More “Best of” lists
New York Magazine rounds up The Top Ten Graphic Novels for its 2008 Culture Awards, led by DISAPPEARANCE DIARY by Hideo Azuma.
Meanwhile, Dustin Harbin...
More best of books: NY Times, STLtoday.com
§ Douglas Wolk contributes a a graphic novel list to the Times Holiday Books section:
If there’s one book that art-comics enthusiasts would be happiest...
Best book covers of ’08
The Book Design Review unveils its choices, and one is Jordan Crane's design for Michael Chabon's Maps and Legends. Many more great...
Cool new book: Chicken and Cat Clean Up
Johanna points us in the direction of a new children's book by the marvelous Sara Varon: Chicken and Cat Clean Up.
In this volume, a...
Dave Stevens book about ready to ship
Arnold Fenner writes to tell us that Spectrum Fantastic Art has posted several audio excerpts from interviews with the late Dave Stevens as well...
Book of New York ‘toonists update
Photographer Seth Kushner updates news of his book on local artists:
On the photography front, I've photographed 41 subjects, and have 9 more to go,...
08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail
Dan Goldman unveils the cover of this comics version of the making of the president.
Amazon’s Best Graphic Novels of 2008
Is it really too soon? Amazon joins PW with a list of the best graphic novels of 2008:
The Umbrella Academy Volume 1, Gerard Way...
PW’s Best Graphic Novels of the Year
Thus it begins. You can go to the link for all the details, but the cartoonists represented include Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie, Lynda...
Tonight: Chip Kidd@ The Strand
PLUS: See Frank Santoro's review of Bat-Manga in today's PW Comics Week with an EXCLUSIVE three-page preview. This book is WILD! I mean...SKIDOO.
New York Times snubbing graphic novels?
You'd think with the WATCHMEN graphic novel selling 10K+ copies a week on and off since July that it would have cracked a major...
Graphic novel status update
This article from the Philadelphia Inquirer is a typical summing up of the state of the Graphic Novel and its place c. late 2008,...
