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 ]
Street Noise Books, a new independent publishing house specializing in graphic memoir and illustrated nonfiction for young adults, will publish its first list in January 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Noted YA novelist and comics writer Cecil Castellucci will team with Boom! Studios to publish Girl on Film, a graphic memoir, in November 2019 Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW talks with Rina Ayuyang, an artist and the publisher of Yam Books, about her new graphic memoir, 'Blame This on the Boogie,' a look back at her love of musicals, disco and growing in an immigrant Filipino family in the 1970s. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 'RX,' Rachel Lindsay's graphic memoir about suffering from bipolar disorder, she poses the question: How do you know when an act of independence isn't just a symptom of the illness? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the March trilogy, Congressman John Lewis, a renowned figure in the history of the civil rights movement and American social justice, and congressional staffer Andrew Aydin, Lewis’s digital director and policy adviser, wrote a graphic memoir about the struggle for racial justice. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]