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Spring 2018 First Second Cover Reveal
All of our Spring 2018 covers have been revealed, so we're posting them all here! Be sure to check out the official reveal here. Animus by Antoine Revoy, out 5/8/2018! Chasma Knights by Kate Reed Petty and Boya Sun, out 5/15/2018! One Day a Dot by Ian Lendler, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb, out 5/22/2018! Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol, out [...]
Happy Book Birthday to Demon, Volume 3!
 Happy book birthday to the third book in the grotesque and wonderful Demon series, Demon Volume 3 by Jason Shiga. Reminder:  Jason’s four-volume epic is NOT for kids. SERIOUSLY. Demon follows Jimmy Yee, a man who cannot die, no matter how hard he tries. Although he’s seemingly immortal, Jimmy’s real super power is his brain. He’s a highly [...]
Come find us at SDCC 2017!
test heading Want to know everything we're doing at SDCC this year? Check out our full schedule below and don't forget to visit booth #2800/2802! Are you interested in submitting work to us at the show? Please check out this post before you do. WEDNESDAY, 7/19 6:30 pm: Gigi D.G.'s Cucumber Quest Giveaway 7:00 pm: Ben Hatke's Mighty Jack [...]
Happy Book Birthday to Pigs Might Fly!
Happy book birthday to Pigs Might Fly by Nick Abadzis and Jerel Dye. Magic and science clash in a world where highly evolved pigs fight their mortal enemies, the warthogs, for dominion of the skies! Make sure to pick up this graphic novel and join the genius daughter of the renowned inventor Hercules, Lily, as [...]
Happy Book Birthday to Making Scents!
Happy book birthday to Making Scents by Arthur Yorinks, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb! Dive your nose right into this heartfelt and beautifully drawn graphic novel for young readers about Mickey, a boy whose dog-loving parents raised him as if he were a dog. But when a tragic accident leaves Mickey an orphan, he must [...]
Happy Book Birthday to The Big Bad Fox!
Happy book birthday to The Big Bad Fox by Benjamin Renner! In this sweet barnyard adventure, an incompetent fox tries unsuccessfully to terrorize chickens, and instead becomes the "mommy" of three adopted chicks. With its beautifully rendered in watercolor, The Big Bad Fox is a hilarious and surprisingly tender parable about parenthood that's sure to [...]
Announcing the Knife’s Edge Blog Tour
test heading KNIFE'S EDGE by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock twins! pirates! blog tour! Get ready for the conclusion to the Four Points diptych (which began last year with Compass South) as Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock's Knife's Edge comes your way! What will happen to the twins in the final chapter of this tale [...]
Adventure Zone Art Reveal
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Happy Book Birthday to Science Comics: Flying Machines!
 Happy book birthday to Science Comics: Flying Machines by Alison Wilgus and Molly Brooks! In this volume we follow the famous aviators, the Wright Brothers, from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of North Carolina where they planned to make their famous flights. This is the fifth of the Science Comics, an [...]
Happy Book Birthday to Shattered Warrior
Happy book birthday to the adult fantasy graphic novel, Shattered Warrior, by Sharon Shinn and Molly Knoxt Ostertag. Colleen Cavanaugh's home world wis ruled by Derichets, a tyrannical alien race bent on exploiting the planet's mineral resources.Most of her family died in the war, and she now lives alone in the city. Aside from her [...]









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