Graphic Novel TK Episode 20: Graphic Novel Printing
Paper + ink = book!
But how does that paper combine with the ink to make a book? What dread machine combines the two --...
Review: The dark and charming topsy-turvy Paris of ‘Alas’
Anytime I encounter a story with animals dominating the world in an aggressive stance against primitive humans, I can’t help but compare it to...
Abrams pulls controversial graphic novel about a suicide bomber
Maybe this wasn't such a great idea for a book...
Review: The thrilling darkness of Rachael Ball’s ‘Wolf’
Everyone knows about the wider mythologies that creep their way into childhood, everything from Bigfoot to Slender Man that infects young brains in a...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 19: Book Blurbs
Sometimes when you pick up a book, you'll find a quote from an author (not the one who wrote the book) on the cover...
Review: Different sides of empowerment in ‘Terrible Means’ and ‘A City Inside’
Terrible Means is a prequel to B. Mure’s Ismyre book from a couple years ago, but you don’t need to have read the previous...
Review – Julia Gfrörer’s Laid Waste is a Hopefully Pessimistic Read
The moment that affected me the most in Julia Gfrörer's incredibly bleak comic Laid Waste happens after a group of children are seen carrying...
This store proves Local Comic Shops are still vital
This Saturday, Local Comic Shop Day celebrates its fourth year, shining a much-needed spotlight on the comic book store experience and its place in...
Review: Music as markers in ‘I Am Young’
Through the years, one thing that has consistently figured into the teenage remembrances of people I’ve known is music. We might have had completely...
Review: Brotherhood as artistic evolution in ‘Piero’
Edmond Baudoin is a relatively obscure figure in America, looming under whatever radar we have that detects French cartoonists. As explained in Matt Madden’s...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 18: Comics as a Full-Time Career
Making comics full time is the dream for a lot of people in the comics industry!
But what does being a full-time cartoonist mean practically?...
‘Mandela and the General’ looks at an era where diplomacy existed
Just in time for Election Day, Plough Publishing has released Mandela and the General, a new graphic novel about the first post apartheid electionsin...
