After launching graphic novel lines at Andrews McMeel and Lion Forge, Andrea Colvin has joined Hachette with big plans for graphic novels at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Returning to earlier career experience in comics and graphic novels, Janna Morishima is focusing on visual storytelling in her relaunched agency venture. The post New Literary Agency Specializes in Children’s and YA Graphic Content appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-01-10 12:30:35 UTC ]
Gene Luen Yang and Noelle Stevenson are just a couple of the creators with highly anticipated books this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-01-07 16:02:01 UTC ]
Raina Telgemeier and George Takei were among the creators whose stand-out books mined traumatic real-life experiences. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-11-21 14:08:00 UTC ]
New York Comic Con 2019 was held October 3-6 at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. Publishers Weekly was on hand to bring back images of the artists, publishers and fans attending the annual celebration of comics, graphic novels and popular culture. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
The founder and editor of literary magazine Strong Words on his appetite for tales of financial chicanery and why he won’t be returning to Jane AustenEd Needham is the editor of Strong Words, a magazine about books that he writes and edits on his own from his flat in Camden Town, a feat that has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-10-05 17:00:51 UTC ]
A reader makes a case for the incorporation of graphic novel adaptations of classics, abbreviated for younger readers, into the classroom. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-07-18 10:36:40 UTC ]
HarperAlley will publish a variety of graphic novels and nonfiction for young readers and adults beginning in fall 2020, under the direction of Andrew Arnold. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
Once again SDCC is teaming up with the San Diego Public Library to host the annual Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians, a free five-day conference on graphic novels and libraries, held during SDCC, Wednesday–Sunday, July 17–21. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
While comics publishers generally offered mixed to positive reviews of this year's BookExpo, they were enthusiastic about the expansive presence of graphic novels throughout the programming presented at the show. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Three out of four of this year’s graphic novel buzz selections are aimed at middle grade and teen readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
IDW cofounders Ted Adams and Robbie Robbins are teaming up to launch Clover Press, a new publishing house that will release prose works, graphic novels, art books, and other works. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, an international show of indie comics and graphic novels, was held May 11 and 12 at the Toronto Reference Library, and honored acclaimed manga artists Junji Ito and Hiromi Takashima; PW also interviewed Oni Press publisher James Lucas Jones about the recent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
A new online bookshop has launched to promote books, graphic novels and gifts that feature characters from under-represented backgrounds. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Led by sales of the graphic novel format, total sales of graphic novels and periodical comics in the U.S. and Canada were approximately $1.09 billion in 2018, according to a joint estimate by trade news sites ICv2 and Comichron. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frustrated by the lack of South Asians in comic books, Sha Nazir founded BHP Comics, Scotland's only independent graphic novel publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Launched in 2009 under the direction of editorial director Charles Kochman, Abrams Comic Arts will celebrate its 10th anniversary this week with plans for an exhibition and reception at the Society of Illustrators to be held later this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Fanatic, a new biweekly newsletter offering a curated selection of PW's coverage of graphic novels and pop culture, will launch this Wednesday. The Fanatic will run on the first and the third Wednesday of each month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 2017, the small indie graphic novel house based in New York published a graphic novel about a down-and-out music producer that included a soundtrack. Since then, the publisher has released a series of graphic novels based on music and the bands that produce it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Graphic novels, poetry and art history make up some of the Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes shortlists for 2019, with 31 translations from seven languages up for awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]