Category: Comics and Graphic Novels

First Second Buys Two More!

First Second has acquired rights to Sarah Goetter and Natalie Riess’s DUNGEON CRITTERS, a middle grade, fantasy adventure graphic novel about a tight-knit squad of animal companions investigating a sinister botanical conspiracy among the furry nobility, to be published in the winter of 2020. Also in 2020, First Second will publish KITTY SWEET TOOTH, about a…

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THE PRINCE AND THE DRESSMAKER GO TO HOLLYWOOD!

Film rights to Jen Wang’s THE PRINCE AND THE DRESSMAKER have gone to Universal Pictures and Marc Platt! We can’t wait to see this unusual fairy tale come to life! The graphic novel is published in English by First Second, and translation rights have already been sold to France (Akileos – publishing on  May), Spain (the…

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LOVE THAT BUNCH Coming Out May 1st!

On May 1st, Drawn & Quarterly will publish Love That Bunch, Aline Kominsky-Crumb’s unabashedly unfiltered autobiographical comics recounting the thoughts and desires of a woman coming of age in the 1960’s.           Aline will be in New York, Toronto, Montreal, and the Bay Area to promote her book. Here are the…

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Recent Arrivals

Just received from Spain, the UK, and France! THE HAZEL WOOD Spanish and English (UK) editions, and French editions of THE DAM KEEPER (volume 1) and CITY OF SAINTS AND THIEVES. Watch for more editions of all these fabulous books coming soon!

THE PRINCE AND THE DRESSMAKER in PW!

Mermaids and Dressmakers, Gender and Fluidity Elizabeth Bluemle — February 27th, 2018 Publishers Weekly “ “I picked up a copy of Jen Wang’s charming graphic novel, The Prince and the Dressmaker (published earlier this month by First Second) before I knew anything about the subject matter. When I realized that it wasn’t a traditional fairy tale romance, that…

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SPEAK Gets TWO Starred Reviews!

SPEAK: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL Laurie Halse Anderson; Illustrator: Emily Carroll; Farrar Straus Giroux  ★ ​​”With spellbinding artwork, this exceptional adaptation masterfully does justice to its source material while adding new depth and nuance.”                                               –Booklist ★ ​​”This gripping, powerful work…

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THE HUNTING ACCIDENT

Another First Second title has made Publishers Weekly’s list of best adult graphic novels for 2017! THE HUNTING ACCIDENT is a story of crime, family secrets, and emotions.  

Two from First Second Are PW Best Books of 2017!

Publishers Weekly just published their Best Books of the Year lists, and First Second has not one, but two books on the lists! (And they are the only graphic novels on the children’s lists, by the way.) On the Middle Grade list is REAL FRIENDS by Shannon Hale and illustrated  by LeUyen Pham. Italian rights…

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