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President of the Anime Club by Stephanie Evangelista and Daigo Fukuda, is their debut queer coming-of-age YA graphic novel for 2027.
President of the Anime Club by Stephanie Evangelista and Daigo Fukuda, companions and co-creators of the Webtoon Skate Fire 100 from 2019-2021, is their debut queer coming-of-age YA graphic novel a couple of lady in her first yr of highschool who finds friendship and camaraderie with different anime lovers as she navigates her emotions between two new buddies. The phrase “president of the anime club” is typically utilized in slang in an inclusive self-depracatory style, as one thing that’s actually necessary to these concerned, however acknowledging that others is probably not as see it so.
Kiara Valdez at First Second has purchased world rights to President of the Anime Club to be printed in… 2027. Yup, that is when graphic novel offers are presently being signed for. Stephanie Evangelista and Daigo Fukuda’s agent Monica Rodriguez at Context Literary Agency negotiated the deal.
Stephanie Evangelista is an illustrator born and raised in Queens, New York, who graduated with a BFA in Illustration and a minor in Japanese from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2018. As properly as Skate Fire 100, she created the Webtoon Do You Remember, working since 2021, below the title Mallowboo.
Daigo Fukuda graduated from FIT with a BFA in Illustration and in addition to Skate Fire 100, is now engaged on one other weekly Webtoon serialization, Lily Crown below the title Diggymungo.
First Second Books is a outstanding and ground-breaking American graphic novels writer based mostly in New York City, and an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, half of Holtzbrinck Publishers, distributed by Macmillan, with Editorial & Creative Director Mark Siegel and Editorial Director Calista Brill. Who is as brill as her surname sounds. Monica Rodriguez is Director of Brand Management at Context Literary Agency and a Junior Agent who focuses on uplifting underrepresented voices in publishing, particularly inside the Latinx neighborhood.
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