Galaxie Star Wars 7 features Captain Phasma & 35 pages of comics

In this FINAL issue of Galaxie Star Wars, issue #7, learn everything there is to know about Captain Phasma and the cause she serves, the terrible First Order. Then get to know Jar Jar Binks better, and discover 35 pages of comics starring BB-8, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and even more droids! And speaking of Droids, this issue […]

Booster Mag 8 and Dimension Pokémon 9 out this month!

Booster Mag is THE magazine in France for collectible card games, video games, board games, and apps; but we also love comics, manga, and anime! Issue #8 features an exclusive excerpt from Marvel’s graphic novel Thor and Loki: Double Trouble, written by Eisner Award-winner Mariko Tamaki with art by the Japanese duo Gurihiru (also Eisner […]

Read a “Day in the life of Anke Kuhl” courtesy of Gecko Press

Anke Kuhl is an award-winning children’s artist and graphic novelist. Rights to Kuhl’s 2020 middle-grade graphic memoir Manno! (“C’mon!”) are represented by Grand Design Communications. Recently, Kuhl’s children’s science book on animal reproduction with writer Katharina von der Gathen, Do Animals Fall In Love?, was published in English by Gecko Press. On May 13th, the same publisher of the English […]

GDC Packages Pokémon Coloring & Activity Special

Released on August 3 in French-speaking countries is the magazine Dimension Pokémon – Hors-série 1 from Panini. The editorial content of this special edition of the regular Dimension Pokémon magazine was entirely packaged by GDC Magazine Production Services. Like most magazines in Europe, it came packaged with a “gift” – in this case, a pack of colored […]

Jyn Erso covers Galaxie Star Wars #5 out June 5

Out June 5 in Francophone countries is Galaxie Star Wars #5 from Panini. GDC’s Magazine Packaging Services handled translation, localization, and creation of supplemental material for the magazine. Galaxie Star Wars #5 features a cover story on Star Wars: Rogue One heroine Jyn Erso, who sacrificed everything to save the rebellion.  It also features no less than […]

Award-winning graphic novel MANNO! by Anke Kulh features hilarious and heartfelt tales of growing up in small town 1970s Germany

Grand Design Communications is working with DTV, the agents for publisher Klett Kinderbuch to represent domestic rights for Anke Kuhl’s award winning graphic novel Manno! My Childhood As It Really Really Was.  The title, Manno! roughly translates as “C’mon!”, and tells a series of hilarious yet touching vignettes the author’s childhood growing up in the 1970s in a […]

Out in September: a special BoosterMag, plus Star Wars and Pokemon!

In September, Panini France will release three magazines packaged by GDC’s Magazine Packaging Services. GDC continues to work on two of the world’s most famous licensed properties, contributing translation, localization, and new puzzles, games, and other supplemental material to Panini’s Galaxie Star Wars #2 and Univers Pokemon #2. BoosterMag, GDC’s newest 100% packaged magazine covering all the worlds of […]

Watch the Adventures of Young HC Andersen Trailer from World Book

World Book has posted a celebration of Hans Christian Andersen on their website and with it a fantastic CGI animated trailer for World Book’s new Young HC Andersen graphic novel series, licensed by GDC.  From worldbook.com: Once upon a time in the Danish town of Odense, there lived a fairy tale writer named Hans Christian […]

GDC magazines in June: BoosterMag #1 hits newsstands in France plus 3 more #1’s!

This month Panini France is releasing four magazines created or adapted for the French market by our team at Grand Design Communications. GDC’s production team handled translation, localization, and created some new material for the June 2020 releases of Galaxie Star Wars #1, Dimension Pokemon #1, and Univers Pokemon #1. This month marks the release of the brand […]