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Help celebrate 50 years of NBM with this Graphic Novel Humble Bundle Benefiting Starlight Children’s Foundation

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Celebrate 50 years of incredible graphic novels with NBM! To mark this anniversary, Humble Bundle has partnered with the Eisner Award-winning publisher to collect 40 amazing graphic novels hailing from all over North America and Europe—and bring them straight to your inbox. Enjoy the sumptuously illustrated Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, dive into biographies of Rosa Parks and the Beatles, seek adventure with Hasib and the Queen of Serpents, and ride the thrills of the monster theme park at the heart of Zombillenium. If you’re a fan of graphic novels, great literature, or even just good storytelling, grab this bundle while you can and support hospitalized kids with Starlight Children’s Foundation with your purchase!

The NBM 50th Anniversary Collection Book Bundle has a retail value of $550 and you can get it all for $18.

NBM 50th Anniversary Collection Book Bundle

Ablaze Acquires NBM

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NBM has announced that it has been acquired by Ablaze in an asset sale. NBM co-founder Terry Nantier will package new titles for Ablaze. The acquisition includes the NBM brand and catalog. It “provides for the assumption of contracts with creators and licensors and the transfer of editorial operations to Ablaze.” NBM will continue as an imprint of Ablaze.

The acquisition of NBM allows Ablaze to expand its international market reach and boost its backlist as well as launch new creator-owned titles.

NBM will be distributed along with other Ablaze titles by Simon & Schuster, Lunar, Universal, and Diamond UK.

Terry Nantier co-founded NBM (Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine Publishing) in 1976 as the first American publisher to focus exclusively on graphic novels, introducing BD to the U.S. market.

Nantier will serve as editorial consultant and packager for Ablaze, with several new books in development for 2026.

NBM reveals Queen in Comics

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Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, and Freddie Mercury form one of the greatest rock bands in the world. Queen in Comics! by Emmanuel Marie and Sophie Blitman tells the story of one of the greatest bands ever.

Under the leadership of its charismatic singer, Queen is a planetary success for each hit with its decadent shows, inimitable aesthetics and style.

“Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Are the Champions”, “Don’t Stop Me Now” or even “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” are just some of the hits! Discover the great stories and little secrets surrounding the legend!

7 ½ x 10, 176pp., full color HC, $27.99, ISBN 9781681123110; e-book: $16.99 ISBN 9781681123127; DIAMOND CODE: JAN231711
General trade publication: May ’23

Queen in Comics!

Fists Raised spotlights 10 stories of Sports Star Activists

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What does Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time, have in common with Megan Rapinoe, the badass pink-haired female soccer player?

They achieved perfection, won medals, and lived the glory. But it is above all their raised fists, when, at a time of their envied existence, they dared to sacrifice their privileges to defend a cause greater than their status of adulated champion.

Rich in authentic anecdotes, this book tells the fate of those who paved the way. That of women and men who have written the political, social or cultural history of sport by taking a stand.  Profiled within are such icons as Arthur Ashe, Nadia Comaneci, Sócrates, Surya Bonaly, Tommie Smith and more!

Fists Raised: when sports collide with social activism!

Fists Raised: 10 Stories of Sports Star Activists is by Karim Nedjari and Chloé Céléri and published by NBM. It’s expected to come to shelves in October.

Fists Raised: 10 Stories of Sports Star Activists

Head back into the Dungeon with Dungeon: Twilight

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NBM has announced that it is revisiting out-of-print editions of its line of Dungeon titles. First to be released is Dungeon: Twilight Vols. 1 & 2: Dragon Cemetery collecting the first four stories into a single volume for the first time.

The planet Terra Amata, on which Dungeon resides, has stopped turning. On one side, total darkness and absolute coldness; on the other, a searing desert and eternal day. The survivors live on a thin slice of earth where day and night meet. A territory known as TWILIGHT. Welcome to the third facet of the Dungeon world, it’s dark downfall.

Marvin, now old and blind, sensing his end, goes on a long trek to the legendary cemetery of dragons. And then, saved at the last minute from certain death in a duel by his young warrior admirer Marvin the Red, he simply cannot be let to die like he wishes! Whatever he loses, he regains in different powers. He’s even become invincible. It’s to the point where he’d rather exchange body parts to get back his mortality!

But then he is led to a discovery that may make continuing to live actually worth it…

The Dungeon series which so lovingly -but bitingly- made fun of Dungeons & Dragons tropes, as well as such epic fantasy as Game of Thrones and which had developed an avid audience of fans went through a few years of rest but is now back in piping form taking to new heights the vast worlds and time spectra that had been elaborated in it. Fans had been anticipating this for years, they will not be disappointed.

Joann Sfar of The Rabbi’s Cat and Lewis Trondheim, also of Mr. O, Little Nothings & Maggie Garrison, two of today’s greatest stars in European comics, co-writing, are here brilliantly joined by Kerascoet (Beauty, Miss Don’t Touch Me) on the art.

In September an all-new volume 3 of Early Years, furthering the story of that era in the epic will be released!

Dungeon: Twilight Vols. 1 & 2: Dragon Cemetery

Mikael’s ‘Bootblack’ Captures The Reinvention of a Man and a City

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In the spring of 1945 on the German front, the war leaves only death and destruction in its wake.

To escape the horror of the present, Al Chrysler, an American soldier, the only survivor of his unit, immerses himself in the memories of his New York life. Son of German immigrants, born in the United States, he was not yet ten years old when, in one night, under the approving eyes of anti-immigrant Americans, he lost his parents and his home in a terrible fire.

Turning his back on his origins, Al has no choice but to live on the streets; he becomes a Bootblack, a shoe shiner. With his friend Shiny, they somehow manage to survive by sticking together.

Six years later, in 1935, they meet Buster and the ambitious Diddle Joe. And then there’s Maggie, the girl Al is in love with and whose esteem he ardently longs for. And this, even as she makes it clear to him that they do not live in the same world.

New York offers no future for the poor, Al understood that. He is therefore determined to earn more money, whatever the means. But he does not imagine, at that point, that the war which threatens will soon give him an appointment with his past…

Mikael‘s Bootblack is out this May from NBM. The 128 page graphic novel retails for $24.99 and $9.99 for e-book.

Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Wednesdays (and now Tuesdays) are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in

Each week our contributors choose what they can’t wait to read this week or just sounds interesting. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look at!

Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this week.

Almost American #4 (AfterShock) – The true story of defecting Russian agents. It’s been an amazing read to see how dysfunctional the system is.

Animal Castle #2 (Ablaze) – A new take on Animal Farm, the first issue sold out so expect this one to do so as well!

Arrowsmith #1 (Image Comics) – Kurt Busiek returns to Image with a whole bunch of series launching and this is the first. Wizards and Dragons during World War I? Yeah, we’re in for it.

Art of Sushi (NBM) – Learn all about sushi!

Batman: The Knight #1 (DC Comics) – Chip Zdarsky doing Batman, nuff said.

Bolero #1 (Image Comics) – Read our early review praising it. Everything is said there as to why it’s on the list.

Cloaked #2 (Dark Horse) – A vigilante hero was here and then gone. This is the story of the detective hired to figure out who he was.

My Date With Monsters #3 (AfterShock) – A pretty interesting series about a world where dreams can come over into the real world and the people tasked with trying to stop it, which means getting someone to fall in love.

Search for Hu #5 (AfterShock) – We really want to find out how this one ends and it the person we think is behind it all really is.

Shadowman #5 (Valiant) – The Deadside War begins here! A solid jumping on point for the series.

X Lives of Wolverine #1 (Marvel) – “Destiny of X” is coming and the next era of the X-Men begins here.

Your Turn to Die: Majority Death Game Vol. 2 (Yen Press) – This Saw-like series has been interesting so far and has us scratching our heads as to who’s behind it all.

Debuts, Returns, Sushi, and more are this Week’s Comic Highlights

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There’s a lot of comics that come out every week and we’re kicking off a new regular feature where we highlight some of the interesting comics and debuts coming each week!

We want to hear what you want with this so let us know your thoughts in the comments.

This week’s highlights:

  • Animal Castle #2 (Ablaze)
  • Arrowsmith #1 (Image Comics)
  • Art of Sushi (NBM)
  • Batman: The Knight #1 (DC Comics)
  • Ben Reilly: Spider-Man #1 (Marvel)
  • Bolero #1 (Image Comics)
  • Devil’s Reign: Villains for Hire #1 (Marvel)
  • Devil’s Reign: X-Men #1 (Marvel)
  • Shadowman #5 (Valiant)
  • She-Hulk #1 (Marvel)
  • Silk #1 (Marvel)
  • Silver Surfer: Rebirth #1 (Marvel)

Frankie Alarcon Trades Chocolate for Sushi in a New Graphic Novel

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Frankie Alarcon, who wrote and illustrated The Secrets of Chocolate, tackles another gastronomical favorite with his latest volume, The Art of Sushi.

Fly to Japan and discover all there is to know about sushi. After revealing the secrets of chocolate to us, Franckie Alarcon offers a gourmet panorama of this exceptional dish that has conquered the planet!
But do you really know sushi?

The author traveled to Japan to meet all the players involved in the making of this true work of culinary art. From the traditional starred chef to the young cook who is shaking up the rules, including all the artisans and producers involved, this book covers the most emblematic of Japanese products from A to Z.

And he is thorough: from an established old-guard 3 Michelin star sushi chef in Tokyo to an exciting innovating younger chef to everyday versions in a typical home but also showing how:

  • sushi rice is grown,
  • sake is made
  • the special knives for cutting the fish just right are forged (with traditions dating back to the Samurai)
  • various recipes

it’s all there and fascinating.

A fascinating journey of discovery that, along the way, tells a lot about Japan itself. You’ll never believe the precision and detailed obsession with quality ingredients involved.

The Art of Sushi is available now.

The Art of Sushi

Today’s New Digital Comic Releases Includes Marvel, Image, AfterShock, and More

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It’s new comic book day and comiXology has your digital comic needs covered. You can check out all of the new releases below by the publisher or start shopping now.

Ablaze

Abstract Studio

AfterShock

Archie Comics

AWA Studios

Behemoth

Black Mask Studios

BOOM! Studios

comiXology Submit

Dark Horse Comics

DC Thomson

Drawn & Quarterly

Dynamite Entertainment

Harlequin

Heavy Metal Entertainment

Hermes Press

IDW Publishing

Image Comics

Marvel

NBM

Oni Press

Papercutz

Red 5 Comics

Tidalwave Productions

Titan Comics

Valiant Entertainment

Vault Comics

Yen Press

Zenescope

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