Wal-mart may set up their own graphic novel sections
Despite the jitters everyone is having about the Big Two's periodical publishing programs, as we reported the other day, graphic novels did pretty well in 2015, with sales up 22% in bookstores. Calvin Reid follows up on this sanguine report with an interview with Diamond Book Distributions Kuo Yu Liang, who says
2016 will probably be their best year ever.:
Review: Whit Taylor’s Up Down Clown tackles mental health issues
The sad clown is a trope that has been well-used in every storytelling media there is, but Whit Taylor’s Up Down Clown from Ninth...
Dover’s line of graphic novels now available on Comixology
Or at least a good swath of them, including my own Secret Teachings of a Comic Book Master.
Dover's line of smart reprints of little seen...
The latest Eric Stephenson tells-it-like-it-is interview pokes “dull, “bland” industry
Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson is always quotable and evidently not afraid of being quoted, as he often tweaks other publishers in a blunt...
Review: The hilarious honesty of Jane Mai’s See You Next Tuesday
Jane Mai isn’t merely self-deprecating. That phrase doesn’t capture her at all. Actually, I don’t know what to call it instead, but it comes out...
More resurrection from Marvel…this time from the Spider-verse
Another teaser of a resurrection today from Marvel!
Call it the Lazarus effect! Call it a character from the Ppider-verse -- Uncle Ben? Ultimate Peter...
MATT CHATS: Shaun Simon on Collaboration with Gerard Way, Brilliant Artists and in a...
A collaboration with rockstar and comics writer extraordinare Gerard Way on Killjoys guaranteed that I’d read something written by Shaun Simon, but the stellar...
Sonic Unveils Massive Four-Issue Interlocking Cover
All your Chaos Emeralds belong to us in this awesome interlocking Sonic cover.
Archie has been telling a long form story with the Sonic characters...
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave Turned Into an Astounding Instagram Comic
A creatively vital use of an emerging medium
To do Feb 9: Marc Tyler Nobleman talks about Bill Finger
We recently noted that writer Marc Tyler Nobleman was on the hunt for a video of a particular panel from WonderCon about Bill Finger....
MCM conventions expanding in Europe
Speaking of conventions and their spread, the MCM Comic Con brand is expanding to Germany and Belgium. Currently MCM holds shows in...
Review: 750 Years In Paris offers details within the broad stroke of history
Given the recent tragic events in Paris, Vincent Mahé’s absolutely stunning 750 Years In Paris is a sprawling reminder that this is not the...
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