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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THE HUNTING ACCIDENT: Already Getting Great Reviews!
It was just published by First Second, and already THE HUNTING ACCIDENT is garnering excellent reviews/ The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry by David L. Carlson and Landis Blair was featured in GQ Magazine online: “One of the Best True Crime Stories of 2017 Isn’t on TV (Yet)” https://www.gq.com/story/leopold-loeb-hunting-accident-true-crime The Hunting Accident was also…
PASHMINA Gets a Star from PW!
Nidhi Chanani’s first graphic novel, PASHMINA, is coming out in October from First Second, and Publishers Weekly has just given it a starred review! Read the review here. Italian rights have already gone to Il Castoro.
DEMON Gets an Eisner!
Congratulations to author Jason Shiga and to publisher First Second for DEMON, Volume 1, which has won an Eisner Award (the most prestigious from the American comics industry) in the category Best Graphic Album, Reprint! DEMON’s four volumes compose a high-energy thriller about a suicidal accountant who wants to die but can’t, and the unspeakable chaos and astronomical body count…
OUT IN THE OPEN (INTEMPERIE) Cover!
Here’s a sneak peek at the cover of the English-language version of INTEMPERIE, coming next year from SelfMadeHero! Don’t you love it?! We certainly do!
INTEMPERIE Coming in English!
World English-language rights to INTEMPERIE, the award-winning graphic novel adaptation by Javi Rey of Jesus Carrasco’s powerful Spanish bestseller, have just been acquired by SelfMadeHero! Javi Rey’s Out in the Open is a cinematic graphic novel about escaping abuse and finding humanity in a world torn apart by the violence of men. Publication of OUT IN…
Look what just came!
The French edition (with and without jacket) of INTEMPERIE! Published by Dupuis this month. And world English-language rights have just been acquired by SelfMadeHero for publication in 2018.
Javi Rey Gets Best New Author Award!
Congratulations to the very talented comic artist Javi Rey for his well-deserved “Best New Author” award at last weekend’s comics festival in Barcelona for his graphic novel adaptation for Planeta Comic of the novel INTEMPERIE by Jesus Carrasco.
SPINNING to Gallimard
French rights to Ignatz Award-winner Tillie Walden’s graphic novel, SPINNING (First Second, September 2017), about coming of age, coming out, and coming to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know have been snapped up by Gallimard!
REAL FRIENDS Gets a Star!
Publishers Weekly has given Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham’s forthcoming graphic novel, REAL FRIENDS (First Second), a starred review! (Read it here.) Italian rights have already gone to Il Castoro.
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