Rep. John Lewis, a fearless leader during the Civil Rights Movement, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Honor, and the author of the March trilogy, a graphic memoir of the Civil Rights Movement and the first work of comics arts to receive a National Book Award, died on July 17. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
Transgender comics artist Bishakh Som’s 'Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir' is the story of a leap of faith: Som quits her job as an architect to work fulltime on a graphic novel. But it also evokes Som’s internal process of coming to terms with gender. This is a ten-page excerpt. The book will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
Adrian Tomine's new graphic memoir 'The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist,' dissects authorial insecurity and self-doubt with a series of alternately hilarious and painful true-life anecdotes. The book will be published this month by D&Q. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
The comic book artist explains the triumphs and challenges he experiences while drawing his own life's story in the graphic memoir 'Come Home, Indio.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
'Everything is Beautiful, And I’m Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection' by Yao Xiao is delightful and poetic graphic memoir by a China-born, queer, immigrant illustrator and cartoonist who has lived in the U.S since 2006. This is a 16 page excerpt. The book will be published in March by Andews McMeel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
In Cynthia L. Copeland’s graphic memoir “Cub,” an awkward seventh grader finds deliverance as a reporter for her local newspaper. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-28 21:03:07 UTC ]
A series of works of graphic memoir by Zuiker Press offers true stories on a range of modern social issues faced by teenagers and told by teens themselves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
'They Called Us Enemy,' a graphic memoir by activist and longtime 'Star Trek' actor George Takei that recounts the story of his Japanese American family's internment during WWII, has claimed the top spot on PW’s annual Graphic Novel Critic’s Poll. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
IDW kicks off its Spanish-language graphic novel publishing initiative with George Takei's bestsellilng graphic memoir 'They Called Us Enemy,' to be released in a Spanish edition in June 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
David Chang sells a memoir, Catherine Coulter moves houses, MCD spends big on a graphic memoir, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
The following excerpt is from David Heatley’s graphic memoir, Qualification. * __________________________________ Excerpted from Qualification by David Heatley. Copyright © 2019 David Heatley. Excerpted by permission of Pantheon, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-10-16 08:47:15 UTC ]
Eisner Award–winner Raina Telgemeier has the #1 book in the country with the middle grade graphic memoir ‘Guts.’ Plus Jacqueline Woodson’s third adult novel, ‘Red at the Bone,’ lands in hardcover fiction, and Joe Abercrombie launches the Age of Madness series with ‘A Little Hatred.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
On the personal and political impact of WAGE SLAVES, a graphic memoir about immigration and the erosion of rights at work by Daria Bogdanksa. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-09-17 10:41:35 UTC ]
George Takei's graphic memoir "They Called Us Enemy" depicts his childhood years in an internment camp during World War II. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-08-30 17:37:01 UTC ]
Malaka Gharib, the author of the coming-of-age graphic memoir “I Was Their American Dream,” shares her tips. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-08-21 16:56:03 UTC ]
A San Diego Comic-Con attendee meets George Takei and discusses the impact he and his graphic memoir had on this reader's outlook and activism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-07-31 10:39:38 UTC ]
Hello from Book Marks, Lit Hub’s “rotten tomatoes for books!” How It Works: Every day, our staff scours the most important and active outlets of literary journalism—from established national broadsheets to regional weeklies and alternative litblogs—and logs their book reviews. Each of those... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-07-26 16:00:10 UTC ]
It doesn’t feel like an exaggeration to say that Mira Jacob’s latest book Good Talk is a blueprint for a kinder world. In this graphic memoir, Jacob details a lifetime of difficult conversations—about politics, about race, about love and relationships. Seeing her handle these tricky talks,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2019-07-18 11:00:20 UTC ]
This week: Colson Whitehead's new novel, plus George Takei's new graphic memoir. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Constable has snapped up the “must-have book of Christmas 2019” by David Suchet, charting the actor’s 50-year entertainment career through his photographs and commentary. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-14 13:32:54 UTC ]