First Second Books

First Second Books
Parent companyRoaring Brook Press (Macmillan Publishers)
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationEquitable Building, New York City
DistributionWorldwide
Key peopleMark Siegel
Publication typesGraphic novels
Official websiteOfficial website

First Second Books is an American publisher of graphic novels. An imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, First Second publishes fiction, biographies, personal memoirs, history, visual essays, and comics journalism. It also publishes graphic non-fiction for young readers, including the Science Comics and History Comics collections, and for adults, including the World Citizen Comics, a line of civics graphic books, and biographical works such as The Accidental Czar.

Authors and artists published by First Second include Ben Hatke,[1] Gene Luen Yang,[1] Jillian Tamaki,[2] Vera Brosgol, Jen Wang, Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham, Scott Chantler, and Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki.[3]

First Second is headed by creative director Mark Siegel.[4]

  1. ^ a b Bauer, Caitlin. "01 Creators". First Second Books. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "This One Summer (Review)". McMillan Publishing. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  3. ^ September 13, Christian Holub; EDT, 2022 at 12:00 PM. "See how Hayao Miyazaki's graphic novel 'Shuna's Journey' foreshadowed his classic films". EW.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2022. Retrieved October 16, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "See the Covers for 14 Graphic Novels by Gene Yang, Jason Shiga, and More". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.