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in the lead of London Book Fair , we get the give-and-take that British kids are buying - or having bought for them - a record £ 20 million of comics a class
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This week see the London Book Fair launch in the capital , filling the Olympia conference centre across the halls and around the galleries ; also home plate to Toy Fair and London And Film Comic Con at other points in the yr . And that ’s where theObserver newspaper comes in today , with Arts & Media Correspondent Vanessa Thorpe , after they have noticed there seem to be all these comic books around the place . And the well - timed news that sales of children ’s comics and graphic novels have reached an all - fourth dimension peak of almost £ 20 million in Britain . and quotingPhilip Stone , media psychoanalyst at NielsenIQ BookData , " Over the last decennary , we ’ve seen a significant rise in sale of graphic novels for both the adult and kid ’s securities industry . Superhero record have been a reliably big feature , probably boosted by all the screen superhero movies . A bunch of manga series are doing very well again , and this may also be linked to screen versions . What we really involve now is some mysterious - dive research into the shock of vivid and comic fiction as a gateway for young people into reading . We certainly suspect it ’s dependable . "
Bleeding Cool previously report thatbest - sellingBunny Vs Monkeycomics creatorandBritish Book Awards winnerJamie Smarthad beenconfirmed as the first - ever Creative of the Fair for London Book Fairin March , where he will host an synergistic draw - along where guests will be able to recreate his fiber . As Nielsen BookScan ’s Total Consumer Market charts show , Jamie Smart is the ninth biggest - selling author in Britain in 2024 . Smart is quoted as saying , " As a creator , strip are one of the great ways to tell a story . You get to show the reader everything that ’s inside your mind , how a scene looks , who the lineament are , what they ’re doing , all the refinement and nicety of their demeanour , and you hold all that within the space of a individual control panel . Then you do it again , and again , incite the story forwards , unfolding entire worlds in front of your audiences . And when you ’re given that freedom to tell a news report exactly how you imagine it , I think reader really respond to that … A good storey well told is worth its weight in gold , and comic are no exception , " said Smart . " We ’re seeing that now , specially with vernal readers and loath reader , who are all withdraw in by the bright visuals and suspect characters , before becoming carried along by the level , and then forming womb-to-tomb bonds with these books . Something quite magical is come about at the moment . It ’s really exciting to see . "
I face forward to seeing it too . The London Book Fair kick back off on the 11th of March for three days , and Bleeding Cool will be very present .
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