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Welcome to the latest edition of GraphicNovelReporter. I hope this update finds you well!

It’s been an action-packed couple weeks since we last spoke, so here’s what’s been going on. First, I made an appearance (a hopefully not too awkward one) on the San Francisco public radio program  Your Call, which appears daily on KALW. The topic of the day last Thursday was nonfiction graphic novels, particularly graphic journalism, and the in-studio guest was noted author Joe Sacco (Safe Area Gorazde). That right away is a pretty intimidating prospect: Joe is a true talent, and the work he does is incredibly important. So I just did my best to keep up and try to sound like I knew what I was talking about. Actually, once I got over my initial nerves, it was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed the chance to talk about so many different nonfiction books. I blogged about all the books covered on the show, and hopefully it provided some good attention to those books.

Happy 2010! We’re all safely and squarely back at work after a long holiday break, and we hope you are too...and that you had a wonderful holiday season!

Mine was a bit odd, to say the least. I had planned a trip back home to Iowa to visit my mom and other family. My plan, I thought, was brilliant. I would fly in on the 24th, arriving to the tiny airport in Waterloo, Iowa, at 12:30 p.m. That’s just the perfect time to swoop in and be there right before the big feast would be served. (A quick aside for those not familiar with the Waterloo airport: It’s even smaller than you imagine. It has two gates. When leaving from there, you never, ever have to run to your departure gate, because if you’re inside the airport, you’re practically there. And if you’re late, all you need to do is yell across the room, “I’m coming!” and they’ll hold the plane for you. You pay a little extra for flying in and out of this luxury airport, but sometimes you have to splurge.)