them as comic books for a comic store market And now they are doing the[...]

Secrets of a Lost Diary, a YA graphic novel by Mexican-American artist Santiago Cohen, is a story of two diaries that touches on the impact of dementia in a family, historical trauma and the Holocaust, LGBTQIA+ in two generations, and immigration. Gary Groth at Fantagraphics Underground Press has acquired Secrets of a Lost Diary and publication is[...]

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:[...]

How Do I Draw These Memories? is the debut YA graphic memoir from author-illustrator Jonell Joshua In both prose and illustrations this book traces Joshua's childhood and her family's journey—the joys and the struggles—from Brooklyn to Savannah to New Jersey. Jonell Joshua's Graphic Memoir, How Do I Draw These Memories? "Jonell Joshua spent her childhood shuttling back and[...]

Content creator/artist Tasia M S and Eisner-nominated writer Barbara Perez Marquez are creating To Dance the Moon and Stars, a YA graphic novel romance based on Indian and Middle Eastern folklore With the help of a dance goddess and her childhood friend, who's also the handsome crown prince, a teen girl must figure out how[...]

The Demon's Prince by Remy Lai and Lauren Dimaya is a new YA graphic novel which follows Langya, a royal guard who has spent 250 years in servitude as one of the Five Demons after being murdered by the prince he was sworn to protect To move on to a peaceful afterlife, he has to complete one[...]

I'd Like You To Like Me is the debut YA graphic novel by Kat Schneider This graphic novel "follows 15-year-old Meg during two weeks at Pioneer Bible Camp, a Pentecostal sleepaway camp in the Adirondacks, where first love challenges Meg's faith and view of the world forever". Kat Schneider Would Like You To Like Her Upcoming YA[...]

Hazel and Bell's YA graphic novel Always Raining Here, is adapted from the webcomic of the same name, created and posted between February 2011-July 2016 on the website alwaysraininghere.com.  It was self-published in print in English as Bell Books, and then published in Italian in 2020 by Mizar and more recently in French by YBY Editions[...]

Loving, Ohio is an upcoming YA graphic novel by Matthew Erman and Sam Beck, which has been picked up by Konner Knudsen at Dark Horse Comics to be published in August 2024 Matthew Erman tweeted, "The kids have to get the f-ck out of Ohio A original graphic novel about being a teen in a cult[...]

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[...]

Plus, Hershey returns for her final solo arc in the second half of "The Cold in the Bones," The Out Book III reaches its finale, things get stranger in Azimuth, and Judge Dredd faces off against former Judge Kyle Asher in "A Fallen Man"! In Shops: Aug 30, 2023 SRP: 21.99 #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:[...]

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[...]