Battron creator Wayne Vansant was interviewed in November by the Triangle Association of Freelancers of North Carolina. Just recently the Association interviewed famed military fiction writer David Morrel (First Blood), and the TAF continued the theme by interviewing Vansant, one of the most prominent graphic novelists covering military fiction and non-fiction. According to their […]
Grand Design Communications packages the French-language BoosterMag for French publisher Panini SA, and the third issue has just been released in France and other Francophone countries around the world. All of the original content is created by GDC and available for repackaging for English language and other markets. Interested publishers are invited to use our contact page. The […]
Wayne Vansant’s epic graphic novel Katusha: Girl Soldier of the Great Patriotic War was awarded the Silver Medal on September 19, 2020 The Military Writers Society of America (MWSA). The award was announced at MWSA’s General Membership Conference, via live Zoom/Facebook broadcast. Wayne Vansant is one of the foremost graphic novelists on topics of military history. Starting on […]
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 […]
Out this month from Panini France are three more magazines packaged by Grand Design Communications, Dimension Pokemon #2, Les Aventures de Spider-Man #2, and BoosterMag #2. GDC provided translation, localization, and creation of some new material for the P0kemon and Spider-Man titles. BoosterMag, 100% created by GDC, is a bi-monthly magazine covering a wide range of popular media and “geek culture”, with […]
French gaming Youtuber KHIVARS has posted a review of the brand new BoosterMag #1. Although publisher Panini France has put out previous magazines called BoosterMag, this all-new magazine features original content packaged by Grand Design Communications talented magazine production team.
Out this month is Les Aventures De Spider-Man Hors-Serie #1, a special issue of the official French kid’s magazine all about Marvel’s famous webspinner. GDC packaging services for this special issue include translation, localization, and the creation of some new material. Like many kids magazine in Europe, the magazine came with a toy, in […]
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 […]