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Greetings from Graphic Mundi!
We hope that your 2025 is off to a good start! It is frigid here in Pennsylvania, but a cold day is the perfect excuse to curl up with a new graphic novel.
We have several exciting releases for you to look forward to this year! You can find a preview of one of our spring titles, Heartcore, in Smash Pages.
In light of recent events related to public health both in the United States and beyond, we’re calling attention to two titles from our backlist that spotlight healthcare and pandemics.
Finally, Jay and Eli Neugeboren, the creators of Whatever Happened to Frankie King, were interviewed by BKReader! Read the full interview here to learn more about this father-son duo and their graphic novel.
Scroll on to see the latest in reviews, interviews, events, and more from Graphic Mundi.
Enjoy!
—The Graphic Mundi Staff
new & forthcoming releases
Heartcore
Štěpánka Jislová, translated by Martha Kuhlman
Coming in May!
“Childhood trauma shapes who we are and the choices we make—this book uncovers it with brutal honesty.”
My Degeneration
A Journey Through Parkinson’s
Peter Dunlap-Shohl
Coming in April!
“[An] emotionally resonant memoir.”—Publishers Weekly
Lebanon Is Burning and Other Dispatches
Yazan Al-Saadi
“An exciting, informative collection of graphic journalism.”
Whatever Happened to Frankie King
Story by Jay Neugeboren
Art by Eli Neugeboren
“A winning portrait of an unforgettable personality.”
backlist spotlight
A Comics Anthology
Edited by Kendra Boileau and Rich Johnson
“In a diverse, impassioned book, these quick responders illustrate the impact of the pandemic with work of lasting value.”—starred review, Kirkus Reviews
A Fable for Grownups
Kathleen Founds
“Zany with a zinger of a political message.”—Publishers Weekly
awards & reviews
Read an excerpt of Bald on Crucial Comix’s website.
Read the full review here.
creator spotlight
Peter Dunlap-Shohl worked as a cartoonist for the Anchorage Daily News for more than twenty-five years. His journey with Parkinson’s was recently featured in the PBS documentary Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s. He writes about living with the disease on his blogs, Frozen Grin and Off & On: The Alaska Parkinson’s Rag. He is also the author of Nuking Alaska: Notes of an Atomic Fugitive, available from Graphic Mundi.
Learn more about Peter and his journey with Parkinson’s in the PBS documentary Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s.
Follow Peter on Instagram.
for librarians & booksellers
Graphic Mundi is distributed in North America exclusively by Diamond Book Distributors.
Overseas booksellers and libraries, please contact the appropriate person below:
- UK and Europe: Matthew Surzyn, The Oxford Publicity Partnership
- Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea: Andrew Guy, Woodslane Pty, Ltd.
- Japan: Mark Gresham, MHM, Ltd.
- All other territories: Janice North, PSU Press
When available, e-book editions of our titles can be purchased through most major library e-book distributors, including Overdrive, ProQuest, EBSCO, JSTOR, and Project MUSE. Can’t find the e-books you want for your library? Send us an email at sales@press.psu.edu.
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