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Upcoming Releases: September 2021
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New Releases: June 2021
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Harper Collins Announces Middle Grade D&D Publishing Program
HarperCollins has been granted exclusive rights to publish a line of middle grade fiction graphic novels that tie in to the Wizards of the Coast roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. The program will kick off with the first volume of the series Dungeon Academy: No Humans Allowed, written by bestselling author Madeleine Roux and illustrated by…
NPR Interviews Kristen Radke About Her Second Graphic Memoir ‘Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness’
From the acclaimed author of Imagine Wanting Only This–a timely and moving meditation on isolation and longing, both as individuals and as a societyThere is a silent epidemic in America: loneliness. Shameful to talk about and often misunderstood, loneliness is everywhere, from the most major of metropolises to the smallest of towns. In Seek You, Kristen Radtke’s…
IMAGE COMICS TO RELEASE ED BRUBAKER & MARCOS MARTÍN’S EISNER AWARD NOMINATED FRIDAY IN PRINT FOR THE FIRST TIME
PORTLAND, Ore. 07/16/2021 — Image Comics will publish the Eisner Award nominated Panel Syndicate comic—Friday—by the award winning creative team, Ed Brubaker (Pulp, Reckless, Criminal) and Marcos Martín (The Private Eye, Daredevil) in print for the first time. Friday, Book One: The First Day of Christmas will collect the first arc of the series and hit shelves this November. “I’m so excited…
Discussion Guide: A Difficult Thing
A Difficult Thing Published by: Ablaze Written by: Silvia Vecchini Illustrated by: Sualzo Format: HC, 48 pages, $9.99 ISBN: 9781950912438 Ages: 4+
Lesson Plan: A Man’s Skin
A Man’s Skin Published by: Ablaze Written by: Hubert Illustrated by: Zanzim Format: HC, 160 pages, $24.99 ISBN: 9781950912483 Ages: 16+ Synopsis Bianca has reached marrying age and in her Renaissance Italy that means marrying as best suits her family. In this case, that means Giovanni, a young, pleasantly attractive heir of a merchant family….
Noe’s Comics Nook: Crude
Crude: A Memoir Published by: Graphic MundiCreated by: Pablo Fajardo / Sophie Tardy-Joubert / Damien RoudeauISBN: 9780271088068Ages: 15+ Review In Crude we learn about Pablo Fajardo’s more than 25 year fight against Chevron (formally Texaco) and others for the environmental, cultural, and human destruction caused by oil drilling in Ecuador, primarily done on Indigenous land…
Fall 2021 Older Teen Manga Core List Titles
Publisher Title ISBN On Sale Age Range Yen Press Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 19 9781975322465 7/6/2021 Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Yen Press No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Not Popular!, Vol. 18 9781975324605 7/6/2021 Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Yen Press Slasher Maidens, Vol. 3 9781975318154…