Archives de catégorie : Comics & Graphic Novels

NEW KID bientôt adapté au cinéma dans un film produit par LeBron James

La société de production de LeBron James, joueur de basket de la NBA, et Universal Pictures ont acquis les droits audiovisuels du roman graphique NEW KID de Jerry Craft, paru en 2019 chez Harper. L’écriture du scénario devrait commencer sous peu. (Lire l’article de Deadline)

Dans NEW KID, un garçon issu d’un milieu modeste fait l’expérience du choc des cultures lorsqu’il intègre une prestigieuse école privée où la diversité est mal représentée. Le livre a remporté le prix Newbery Medal, le Coretta Scott King Award, le Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature, et reçu de nombreuses distinctions (Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2019, New York Times Best Children’s Books of 2019, Shelf Awareness Best Children’s Books of the Year…) Un companion book intitulé CLASS ACT paraîtra en octobre prochain.

Les droits de langue française sont toujours disponibles.

BABY: A SOPPY STORY de Philippa Rice

BABY: A Soppy Story focuses on the small, everyday moments of parenthood. From dreaming about the future baby and making plans, to actually being there with a real baby and bumbling through each precious day.

BABY: A SOPPY STORY
by Philippa Rice
Andrews McMeel, January 2020

From a #1 New York Times best-selling graphic novelist comes a collection of all new comics and illustrations about the small, intimate moments of a couple expecting their first baby. In this sequel to Soppy: A Love Story, the couple experience many heartwarming moments, as well as challenges, while planning to have a baby, going through pregnancy, childbirth, and caring for a newborn.

Philippa Rice is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Soppy. She is an artist who works in a number of different mediums including comics, illustration, animation, model making and crochet. Her other works include the collage-based webcomic My Cardboard Life and her stop-motion animated characters. Philippa grew up in London and now she lives in Nottingham with illustrator Luke Pearson and their adorable daughter.

LABYRINTH de Ben Argon

An original look at the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre—told in cartoons.

LABYRINTH:
An existential Odyssey With Jean-Paul Sartre
by Ben Argon
Abrams ComicArts, April 2020

As graduates embark on the next phase of their lives, what better way to get them accustomed to the rat race they are about to enter than by introducing them to the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre? Cleverly told through the story of a pair of rats trapped in the labyrinth of existence, this allegory humorously conveys the key ideas of Sartre’s existential philosophy in graphic novel form—accessible for students and readers of all ages. In addition, two reputable Sartre scholars have contributed the introduction and afterword: Gary Cox, a British philosopher with a doctorate from the University of Birmingham, and Christine Daigle, professor of philosophy at Brock University in Canada.

Ben Argon grew up in France surrounded by artists, authors, and philosophers of all kinds. It was then that he started making comics. At the age of reason, his attraction to science led him to embark on a corporate career, where he now leads teams of scientists and knowledge workers. He lives in Amsterdam.

OFF: The Day the Internet Died de Chris Colin, illustré par Rinee Shah

A hilarious and timely illustrated bedtime (fantasy) story for adults (and young adults).

OFF: The Day the Internet Died (A Bedtime Fantasy)
by Chris Colin, illustrated by Rinee Shah
Prestel, Fall 2020

OFF shows us how weird and wonderful it would be if the Internet was banished from existence, in the Biblical sense, as it probably should be. It’s GO THE F*CK TO SLEEP for the tech-addicted masses and might possibly save the world!

OFF is for the millions of anxious college kids, parents, and previously functional people touched by the Internet, all around the world, ages 18 to 65. It crosses business, psychology, humor, and lifestyle. Basically, it’s a fantasy priced at the low low price of…a book.

Chris Colin contributes to The New York Times Magazine, Outside Magazine, Pop-Up Magazine, Afar Magazine, Wired and many other publications. He has a piece in this year’s Best American Science & Nature Writing. He’s the co-author of What to Talk About, as well as What Really Happened to the Class of ’93 and Blindsight, named one of Amazon’s Best Books of 2011, and This Is Camino which was nominated for a James Beard Award. He lives in San Francisco with his family.

Rinee Shah is a former art director (The New York Times, Apple) and illustrator in San Francisco, CA. Her illustration projects have been featured in Dwell, Fast Company, Juxtapoz, Mashable, and the Huffington Post.

CHESHIRE CROSSING de Andy Weir bientôt adapté au cinéma

Les droits cinéma de CHESHIRE CROSSING, écrit par Andy Weir et illustré par Sarah Andersen, viennent d’être cédés à Amblin Partners !

L’adaptation sera produite par Michael De Luca, nominé à trois reprises pour l’Oscar du meilleur film pour The Social Network, Moneyball (Le Stratège) et Capitaine Phillips.

CHESHIRE CROSSING brings together the heroines of Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Wizard of Oz in a charming fantasy mash-up, brimming over with Andy’s trademark wit and nerdy enthusiasm, and filtered through a decidedly quirky genre perspective. Alice, Wendy, and Dorothy—after years of being labeled “crazy” for their insistence on the existence of other worlds—meet at Cheshire Crossing, a supernatural boarding school where they are finally believed and for the first time treated as the holders of special powers rather than freaks. They are meant to learn how to use and control their superheroic abilities, but quickly find themselves sucked back into their magical realms when a new threat arises. When the Wicked Witch and Captain Hook form an evil alliance to conquer the worlds of Oz, Neverland, and Wonderland, the girls must work together to save not only these fantastical lands but also Earth itself.

This « storybook meets superheroes » graphic novel features the original magical girls of fantasy embarking on exciting supernatural adventures in a tale that could only come from the imagination of Andy Weir and the illustrative sorcery of Sarah Andersen.

Les droits de langue française de CHESHIRE CROSSING sont toujours disponibles.