Mark Siegel interview at ICv2
Oops, missed this yesterday: a three-part interview with First Second's Mark Siegel. Part one, part two, part three -- with much interesting context and...
Whose side are you on?
Just to help illustrate, I was on a plane yesterday coming in from the Fan Expo convention in Toronto and sat next to a...
Book deals galore!
You know, it isn't just the movie people who are snapping up the comics! Cartoonists are still getting book deals at traditional publishers left...
WATCHMEN: 900,000 > 300,000
First it was 200K, then 250K, then 300k...now the NY Times reports that 900,000 more copies of WATCHMEN have been printed since the trailer...
Stan Lee’s “Soapboxes” collected!
ITEM! You won't believe your eyes, True Believer! Hero Initiative is collecting Stan Lee's "Soapboxes" from classic Marvel comics! In this one scintillating volume,...
Bryan Talbot’s GRANDVILLE
Following his surprise hit, genre-busting ALICE IN SUNDERLAND, Bryan Talbot is getting back to basics with his work in progress GRANDVILLE, which he...
ALMOST THERE: ROBOT DREAMS makes Oprah’s list…kid division!
Among book publishing people, it has long been agreed that the final hurdle, the ultimate Holy Grail in mainstream acceptance of graphic novels as...
2008 Hugo Award Winners
The Hugo awards were presented at WorldCon this weekend, and here are the winners:
Novel: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate)
Novella:...
America tops BookScan for once
The unthinkable has happened, and an American-produced graphic novel has topped the BookScan chart, ICv2 reports. In fact, in a breathtaking comeback for the...
Pauline Baynes — 1922-2008
Pauline Baynes, whose illustrations gave life to Narnia, as well as appearing in books by J.R.R. Tolkien, Mary Norton, Richard Adams and countless others,...
And here we thought we had enough tote bags…
After a summer of trade shows, we are stuffed to the gills with tote bags! Plastic tote bags, cotton tote bags, totes with zippers,...
New Rowling: The Tales of Beedle the Bard
It had to happen. The hitherto ultra limited edition (seven handmade copies) of The Tales of Beedle the Bard will be released for...
