Alice Oseman Splits Final Heartstopper Story Into Two Volumes, 5 & 6

Alice Oseman has confirmed that Heartstopper Volume 5 might be launched on the ninth of November, 2023 – within the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand at the very least, and the twelfth of December within the USA and Canada – and in addition shocked readers of her comedian with the information there might be a Volume 6 as properly, the particular last quantity that she beforehand stated Volume 5 could be.

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Alice Oseman posted a video to Instagram, explaining the choice saying “Volume 5 will see the Heartstopper gang looking towards the future. Summer is on its way. Charlie has been working really hard on his mental health and he is starting tio find an inner confidence, who he is, what he wants, what he wants to do with his life. While Nick is having a little bit of a crisis about where he’s going to go to university because he’ll have to make his university application choices very soon. And is he going to go somewhere far away? or stay close to where Charlie is? Secondly, and this will probably be a surprise to most of you, Volune 5 will not be the final volume of Heartstopper. There is going to be a Volume 6. Volume 6 will be the final volume of Heartstopper. So many of you will know that I’ve said that Volume 5 will be the last volume for quite a long time., so I just wanted to talk to you a little bit about why I’ve made this decision.”

“So I began working on Volume 5 about two years ago and by 2022, I was struggling with it. Wasn’t feeling confident about where the story was going or the pages I was drawing and I was really struggling to balance working on it with the Yearbook and with making the TV show – writing season 2. And it was turning into something that I wasn’t really happy with. So I decided to cold turkey stop making the comic for a little while. Just to kind of take a step back, reassess, get my brain in a better space. So while I was taking that break from the comic, I figuredout that I was trying to fit too much into Volume 5 and the story would have a better ending if I split it into two books. And I was really really scared to do that because that’s a lot more work. But it was the right thing to do. I can take my time with the end of the story, make sure all of the characters get their final moment to shine, and properly explore how Nick and Charlie’s relationship progresses in their final years of school. I really hope you’re excited to see a bit more from Heartstopper than originally planned and I can’t wait for everyone to get their hands on Volume 5!”

The first 4 volumes of Heartstopper have bought eight million copies worldwide, what started as a webcomic, then a collection of graphic novels and now a Netflix TV collection is among the largest rags-to-riches tales of contemporary comedian e-book storytelling, and the HEartstopper collection of graphic novels has change into a perennial bestseller.

Nick and Charlie are very a lot in love. They’ve lastly stated these three little phrases, and Charlie has virtually persuaded his mum to let him sleep over at Nick’s home … But with Nick going off to college subsequent yr, is every thing about to vary?

By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper encompasses all of the small moments of Nick and Charlie’s lives that collectively make up one thing bigger, which speaks to all of us.

Contains discussions round psychological well being and consuming issues, and sexual references.

‘The queer graphic novel we wished we had at highschool.’ Gay Times