Drawn & Quarterly

We'd like to remind you that a number of fantastic cartoonists are on tour either at the moment or upcoming soon this Spring. We've posted their schedules previously but here's a quick catch-up on...

Despite what other may say, Lisa Hanawalt's Y DUMB DITY EYES, colelcting her humorous and mysterious cartoons and drawings from recent years, is quite the chuckler. And Hanawalt will be coming to a city...

Few cartoonists can hope to have as great a year as Gilbert Hernandez is having, with two upcoming releases of majestic power: JULIO'S DAY and MARBLE SEASON. And you'll be able to meet the...

My first experience with Sarah Glidden's work was via her debut, How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less (published by, of all people, DC Vertigo!). That book saw Glidden take the 'Birthright...

Palookaville #21 is on its way, and while the looong running CLyde Fans serial is on hold, Seth digs into his own life story in the cheerfully titled "Nothing Lasts." Seth may be gloomy but he's also one of our all-time favorite cartoonists, we'll race to pick this up.

  Geneviève Castrée's tour kicks off TONIGHT in Los Angeles.  Cartoonists going on tour is a sure sign that winter is peeling away and Spring Con Season is soon upon us!

It seems that Hollywood studios are now so desperate for material that they are turning to smart, nuanced graphic novels with intelligence and insight for material. To wit: New Regency has optioned PYONGYANG, the first...

Comin to a town near you with NEW YORK DRAWINGS. Excellent.

Macmillan is one of the "Big Six" book publishers.  In addition to their own imprints, such as First Second, they also distribute a variety of other publishers, such as Seven Seas, Drawn...

Mystery of the week: Literary comics mainstay D&Q is suddenly getting into prose with 15-year-old Tavi Gevinson’s ‘Rookie Yearbook One’ , a collection of the popular online magazine for teenage girls? With a company-high 40k first printing? Who? How? Why? All this is shocking enough. But here's the stunning drawing room reveal: it was Chris Ware's idea! What th--? Will Ware's unnamed one-legged protagonist suddenly be modeling Fit-Flops?

Once a year, booksellers, librarians, and assorted biblios assemble at Book Expo America, the largest publishing trade show in North America. 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of the graphic novel pavilion at BEA, and while many graphic novel publishers are absent, there are many more "mainstream" publishers offering an amazing multitude of titles, genres, subjects, and audiences! This year, John Hogan of Graphic Novel Reporter hosts The Hottest Graphic Novels of 2012! panel, where a team of five diverse individuals recommend a variety of graphic novels due to be published in 2012! Last year's selections got lots of press and accolades, and quite a few of the titles below seem to be just as interesting and intriguing!

The very very funny Lisa Hanawalt has joined D&Q's cartoonist lineup; they'll publish a collectino of her works called MY DIRTY DUMB EYES in Spring 2013. The book will collect her various comics for Vanity Fair, The Hairpin, and so on. You will laugh and laugh.