Spring Graphic Novels for All Levels

Presented by: Diamond Book Distributors, Image Comics, IDW Publishing, Flying Eye Books/Nobrow, Viz Media, Yen Press, and LJ/SLJ
Event Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2023

It's Spring Graphic Novel time! Join publishing insiders from Diamond Book Distributors, Image Comics, IDW Publishing, Flying Eye Books/Nobrow, Viz Media, and Yen Press to learn about the hottest new graphic novels that you'll want to have on your shelves this spring! From fantastic journeys through spiritual realms, to zombie thrillers, to epic manga/fantasy, this webcast will showcase the latest new titles that you and your readers will not want to miss!

Featured Titles:

TOMBS: JUNJI ITO STORY COLLECTION

Countless tombstones stand in rows, forming a bizarre town. What fate awaits a brother and sister after a traffic accident in this town of the dead? In another tale, a girl falls silent, her tongue transformed into a slug. Can a friend save her? Then, when a young man moves to a new town, he finds the house next door has only a single window. What does his grotesque neighbor want, calling out to him every evening from that lone window?

A BUSINESS PROPSAL, VOL. 1

After being worked to the bone at her office job, getting introduced to her longtime crush’s new girlfriend, and dealing with her family’s debt hanging over her head, Hari Shin's life seems to have hit rock bottom. Luckily, her friend Youngseo has a business proposal for her: go to an arranged date in her stead and Hari will receive a hefty compensation. Things grow complicated, however, when it turns out that the other party is Hari’s new CEO—and he's dead-set on marrying whoever shows up to the date!

I ESCAPED A CHINESE INTERNMENT CAMP

Zumrat Dawut is a mother of three in the Xinjiang autonomous region in China, who was arrested and sent to a detention facility for simply being a Muslim. There she endured brutal living conditions, torture, interrogations, anti-Muslim propaganda, and sterilization. But that was just the beginning of Zumrat’s troubles, who with her husband would soon hatch a plan to escape to America.

CODEX BLACK (BOOK ONE): A FIRE AMONG CLOUDS

Navigate through monsters, mysteries, and the will of the gods with two young extraordinary adventurers in fifteenth-century Mesoamerica! Donají is a fearless Zapotec girl who, even though she’s only fifteen, is heralded as a hero by her village. Donají vows to find her missing father, and accompanied by the god that lives inside of her poncho, sets out to find him. Along the way, she meets a 17-year-old winged Mexica warrior named Itzcacalotl, and over time their temporary partnership blooms into an incredible friendship, But, their search begs the question: what kind of mystery was Donají’s father involved with?

JUNIPER MAE: KNIGHT OF TYKOTECH CITY

Tykotech City is home to the most incredible technology you’ve ever seen, but something is going horribly wrong and there’s only one tiny inventor that stands between the city and total darkness… Building gadgets in her dad’s repair shop, Juniper Mae is a certified kid wonder. One day she crash-lands in the forests around her city, where she discovers a world of mystery, ancient knights and a small green tama-tama friend, Albie. And when a catastrophic series of events threaten to destroy her home, it’s finally time for Juniper Mae to don her own armour and step into the spotlight.

KAYA

After the destruction of their village a young girl with a magic arm and a fighting spirit is tasked with delivering her little brother to a faraway safe haven. There he's destined to discover the secret to overthrowing the all-powerful empire that destroyed their home. From writer and artist WES CRAIG (DEADLY CLASS GRAVEDIGGERS UNION) comes an astonishing new ongoing fantasy-adventure series about siblings surviving in a world of monsters and mutants.

Presenters:

Morgana Santilli, Sales & Marketing Coordinator, Yen Press

Ashley Kronsberg, Marketing Manager, Diamond Book Distributors

John D'Esposito, Publishing Sales Manager, VIZ Media

Sarah Goodliffe, Head of Sales and Marketing (US & UK), Nobrow and Flying Eye Books

Hanna Lafferty, Trade Marketing Manager, IDW Publishing

Chloe Ramos, Book Market & Library Sales Manager, Image Comics

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