Ghosts was the #1 kids paperback book last year amid growing interest in graphic...
At Publishers Weekly, the kids department is rounding up some facts and figures for 2017, including all the best sellers via Bookscan. You can...
Two graphics novels on BEA’s Buzz List: Spinning and The Witch Boy
Every year at BookExpo America there are a series of "Buzz" panels where editors hype the biggest upcoming releases. This years event takes place...
2000AD launches the Treasury of British Comics line with classic Brit comics
Late last year 2000AD acquired the Fleetway and IPC Youth archives from Egmont UK - comics little known worldwide but beloved to generation of English...
Reviews: Martz, Toms, Booger portray different kinds of love
Burt’s Way Home by John Martz
This incredibly sweet story is aimed at kids, but its emotional depth will satisfy many adults. Burt lives with...
Interview: Gregg Schigiel Talks Production and Tackling the Fairy Princess Genre for Image series...
Lately Image Comics has been striving to expand their audience with all-ages comics. Graphic novels like Oddly Normal have done well, and Image is...
Cover Reveal: Graveyard Shakes by Laura Terry Coming From Scholastic This Fall
A while ago The Beat shared the publishing announcement for Graveyard Shakes, a graphic novel for kids from CCS alum Laura Terry (Overboard) - we've been...
Kate McKinnon to star in graphic novel adaptation The Lunch Witch
You all loved her in Ghostbusters and the Close Encounters sketch, but Kate McKinnon is officially joining the ranks of comic book movie stars...
Wimpy Kid Day: Double Down and trailer for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The...
Some may think it's Movember, some NaNoWriMo, but really November is Wimpy Kid month. The new book comes out in Nov ember every year,...
I Used To Sell You Comics: Rosie Recommends Comics For New Readers – Part...
In an age of such widespread comic book popularity and prevalence, it's a great time to begin reading comics. Working in comics retail, I would often get asked for good suggestions to introduce new readers into the world of sequential storytelling. So in this series I'll be recommending some of the books that myself, my colleagues, and our customers have loved. Each week I'll focus on ten books -- five All Ages and five Teen+ -- from Big Two comics to smaller independent titles, classic runs to contemporary cult hits.
Revealed! Inside the hottest market for graphic novels!
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There's been a lot of talk about Scholastic Book Fairs as a key market for kids graphic novels, but as The Beat does not...
I Used To Sell You Comics: Kids Love Comics (And how that makes comics...
by Rosie Knight
Over the last year I spent some time in comics retail, working at my favourite local comic shop, London's renowned Orbital Comics....
Exclusive: Abadzis and Dye Reveal ‘Pigs Might Fly’ from First Second
Lily is a young girl who dreams of helping her father, Professor Hercules Fatchops, in his quest to build a flying machine. But they'll...






















