Gilcy Aquino

What started as a hastily scrawled notebook of ideas on Katie Cook’s way back from a Chicago comics convention has turned into a popular webtoon with almost 30 million views and 3.1 million likes. Cook’s popular webtoon, Nothing Special, is getting…

Our 2022 Facts and Figures compilation of children’s and YA bestsellers includes a wide variety of titles, dominated by ever-expanding illustrated and graphic novel series and their spinoffs, YA movie tie-ins and sequels, and time-tested picture…

What started as a webcomic turned graphic novel will shortly be taking over screens one heartstopping moment at a time. Heartstopper, based on the books for Scholastic by Alice Oseman, is directed by Euros Lyn (Doctor Who), and executive produced by…

Our 2021 Facts and Figures compilation of children’s and YA bestsellers includes a wide variety of titles, dominated by ongoing graphic novel series and their spinoffs, illustrated middle grade novels, and classic picture books. Our lists are based…

AnimeNYC 2021, an annual event celebrating Asian popular culture, returned after a year’s hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic to the Javits Convention Center, November 19-21. The show attracted more than 53,000 attendees, according to Peter Tatara,…

Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams Children’s Books, has announced the title and cover of the 16th installment in Jeff Kinney’s global bestselling series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Big Shot will be simultaneously published in 28 countries worldwide in…

Australian author and illustrator Remy Lai has previously published two illustrated novels, Pie in the Sky and Fly on the Wall. Her first graphic novel, Pawcasso, is about an inquisitive girl who decides to follow a photogenic dog carrying a basket…

What makes an artist? What sparks their imagination? And where do their creativity and style come from? In her new graphic novel anthology Before They Were Artists, Elizabeth Haidle brings to life the childhood experiences of six legendary children’s…

Our 2020 Facts and Figures compilation of children’s bestsellers includes a wide variety of titles, dominated by contemporary graphic novel series and their spinoffs, illustrated middle grade novels, and classic picture books. Our lists are based on…

Picture books and graphic novel sequels hitting shelves this month include the return of a beloved dog after 20 years, the impromptu rescue of a sea siren friend, an adorable alien crash landing in an unlikely place, and more. I’m Trying to Love…

Picture books and graphic novel sequels releasing this month include a group of crime-fighting pigeons, the fourth graphic novel in a popular middle-grade series, a team of mythological critters trying to save their pet store, and more. A World of…

Picture book and graphic novel sequels releasing this month include the return of a fourth wall-breaking French snail; a famous baby hippo starring in a bedtime book; a nonfiction compendium on soft-bodied cephalopods; the finale of a popular…

Our 2019 Facts and Figures compilation of children’s bestsellers includes a wide variety of titles, dominated by contemporary graphic novel series and illustrated adventures for middle graders, movie tie-ins, and tried-and-true picture books. Our…

NYCC sells 210,000 tickets as graphic novel sales continue to grow New York Comic Con 2019, held October 3–6 at the Javits Center in New York City, sold upwards of 210,000 tickets this year, according to show organizer ReedPop. Against that backdrop,…

The next best thing to watching baseball is getting a chance to read baseball manga. Japanese manga artists are particularly skilled at bringing the sport to life on the page, so we’ve put together a short list of classic manga series inspired by the…