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, SYFY WIRE's weekly comics column that gets at the pulse of what's going on in comics right now. We've got what you need to know about huge crossovers, real-life issues facing the industry, cool first looks, the week's hot new comics, and everything in-between. Awards Season is upon us, and while we tend to associate this time of year more with films and television than printed works, comics are getting in on the love too. Last week the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards were announced, highlighting stories that offer "fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian,...

I unexpectedly cried as I read the wonderfully queer, GLAAD-nominated graphic novel The Magic Fish. My tears were the drops of sweet, unbridled joy and unencumbered hopefulness. As a middle-aged, lifelong comic book enthusiast I found my emotional response after finishing The Magic Fish to be a delightful surprise.  While The Magic Fish is aimed at a middle-school audience, its heartfelt honesty transcends age. It is a bold immigrant story focusing on Tien, a 13-year-old Vietnamese boy, and his parents as they navigate their new home in America. It is also an LGBTQ+ narrative about findin...

These diverse, compelling stories will hook readers. Know a graphic novel fan? Chances are you do! In recent years, this genre has taken off and now there are so many wonderful and diverse graphic novels for young readers. The following high school and middle school graphic novels are some of our favorites for the classroom. Middle School Graphic Novels Finding a pet proves to be challenging for a kid with severe allergies. And unfortunately, the household is too distracted to notice.  This is the illustrated sequel to Craft’s “New Kid,” which won the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Sc...

Courtesy of Sloane Leong/John Paul Leon/Adrian Tomine From heartbroken Canadian cartoonists to Superman punching racists, this year's top releases had a lot to say about the world we've been living in over the last twelve months. It’s been a rough year for the comics industry, with the COVID pandemic forcing many stores to go into temporary shutdown (and, sadly, some stores to close permanently). Publishers, too, were affected, with some halting production and others pulling back on plans — including previously scheduled projects — as the industry tried to come to terms with the new rea...

Children's Publishers Choose Their Favorite Reads of 2020 Compiled by Diane Roback | Dec 22, 2020 We asked staffers at children’s publishing houses to tell us about their favorite children’s or YA book they read this year, frontlist or backlist, and what they loved about it. Our only condition: it couldn’t be a book that their company had published. Happy reading! Jamie Tan, senior publicist, Candlewick Press I’ve been craving the kind of books that I would devour in high school: floppy backlist paperbacks that are easy to hold in one hand while snacking with th...