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 ]
New York City in the mid-aughts set the backdrop for stylistically unique graphic narratives on a common theme—women at a pivotal moment of early adulthood and the transformative nature of friendships—which tied for the top spot on our annual graphic novel critics poll this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
If you want inspiration for the new year, the nonfiction section has a self-care title that promises a meditative reading and a graphic novel about the Latinx leaders who changed the history of the U.S. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-12-13 18:42:26 UTC ]
Palestine, Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Joe Sacco’s seminal nonfiction graphic novel about Gaza, which pioneered the medium of “comics journalism” upon its publication over twenty years ago, has been rushed back into print in response to surging demand. First published across nine issues by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-12-11 17:26:58 UTC ]
Absurd Ventures, the new creative studio from Rockstar Games co-founder and ex-creative director Dan Houser, has announced its first projects. As it happens, neither of them are video games, at least not yet. The first of these two new universes is called American Caper,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-11-29 21:02:58 UTC ]
Absurd Ventures, the new creative studio from Rockstar Games co-founder and ex-creative director Dan Houser, has announced its first projects. As it happens, neither of them are video games, at least not yet. The first of these two new universes is called American Caper, which will debut as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-11-29 21:02:58 UTC ]
Comparing the original edition of Nellie Bly's TEN DAYS IN A MAD-HOUSE with the graphic novel edition. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-11-24 11:31:00 UTC ]
Employees at D&Q, the Montreal-based literary graphic novel publisher, and its sister bookstore, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, are unionizing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
12 Books for Tolerance and Understanding (2023), by The Editors of WLT Lit Lists [email protected] Tue, 11/14/2023 - 14:07 For years, a prognostication by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe appeared on the masthead page of World Literature Today: “These... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2023-11-14 20:07:42 UTC ]
The most commonly stolen books from high school libraries follow a pattern: they're usually mystery, poetry, or graphic novel titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-11-07 11:32:00 UTC ]
DC Comics has launched a new graphic novel line, DC Compact Comics, which will republish "bestselling, new-reader-friendly titles" from the comics giant's backlist in a trim size more commonly associated with trade paperback novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
It’s 40 years since The Colour of Magic hit the shelves. As newly unearthed short stories are published, fans and friends celebrate the late author’s enduring legacy“Of all the dead authors in the world, Terry Pratchett is the most alive,” said John Lloyd at the author’s memorial in 2015. This... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-07 10:00:09 UTC ]
The cartoonist has written some of the great haters, slackers, and screwups in modern comics. His new graphic novel imagines if one of them grew up. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2023-10-02 13:46:00 UTC ]
What started as a hastily scrawled notebook of ideas on creator Katie Cook’s way back from a Chicago comics convention has turned into an immensely popular webtoon—and, soon, a graphic novel series from Ten Speed Graphic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]