Comics and graphic novel sales at 20-year high in North America
The sale of graphic novels and periodical comics in North America reached a combined total of US$935m (A$1225m) in 2014, a 7% increase on 2013, reports comics trade news sites ICv2 and...
New NZ publisher to focus on local graphic novels and comics
A new publisher specialising in locally created comics and graphic novels has launched in New Zealand. Adrian Kinnaird, editorial director and co-publisher of Earth’s End Publishing, told Books+Publishing that the business was ‘the...
In the picture: The demand for graphic novels
Demand for graphic novels continues to grow, but how are booksellers, publishers and librarians responding? Portia Lindsay reports.At last year’s Reading Matters conference in Melbourne, Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels sold...
Diamond Book Distributors reports ‘spectacular year’
International graphic novel distributor Diamond Book Distributors (DBD) saw sales and revenue rise ‘in double digits across the board’ in 2012, reports Publishers Weekly. Kuo-Yu Liang, vice president of sales...
Madman announces partnership with Diamond Book Distributors
Madman Entertainment has announced an exclusive partnership with Diamond Book Distributors (DBD), a division of Diamond Comic Distributors, in Australian and New Zealand.Under the agreement with DBD, Madman will be responsible...
In brief
Clark wins ABR poetry prizeRoss Clark has been announced as the winner of the fourth Australian Book Review (ABR) poetry prize his poem ‘Danger: Lantana.'ABR celebrates 300 issuesThe April issue...
New ASA group for graphic novelists
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has launched an education and advocacy group for graphic novel writers and artists. The ‘Comics/Graphic Novels Portfolio’ will ‘actively support a neglected (and often...