First Second

By Nick Eskey Penelope Bagieu is a French illustrator who over the last ten years has become more involved in making comics and graphic novels. Some of her works include Josephine, Not Bad, White Page, and Stars of the Stars. She also has a comic blog, My Life Is Quite Fascinating, where she portrays everyday life in a humorous light.

In Last of the Sandwalkers, Eisner nominee Jay Hosler combines his love of comics with his academic background in biological sciences and teaching.  The result is...

An interview with the winners of this year's Prix de la Serie at Angoulême

In anticipation of this week's new release, The Glorkian Warrior Eats Adventure Pie, we chat with its creator

The celebrated Oscar-nominated animated short will live on in graphic novel form next year

Announcing the newest graphic novel from one of comics' rising talents

An interview on Watson's newest graphic novel

One of the year's early critical hits is going to going to be a major motion picture

The Canadian cousins discuss their recent historic wins

A review of Scott McCloud's long awaited graphic novel

30 years in the making, Scott McCloud's new opus is available on February 3rd through First Second. McCloud was kind enough to sit down with us for a lengthy discussion about the new book, critical expectations, his creative process and how he balances his busy speaking schedule with the creation of a 500-plus page graphic novel.

Another win for a graphic novel as Jillian Tamaki won canada's Governor General Award : for This One Summer in the Children's Literature Illustrations...