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Nobrow’s quite excellent imprint for younger readers, Flying Eye Books, has revealed that the Brownstone’s Mythical Collection series by Joe Todd-Stanton has been optioned for film development by DreamWorks Animation. The series began with Arthur and the Golden Rope in 2016, taking our unlikely adventurer into Norse mythology, and more recently Marcy and the RiddleContinue reading Joe Todd-Stanton’s Brownstone’s Mythical Collection optioned for film
UK independent graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero has acquired world English language rights to a landmark graphic biography about Guantánamo Bay, the United States detention camp in Cuba. Guantánamo Kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani is a compelling, deeply moving story about one of Guantánamo Bay’s youngest detainees. Mohammed El-Gharani was incarcerated for almost eight years,Continue reading SelfMadeHero lands English rights to acclaimed graphic novel “Guantánamo Kid”
2000AD publishers Rebellion have acquired all the comic titles owned by TI Media, reuniting publications dating back to Comic Cuts with the titles they purchased from Egmont in 2016. This means virtually every classic British comic title published out of London over the last one hundred years is now owned by Rebellion. The deal does notContinue reading British Comic Heroes under one roof! Rebellion snaps up TI Media’s classic comics catalogue
The new Striker football comic – its launch the result of a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign earlier this year – has been hit by distribution problems that mean Issue 3 will now not go on sale until next week in newsagents. Melding its photostrip-style lead story with features on the Striker World League, a traditional lineContinue reading New Striker comic distribution stymied by WHSmith, but the publishers have a cunning plan…
Here’s a nifty idea for a birthday or Christmas stocking filler for a comics fan – comics gift cards, on offer from the DC Thomson web shop for all their titles, including Beano and Commando. (I came across these after DCT sent me a reminder about their Beano 80th Anniversary Box set, which of courseContinue reading WebFind: DC Thomson Comics Gift Cards