A Year of Free Comics: Grant Sinder’s Incidental Comics teach little life lessons
Another no brainer here; Grant Snider's Incidental Comics is a popular site that straddles the line between self help and observation with short comics that...
Reviews: Two dark underbellies come out in daylight
Kus Mono #3: An Exorcism by Theo Ellsworth
An Exorcism begins simply enough with a man lying in a bed that is walking away, escorted...
Review: Kristen Radtke’s autobiography captures the big picture in the small frame
I am often torn about autobiographical comics. Not whether they should exist or not — of course people should create the comics they are...
Celebrate National Library Week By Reading a Banned Book (or any book)!
Today, the American Library Association released its State of America’s Libraries Report, an annual report released during National Library Week.
It's not easy being a librarian,...
10 years after Minx, here comes Charmz, a new comics line aimed at tween...
Ah, Minx. So many memories and feelings. The very first, so ahead of its time modern graphic novel line aimed at tweenage and teen...
A graphic novel of The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood is also on...
Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is coming this April, and it's gotten a lot of attention for its unintentionally topical subject...
Coming Attractions: DC Announces New Graphic Novels for Fall and Winter 2017!
DC has released their list of 193 titles due to ship during next September to January.
What's of interest? I'll note them below, with covers...
Preview: Josephine Baker by Muller and Bouquet captures a whole era and a timeless...
If you're looking for a real-life badass heroine, you won't find a better one than Josephine Baker.
Review: Max Andersson unpacks a family nightmare in ‘The Excavation’
Underneath the surreal nightmare presented by Swedish cartoonist Max Andersson and despite the dream logic to so much of the action in The Excavation, there’s a...
Review: Emil Ferris beckons the monsters into the light of day
It’s fair to say that Emil Ferris’ sprawling My Favorite Thing Is Monsters — volume one of a two volume work — came out...
Two graphics novels on BEA’s Buzz List: Spinning and The Witch Boy
Every year at BookExpo America there are a series of "Buzz" panels where editors hype the biggest upcoming releases. This years event takes place...
A year of free comics – Joe Ollman’s Making of The Abominable Mr. Seabrook
Drawn & Quarterly recently released Joe Ollmann’s latest graphic novel, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook. Joe Ollmann worked on this graphic for a period of...
