If you're in the mood for a raucous graphic novel with perfect summer vibes, we got you. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-01 11:30:00 UTC ]
When the graphic novel remake of Ann M. Martin's book Claudia and the Bad Joke was the best-selling kids book in Canada earlier this month, it was time for bookworms to feel their hearts flutter with nostalgia. The original, part of the wildly popular The Baby-Sitters Club series, was published... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2024-04-26 08:00:00 UTC ]
Sales fell at 69% of responding retailers in 2023 compared with 2022, with sales of new comics periodicals down at 73% of responding comic shops and graphic novel sales down at 65%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Nate Powell’s new graphic novel 'Fall Through' is a moving tribute to the musical power and community of 1990s punk rock. A nine-page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year's MoCCA Arts Fest, an annual indie comics and graphic novel festival held March 16-17, drew large and enthusiastic crowds to New York City's Metropolitan Pavilion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
There’s more to adapting a chapter book into a graphic novel than just drawing pictures to go with the words. Adapters often bring a whole new level of nonverbal communication to the page. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
As the middle grade graphic novel category has grown in recent years, the number of graphic adaptations of middle grade books has exploded. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
As the middle grade graphic novel category has grown in recent years, the number of graphic adaptations of middle grade books has exploded. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
There’s more to adapting a chapter book into a graphic novel than just drawing pictures to go with the words. Adapters often bring a whole new level of nonverbal communication to the page. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Apple TV+ has announced it's adapting William Gibson's Neuromancer into a 10-episode series. The novel debuted in 1984 and is largely thought to mark the birth of cyberpunk, which includes creations like The Matrix and Robocop. In fact, it's crazy that it has taken four decades for it to get the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-02-29 10:34:03 UTC ]
Dave Baker’s new graphic novel 'Mary Tyler MooreHawk' is a relentlessly inventive sci-fi adventure epic starring an eponymous plucky teen superhero who takes on a succession of monsters, evil robots, and supervillains. An eight-page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
The “Aya” series explores the pains and pleasures of everyday life in a working-class neighborhood in West Africa. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-02-10 10:02:39 UTC ]
The market for bédé visual storytelling almost doubled over the course of the pandemic, but can the birthplace of Asterix continue to nurture creators?Like thousands of French people, Sylvie Pinault discovered comic books during the pandemic. Though bandes dessinées – literally meaning “drawn... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-02-06 14:00:36 UTC ]
Award marks first time a British artist and author has won Grand Prix at International Comics festival in AngoulêmeThe graphic novelist Posy Simmonds has won the Grand Prix at France’s Angoulême International Comics festival – the first time a British artist and author has been awarded the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-01-24 17:52:58 UTC ]
Dave Maass and Patrick Lay's ‘Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ is a grim, albeit comical, allegorical anti-war graphic novel adapted from a satirical opera originally created by prisoners of a Nazi concentration camp. A five-page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
PRH's publisher services division has signed a multi-year sales and distribution agreement with Wattpad Webtoon Book Group as its presence in the world of comics and graphic novel distribution continues to grow. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
PW spoke with Tony Lutkus, president of Diamond Book Distributors, about the evolution of the graphic novel category over the last two decades, a few of the titles he's excited about dropping in the coming season, and how bringing more graphic titles into bookstores and libraries can subtly... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
The #1 book in the country is ‘Winter Turning,’ the seventh graphic novel adaptation from Tui T. Sutherland’s Wings of Fire middle grade fantasy series. Plus Alex Sodgrass serves up ‘Dinner Tonight,’ and Vivian “Your Rich BFF” Tu’s debut, #4 on our hardcover nonfiction list, teaches readers to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
Gene Luen Yang and artist LeUyen Pham’s new YA graphic novel 'Lunar New Year Love Story' is a charming, funny, supernatural tale of teenagers navigating romance and tough family issues in the Asian American community. An eight page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Alice Oseman has the #1 book in the country with the graphic novel 'Heartstopper #5.' Plus 'The Boys in the Boat' lands in theaters—and on our trade paperback list—and several other titles get a holiday boost. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-02 05:00:00 UTC ]