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Irene Marchesini and Carlotta Dicataldo create a rich and detailed world, wonderfully plausible and therefore all the more frightening, in which the outcasts protect each other, in which one is taken for crazy if one gives a larva time to become an insect and learning to fly, and in which understanding one's real identity makes[...]

Tripping Over You is a webcomic by Suzana Harcum and Owena White, which ran from 2013 to 2022, and is now to be published as a graphic novel, picked up by Kiara Valdez at First Second, who has bought world rights to the first three volumes Tripping Over You Vol 1 will be published in 2024,[...]

First Second publish one of the best-selling graphic novel lines The InvestiGators by John Patrick Green  and the spinoff series Agents Of SUIT with Christopher Hastings and Pat Lewis The main line has print runs for one-and-a-half million, while the spinoff has had around half a million, with Mango and Brash as a super-spy duo[...]

Robyn Chapman at First Second has acquired world rights to Ralph, and Jill Freshney at First Second will also edit Andy Hirsch posts, "That's right, it's a boy-and-dog sports drama More details await in an upcoming newsletter" and you can sign up for that newsletter here. Photo of Andy Jirsh by Amanda Michael, courtesy of MacMillan Andy[...]

The phrase "president of the anime club" is sometimes used in slang in an inclusive self-depracatory fashion, as something that is really important to those involved, but acknowledging that others may not be as see it so. Kiara Valdez at First Second has bought world rights to President of the Anime Club to be published in…[...]

it has just been announced that Samia Fakih at First Second had acquired Henna for the Jinn for publication in 2026 A new historical fiction YA graphic novel about "an Algerian girl who takes a job as a henna painter in a mysterious noble Turkish household while she investigates the disappearance of her brother" Safiya Zerrougui[...]

Paul Pope has issued an update on the latest with his two big comic book series THB and Battling Boy, currently being published by First Second He posts "As of last week, all 1000+ pages of THB have been delivered to :01 I am still working on Battling Boy vol 2 More news on both[...]

Samia Fakih at First Second has bought Rox, Piper & Snips, for publication in 2025 Jade Armstrong's agent Seth Fishman at the Gernert Company negotiated the deal for world rights. Jade Armstrong Sells Rights To Magical Teenagers Rox, Piper & Snips Jade Armstrong is a non-binary cartoonist living in Montréal work in comics and animation, with a[...]

Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner calls on the voices of his father and grandfather to weave a powerful story about the enduring challenge of holding a family together in the face of an ever-changing world. Replay: A Memoir of an Uprooted Family was published in French a couple of weeks ago by Delcourt, and will[...]

He worked with Dave Roman, was publisher of Cryptic Press, published graphic novels with First Second with  Hippopotamister in 2016, Kitten Construction Company and then InvestiGators broke out Agents Of S.U.I.T is the first spinoff into the rest of the InvestiGators, after discussion between him, Green's agent Jen Linnan and First Second editorial director Calista[...]

Originally translated as Overlays, Robyn Chapman will also edit, and Montana Kane will translate from the French as Mark Siegel at First Second has acquired Overlays for publication in English in September 2023 But we have a preview from the German., "Schichten" published by Reprodukt. Layers: A Memoir by Pénélope Bagieu, a YA Graphic Memoir, in it[...]

Lily Kim Qian, an illustrator and design assistant at Penguin Random House for Penguin Young Readers, has had the world rights to her debut graphic memoir Until We Meet Again, formerly titled Pareidolia, picked up by Robyn Chapman of publisher First Second which "tells the story of a young girl growing up in a loving[...]

Ollie Roswell is a comic artist and illustrator from South Florida now residing in Tucson, Arizona, who has worked on licensed comics such as Steven Universe and Goldie Vance as well as Weeds, Welcome To Wanderland and Witch Hazel & The Pumpkin Boy. Ted Anderson & Ollie Roswell Explore Gender In YA OGN Masked Princess Samia Fakih[...]

Michelle Wong has just sold her debut YA graphic novel, Terminal Hope, at auction to Kiara Valdez at First Second "For fans of Marissa Meyer and Marie Lu, about an orphaned teen who must team up with a rogue android to survive the underbelly of mankind's last remaining sanctuary and thwart city enforcers when he[...]

I wanted to depict diabetes because I live with it, myself. The Sweetness Between Us, Vampire YA Rom Com by Sarah Winifred Searle Calista Brill at First Second has bought The Sweetness Between Us, also edited by Ben Wilgus, and that publication is set for 2025 Sarah Winfred Searle's agent Jen Linnan at Linnan Literary Management negotiated[...]

Carolina Ortiz at HarperAlley won Stepping Up in a four-house auction, alongside a second untitled graphic novel. Kiara Valdez & Diana Tsai Santos Auction YA Graphic Novel Stepping Up Kiara Valdez is an Afro-Dominican writer-editor at First Second, but usually when editors write their own graphic novel, it will be published by another company so as to avoid[...]

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 human trespassers, with no obvious way out.  Love, Misha has been picked up by Samia[...]

The first three books of Unicorn Boy have been picked up by Calista Brill at First Second to begin publication in the autumn of 2032, with Steve Foxe as editor Dave Roman's agent Linda Pratt at Wernick & Pratt negotiated the deal for world rights Dave Roman tweeted "My next book series, Unicorn Boy has officially[...]

Picked up by Robyn Chapman at First Second, with Michael Moccio co-editing, Monstrous will be published in 2023. PR shot of Sarah Myer from their website Sarah Myer is a comic book writer and artist from Maryland, who taught as an adjunct professor of Foundation Studies at Savannah College of Art and Design for three years[...]

Why the People: The Case for Democracy is a new graphic novel by Beka Feathers and Ally Shwed to be published by First Second in June as an addition to their World Citizen Comics line of comic books, aiming to offer an analysis and history of American democracy, framed as a debate between two people[...]

Mark Siegel at First Second has bought Patch. The first book is tentatively scheduled for the spring of 2025. Boya Sun is an illustrator based in Los Angeles and is the co-creator of the graphic novel Chasma Knights and the 5 Worlds series and  Boya Sun's agent Kelly Sonnack of Andrea Brown Literary Agency sold world rights to[...]

Eowulf and the Descendant Dilemma by Mike Cavallaro, is a middle-grade graphic novel spinoff of the Nico Bravo graphic novel series, bought by Mark Siegel at First Second Eowulf and the Descendant Dilemma follows Eowulf, pint-size descendant of the monster slayer Beowulf, who played a major role in Nico's adventures and now stands poised to take center[...]

Now it's time to get to work!" Gavin Aung Than, PR: Wendy Cartwright Photography Mark Siegel at First Second has preempted world rights to Myth Valley Medical, which will be published in the spring and summer of 2024 Gavin Aung Than's agent, Chelsea Eberly at Greenhouse Literary Agency, negotiated the deal. First Second Books is an American graphic[...]

It has been picked up by Kiara Valdez at First Second to be published in 2024. Nadia Shammas is best known for the recently released Ms Marvel: Stretched Thin original graphic novel for Marvel, Care Bears for IDW and for her upcoming graphic novel Squire for HarperCollins for February next year She posted about Everyone Is White[...]

Bought by Kiara Valdez at First Second, The Odyssey will be published in the autumn of 2025 Rex Ogle and Joe Casanova's agent, Brent Taylor at Triada US negotiated the two-book deal for world rights. Editor at DC Comics from 2008 to 2011, Rex Ogle also worked as a Senior Editor at Scholastic from 2011 to[...]

Scott Chantler has seen his middle-grade graphic novel Squire & Knight and its sequel, picked up by Mark Siegel at First Second Squire & Knight is a graphic novel about a brainy young squire who solves mysteries involving monsters and magic, but the overbearing knight he serves takes the credit every time.  Squire & Knight will be[...]

Mochikoa is a new three-book debut young reader graphic novel series written by JT Petty and drawn by Boya Sun, that has been acquired by Mark Siegel at First Second to be published in the autumn of 2023 Mochikoa tells the story of an ambitious koala-like character who tries to become a ping-pong champion. JT Perry is the writer[...]

Picked up by Robyn Chapman at First Second, it will be published in 2023 Kathy Macleod's agent Chad Luibl of Janklow & Nesbit Associates negotiated the deal for world rights. Kathy Macleod posted on Instagram, saying "I'm so excited to finally share this news! I'm working on a graphic novel about my childhood for @01firstsecond I'm[...]

The Greater Good is a new graphic novel written by Whit Taylor, with art by Joyce Rice about "public health and the policy and infrastructure that facilitates it." Mark Siegel, Editorial & Creative Director at First Second, bought world rights to The Greater Good, to be published in 2023 Whit Taylor is a comic book[...]

Including a preview of a preview, with the fourth volume of John Patrick Green's Investigators, Ants In Pants, from First: Second. FCBD Preview: John Patrick Green's Investigators – Ants In Pants FCBD 2021 INVESTIGATORS ANTS IN PANTS SNEAK PEEK FIRST SECOND BOOKS APR210005 (W) John Patrick Green (A/CA) John Patrick Green Get a sneak peek at book 4 in the bestselling[...]