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Interview: J. Torres, author of Jinx

Apr 17, 2012

She's been around since the '40s, but it's taken this long for Lil Jinx to reach high school! Now writer J. Torres is tackling the newly revamped teen series and taking on the big issues of teen life today, from love and homework to dealing with parents, bullying, sexism, and more. It's a broad-reaching series with great ambitions, and we talked to Torres about what makes Jinx such a good-luck charm.

Interview: Cameron Stewart, author of Sin Titulo

Mar 30, 2012

A Shuster and Eisner Award-winning illustrator for his web comic Sin Titulo and recognized with multiple nominations for other Harvey, Eagle, Eisner, and Shuster Awards since 2007 for projects such as The Other Side, Seaguy: The Slaves of Mickey Eye, and Batman & Robin, Cameron Stewart began his now celebrated career as an inker. Following a chance encounter with Darwyn Cooke when Stewart worked in a Canadian video store and was doodling at the register, he began a professional apprenticeship under Cooke's direction.

Interview: Derf Backderf, author of My Friend Dahmer

Mar 1, 2012

Long before he became a cartoonist and writer, Derf Backderf was unwittingly part of a horrifying story: He was a classmate of Jeffrey Dahmer. Once the serial killer’s awful crimes began to come to light, Backderf went back into his own memories, and those of his other friends, to see what happened. The result is the shocking and honest memoir My Friend Dahmer.

Interview: Faith Erin Hicks, author of Friends with Boys

Feb 28, 2012

Throughout the pages of Friends with Boys, we meet a young heroine who, after a lifetime of being homeschooled, must face the prospect of high school after her mom leaves. What follows is a quietly charming coming-of-age story about friendship, love, identity, and more. Artist and writer Faith Erin Hicks tackles issues big and small with grace and aplomb in the book, which she takes us behind the scenes of here.

Interview: Mark Long, author of The Silence of Our Friends

Jan 17, 2012

Mark Long tells a fascinating sub-chapter of the Civil Rights Movement in The Silence of Our Friends, based on a true experience his own father went through. In this interview he discusses the truth behind the story, how far we've come since then...and how much we haven't.