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YA Debut Book Buzz Panel.

Join editors and marketing professionals from a dozen publishing houses as they each enthuse about a debut YA graphic novel published this year, in time for the holiday season.  

Moderated by: Andrea Colvin — Editorial Director, Graphic Publishing, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Panelists:

  • Spenser Nellis — Marketing Coordinator, Papercutz
  • Morgan Kane — Director of Publicity, Macmillan Children’s Books
  • Katie Sainz — Director of Marketing, Oni Press
  • Julia McCarthy — Editor, Simon & Schuster, Atheneum
  • Jacob Shapiro — US/Canada Sales & Marketing Manager, Nobrow
  • Esther Kim — Marketing Lead, Boom! Studios
  • Christina Colangelo — Executive Director of Trade Marketing, Penguin Young Readers

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We Need Diverse Kids Comics!  

Panel plays between the 42:00 and 1:25:00 minute marks.

As part of BookConline 2020, diverse comics/graphic novel creators gathered on Zoom to discuss how race and gender influence their new works, their creative process, their connection with their characters, and the importance of diverse characters in comics and graphic novels in general.

Moderator: Alex Lu, New Media Editor at The Beat

Panelists:

  • Roxane Gay and Tracy Lynne Oliver, co-writers of The Sacrifice of Darkness
  • Varian Johson and Shannon Wright, writer and illustrator of Twins
  • Mike Curato, creator of Flamer

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Read our recap on the CBC Blog.

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