

Our Stories Carried Us Here: A Graphic Novel Anthology - Various Authors (Green Card Voices).The Odds: Run, Odds, Run - Matt Stanton (Harper Collins).The Most Important Comic Book on Earth - Various Authors (DK).Immortals Fenyx Rising: From Great Beginnings - Ben Kahn, Georgeo Brooks (Dark Horse).Huda F Are You? - Huda Fahmy (Dial Books).Cats! Purrfect Strangers - Frederic Brremaud, Paola Antista (Dark Horse).Banana Fox and the Book-Eating Robot - James Kochalka (Scholastic).Attack on Titan Vol 34 - Hajime Isayama (Kodansha).Animal Crossing: New Horizons Vol 1 - Kokonasu Rumba (VIZ Media).New Releases for November 2021 Junior and YA ‘How to Kickstarter for Comic Creators’ by ComX with Shaun Keenan & Darren Close. ‘Dean’s Ridiculous Drawing Challenges’ by ComX featuring Dean Rankine, Chris McQuinlan and Matty Taylor for some live drawing, creative prompts, and shenanigans.To save you some time, here are a couple of our favourites:.Missed out on the ‘Aussie Comic Book Day’ event organised by ComX? You can check out all the events on this handy playlist they’ve put together.There are some wonderful titles here, which ones do you have in your library? Here is The Washington Posts’ ‘Best graphic novels of 2021’ and the School Library Journal’s ‘Best Graphic Novels 2021 | SLJ Best Books’. It’s getting towards that time of year again when outlets release their favourite graphic novels of the year.November 20 marked the first ‘Aussie Comic Book Day’ for events, special features, and an excellent excuse to read and celebrate Australian comics and creators.Founding member of The Wu-Tang Clan, RZA, has announced this month that he will be releasing a graphic novel next year ‘Bobby Digital and the Pit of Snakes’ Interestingly, it has also been hinted that the release will incorporate new music to enhance the reading experience.Wattpad and Webtoon merged a few months ago and are now announcing Webtoon Unscrolled, a new imprint for publishing print editions of popular Webtoon comics and Manwha.KQED has published a great article by Amielle Major discussing the trauma inflicted on kids who are told not to read certain books which, of course, often include comics, Manga and graphic novels, and how we can do better as librarians.
#Best graphic novels 2021 series#
Schwab is publishing a graphic novel with art by Enid Balam that is part of the Villains book series Publishers Weekly has published an interview with her. If you wanted to have a peek inside Dav Pilkey’s studio, Scholastic and The Beat have you covered.Publishers Weekly has the wrap and The Beat has a great interview with Mariko. Mariko Tamaki is launching a new imprint dedicated to LGBTIQ+ graphic novels.Volume 1 is published in December and Publisher’s Weekly has an interview with Jeff Smith. Jeff Smith is back and it’s not a new Bone graphic novel but a new series: Tuki.

If this film is made it will be a landmark for film adaptations of graphic novels. Taika Waititi has Alejandro Jodorowsky’s blessing to make The Incal and we can’t argue with that.

#Best graphic novels 2021 professional#
We are eagerly planning more Graphic Novel Clubs, professional development content and more to share with you in the new year. We have just finished our first run of our library and collections-focused Graphic Novel Club, finishing on a high note with non-fiction comics, including a discussion on the seminal comic-about-comics, 'Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art' by Scott McCloud (Harper Collins). Is it that time already? 2021 has been a big year for us at ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics with our first-ever live webinar and themed graphic novel book clubs, and we thank our readers' support for what we have achieved so far!
