Tag: Books

Episode 7: The Acquisitions Meeting What happens once an editor at a publishing house has a book on submission that they want to buy? What...

“Five years ago, Marvel was in charge, and they ruled everything I did as a retailer. It was ‘Marvel first.’ Now, they are the bastard children of the industry. I’ve lost probably 25% of my comic readership because 25% of my Marvel fans got tired of my higher cover prices, the non-sequitur storylines, the almost incomprehensible X-Men this and that… Marvel has done nothing to drive the industry towards us.”

"I remember the absolute last copy of the first print run, which I sold at Comic-Con. It was to a middle-aged, straight woman who was buying it for her teenage, gay son. She told me that she was getting the book for him because she wanted him to know his history and lineage, and she couldn’t tell that story to him herself. She thanked me for creating the book for the both of them and I promptly burst into tears. Then we hugged it out. It was an incredible moment."

Faith Erin Hicks is the Canadian cartoonist, mostly known for drawing many graphic novels including, some written by her - like The Nameless City...

Fantasy author Daryl Gregory’s newest novel, Spoonbenders. centers around the Telemachus family in the very distant and backwards year of nineteen-ninety-five. The Chicagoan family...

You could call it a camaraderie, but perhaps it's better described as a lack of barriers. Gaming shows have a unique sense of community...

In what may or may not become a long-standing tradition, Alan Moore has answered questions at Christmas set by the members of a Facebook...

Well I asked for a spy at the panel where current publishing scandal It Girl Lani Sarem told folks how to "Break In and...

  As a “shockingly-scary” first, author R.L. Stine is attending this year’s San Diego Comic-Con; The same R.L. Stine who has consistently scared children for...

In recent years, more teachers and librarians are finally recognizing the educational appeal of comic-books. Yes, we the fans have known of their artistry,...

With the American Gods tv show in the works, and more Neil Gaiman stuff always in the hopper, his books are often reprinted. And...

Jerusalem is a new novel by Alan Moore that is some 600,000 words long and 1200 pages of very long paragraphs and small type,...