Firstsecondbooks.com Website Review

We are so excited that all of the covers for our Spring 2019 books have been revealed! We didn’t want you to miss any, so we’re. HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO THE CREEPY CASE FILES OF MARGO MALOO: THE MONSTER MALL! With the second volume of this wonderful middle-grade series, Drew Weing continues to deliver a fresh and funny take on the age-old battle between kids and closet-dwelling monsters. Make sure to pick up a copy and join snarky blogger Charles and monster mediator Margo Are you interested in submitting work to us at the show? Please check out this post  The residents of a quiet Japanese neighborhood have slowly come to realize that inauspicious, paranormal forces are at play in the most unlikely of places: the local playground. Two friends, a young boy and gi*l, resolve to exorcise the evil that inhabit it, including a It’s with some bittersweet feelings that we’re writing to you today, to let you know Gina Gagliano will be leaving First Second, for the next chapter in her career, with Penguin Random House.  There are many factors we can all point to in the past years, which have contributed mightily to the unfolding comics renaissance in America—from a string of great award-winning works, to graphic novels that connect and resonate with all kinds of readers, an explosion of regional cons and trade shows, to librarians, publishers, and journalists who have each propelled comics in a thousand ways—and we think, among these truly transformative factors, there is one that deserves to be known, and that is Gina Gagliano. Gina has helped make First Second what it is today—and in so many ways she has helped create the landscape today for publishing graphic novels in America. We’re sad to see her go, but we’re happy for this bright new opportunity for her to shine. We know she’ll continue to champion the future of comics, wherever she is.  Mark Siegel      Calista Brill Editorial & Creative Director     Editorial Director