http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/10/on-the-scene-gns-at-the-y/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:29:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/10/on-the-scene-gns-at-the-y/#comment-9789 Journalista » Blog Archive » Nov. 13, 2006: The brave and the bold Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:37:40 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/10/on-the-scene-gns-at-the-y/#comment-9789 [...] Writing for The Beat, Wil Moss reports from a graphic-novel talk at the 92nd Street Y a week ago, featuring Joann Sfar, Jessica Abel, First Second’s Mark Seigel and Hill and Wang editor Andrew Helfer. Interesting tidbit: Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar’s Sardine in Outer Space series is one of First Second’s top sellers, and does well with readers aged 8-10. Remember: “Kids don’t read comics, anymore.” Except manga. And books they find in bookstores. Maybe we should just make that, “Kids don’t buy comics in comic-book stores, anymore,” and be done with it. [...] [...] Writing for The Beat, Wil Moss reports from a graphic-novel talk at the 92nd Street Y a week ago, featuring Joann Sfar, Jessica Abel, First Second’s Mark Seigel and Hill and Wang editor Andrew Helfer. Interesting tidbit: Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar’s Sardine in Outer Space series is one of First Second’s top sellers, and does well with readers aged 8-10. Remember: “Kids don’t read comics, anymore.” Except manga. And books they find in bookstores. Maybe we should just make that, “Kids don’t buy comics in comic-book stores, anymore,” and be done with it. [...]

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