Tag: Graphic Novels
Review – The Riveting Biography of a Compelling Journalist in Joe Ollmann’s The Abominable...
Joe Ollmann's The Abominable Mr. Seabrook is a riveting read. An incredibly compelling portrait of a man whose life is the very definition of "larger...
Rainbow Rowell is writing something for Marvel, which will be announced tomorrow
Book Expo America, once known as BEA, but now acronymed as BEX, starts today with panels and exhibits opening tomorrow. And Marvel will be there!
https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/869947475490164736
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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...
10 Comics That Sell Better As Books Than As Single Issues
You know the ongoing argument about whether or not comics sales are heading away from single issues and towards collected editions? Guess what –...
Tilting at Windmills #257: Looking at BookScan 2016 – More Than 10 Million Sold
It was another year of amazing growth in 2016, and it brings the Top 750 to the highest numbers it has ever charted in the history of my tracking Bookscan – Now topping over ten million graphic novels sold! Amazing performance, and hopefully we can now stop talking forever about silliness like “the death of comics” or “the death of print”. Both are doing just fine!
The stunning reason why the NY Times eliminated comics-related bestseller lists
Earlier today, we shed light on the New York Times' decision to eliminate the comics and manga bestseller lists, among others, from their Book...
Bombshell Confirmed: Comics will no longer have NY Times Bestseller Lists
Like the death of a warrant canary, sometimes the most notable news stories stem from absence rather than presence. Such was the case last night when...
12 Million Graphic Novels Were Sold in Bookstores in 2016
OKAY one more chart. Publishers Weekly has more information on the Bookscan bookstore sales numbers, with a breakdown by genre. As we reported last week,...
Graphic novels sales rose 12% in bookstores in 2016 – the only adult fiction...
Publishers Weekly has an overview of bookstore sales in 2016, via Bookscan, and print sales edged up 3.3%, the third year of growth.
The...
2017 Preview: Here are what may be the top ten graphic novels of the...
PW's annual Spring Announcements came out and give a peek at what may be the most talked about GNs of 2017.
Amazon names Best Graphic Novels of 2016
The end of year lists are coming - Amazon has selected 20 books in an unranked order - no big surprises, all highly praised books....
Insight Comics launches in 2017 with MFK, Die Hard, X-Com and more
Last month, Insight Editions announced a new graphic novel imprint, and how, courtesy of Publishers Weekly, we have more details:
Insight Editions, best known for...














