Congratulations to cousins Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, whose graphic novel THIS ONE SUMMER (from First Second) has won the 2014 Ignatz Award for Best Graphic Novel. The Ignatz is one of the three most important, prestigious awards in the American comics industry. THIS ONE SUMMER is published in France by Rue de Sèvres, in Italy…
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Faryl Dalrymple’s THE WRENCHIES is on the NY Times Bestsellers List!
THE WRENCHIES will debut at Number 8 on the 21 September New York Times Paperback Graphic Novels List! Praise for THE WRENCHIES: Craig Thompson: “Incredible. A deeply personal epic…a book that calls for re-readings.” Mike Mignola, (Hellboy): “AMAZING. Beautiful drawing and painting, great characters–it’s pretty much everything I could want a graphic novel to be.”…
Paul Pope gets yet another prize for BATTLING BOY!
Paul Pope with his Eisner at San Diego Comicon in July 2014. Last weekend, Paul Pope won the Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist for Battling Boy. This comes hot on the heels of his San Diego Comicon Eisner Award win, also for Battling Boy, and just before the release of The Rise of Aurora West.
LAST OF THE SANDWALKERS
Another graphic novel coming in April 2015 from First Second is LAST OF THE SANDWALKERS by Jay Hosler. Boing Boing reveals the cover, and the author tells us how science can, indeed, be fun: http://boingboing.net/2014/09/04/the-ineffable-joy-transforming.html French rights have already been acquired by Cambourakis.
New series coming in September 2015 from prizewinning graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang!
From graphic novel superstar (and former high school computer programming teacher) Gene Luen Yang comes a wildly entertaining new series that combines logic puzzles and basic coding instruction with a page-turning mystery plot! SECRET CODERS will be the first title in a new series written by Gene Luen Yang and illustrated by Mike Holmes. Welcome to Silicon Hills Academy, a…
More sales of First Second titles!
Summer holidays are over, and with the arrival of Autumn we are very pleased to announce the sales of several more graphic novels from First Second! Roca Editorial have acquired world Spanish-language (Castillan) rights to IN REAL LIFE by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang and THE WRENCHIES by Farel Dalrymple for their new graphic novel collection. and …
A Sneak Peek at DRAGONS BEWARE!
Coming in May 2015 from First Second, DRAGONS BEWARE! by Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre, is the sequel to their bestselling GIANTS BEWARE! In DRAGONS BEWARE!, the fearless Claudette, her brother Gaston, and her best friend Marie head off on an adventure to retrieve the world’s most powerful sword in order to defeat a new…
BATTLING BOY wins an Eisner!
BATTLING BOY won the presitigious Eisner Award for Best Comic for Teens at the San Diego Comic-Con last weekend. Congratulations to author Paul Pope and publisher First Second Books! (BATTLING BOY is published in France by Dargaud, in Spain by Penguin Random House and in Italy by Bao.)
Italian award for ANYA’S GHOST!
The Italian edition of Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol has won the “Scelte di classe” (“Class choices”) award in the category 11-13 year old readers. This prize is a school initiative in which the pupils are asked to elect their favorite books. The award was given “Because it’s a captivating, modern tale, with hip, sometimes…
THE RETURN OF ZITA THE SPACE GIRL
The third book of Zita’s adventures hit the New York Times PB GN Best-seller List at Number 1 on 1 June and is Number 4 this week. ZITA THE SPACEGIRL (book 1), also popped onto the list this week at #9, making all 3 Zita books New York Times bestsellers!! The adventures of ZITA…
Lora Fountain Literary Agency 