Graphic Novels

It seems appropriate to ring in the new year with a blue moon and a stork-bourne baby Smurf. THE BABY SMURF, including the title story and several other comics by the legendary Belgian native...

Although hampered by the lack of electricity at their offices, Publishers Weekly has managed to release their Best Books lists for 2012. Leading the list of Best Books is Chris Ware's Building Stories, published by...

So what's news?  Besides the large number of titles ranking within the Top 1000? The season three premiere of The Walking Dead doubled the ratings of the second season (itself a record), and it seems...

Eisner!  Swarte!  Hernandez!  Lou Reed!  Schulz!  Kelly!  Kubert!  Tardi!  Gottfredson!  Van Sciver!  Ryan!  Woodring!  Barks!  Sendak!  Bushmiller!  Everett!  Frazetta!  Davis!  Medley!  The Crumbs!  Wilson!  Krigstein!  Deitch!  Millionaire!  Bagge! Lots of great stuff from Fantagraphics, and...

This season's latest and greatest from the House of Ideas! I've highlighted a few, but feel free to let us know what you like, dislike, or would like to see more of! --- Marvel Avengers vs. X-Men John Romita,...

Boing Boing just ran a series called Great Graphic Novels where various writer friends of Mark Frauenfelder pick just that. It's a quirky list, with, for instance, Jim Woodring picking Steve Lafler's Ménage à...

______________________________________________________________ The New York Times has been running weekly bestseller lists for graphic novel hardcovers, paperbacks, and manga (the latter segregated out to keep them from overwhelming the domestic titles) since March 2009.  Comics journalists...

______________________________________________________________ Abrams is back to their evil ways, publishing beautiful books about comics and pop culture, as well as fun comics for kids of all ages! Want to share your interests and look sophisticated?  Buy one...

______________________________________________________________ A quick list of non-Marvel titles being offered by Disney Publishing Worldwide. Rick Riordan, a unique sketchbook, a Tim Burton graphic novel, and Marvel U, A 2 Z! (There are lots of media tie-ins to "Wreck...

________________________________________________________________ Here are the September titles from what could be considered "mainstream" publishers and distributors. Check here for previous Coming Attractions (is that an oxymoron?) Everything's subject to change, check your local listings, void where prohibited, and...

______________________________________________________________ Here are some interesting titles from publishers distributed by Diamond Book Distributors, expected to ship in September 2012.  (All information is tentative.) Source PDF available here.  (It also lists prose books and games.) These are the...