Bard Attitude: Why Kill Shakespeare Is Both Fun and Literary
Don’t let the title fool you. Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery, creators of the excellent Kill Shakespeare series, have the utmost respect for the Bard. Alas, there’s nothing rotten with the state of these comics. And the pair are convincing readers young and old to come onboard the Shakespeare bandwagon with their bestselling books. We got the story behind it straight from the guys themselves.
Author, Author: Daren White and Eddie Campbell Discuss The Playwright
Eddie Campbell and Daren White introduce us to the Playwright, a man who might seem somewhat embittered by life but is actually surprisingly open to it. Meet this conundrum in their compelling and wonderful new book, and read here about what this fictional man meant to the two creators behind him.
Getting the Ax: Top Shelf's New Manga Translation
Ax is the new manga anthology series from Top Shelf that brings some of the most exciting and diverse works from Japan and translates them for a new American audience. If you’re looking for a good opportunity to sample the manga field and learn about what it can offer, Ax is your chance. We talked to series editor Sean Michael Wilson about Ax and its impact on the art form.
Dan Goldman: Red Is the New Hit
With his supernatural thriller Red Light Properties taking off, Dan Goldman lets us in on the inspiration behind the chills.
Eighteen Is Enough: The Tracy White Interview
Tracy White’s compelling and raw memoir How I Made It to Eighteen explores a dark period in her life. Here, she discusses how it all came to be and how it became her riveting new book.
Kids, Graphic Novels and Publishing
John Shableski of Diamond Book Distributors offers his take on how comics and the publishing industry are serving (and not serving) the needs of young readers.
Once Upon a Midnight Dreary...
College remedial reading professor Doré Ripley used a graphic adaptation of Poe's Nevermore to reach her students in a bold and new way. How did it turn out? She explains the outcome here.
Understanding Teaching Graphic Literature
Kent Allin began teaching a comics course in his high school, to great success. Here’s how the course turned out, both from Kent’s point of view and from that of two of his students.
Lunch Is Served
The author of the Lunch Lady series explains how comics are the perfect fit in the classroom.
Hidden Gems: Teaching Graphic Novels to Not-So-Young Adults
To earn my master’s degree in English, I was required to read comics! At first, I thought this seminar course about graphic novels elementary, but the experience eventually transformed the way I teach literacy to high-school seniors.
Francoise Mouly
The art editor for The New Yorker and the publisher of Toon Books, Francoise Mouly is a force to be reckoned with. Here, she explains her editorial vision for Toon and outlines the goals ahead.
Wonder Words
Wonder Woman is making her debut in a new line of chapter books for kids. Find out the details here.
Dynamite Entertainment President Nick Barrucci
Dynamite Entertainment president Nick Barrucci unveils the strategies behind the company’s success and gives a glimpse at what’s ahead.
Top Shelf Productions' Chris Staros
Top Shelf cofounder Chris Staros has created a business that’s perfectly suited to the comics industry of the 21st century: diverse, well-rounded, and adaptable to modern technology. Here’s a look at how the company began and where it’s now headed.
Editor Robert Weil
In his long career as an editor, Robert Weil has worked with some of the most successful and revered authors in the world. We talked with him about how he got started working on graphic books, how he edits them, and what it was like to work on two groundbreaking works, Genesis and Stitches.
Peter Gutierrez
Writer, editor, and consultant Peter Gutierrez tackles our questions about what drives his love of the comics medium.
Michael Moreci
Graphic novelist and Reading With Pictures media director Michael Moreci answers our questions.
Jim Gibbons
Jim Gibbons spent two years working for Wizard before joining Dark Horse as their newest publicity coordinator. But what’s his history in comics really like? We found out.
Rich Young
Rich Young, the director of business development for Dynamite Entertainment, takes on our list of questions.
The American Booksellers Association presents its list of the top 25 graphic novels for the quarter.
Third Eye Comics in Annapolis, Maryland, has just celebrated its grand reopening. We’re joining in on the party with a profile of the store and a look at their bestseller list.
At Green Brain Comics, they love comics and they do they everything they can to celebrate them. In fact, the love is a little bit infectious.
Lobo Anime & Comics is one of the largest comics stores in New Mexico, a veritable treasure trove of games, toys, and, of course, comics.
Meet Atom!, the owner of the 2008 Eisner Award-winning comics shop Brave New World in Los Angeles's Santa Clarita Valley.
Comics and Color
Two top comics creators—longtime illustrator and writer Trevor von Eeden and Jeremy Love, creator of Bayou—discuss how black issues, characters, and creators are treated in comics.
How the Great Graphic Novels for Teens List Comes About
The librarians behind the GGNFT list explain how it all comes together.
Comics in the Age of Digital Piracy
We hear about it all the time: digital piracy. The scourge of the entertainment industry, digital piracy has been taken on by music companies, movie studios, and major publishers. But what of comic piracy? Does it affect the industry as a whole? We talked to three people in graphic publishing to see what the state of matters is and how they are combating illegal downloading.
How Graphic Novels Thrive in High-School Libraries: A Discussion
Our tour through the library programs of schools (in relation to graphic novels) finishes here, with a discussion involving some high-school librarians talking about the problems they face, the solutions they’ve uncovered, and the issues they’ve successfully dealt with.
How Graphic Novels and Manga Are Doing in Middle Schools
With comics and manga getting further respect in schools and libraries, we checked in with middle-school librarians to see what they had to say—what issues they faced bringing graphic novels into the schools, what young readers were responding to, and what the positives and negatives are for their jobs.
Find out what graphic novels and manga are coming up in the months ahead. Check here for a list of new titles coming soon.
Cinema turns to graphic novels for great inspiration! See what's headed to a movie theater near you, and find out what's coming on DVD.
Find out which works have gained the respect and admiration of the industry. These award-winners are the best of the best.
The Best of 2009
Find out what the critics are selecting for the best comics of 2009.
The Unsinkable Walker Bean
Walker Bean is more interested in listening to his grandfather's tales of adventure than living them, but when his grandfather's life is in danger, Walker finds himself on a pirate ship, chased by sea monsters and racing to return a cursed skull to its rightful owners.
Solomon's Thieves
Martin is a young member of the Knights Templar who seeks to regain his one true love. But his actions will kick off a series of events that will pit the knights against the church and the king, leading to death, mayhem, and fast-paced adventure in this book from Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham, and Alex Puvilland.
Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
The final volume of Scott Pilgrim's adventure is here. Will his heroic side win out over his nefarious one? Or will he suffer the heartbreak of never knowing real love?
Help Kids Comic-Con
Alex Simmons, creator of Kids Comic-Con and a good friend of GNR, is trying to raise funds to help out kids in Africa using comic books to teach literacy. He's not asking for much--just one dollar!--and the work he's trying to accomplish is nothing short of amazing. Please help him out if you can! Go to this link to pledge money for his cause, which would help bring his Color of Comics exhibition to Senegal this December.
MoCCA Earns Some NeoIntegrity
If you're in the New York City area, the goings-on at MoCCA should always be on your radar. Their new exhibit, NeoIntegrity: Comics Edition, is fantastic and runs through next Sunday. Find out more about it here.
The Smithsonian Visits Superman's Birthplace
Here's a great article by an acquaintance of mine, Anne Trubek, detailing the Ohio origins of Superman and his creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. It's a nice article about the history of comics; check it out.
Win a copy of the Prince of Persia Original Graphic Novel Prequel!
You could win a copy of Prince of Persia: Before the Sandstorm, a stunning new anthology that's also a prequel to the story!
Bloom County, The Complete Library, Volume Two: 1981-1984
The Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip Bloom County is once again anthologized in a beautiful new book that includes the remembrances of its witty creator.
Wolf God, Vol. 1
Kyounosuke of the Inugami wolf pack is on a mission. With the pending death of his grandfather, he must seek out his older brother, who left home years ago to become the new leader. With the help of his newfound friend Koyuki, he will begin to unravel the mystery of his brother's disappearance. But what he finds is far from anything he anticipates.
Stephen King's The Stand, Vol. 3: Soul Survivors
The wonderful comics adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling The Stand continues in an engrossing new volume.
Utahime: The Songstress
Kain and Maria are the twin children of a magical songstress. It is the duty of the songstresses to protect each country with their nightly lullaby, a tradition that has passed down from mother to daughter for centuries. The world is about to shift when Kain discovers that he is the first male songstress instead of his sister. Only tragedy can bring about the change the world desperately needs.
A Drunken Dream and Other Stories
This collection of short manga works by Moto Hagio, one of the grand dames of shojo manga, features moving and thought-provoking stories about the connections between people, especially in family situations.
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography
The remarkable life of Anne Frank and her family is presented in this thorough new biography perfect for readers of all ages.
The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans
Between May 1918 and August 1919, twelve people in New Orleans are either murdered or seriously injured by a man who breaks into their houses in the dead of night and uses their own axes to attack them.
Within the Rat
The narrative that Stefan Salinas creates in his autobiographical Within the Rat is a deeply strange, surreal, sketchy exploration into themes of depression, self-destruction, sexual identity, and, ultimately, narcissism.
Lab U.S.A.
Did you know that between 1943 and 1969, the U.S. government unleashed biological agents on its own citizens? Nowadays, we'd call that terrorism. Still, that’s just one of the eye-opening facts (supplemented by even more eye-opening graphics) in this unique work…
Undeleted Scenes
Jeffrey Brown has absolutely no qualms about describing the quietest, most intimate parts of his life through his numerous collections of themed, six-panel vignettes, which explore just about every aspect of his life, for better or worse.
Artichoke Tales
Artichoke Tales is a story about prejudice and understanding, the myth of progress, and the fallacy of tradition. These threads wind through three generations of a family, shaping their lives and the world around them.
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Vol. 1: The World According to Peter Parker
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man picks up the pieces from the end of the previous series, but it doesn't dwell on the distasteful events of Ultimatum. It pushes forward as a fun new series that brings in a new villain, introduces a new hero, and bring some familiar faces along for the ride.
Thor
Thor, Norse god of thunder, king of the Asgardian gods, and one of Marvel Comics' classic heroes, comes out of retirement and sets about rebuilding the mythical city of Asgard in a small rural Oklahoma town.
Ratman, Vol. 1
Fifteen-year-old Shuto has high hopes for being a hero. But when he signs a contract without reading it, he ends up having to do the bidding of a villainous group.
Adventures in Cartooning Activity Book
A knight is trapped inside the castle because of the rain, but his friend the Magical Cartooning Elf has the perfect cure for boredom—the knight can draw himself an adventure!
Zoey Zeta and the Sisters of Power, Book 1: Family Secrets
Zoey Zeta and her little sisters Ella and Lexi must stop the evil Dr. Impossible from taking control of summer!
Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue
Something is killing the coral in Nemo's part of the ocean, so Nemo and his companions set out to find the culprit—and face down a giant squid, spiny starfish, and a fearsome, mysterious group known only as The Tribe on their travels.
Ghostopolis
When young Garth Hale accidentally crosses over into the spirit world, a pair of ghost trackers immediately sets out to rescue him. But Garth's in serious danger, as the evil leader of the ghostly realm sets out to destroy him.
