INTERVIEW Pt. 1: Tillie Walden reveals the hilarious figure skating story she didn’t include...
Discover exactly what airplanes and Cookie Monster have to do with skating.
EXCLUSIVE: Remember the horrors of latrines in your first look at summer camp memoir...
You don't want to know what's in Hollywood.
SDCC ’17: Box Brown Discusses His Eisner Award Nominated “Tetris”
We all know the game “Tetris.” It’s addictive and embedded in the halls of video game history. Did you know though that it originated from Russia? How about that near the pinnacle of its...
SDCC ’17 – Shattered Warrior – Molly Osterstag on the Process of Adaptation
By Nancy Powell
Science fiction writer Sharon Shinn (Twelve Houses series) and writer illustrator Molly Ostertag have combined to create an emotionally resonant story in which a young woman who has lost everything—family, fortune and...
NSFW INTERVIEW: Eisner Nominated Jason Shiga dives into the twisted world of DEMON
Hilarious in execution, serious in subject matter, irreverent to human life, and an homage to various science fiction tropes; This only scratches the surface of what comprises Demon. Broken up into four books, this...
Ngozi Ukazu’s phenomenon Check, Please! gets two book deal at First Second
Check, Please! is the queer-themed hockey romance comic that has taken the internet by storms. A Kickstarter for the second print collection made just a touch less than $400,000 - but creator Ngozi Ukasu...
Interview: First Second’s Scott Westerfeld Talks of His Graphic Novel “Spill Zone” and More
First Second, publishers of “great graphic novels for every reader”, have just released today the story of Spill Zone. Written by New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld and illustrated by Alex Puvilland, this...
Retrospective Review: Pursuing Justice with ‘The Silence of Our Friends’
STORY: MARK LONG & JIM DEMONAKOS
ART: NATE POWELL
PUBLISHER: FIRST SECOND
In the Bible, from the Book of Leviticus particularly, there is a particularly haunting yet aspirational line that reads: “You will not stand idly by the...
REVIEW: Adam Rapp and Mike Cavallaro’s “Decelerate Blue” Speaks Truth For Today’s “Go-Go” World
Adam Rapp and Mike Cavallaro’s graphic novel, Decelerate Blue, published by First Second couldn’t have been released at a more opportune time. Dystopian stories are seeing a renewed rise in interest lately, of which...
First Second launches E-Newsletter to beam joy directly to your inbox
Recently, Battling Boy and The Sculptor publisher First Second announced the launch of a new e-newsletter. The publication will feature a variety of comics recommendations, a list of convention appearances, and updates on office happenings and upcoming...
Gene Yang and the March Trilogy team are voted the 2016 Comics Industry People...
For the sixth year in a row, The Beat is proud to present the Comics Industry Person of the Year, as chosen by voters in our annual creator survey: Gene Luen Yang. The the Team of the year: Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.
EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Andrewson Reimagines a Classic Holiday Story in New Graphic Novel THE NUTCRACKER...
Illustrator and cartoonist Natalie Andrewson has produced work for major publications including the New Yorker, the New York Times, Polygon, and Medium. Now, Andrewson is set to publish a brand new graphic novel through First Second.
Entitled The Nutcracker and The...
