An international increase in comics and graphic novels, says SB Rights’ Stephanie Barrouillet, is reflected in rights sales and awards attention. “No longer marginalized,” Barrouillet says, “comics and graphic novels play a vital in the industry throughout Europe and North America. Manga’s natural “home domination” of Asian markets actually can make it “more difficult for comics and graphic novels to carve out a place for themselves,” Barrouillet points out. “These are exciting times for comics and graphic novels,” Barrouillet says. More on the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on international book publishing is here.

Source: CNN October 14, 2022 13:11 UTC