graphic novel Archives

Veronica Casson, creator of the Ignatz-nominated webcomic Claviger has sold her first graphic novel Grind Like A Girl, as a print version of her webtoon, formerly published on Gumroad Set in New Jersey in 1993, this semi-autobiographical YA graphic novel follows Heather, a transgender high school senior navigating Catholic school, dreams of art school, family[...]

Quentin By Tarantino is an original graphic novel by Améziane Amazing from Titan Comics coming out this October And, clue is in the title, it's about Quentin Tarantino But not by Quentin Tarantino. "The story transports readers into the crazy world of Quentin Tarantino – exploring the many twists and turns of his groundbreaking career to[...]

His actions have led to numerous books and graphic novels being removed from school libraries, and that has included the Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir by Maia Kobabe. DeSantis rejects that this is "book banning" and last week held a press conference in which he showed a video, including selected scenes from Gender Queer, saying "I just think[...]

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[...]

Ngozi Ukazu tweeted out the news about new DC Comics graphic novel, Barda "I am beyond thrilled to announce my very first graphic novel with DC COMICS! Written AND illustrated by yours truly—Buckle up and get ready for BARDA Over the last two years I've become enamored with Jack Kirby's vision and genius[...]

Guardian of Fukushima by Ewen Blain and Fabian Grolleau is a labour of love, a tribute to Naoto Matsamura's sacrifice to protect the abandoned animals of Fukushima, and a warning about the dangers of nuclear power.

Clowes calls upon a lifetime of observation and artistic inspiration to create his most complex and sophisticated graphic novel yet Rich visual detail, masterful graphic storytelling, and a novelist's attention to the vernacular rhythm of language and dialogue combine with a plot full of surprising twists to create a multilayered masterpiece of the form that[...]

Sarah Alpert at Algonquin Young Readers has acquired North American rights to Bad Kid: My Life as a "Troubled Teen", and publication is planned for 2025. Sofia Szamosi's first YA graphic novel, Unretouchable was recently published by Lerner/Graphic Universe, about the lived experience of the use of image retouching software in the model photography industry[...]

Louisa Onomé and ONeillJones have sold their feminist YA graphic novel for a six figure sum at auction Revenge Arc is the story of a group of teen girls at a kickboxing gym decide to get revenge on a boy who wronged them, until it turns out things are more complicated than throwing the first[...]

Norwich-based British cartoonist Theo Parish has auctioned the North American rights to their graphic novel Homebody and a second untitled graphic novel to follow in 2025 won by Rose Pleuler at HarperAlley to be published in the winter of 2024 Book rights to both were already auctioned in the UK to senior commissioning editor Cate Augustin[...]

And now they are publishing their first YouNiverse crossover with The Oloris: Heroes Will Unite, Volume 1. The continent of Africa becomes ground zero for a devastating extraterrestrial invasion from the Moon, forcing a group of heroes to band together in this new graphic novel from the massively talented team of Nigerian creators at YouNeek Studios[...]

The Hundredth Voice, a new middle-grade graphic novel by, and solo graphic novel debut of, Caitlin Like, which its publisher Dark Horse is pitching as in the vein of Neil Gaiman Cailtlin Like is better known for drawing graphic novels such as the Show Me History series from Portable Press, Helen Keller: Inspiration To everyone,[...]

Fight fight fight! Eleven publishers were reportedly after Duel, the debut middle grade graphic novel by husband-and-wife team Jessixa Bagley and Aaron Bagley, along with an unnamed second project Kendra Levin at Simon & Schuster beat out the others at auction and Duel is planned to be published in November 2023. "A rivalry between sisters culminates[...]

Cowgirls & Dinosaurs: Big Trouble in Little Spittle is the first of a new series of middle-grade graphic novels by Lucie Ebrey The western follows Abigail and her rival, Clementine who are cowgirls that ride dinosaurs, off on an adventure to save their town from the Bandit Queen and the perils of the ferocious[...]

Yen Press announced a massive slate of sixteen new titles to be published in August 2023, including twelve manga titles, three novels (Sentenced to Brave Punishment; Liar, Liar; Kunon the Sorcerer Can See Through), and one graphic novel (Cuckoos Three) Check out the complete list below Or follow Yen Press' site for updates. Cover art (not[...]

Seth MacFarlane and his Fuzzy Door production banner is adding another project to its line-up, with Deadline Hollywood reporting exclusively that MacFarlane & UCP have secured the rights to writer Charles Soule (Daredevil, Death of Wolverine, She-Hulk; "Star Wars" creative consultant for Lucasfilm) & artist Will Sliney's ("Star Wars," "Spider-Man" characters; co-founder, Pioneertown Productions) Image[...]

is a spinoff of John Patrick Green's bestselling InvestiGators graphic novel series, to be published next week on the 21st of February It also has a very healthy half-a-million print run lined up, to reflect the success of the regular series Rather than Green handle the whole creative side, however, it will be written by Green[...]

Paul Gilligan, creator of newspaper strip Pooch Cafe and graphic novel King of the Mole People its sequel Rise of the Slugs and Pluto Rocket: New In Town, has sold his latest graphic novel , Boy vs Shark A graphic memoir about toxic masculinity and the summer that Jaws was released, it tells the story of "Ten-year-old Paul being terrified of sharks,[...]

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[...]