Here’s a peek at the cover for the French edition of Ben Hatke’s NOBODY LIKES A GOBLIN which is just being released by Dargaud. We are also excited to announce that the film rights to Ben’s ZITA THE SPACEGIRL trilogy have been sold to Fox Animation!
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Poking Fun at Pokemon Go!
Spanish author Jose Fonollosa has done a very funny book about the Pokemon Go! craze, called GO!, which will be published next month by Planeta Cómic. The.Italian rights have already been acquired by Magic Press, and the German rights have gone to Panini Germany.
Four New Sales for Planeta Cómic!
We are very pleased to announce two French sales for Planeta Cómic titles: First of all, Dupuis have snapped up the rights to INTEMPERIE(Out in the Open), the forthcoming graphic novel adaptation by Javi Rey of Jesus Carrasco’s aclaimed novel. This powerful story is definitely not to be missed! …
FINDING THE CURE FOR CANCER by J.R. Helton
(Smile, John!) World English-language rights to J.R. Helton’s latest book, FINDING THE CURE FOR CANCER, have just been acquired by Liveright. Seven Stories Press published DRUGS and THE JUGHEADS in English. And, in France, Au Texas tu serais déjà mort and Voyage au bout de la blanche (DRUGS) were published by 13e Note éditions.
Moore’s JERUSALEM to China!
Simplified Chinese characters rights to Alan Moore’s forthcoming 1200 page novel, JERUSALEM (Knockabout, UK, September 2016), have been sold at auction to Post Wave (Gingko) for publication in 2018.
Disney Buys DELILAH DIRK!
Disney studios have acquired the rights to develop Tony Cliff’s DELILAH DIRK AND THE TURKISH LIEUTENANT (First Second) as a feature film! Click here to read the Variety article: Delilah Dirk to Disney. Can’t wait!
BADDAWI Is Coming to France!
French publishers Steinkis Groupe have acquired the rights to Leila Abdelrazaq’s graphic novel, BADDAWI. Originally published in the USA by Just World Publishing, BADDAWI tells the story of the author’s father, who spent his childhood in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The stark black and white illustrations lend an air of false naïveté adding to the effectiveness of the story.
THE WALLED CITY Trilogy Goes to IDW!
The California-based publisher IDW has just acquired the world English-language rights to THE WALLED CITY trilogy, written by Anne Opotowsky and illustrated by Aya Morton, Angie Hoffmeister, and Amber Ma. Publication, starting in Spring 2017, will be under the Top Shelf imprint. French-language rights to the first two titles were previously sold to the Urban China imprint of…
TRANSFERRAL Goes to Michel Lafon
French rights to Kate Blair’s frighteningly realistic sci-fi YA novel, TRANSFERRAL, from Canadian publisher, Cormorant Books (via The Rights Factory), have been snapped up by éditions Michel Lafon. We also represent this title for Dutch and Italian rights, and we’re betting it will be picked up quickly, especially once the news of the TV sale is…
QUEEN OF HEARTS sold to Universal!
Grant Pierce Myers, who wrote last year’s The Maze Runner, has been tapped to adapt Queen Of Hearts, Universal Pictures’ pic based on the Colleen Oakes YA book series that imagines the queen from Alice In Wonderland fame when she was a teen. The plot centers on the young Queen of Hearts from Lewis Carroll’s famed fairytale,…
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