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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…
Graphic Novel Reviews: A Difficult Thing: The Importance of Admitting Mistakes
A Difficult Thing: The Importance of Admitting Mistakes Published by: AblazeWritten by: Silvia VecchiniIllustrated by: SualzoISBN: 9781950912438Ages: 5+ Choose your words carefully, and keep your friends close. A Difficult Thing: The Importance of Admitting Mistakes is a quick and relatable story about feelings. Using one word and three colors, the story acts like a silent film….
Graphic Novel Reviews: THE FALL
The Fall Published By: Image ComicsWritten & Illustrated By: Jared MuraltISBN: 9783906828312Ages: 16 & Up As more and more people die from the Summer Flu, the government starts blocking people off into containment zones. But the food is scarce, the supplies are dwindling, and now not even the military is doing anything to stop people…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Becstar
Becstar Published by: Mad CaveWritten by: Joe CoralloIllustrated by: Lorenzo ColangeliISBN: 9781952303166Ages: 13+ Are you feeling lucky? Grab your laser gun and brace yourself for an action-packed, galactic romp for Artifacts. The main character, Becstar, is a thief with the power of luck on her side. Formerly a member of Ophiucus, a quartet of thieves,…
Graphic Novel Review: Mawrth Valliis
Mawrth Valliis Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: EPHKIllustrated by: EPHKISBN: 9781534320543Ages: 14+ Let me start this review by stating something… this story is written completely in Martian. Now you might be thinking “Martian?” and your confusion is well warranted. But is it really so crazy? The graphic novel, as a visual media format, is recognized…
Graphic Novel Review: Nottingham
Nottingham Published by: Mad Cave StudiosWritten by: David HazanIllustrated by: Shane Connery VolkISBN: 9781952303142Ages: 18+ In almost every version of Robin Hood that I’ve seen or read, the heroic Robin of Locksley returns home from the Crusades, sees the injustice that has taken hold in England with King Richard gone, unites together with the common…