First Second Announces Pashmina, a YA Bildungsroman that Seeks to Change the Way You...
Today, cartoonist Nidhi Chanani announced that her first graphic novel, Pashmina, has been picked up by First Second to be released in 2017. Pashmina is the story of a Indian-American girl named Priyanka Das...
Interview: Jack Baxter returns to Tel Aviv for Mike’s Place
By Cal Cleary
Jack Baxter, an American filmmaker, went to Israel in 2003 to make a documentary. When his initial subject fell through, he found a new story in the form of Mike’s Place, a...
Interview: Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre Create Sequel to Beloved Giants Beware!
By Harper W. Harris
The first book in The Chronicles of Claudette, Giants Beware! was quite well received; in fact, it earned the creators several awards, including the Cybils Award for Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novels....
Interview: Penelope Bagieu Kills With Her Graphic Novel “Exquisite Corpse”
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.
Jay Hosler Interview: Comics are the “most powerful” medium for teaching
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 a graphic novel aimed at students, ages 10-14, that has...
Interview: Balak, Bastien Vivès, and Michaël Sanlaville bring the award-winning Last Man to the...
An interview with the winners of this year's Prix de la Serie at Angoulême
Interview: James Kochalka conjures up the latest adventure of The Glorkian Warrior
In anticipation of this week's new release, The Glorkian Warrior Eats Adventure Pie, we chat with its creator
Robert Kondo and Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi team up with First Second to further explore...
The celebrated Oscar-nominated animated short will live on in graphic novel form next year
Exclusive: Guillaume Singelin’s PTSD to be released by First Second in Winter 2017
Announcing the newest graphic novel from one of comics' rising talents
Interview: Andi Watson crafts up a monstrous three courses with Princess Decomposia and Count...
An interview on Watson's newest graphic novel
Sony nabs feature film rights for Scott McCloud’s The Sculptor
One of the year's early critical hits is going to going to be a major motion picture
Mariko and Jillian Tamaki on This One Summer winning the Caldecott and Printz Honors
The Canadian cousins discuss their recent historic wins