Ivalu and Whispers Game out in Colombia, Italy and Korea

Author Morten Dürr‘s two bestselling comics titles Ivalu and The Whispers Game have been on a roll internationally this May:

The Whispers Game

May 10th the Italian edition of Whispers Game was published in Italy by Mondadori, translated from Danish to Italian by Eva Valvo.

The Whispers Game is a comic book about girls making themselves heard. Playing ”pass the message” at school was a lot of fun for Vera and her friends. Then the quiet, new girl Anna joined the game. She whispered: ‘My mom hits me’.

• Contact for Foreign Rights: Alessandra Sternfeld, AM-Book
• Reading sample: PDF in English

Also the Korean edition is nearing publication. Dürr published the cover on his facebook page later the same month:

Ivalu

Also, Morten Dürr’s and artist Lars Horneman‘s highly acclaimed graphic novel Ivalu came out in Colombia this May, published by Cangrejo Editores based in Bogotá.

Ivalu is a story from remote Greenland about sexual abuse and suicide among children and young adults. A young girl suddenly has to face the horrible realities of incest and suicide, when her older sister Ivalu disappears.

“Ivalu” was adapted for a short movie by director Anders Walter, that premiered in 2023 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Movie – watch the trailer here.

Ivalu and Zenobia are the first two books in a series about children’s rights around the world.

• Contact for Foreign Rights: Morten Dürr
• Reading sample: PDF in English (Ivalu)