Flung out of space : inspired by the indecent adventures of Patricia Highsmith

GROWING MARKET: The market for LGBTQ+ is expanding, moving from a niche selection to an large and inclusive library of graphic novels for all ages.HIGH-PROFILE CREATORS: Writer Grace Ellis achieved acclaim for her young adult series The Lumberjanes, which won the Eisner Award for Best New Series and Best Publication for Teens in 2015. The artist, Hannah Templar, has a large audience with trade comics readers.SUCCESSFUL GENRE: This graphic novel sits on the cross-section of creative nonfiction, historical fiction, and LGBTQ+ novels, all of which have been popular with readers, as seen by the success of titles such as My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics, 2017), Fun Home (Houghton Mifflin, 2006), and They Called Us Enemy (Top Shelf, 2019).POPULAR THEMES: Dealing with LGBTQ+ identity and coming out, Flung Out of Space also speaks to the universal struggle around the creative process of being an artist.UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE: Flung Out of Space is a queer portrait of a complicated figure. This is not just a love story, but a detailed and fully rounded portrait of desire and creative struggle.