Tag: First Second

Pro gaming is getting a graphical makeover.

By Cal Cleary Özge Samanci is a multi-media artist, an assistant professor at Northwestern University, and a talented cartoonist who has had exhibitions of her work...

Take a peek inside this highly anticipated new release

The newest installment from Paul Pope, JT Petty, and David Rubin continues to build the West mythos, driven by head-strong hero, Aurora West.

Today, First Second Books releases The Fall of the House of West.  The book is the newest installment in the acclaimed series of graphic novels that...

Gene Luen Yang, multiple Eisner winner and National Book Award finalist, has released his latest work for younger readers, a collaboration with Adventure Time...

As the recent visit to the Small Press Expo showed, there is no shortage of supremely talented cartoonists out there. And the folks at First Second are taking full advantage of this by scooping them up. The latest is Drew Weing whose webcomic The Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo will be published next year. Geek Dad has details and an interview. Weing (Set to Sea) has been publishing the comic online since 2014; the print edition comes out in September 2016. It's lovely charming and spooky.

Renowned for his wonderful children's series, Zita the Space Girl and last year's Julia's House for Lost Creatures, Ben Hatke is one of the...

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;...

The Divine is a new graphic novel published by First Second created by illustrators Asaf Hanuka (The Realist), Tomer Hanuka (Placebo Man), and writer Boaz Lavie. Asaf and Boaz reside in Tel Aviv, Israel while Tomer lives in New York City. On a hectic Thursday afternoon, I was fortunate to talk to Boaz and Asaf about their new book - unfortunately Tomer was unavailable.

By Nick Eskey Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian born artist of mixed Japanese and Jewish descent. In school she studied literature and writing, later on...

Today, cartoonist Nidhi Chanani announced that her first graphic novel, Pashmina, has been picked up by First Second to be released in 2017.  Pashmina...