First Second Announces Pashmina, a YA Bildungsroman that Seeks to Change the Way You...
Today, cartoonist Nidhi Chanani announced that her first graphic novel, Pashmina, has been picked up by First Second to be released in 2017. Pashmina...
Great French Comics I Want To Read In English!
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...
This One Summer wins Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize and some other award winners
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.
New Dan Clowes “SF love story” Patience due in 2016
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.
Protect Your Privacy From Ultron With Terms Of Service Graphic Novella
By Victor Van Scoit
In the Marvel Universe Ultron is an artificial intelligence robot fixated on world domination. Ultron may only be a work of...
Fun Home the musical gets 12 Tony Award nominations
The Tony Awards nominations are out today, honoring the best on Broadway, and Fun Home tied for most nominations with 12 (An American in...
Batman in Dior
Girl in Dior has been getting great press worldwide for its depiction of one of the most influential premiere collections in fashion history, but...
A day of remembrance with Operation Nemesis, Dan Panosian and Harry Bogosian
Some anniversaries are painful to remember, and so is today's: the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. A while ago we told you about a graphic novel about this event, OPERATION NEMESIS: A Story of Genocide & Revenge. The book is out now and in memoriam of those who lost their lives, here's two illustrations from the book, one by Dan Panosian above and one by Harry Bogosian, below, a student of Paul Pope.
How Diverse is the Dewey Decimal Classification When It Comes to Comics? You’d...
How diverse are graphic novels? Not in themes, or character representation, but in actual non-fiction subjects?
Is there a graphic novel about hot air ballooning? How...
WonderCon ’15: Exhibition Hall Highlights
By Nick Eskey
Known for being the fan favorite of major conventions, with its relaxed nature and lines, WonderCon has been gaining in popularity over...
Fantagraphics teases a new Daniel Clowes graphic novel
Coming in March 2016. Five years in the making. pic.twitter.com/oChHUyKbQm
— Fantagraphics Books (@fantagraphics) April 6, 2015
It's been way too long since we've heard from...
Los Angeles Times Book Prize graphic novel nominees announced
Awards season is barreling along now. And here are the nominees for the LA Times Book Prizes, which added a graphic novel category several years back. It's a prestigious literary prize, and the winners over the years—Duncan the Wonder Dog, Finder, Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life among them—have definitely lived up to the billing. This year's five books chosen include what I would almost call the usual suspects for 2014:
