Graphic Novels

Having worked as a journalist since the late 1990s, I have found that most people have no clue about how news organizations work, which...

House of Women and The Oven by Sophie Goldstein I haven’t encountered much chatter about Sophie Goldstein’s extraordinary, smart, beautiful three-part comic House of Women,...

Sesame Street, via Facebook, posted the above animated GIF to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the publication of "The Monster at the End of...

The end of year lists are coming -  Amazon has selected 20 books in an unranked order - no big surprises, all highly praised books....

Some dreams never turn out quite like you hope they will, and when they all come crashing down, things are going to change. Many...

Human beings have, historically, revealed a vigorous capacity for steering other human beings away from the way they are currently living into a more...

Houses Of The Holy by Caitlin Skaalrud Caitlin Skaalrud’s Houses Of The Holy is, on its a surface, a psychedelic and psychological journey through the...

Last month, Insight Editions announced a new graphic novel imprint, and how, courtesy of Publishers Weekly, we have more details: Insight Editions, best known for...

Is there a comics canon? Do we want a comics canon? Do we need a comics canon?

It’s always a pleasure when a new graphic novel biography comes out about someone I know absolutely nothing about, and I certainly had no...

Nicolas by Pascal Girard This is a deceptively simple book that takes slices from the life of creator Pascal Girard’s life that all revolve around his...

In an age of such widespread comic book popularity and prevalence, it's a great time to begin reading comics. Working in comics retail, I would often get asked for good suggestions to introduce new readers into the world of sequential storytelling. So in this series I'll be recommending some of the books that myself, my colleagues, and our customers have loved. Each week I'll focus on ten books -- five All Ages and five Teen+ -- from Big Two comics to smaller independent titles, classic runs to contemporary cult hits.