Today I am finishing up my Horror Review Column for the June issue of Library Journal and then later this week, I will begin my Horror Genre Preview article for the July issue. As I mentioned a few months ago here, LJ has streamlined their Genre Preview articles to make them more standard and as a result, more helpful.
This month, they have a format preview-- Graphic Novels. And guess what the first trend is? Horror!
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| Click here to read the interview |
But first, each preview is also paired with an interview of a key person in the Genre at that moment (or format in this case). I have an AWESOME person lined up for mine, a LibraryReads Hall of Famer who has one of the hottest books of the Fall. But the Graphic Novel Preview issue may rival my upcoming interview as they chatted with Emil Ferris about My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book 2, which I have already preordered. Click here to read that.
Graphic Novels Preview | Forthcoming Reads and Format Trends
by Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt
Apr 10, 2024 | Filed in Reviews+
The opportunity to experiment with line and form, matching design to mood and carrying story through innovative panel layout and art, clearly holds deep appeal for graphic novel creators and readers alike. Design of both story and page is the point in many of the key works this season. Frank Silva, marketing and communications coordinator at Mad Cave Studios, notes, “The trend of presenting stories in unconventional formats…showcases a growing interest in experimenting with narrative structures.” Look toward Attaboy, Iris, and Between Two Sounds for examples. At the same time, underscoring the format’s avid readership, trends from text-only fiction and nonfiction are finding equal home in graphic novels—particularly with a focus on horror, SFF, adaptations, and memoirs. A downloadable list of all titles mentioned can be found here.
Click here to read the full Graphic Novel Preview.
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