Graphic Novel Adaptations

Carey Pietsch is a cartoonist based out of Brooklyn, New York. Her previous work includes drawing two arcs of Lumberjanes and the artwork for the Mages of Mystralia webcomic. The McElroy family – Clint, Griffin, Justin, and Travis -- gained fame in the world of podcasts with My brother My brother and Me (which spawned a popular tv show), and the farcical romp called The Adventure Zone. Murder on the Rockport Limited is the second Adventure Zone graphic novel, following Here There Be Gerblins, both adapted from the McElroy family's wildly popular a tabletop RPG comedy podcast with downloads numbering in the tens of millions and an army of passionately devoted fans. Murder on the Rockport Limited picks up the saga where Vol. I left off.  We rejoin hero-adjacent sort-of-comrades-in-arms Taako, Magnus, and Merle on a wild careen through a Dungeons & Dragons railroad murder mystery. This installment has a little of everything: a genius child detective, an ax-wielding professional wrestler, a surly wizard, cursed magical artifacts, and a pair of meat monsters —the usual things you find on a train. In reviewing Here There Be Gerblins, the previous installment, comicbook.com noted that the graphic novel did “a remarkable job in capturing the tone, humor, and banter that makes The Adventure Zone so popular. The comic isn't just an adaptation of the story told in The Adventure Zone; it illustrates the McElroy family playing a D&D game in a unique (and hilarious) way.”

George O'Connor is the author of several picture books, including the New York Times bestseller Kapow!, Ker-Splash, and Sally and the Some-thing. He’s also the author and illustrator of The Olympians, a series of graphic novels for young readers about Greek Mythology, as well as such graphic novels as Journey into Mohawk Country and Ball Peen Hammer. Thrown from Mount Olympus as a newborn and caught by Thetis and Eurynome, who raised him on the island of Lemnos, Hephaistos had an aptitude for creating beautiful objects from a very young age. Despite his rejection from Olympus, he swallowed his anger and spent his days perfecting his craft. His exquisitely forged gifts and weapons earned him back his seat in the heavens, but he was not treated as an equal―his brothers and sisters looked down at him for his lame leg, and even his own wife, Aphrodite, was disloyal. In Hephaistos: God of Fire, the latest installment of George O'Connor's bestselling The Olympians graphic novel series, Hephaistos creates a plan that’ll win him the respect he deserves.

Tini Howard got her start in comics as a winner of the Top Cow Talent Hunt in 2013, which earned her the chance to write Magdelena: Seventh Sacrament. Since then she's worked on The Skeptics, Hack/Slash and Rick and Morty: Pocket Like You Stole It. She also writes about comics, primarily for TeenVogue.com and Paste magazine's website. In her most recent book, GLOW vs The Star Primas (IDW Publishing), the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are ready to take on the world–or at least LA–in this graphic novel based off the hit Netflix series. When the unthinkable happens and the women of GLOW find themselves ahead of schedule, Sam ruins the promise of a wrestling-free weekend with… more wrestling! Robbed of blissful relaxation and forced to raise money to fund their way to the event, the GLOW team is less-than-prepared for their opponents: real gorgeous lady wrestlers. What could possibly go wrong?! Zoya the Destroya, Liberty Belle, and the rest of your favorite Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling take to the pages for new fights, new tights, and new drama.

Vita Ayala is a queer Afro-Latinx writer. They have written for DC, Dark Horse, Image, and Valiant Comics, and have creator-owned work through Black Mask Studios (The Wilds) and Vault Comics (Submerged). Magic: The Gathering: Chandra (IDW Publishing) is their latest graphic novel. The rich world of Magic: The Gathering comes to life, revealing new adventures, in this thrilling graphic novel featuring Planeswalker and pyromancer Chandra Nalaar. In the wake of tragedy, Chandra strikes out on her own, determined to protect the Multiverse, no matter the cost to herself. Along the way she'll not only have to fight new threats, but also her own sense of guilt. Fellow Planeswalker and friend Ajani Goldmane tries to intervene, but it's ultimately on Chandra to save herself, especially when a sinister foe emerges from the shadows.