Collections, eComics and webinars, oh my! This month, we are excited to share some news from incredibly big names in graphic novels and comics including a new collaboration between Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud, as well as a rundown on a couple of digital comics vendors Comics Plus and Hoopla to inform your collection. Earlier this month, we also presented our Drawing Attention: Comics & Censorship (ALIA Graphic Webinar), the recording of which will be published in August. We can’t wait to share our lively discussions on promoting and protecting graphic novels in libraries with you all!
Speaking of the webinar, we also shared some of our highlights from Drawing Attention: Comics & Censorship in our July Roundup Podcast, which you can find here and wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks so much again to our incredible speakers and presenters, Briar Rolfe, Eleri Harris, and Ryan Estrada for your time, insights, and willingness to rally around the incredibly important – but also uniquely vulnerable – medium of graphic novels. Each creator also has something new in the works and we will be sure to keep you in the loop as the new titles from these wonderful creators are released.
We are also incredibly thrilled to announce that we will be hosting a second webinar this year, so keep an eye out for more information in the coming months.
NEWS
- Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud are joining forces! What will these two titans produce together? The Cartoonists’ Club, a graphic novel about making comics. This is excellent news. For more information on the announcement check Publishers Weekly here. And over at Popverse, Raina Telgemeier shares 3 comics that formed her (and one that “ruined” her life). You can read all about it here.
- As the wave of book challenges and bans continues in the U.S., librarians continue to share resources and strategies. Brigid Alverson has the latest on Publishers Weekly. Brigid Alverson has also spoken to Jeff Trexler, director of the Comic Book Legal Defence Fund, who offers an update on recent development in regards to book bans. You can read it on Publishers Weekly here.
- We recently had Ryan Estrada speaking on our webinar and we mentioned his new graphic novel, No Rules Tonight, is going to be published in October. This is a follow up to Banned Book Club and is also co-written with his wife Hyun Sook Kim. You can read an interview to both of them on Publishers Weekly here.
- First Second now has a sister with new imprint 23rd Street Books starting to publish graphic novels for adults next year with a great roster of creators. Definitely one to follow. More information on Publishers Weekly here.
- Get ready for Dogmatix! Asterix’s dog takes centre stage in a brand new series of comics by Papercutz, Popverse reports here.
- DC Comics is shaking things up with DC’s Absolute Universe. A whole new universe with alternative versions of well known characters and totally new stories. To know more about this initiative How To Love Comics is compiling everything we know so far in one handy page. You can check it out here.
COLLECTIONS
- The nominees for the first edition of the American Manga Awards have been announced. These are set to be the most important manga awards in the U.S. The awards will be announced in August as part of Anime NYC. The full list of nominees is here.
- Anime Network has published a manga guide to the Eisner Awards. You can check it out here.
- Another great report on comics sales has been published. In 2023 sales of comics were down 7% in comparison to 2022 but were still 74% higher than 2019, the last pre-pandemic year. There’s a lot of juicy data in the report and it’s well worth a read. You can read all about it here.
- More and more libraries are signing up to digital comics. Publishers Weekly published a profile of Comics Plus and Hoopla you can find here.
NEW TITLES
Junior
- Action Tank Book 3 by Mike Barry (Mike Barry Was Here) [9780648054948] [Australian creator]
- Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen (Penguin Random House Australia) [9781761049477]
- Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas (HarperCollins) [9780063056817]
- Lucky Scramble by Raymundo, Peter (Scholastic Australia) [9781761527739]
- The New Girl by Calin, Cassandra (Scholastic Inc) [9781761527654]
- The Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln (Penguin) [9780593617663]
- The Pale Queen by Ethan M. Aldridge (HaperCollins) [9780063247208]
- Shepherdess Warriors Vol 1 by Jonathan Garnier, Amélie Fléchais (Ablaze) [9781684971695]
- Supersized Squirrel and the Great Wham-O Kablam-O! by Seguin-Magee, Luke (Oxford University Press) [9780192788214]
YA
- The Dreaming Vol 2 by Queenie Chan (IFWG Publishing Australia) [9781922856456] [Australian creator]
- Escape from St Hell: My Trans Life Levels Up by Lewis Hancox (Scholastic) [9780702314506]
- Fate: The Winx Saga Vol 1: Dark Destiny by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs, Christianne Godreau (Mad Cave Studios) [9781960578938]
- First Test: Protector of the Small by Tamora Pierce, Becca Farrow, Devin Grayson (Random House Graphic) [9780307931573]
- Justice Leave vs Godzilla vs Kong by Brian Buccelato, Christian Duce (DC Comics) [9781779525291]
- I’m a Mess by Einat Tsarfati (Maverick) [9781545800867]
- Teen Titans: Starfire by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo (DC Comics) [9781779517999]
Adult
- Carbon & Silicon by Mathieu Bablet (Magnetic Press) [9781951719999]
- Dune The Graphic Novel Book 3: The Prophet by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Raul Allen, Patricia Martin (Abrams ComicArts) [9781419749476]
- The Midnight Order by Mathieu Bablet and various creators (Magnetic Press) [9781951719975]
- Sangri-La by Mathieu Bablet (Magnetic Press) [9781951719982]
- Tunis to Sydney by Meriam Carnouche, Christian Carnouche, Sam Rapley (Fairsquare) [9781960171139] [Australian creator]
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