Books

Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass is a new scholarly look at the esteemed cartoonist's work, especially as it related to girlhood. Written by Susan E. Kirtley, the book is available now. With Barry'swork in a variety of mediums - comics novel sand stage -- widely acclaimed, , a dedicated look at her work is long overdue. It's part of UPM's Great Comics Artists Series.

Oh, man... so much good stuff coming from Macmillan! And they're not even known for publishing graphic novels! Scan this list, and tell us what makes you squeel with joy!

Well, what were we just saying about comics adapting literary classics? Hope Larson reveals the cover to her A Wrinkle in Time adaptation and talks about some other projects that sound really cool, including a new comic she wrote with art by Tintin Pantoja, a short film she's directing, and a vegan ice cream recipe.

Jeffrey Brown's DARTH VADER AND SON is a book of gentle humor centering on the idea of Darth Vader as dad to a four year old Luke Skywalker. And amazingly, it is not only an officially licensed Lucasfilm product...but they even made a trailer for it with James Earl Jones reading a line or two.

I've already previewed Marvel and DC, so here are the other publishers, with titles MAYBE shipping this month!

Cursing the basketball gods because your bracket is broken? Searching for a tournament bracket which better suits your knowledge base? We present a multitude of 2012 non-sports tournaments, from popular culture, food, and corporate America!

It's been a while since we saw a new batch of cartoonist-inspired covers for Penguin Graphic Classics editions, all designed by Paul Buckley. But here you go. Mike Mignola on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (which was adapted as APOCALYPSE NOW, for those who came in late).

Now available for pre-order, a new book by Eddie Campbell. This time his subject is finances.

Simone Lia's book of cute cat cartoons, FLUFFY, was one of the top sellers for Cape when it came out, and somehow, based on the title alone, we suspect this could top it:

Here it is, the stunning conclusion of new titles shipping in February! Since this is Oscars weekend, I've included some award winners below! Hugo! Edgar! Carnegie! Stoker! Even Shamus! (No, not that one!) Lots of adaptations! One is a comic based on a movie based on a prose novel!

Artist Mike Cavallaro writes to alert us to an event tonight, the book launch for UNDER THE MOONS OF MARS, a new anthology of short stories inspired by the Edgar Rice Burroughs mythos by writers including Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, Garth Nix, and more, as well as a foreward by Tamora Pierce and introduction and header notes by John Joseph Adams. Oh, and illustrations by Cavallaro, Charles Vess, Michael W. Kaluta, Molly Crabapple, and more.

New collections from Marvel, including a storyline which takes place between paragraphs in another book! And the Justice League as zombies! New Titles from DC, including Silver Surfer and Captain America!