Graphic Novels

And yet another surprise from Macmillan, this time from their Hill and Wang imprint: Hyman, Miles SHIRLEY JACKSON'S "THE LOTTERY" A GRAPHIC ADAPTATION Fiction , October 2016 (proposal available) Shirley Jackson’s...

Marvel has released their latest catalog, featuring trade titles for May - July 2016. There are a few interesting titles, otherwise, these are collections of...

Comics might just be the perfect medium for non-fiction. Words and pictures can combine with a narrative to allow for better communication. Graphs, photos,...

I doesn't get any more Halloweeny than this, a new graphic novel from Legendary Comics tying in to the 2007 cult film. And apparently,...

By Nick Eskey Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian born artist of mixed Japanese and Jewish descent. In school she studied literature and writing, later on...

By Nick Eskey Jennifer Crute is a native New York City artist, turned comic creator. She began her love for making art at an early...

Z2 Comics just made news last week with a new line of periodicals, and here's their fall graphic novel line, courtesy of Publishers Weekly....

This news arrived via an email ad blast in my inbox, but it doesn't change the import of it: Raina Telgemeier's Smile has been on the New York Times bestseller list for three straight years, and she also recently achieved a rare top four sweep of the spots with Smile, Sisters, Drama and the reissued colorized Babysitter's Club.

Today, cartoonist Nidhi Chanani announced that her first graphic novel, Pashmina, has been picked up by First Second to be released in 2017.  Pashmina...

Recently, right before BookExpo America commenced, the French Embassy sponsored an invitation-only symposium on French comics, the American market, and how both can benefit...

Graphic novels have a lot more prizes than they once did, including literary awards that help validate the medium. Awards season is well upon us, and I've been way behind in noting some of the most important.

Fantagraphics has been teasing something new from Daniel Clowes for a few weeks and now and here's the official word: Patience, a new 180-page graphic novel from Clowes is coming in March 2016. It's described as "an indescribable psychedelic science-fiction love story." Certainly the art seems like a technicolor throwback to some of Clowes earlier genre-influenced work, as well as The Death Ray.