Raina Telgemeier’s “Guts” tops the November 2019 New York Times graphic novel best seller list; “My Hero Academia” is the top superhero and manga entry.
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Tag: graphic novels
Archie, Abrams announce new graphic novel lines
Archie Comics and Abrams Books have announced new graphic novel lines. The former is aiming for young adults, while the latter is a new LGBTQ-centric line.
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Graphic novel best seller lists return to the NY Times
The New York Times is finally bringing back graphic novels to their best sellers’ lists, which is good news for everyone.
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Favorite articles roundup for the week of September 6, 2019
My thoughts on interesting news stories from the past week, including Apple Music getting a web player, plus Marvel and Scholastic working together.
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DC Comics plans an aggressive kids/young adult graphic novel expansion
DC Comics has announced plans to publish over two dozen kids and young adult graphic novels in 2020 and 2021.
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RIP Vertigo (and DC Zoom/Ink); hello, DC Kids and Black Label?
After over 25 years, DC Comics is shutting down the Vertigo imprint, as part of simplifying their imprint line down to three age-related labels.
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2018 bookstore graphic novel sales up almost 9%; kids’ comics dominate
Brian Hibbs has released his annual look at 2018 graphic novel sales through retail book sellers. To no one’s surprise, kids’ comics dominate sales.
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2018 comic sales up 7.9% thanks to graphic novels; direct market no longer majority of sales
2018 comic sales grew 7.9% over 2017, thanks almost entirely to the increase in graphic novel sales and non-direct market sales venues.
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Anthony’s 10 favorite comics of 2018
I discuss 10 of my favorite comics for 2018; the comics range from “Lumberjanes” and “The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl” to “AJ & Magnus” and “FoxTrot.”
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Anthony’s 2018 graphic novel picks
I take a look at my 2018 picks for graphic novels and trade paperbacks, ranging from “The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl” to “Goldie Vance.”
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