Comments on: Bestselling Authors Tapping Into the Graphic Novel Market http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/ A reader review blog { of genre fiction } Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:36:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Some new releases « Me and my books http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19262 Some new releases « Me and my books Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:35:15 +0000 http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19262 [...] Colfer’s “Artemis Fowl” is being released as a graphic novel.  Keishon posted the other day about this trend.  I like this YA fantasy series - there’s humour, [...] […] Colfer’s “Artemis Fowl” is being released as a graphic novel.  Keishon posted the other day about this trend.  I like this YA fantasy series — there’s humour, […]

]]> By: Billy Goat http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19217 Billy Goat Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:02:47 +0000 http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19217 Hey, that's cool. I usually mention Hikaru No Go, and nobody has any idea what I'm talking about. :) I'll be happy when they finally get up to issue #16, which is where I left off. I think the series is only up to #6 in English. They are taking -so- long to publish the English versions. Hey, that’s cool. I usually mention Hikaru No Go, and nobody has any idea what I’m talking about. :)

I’ll be happy when they finally get up to issue #16, which is where I left off. I think the series is only up to #6 in English. They are taking –so– long to publish the English versions.

]]> By: Avid Reader http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19215 Avid Reader Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:30:30 +0000 http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19215 Hey Billy, I am a newbie to comics and graphic novels, so you're not alone. Hikaru No Go manga is a favorite of mine, too. Unlike you, I didn't want to learn Go.<g></g> Hey Billy, I am a newbie to comics and graphic novels, so you’re not alone. Hikaru No Go manga is a favorite of mine, too. Unlike you, I didn’t want to learn Go.

]]> By: Billy Goat http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19213 Billy Goat Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:16:59 +0000 http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19213 Wow. This graphic novel trend is getting serious. I'm not really into graphic novels yet. I have Watchmen (which is on the Time Magazine list), and I thought it was pretty good.... I've also put some time into the Hikaru No Go manga, which got me interested in Go, and had me hooked until I ran out of issues to read (this was a few years ago, when they were only available in Japanese, and fans translated them on the internet. They are now available in America, but have not caught up to where I was). But those are my only real forays into graphic novels. I may have to check out the Magician Apprentice graphic novel, however. I liked the book, so maybe I'll also like the graphic novel. And I have Gaiman's Sandman comics on my Christmas list, so maybe I'll get hooked. Wow. This graphic novel trend is getting serious.

I’m not really into graphic novels yet. I have Watchmen (which is on the Time Magazine list), and I thought it was pretty good.… I’ve also put some time into the Hikaru No Go manga, which got me interested in Go, and had me hooked until I ran out of issues to read (this was a few years ago, when they were only available in Japanese, and fans translated them on the internet. They are now available in America, but have not caught up to where I was). But those are my only real forays into graphic novels.

I may have to check out the Magician Apprentice graphic novel, however. I liked the book, so maybe I’ll also like the graphic novel. And I have Gaiman’s Sandman comics on my Christmas list, so maybe I’ll get hooked.

]]> By: Avid Reader http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19163 Avid Reader Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:41:43 +0000 http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19163 I'm all for trying Feehan's Carpathian series in graphic novel form as I've never read the series and was never interested. Same can be said for Stephen King's Gunslinger series. These works seem more approachable to (for lack of a better word) or more attractive in this format for me. Thanks for the info, Li, I appreciate it. I’m all for trying Feehan’s Carpathian series in graphic novel form as I’ve never read the series and was never interested. Same can be said for Stephen King’s Gunslinger series. These works seem more approachable to (for lack of a better word) or more attractive in this format for me. Thanks for the info, Li, I appreciate it.

]]> By: Li http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19149 Li Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:51:38 +0000 http://avidbookreader.com/2007/09/21/bestselling-authors-tapping-into-the-graphic-novel-market/#comment-19149 I read that Raymond Feist's Magician series is also being issued in graphic novel form. And there was another one that caught my attention - have googled, it was Kinley MacGregor's (a.k.a. Sherrilyn Kenyon) "Lords of Avalon" series. Except they seem to be part of Dabel Brothers' hook-up with Marvel, which has now been cancelled, so I've no idea whether it is still going ahead or not. Okay, more googling: Going forward, Marvel will continue to publish Anita Blake Vampire Hunter by Laurell K. Hamilton; the Hedge Knight series by George RR Martin; Tales of Alvin Maker and Wyrms by Orson Scott Card; Magician Apprentice by Raymond Feist; Lords of Avalon by Kinley MacGregor; and Highwayman by R.A. Salvatore. Err... I didn't mean for this comment to be an info-dump. What I meant to say was that it makes sense - all these best-selling authors mean that you have a ready-made market. While not all would go for graphic novels, you're bound to have a proportion who would be delighted to see their favourite characters and stories come to life (sort of, anyway). I read that Raymond Feist’s Magician series is also being issued in graphic novel form. And there was another one that caught my attention — have googled, it was Kinley MacGregor’s (a.k.a. Sherrilyn Kenyon) “Lords of Avalon” series.

Except they seem to be part of Dabel Brothers’ hook-up with Marvel, which has now been cancelled, so I’ve no idea whether it is still going ahead or not.

Okay, more googling:
Going forward, Marvel will continue to publish Anita Blake Vampire Hunter by Laurell K. Hamilton; the Hedge Knight series by George RR Martin; Tales of Alvin Maker and Wyrms by Orson Scott Card; Magician Apprentice by Raymond Feist; Lords of Avalon by Kinley MacGregor; and Highwayman by R.A. Salvatore.

Err… I didn’t mean for this comment to be an info-dump. What I meant to say was that it makes sense — all these best-selling authors mean that you have a ready-made market. While not all would go for graphic novels, you’re bound to have a proportion who would be delighted to see their favourite characters and stories come to life (sort of, anyway).

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