Graphic Classics volume 4: H.P. Lovecraft is one of the most popular volumes in the series for good reason: the early-20th century pulp horror writer’s work has never been more popular than it is today. But another very good reason for the popularity of this particular volume is it’s stunning cover painting by Italian artist […]
Released on August 3 in French-speaking countries is the magazine Dimension Pokémon – Hors-série 1 from Panini. The editorial content of this special edition of the regular Dimension Pokémon magazine was entirely packaged by GDC Magazine Production Services. Like most magazines in Europe, it came packaged with a “gift” – in this case, a pack of colored […]
Out June 5 in Francophone countries is Galaxie Star Wars #5 from Panini. GDC’s Magazine Packaging Services handled translation, localization, and creation of supplemental material for the magazine. Galaxie Star Wars #5 features a cover story on Star Wars: Rogue One heroine Jyn Erso, who sacrificed everything to save the rebellion. It also features no less than […]
Grand Design Communications is working with DTV, the agents for publisher Klett Kinderbuch to represent domestic rights for Anke Kuhl’s award winning graphic novel Manno! My Childhood As It Really Really Was. The title, Manno! roughly translates as “C’mon!”, and tells a series of hilarious yet touching vignettes the author’s childhood growing up in the 1970s in a […]
In September, Panini France will release three magazines packaged by GDC’s Magazine Packaging Services. GDC continues to work on two of the world’s most famous licensed properties, contributing translation, localization, and new puzzles, games, and other supplemental material to Panini’s Galaxie Star Wars #2 and Univers Pokemon #2. BoosterMag, GDC’s newest 100% packaged magazine covering all the worlds of […]
World Book has posted a celebration of Hans Christian Andersen on their website and with it a fantastic CGI animated trailer for World Book’s new Young HC Andersen graphic novel series, licensed by GDC. From worldbook.com: Once upon a time in the Danish town of Odense, there lived a fairy tale writer named Hans Christian […]
This month Panini France is releasing four magazines created or adapted for the French market by our team at Grand Design Communications. GDC’s production team handled translation, localization, and created some new material for the June 2020 releases of Galaxie Star Wars #1, Dimension Pokemon #1, and Univers Pokemon #1. This month marks the release of the brand […]
MWSA Dispatches, the website of the Military Writers Society of America, has published a highly positive review of Wayne Vansant’s Katusha: Girl Soldier of the Great Patriotic War by reviewer Rob Ballister. Ballister praises Vansant’s historical epic, writing: This book is a wonderful introduction to graphic novels if you are not familiar with the genre. Well-researched, the […]
World Book, one of the world’s leading educational and reference publishers, will publish English-language editions of Thierry Capazonne’s YOUNG H.C. ANDERSEN graphic novel series in 2020. Cappazonne was represented by Grand Design Communications in the licensing deal. In addition to translating the oringal graphic novel pages, each volume includes dozens of pages of educational background […]
In May 2019 Dead Reckoning, the graphic novel imprint of the Naval Institute Press, will publish the complete edition of Wayne Vansant’s epic of the Eastern Front, KATUSHA – GIRL SOLDIER OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR. KATUSHA BOOK ONE: EDGE OF DARKNESS and KATUSHA BOOK TWO: THE SHAKING OF THE EARTH were originally published in […]