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The House Outside Hart Creek
Paige Hender is creating a new YA graphic novel The House Outside Hart Creek The story follows Edie Birch, a teen who reconnects with her estranged family only to discover secrets and trauma that go back generations When she teams up with a local folklore nerd, their sleuthing leads to the discovery that she comes from[...]
 A Non-Binary Goofy Movie Meets Spirited Away in Love, Misha YA OGN
Danish cartoonist Jam Aden's debut YA graphic novel, Love, Misha has been described as A Goofy Movie meets Spirited Away A story about a non-binary teen and their mother who, during a contentious road trip, take a wrong turn that lands them in the Realm of the Spirits, where they are surrounded by trickster spirits who aren't so keen on[...]
Danger and Other Unknown Risks: A Graphic Novel
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl team Ryan North and Erica Henderson reunite for a new YA graphic novel launching next spring, Danger and Other Unknown Risks, from Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Erica tweeted; "AHHH I CAN FINALLY ANNOUNCE THE DYSTOPIAN FANTASY BOOK THAT @ryanqnorth AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH @penguinteen It comes[...]
Mystery Brothers: LGBTQ YA Graphic Novel Launching at SDCC
Fresh off Pride Month and Asian-American Heritage Month, filmmaker Quentin Lee is launching his debut YA Science Fiction graphic novel Mystery Brothers at San Diego Comic-Con from July 21st to the 24th The 4-issue graphic novel is the first Asian-American YA Sci-Fi graphic novel to be distributed in partnership with Red 5 Comics. "Mystery Brothers" cover[...]
Strange Case of Harleen & Harley by Melissa Marr & Jenn St-Onge
DC Comics is announcing new original graphic novels in their MG Middle-Grade and YA Young Adult line in 2023 It's part of DC's continuing publishing plan originally announced in 2017, for publication in 2018 Five years later, the line continues apace, though with fewer titles as befits a slimmed-down publisher since then Such as The[...]
Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story by Sarah Kuhn & Arielle Jovallanos
DC Comics is announcing new original graphic novels in their MG Middle-Grade and YA Young Adult line in 2023 It's part of DC's continuing publishing plan originally announced in 2017, for publication in 2018 Five years later, the line continues apace, though with fewer titles as befits a slimmed-down publisher since then Such as Girl[...]
Lamar Giles & Paris Alleyne Create New Static YA Graphic Novel For DC
DC Comics is announcing new original graphic novels in their MG Middle-Grade and YA Young Adult line in 2023 It's part of DC's continuing publishing plan originally announced in 2017, for publication in 2018 Five years later, the line continues apace, though with fewer titles as befits a slimmed-down publisher since then Such as Static:[...]
Humanities 101, Myisha Haynes
Humanities 101 is Myisha Haynes' YA graphic novel about Hakeem, a boy who moves to a strange town with mysterious supernatural occurrences and falls in love with an alien She posted on Twitter "So happy to finally share what I've been working on for over a year! It's got it all: queer black kids, aliens,[...]
 Hello Sunshine, a YA graphic novel by Keezy Young
Hello Sunshine is a new upcoming YA graphic novel by Keezy Young ab0ut a boy in search of his boyfriend "When Noah returns from a summer at church camp, he is shocked to discover that his (secret) boyfriend Alex has gone missing Now Noah must now enlist the help of an unlikely team of worried[...]
Dan DiDio & Kenneth Rocafort To Publish New YA Novel, Hide And Seek
And now they have announced a new YA novel written by DiDio and Rocafort called Hide And Seek, to be published by Permuted Press in April 2023. A teenage boy is taken into witness protection after his superhero father is murdered on national television, but things are not what they appear to be in the small[...]
DC Comics Previews
Constantine: Distorted Illusions takes John Constantine, as created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and Rick Veitch, back to his punk rocker days as established by Jamie Delano, of the band Mucous Membrane but, for the purposes of the upcoming YA graphic novel, has been transposed from Liverpool and London to Washington, D.C Apparently, he has[...]
The Dark Room
She has now negotiated a deal as a debut writer for The Dark Room,  an upcoming YA horror graphic novel series drawn by Savanna Ganucheau of Bloom fame The Dark Room is about a young photographer named Mina whose interest in a mysterious shipwreck brings her into the dark orbit of Raf, the brooding new kid who[...]
Second Generation Blues, New YA OGN by Julio Anta & Red Dryer
Second Generation Blues is a coming-of-age YA graphic novel by Julio Anta and Red Dryer, following one Luis Menendez as he struggles to escape from the burden of being the only son in a hardworking Cuban American family and endless responsibilities at their restaurant to reach for his own dreams and the promise of first love[...]
Monstrous, A New YA Graphic Memoir By Sarah Myer
Monstrous is a new YA graphic memoir by Sarah Myer that follows a Korean American adoptee growing up in a primarily white farming community where she faces bullying and struggles to fit in Picked up by Robyn Chapman at First Second, with Michael Moccio co-editing, Monstrous will be published in 2023. PR shot of Sarah Myer[...]
Megaman's Ryan Jampole Sells YA Graphic Novel Taka To IDW
Taka is the debut YA graphic novel by Harvey nominated Megaman artist Ryan Jampole which has been picked up by Megan Brown at IDW for publication in the spring of 2024 The graphic novel tells the story of  Taka, a notorious delinquent, who struggles to right her wrongs after unwittingly releasing a horde of evil[...]
Flip Side
Eisner Award-nominated author-illustrator Jason Walz has sold his new YA graphic novel, The Flip Side, which explores grief, depression, and mental health, packaged as a thriller, to Lauri Hornik at Rocky Pond Books The pain and sadness of losing his best friend to cancer has turned Theo's world upside down Literally Now he just needs[...]
 Scholar's Mate
Scholar's Mate is a new YA graphic novel by Chris Kindred and Coleman Engle about the valedictorian at a science and tech high school who discovers a passion for competitive chess in his senior year, putting him into conflict with his parents' plans for his future Kiara Valdez at First Second has bought publishing rights to the graphic[...]
So This is Ever After: Subversive LGBTQ YA Fantasy Debuts March 29th
So This is Ever After is a new LGBTQ YA Fantasy novel by F.T Lukens (they/them) where Carry On meets Arthurian legend in a funny, subversive, queer tale about what happens after the chosen one wins the kingdom and has to get married to keep it…and to stay alive It's told in the style of[...]
Sami Brice's Ripple
Sami Brice's Ripple, a contemporary YA graphic novel based on the author's own life Fourteen-year-old Noéme suddenly finds her home filled with extended family when Haiti is hit by an earthquake Life was hard enough as she started high school, but now she has to deal with a new side of her identity she had been[...]
Good Mourning, Debut YA Graphic Novel by Circe Moskowitz & Caleb Hosalla
Good Mourning, is the debut YA graphic novel by Circe Moskowitz and Caleb Hosalla The world English rights to this supernatural romance OGN have been picked up by Michelle Lee at Dial Books. Circe Moskowitz & Caleb Hosalla, via Dial Books PR Originally pitched as Schitt's Creek meets HGTV, Black vampire Theo trades in the city and[...]
Huda F Are You Graphic Novel By Huda Fahmy
Huda Fahmy, creator of webcomic @YesImHotInThis on Instagram is publishing a new YA graphic novel, after auctioning it to publishers Dial Books Huda F Are You? is described as being loosely inspired by Fahmy's own high school years, follows Huda through her first year of high school in Dearborn, Michigan, where she's just one of many hijabi[...]
Shaenon K. Garrity and Emily Holden's New YA Graphic Novel, Steam
Steam is a new YA graphic novel by Shaenon K Garrity and Emily Holden Dickson about the adventures of Ruby, a "hypercognitive humanoid" designed to solve science's greatest problems, who escapes from a university lab and finds a job as a barista in a kooky coffee shop, where she finds plenty of problems to solve[...]
 Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries
Two-time Ignatz Award-winning comic creator of webcomic Witchy, Ariel Slamet Ries has sold their YA graphic novel Strange Bedfellows at auction, picked up by Carolina Ortiz at HarperAlley for publication is set for the summer of 2024, with an untitled second book to follow in summer 2026. Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries Strange Bedfellows tells the story of Oberon, finding[...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Angel and Spike (Image: WarnerMedia)
Disney Hyperion's Brittany Rubiano has tapped author William Ritter (Jackaby) to pen the first in a trilogy of "Buffy" YA prequel novels set to focus on a number of fan-favorite characters Set for publication in Summer 2022, Ritter's Bloody Fool for Love is set in turn-of-the-century London and finds Spike planning the ultimate heist to[...]
More DC Comics Big Books
And Bleeding Cool has got the first look at the cover. Galaxy: The Prettiest Star, A New DC Comics YA Graphic Novel It takes strength to live as your true self, and one alien princess disguised as a human boy is about to test her power A vibrant story about gender identity, romance, and shining as bright[...]
YA Graphic Novel Sales Rose 123% In Bookstores Between 2020 and 2021
Publisher's Weekly reported the rise in sales of children's graphic novels in 2020 and 2021, with a 123% rise since 2020 in YA graphic novel sales. YA Graphic Novel Sales Rose 123% In Bookstores Between 2020 and 2021 That noted the middle-grade graphic novel success of Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham's Friends series, now getting seven-figure print runs[...]
Preview: The New Look Scott Free in Mister Miracle: The Great Escape
Mister Miracle: The Great Escape time! Varian Johnson, Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author of The Parker Influence, and Afro-futurist artist Daniel Isles, known as @DirtyRobot, are creating a new graphic novel for DC Comics YA line. And DC Comics has released a first look at the book due out in January, as advance orders are now due. Mister[...]
YA Graphic Novel Debut Maelstrom by Lora Merriman Sells For 6 Figures
Maelstrom: A Prince Of Evil is a YA graphic novel debut by Lora Merriman, bought at auction by Brian Geffen at Henry Holt along with an unnamed second book Aimed at fans of Nimona, Maelstrom follows a ragtag group of rebels, led by the prophesized Hero of Virtue, who improbably teams up with Maelstrom, the[...]
Joshua Ulrich Sells Graphic Novel, Terrifying Tales Of Vivian Vance
The Terrifying Tales of Vivian Vance: The Horror At Pensmouth is a YA graphic novel by Joshua Ulrich, described as Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets Veronica Mars by way of HP Lovecraft While on a case for a classmate, teen detective Vivian Vance stumbles on a dark secret about her town's history and finds herself face-to-face with horrifying monsters—so[...]
Sarah Mai Sells YA Graphic Novel Freshman Year to Little, Brown
Freshman Year, a debut YA graphic novel by Sarah Mai, was picked up by Jessica Anderson at Little, Brown/Ottaviano to be published in the winter of 2024 Described as a book pitched at fans of Check, Please! and Heartstopper, this coming-of-age story inspired by the author's life chronicles the humor and anguish symptomatic of the college transition, all through the eyes[...]