Recent Graphic Novel Deals, Late July 2023 | News

- Always Raining Here, by Hazel and Bell, adapted from the webcomic about “two romantically-challenged gay teenagers who annoy each other a lot”, First Second, 2025.
- I’d Like You to Like Me, by Kat Schneider, a debut in which a 15-year-old girl falls in love for the first time at a religious sleepaway camp, Random House Graphic, fall 2025.
- Magie and the Soules, by Jessica Ricole, a two-book series about a magical boarding school and the student who doesn’t have a magical companion, Andrews McMeel, beginning fall 2025.
Source: Publishers Weekly Rights Report, July 17 and July 24.
Filed under: Graphic Novels, News

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Johanna Draper Carlson has been reviewing comics for over 20 years. She manages ComicsWorthReading.com, the longest-running independent review site online that covers all genres of comic books, graphic novels, and manga. She has an MA in popular culture, studying online fandom, and was previously, among many other things, webmaster for DC Comics. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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