Tag: Graphic Novels

Young Frances is already in the running to be Graphic Novel of the Year. It collects the award-winning Pope Hats series by Hartley Lin (who...

“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.”

THIS IS THE BIG ONE! Retailer Brian Hibbs analyses 2017's bookstore sales with actual numbers, and this time with the complete cooperation and help of NPD Bookscan.

The NY Times Book Review has been viwed with suspicion by  comics types ever since they removed their Graphic Novel Bestsellers lists last year....

This week's crowdfunding watch is brought to you by my childhood. I dreamed of living inside books or having them somehow magically become part...

Here's a surprise announcement from the world of traditional publishing: Naval Institute Press is starting up their own graphic novel imprint.  Tentatively called "Dead...

Joe Ollmann's The Abominable Mr. Seabrook is a riveting read. An incredibly compelling portrait of a man whose life is the very definition of "larger...

Book Expo America, once known as BEA, but now acronymed as BEX, starts today with panels and exhibits opening tomorrow. And Marvel will be there! https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/869947475490164736 This...

Every year at BookExpo America there are a series of "Buzz" panels where editors hype the biggest upcoming releases. This years event takes place...

You know the ongoing argument about whether or not comics sales are heading away from single issues and towards collected editions?  Guess what –...

It was another year of amazing growth in 2016, and it brings the Top 750 to the highest numbers it has ever charted in the history of my tracking Bookscan – Now topping over ten million graphic novels sold! Amazing performance, and hopefully we can now stop talking forever about silliness like “the death of comics” or “the death of print”. Both are doing just fine!

Earlier today, we shed light on the New York Times' decision to eliminate the comics and manga bestseller lists, among others, from their Book...