Coming fall 2024 is Abrams Fanfare, a new imprint from Abrams Children’s Books dedicated to comics for young readers.
Abrams Fanfare will publish comics and graphic novels across age levels, from earliest readers to middle grade and young adult. The line plans to include popular series, non-fiction, acclaimed creators, and original stories featuring fan-favorite brands.
Said Andrew Smith, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Abrams Children’s Books, “Comics and graphic novels have been hugely instrumental in how children develop a love of reading, and it’s been gratifying to witness the growth of the category over the past several years. We’re thrilled to announce the arrival of ABRAMS FANFARE, which unites and builds upon our successful graphic novel publishing with the mission of delivering and celebrating a wide range of engaging, groundbreaking, and visually stunning books across interests, ages, and categories.”
The line will incorporate the best-selling Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales and El Deafo by Cece Bell, as well as other graphic novels previously published under Abrams’ Amulet young-readers imprint.
New projects include
- Great Minds of Science (August 2024), celebrating the lives and achievements of Black scientists, the first in the Black Lives series written by Tonya Bolden and illustrated by David Wilkerson
- Adventuregame Comics: Samurai vs. Ninja (August 2024), continuing the series by Jason Shiga
- The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien (September 2024) by John Hendrix, about the friendship between the two literary legends
- A Mighty Marvel Team-Up (November 2024) starring Spider-Man, by Mike Maihack
- Astrid & Stella: Comet Together! (January 2025) by Eunice Moyle and Sabrina Moyle, continuing the series
Other original graphic novels will be produced with publishing partners Marvel Comics, Paramount Consumer Products, and Mattel. Additional announced works to come include “a young adult murder mystery from Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux; an adaption of Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness series; a middle-grade fantasy from Larry Hama; [and] a new comic adventure for early readers from Tom Angleberger.”