Tag: Graphic Novels

The post-Guardians partnership between Marvel and Jim Starlin continues with the second original graphic novel in a proposed trilogy about Thanos the purple skinned Mad Titan created by Starlin. THANOS: THE INFINITY RELATIVITY OGN comes out in June. While standalone graphic novels were once rare at Marvel they've gotten into the pool with the Starlin books, and some introductory books aimed at beginning (as in not experts in Marvel continuity) readers. The first book in the trilogy, Thanos: The Infinity Revelation, made the NY Times bestseller list, so it probably did all right.

A graphic novel has become Exhibit A in the latest Obamacare controversy. Clear, simple, understandable, useful - those are just a few of the words...

Just looking over various "Week in review" posts at various sites it strikes me that today is an amazing day in comics history, with new...

Celebrating it's 14th year, the National Book Festival moves to the Washington Convention Center this Saturday, offering twelve hours of bibliophila!  (The National Park...

Let's start with that title, shall we? Calling a story "Six-Gun Gorilla" is a bold and audacious decision, one that's guaranteed to attract a specific...

Fun Home, the musical based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel memoir about her closeted gay father and her own coming out, is racking up...

How does gender break down for some of the more popular "indie" graphic novels versus mainstream graphic novels vs the average? And it's clear, there's a difference. Taking 17 various graphic novels (and if folks add suggestions in comments, I'll be happy to add upon this) I looked at men and women who were fans in the United States. I tried to stick to actual graphic novels, or books that have been long out of print and thus a complete graphic novel is how it's now consumed.

By Brian Hibbs (Originally published February 2014) “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” For the eleventh (!) year in a row, I’m...

Titan have announced that they'll be publishing a graphic novel based on the Lost Planet series of video games from Capcom. Called Lost Planet:...

Disclosure: from time to time I take on outside consulting projects, and I'm currently working with the creators of the new graphic novel Mission...

Brian Truitt, knower of all that is right and true in this world, has an interview on USA Today with writer Mark Waid, announcing...

These graphic novels have been chosen because they were all released in the past 6 months and equally combine qualities of well-crafted concepts and...