Crowd Watch: Mike Dawson’s Rules For Dating My Daughter
A new day a new Kickstarter but this one is notable: a collection of comics essays by Mike Dawson called Rules For Dating My Daughter. Although the book will contain new material, som of it originally ran on The Comics Journal, Slate Magazine, and The Nib. Here's one from The Nib which we admired before, "Longstreet Farm." Dawson's take on things is very funny but he spend a lot of time asking a lot of questions:
Dissecting Puppies: The 2015 Hugo Awards, Voting Slates, and Graphic Novels
Before we get into it... Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal, written by G. Willow Wilson, illustrated by Adrian Alphona and Jake Wyatt, was...
Nice Art: Adrian Tomine’s New Yorker cover gallery a snapshot of gentrification
Adrian Tomine, whose collection Killing and Dying is what everyone is going to be talking about this fall, has the cover of this week's New Yorker and it's s typically note perfect image of gentrification in the face of raw sewage, otherwise known as Life In These Here Five Boroughs. The above link has a gallery of Tomine's other covers and they are all equally perfect, although I'm particularly partial to the one about moving to Jersey. Others love this updated "Shop round the Corner" image from 2008.
Fear the Walking Dead sets cable rating record in premiere
What is the ONE thing that is most important for cast members of a show set in the zombie apocalypse? Read on to find out!
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 8/25/15: Duke students object to reading Fun Home
§ Once again, Alison Bechdel's award winning graphic novel Fun Home is at the center of a Carolina college controversy. The book has been assigned...
Studio Ghibli’s ‘Only Yesterday’ to hit theaters in 2016
In the past year or so, I've become quite the fan of Studio Ghibli (of course, just in time for the whole thing to...
Exclusive Preview: “Betty & Veronica’s Cheer Squad” Brings Classic Stories into a New Era
A whole generation, myself included, grew up in an era where Archie Comics were relegated to supermarket newsstands. Recently, however, Archie has found new life in...
New Allie Brosh in 2015: Solutions and Other Problems
Hyperbole and a Half, a book collecting the webcomics of Allie Brosh with new essays, was one of the smash hits of 2014, selling 129,679 copies according to Bookscan, and doubtless more than that in the rest of the world. While it's a text/comics hybrid, the visual component of her storytelling—awkward Paintbrush tableau—is vital to her work, and she was a guest at Comic-Con just a few weeks ago.
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales – July 2015: A Cavalcade of Mini-Wars!
by Xavier Lancel
Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I'm French, and that's why I'm talking funny. Please address your complaints...
Troubled Warners exec finds comfort in watching Batman v Superman over and over again
Last week The Hollywood Reporter ran a succinct piece about Warner Bros. and its current box office woes. Behind a string of flops and...
Ms. Marvel wins Hugo Award amid controversy
The Hugo Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, were presented this weekend surrounded by a nebula of controversy. Amy Wallace has a lengthy...
Exclusive: ‘The Well’ by Jake Wyatt and F. Choo is coming from First Second...
It's been thirteen years since the disappearance of the ogre that attacked the village of Aragon, where a young witch named Lizzy was raised;...
















