Matthew Dooley has won the 2020 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction with his graphic novel Flake (Jonathan Cape). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-01 10:29:47 UTC ]
Founded by artist and writer Spike Trotman in 2007, Iron Circus Comics is a small indie graphic novel publishing house based in Chicago. PW talked with Trotman about how she is dealing with publishing during the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Check out the graphic novel adaptation of Jason Reynolds' award-winning YA novel, LONG WAY DOWN. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-24 10:35:20 UTC ]
Check out the graphic novel adaptation of Jason Reynolds' award-winning YA novel, LONG WAY DOWN. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-24 10:35:20 UTC ]
In tribute to the memory of George Floyd, who died at the hands of the Minneapolis police, and in support of the worldwide outcry over his death, we present this list—compiled by the comics editors at Publishers Weekly —of graphic titles about African American life and history. The titles here... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2020-06-16 16:00:22 UTC ]
The modern remake of XIII, the early 2000’s first-person shooter based on the Belgian graphic novel of the same name, will finally be available for PC and the latest consoles this holiday season after a year-long delay. A remake of the game is headin... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2020-06-13 18:44:28 UTC ]
In tribute to the memory of George Floyd, who died at the hands of the Minneapolis police, and in support of the worldwide outcry over his death, PW’s comics editors have compiled a list of graphic titles about African American life and history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
Originally published in 1995, Howard Cruse’s Stuck Rubber Baby is a pioneering graphic novel that explores politics, race, sex, and identity in the African-American and LGBTQ communities in the Jim Crow south. The post Panel Mania: ‘Stuck Rubber Baby’ appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2020-06-09 16:00:19 UTC ]
Howard Cruse’s 'Stuck Rubber Baby' is a pioneering graphic novel that explores the relationships and politics surrounding race, sex, and identity in the African-American and LGBTQ communities in the Jim Crow south. In July First Second Books will publish a new edition that will mark its 25th... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
It kept happening. On Twitter, on Facebook, in your WhatsApp chats. The bookish people you know, the introverts, declaring that lockdown would give them more time to read. Or the people who know you, and know that you might be bookish, declaring that you’d got a head start on them in terms of... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-05-29 15:15:00 UTC ]
Faber has acquired When Stars are Scattered, a "heart-wrenching" graphic novel set in a refugee camp, based on the true story of Omar Mohamed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 21:44:16 UTC ]
PW caught up with four of the authors with books featured in BookExpo Online's New Graphic Novel Showcase. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
In in this essay-afterword to the graphic novel 'Superman Smashes the Klan' by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru, Yang uses his childhood love of Superman—and his personal experience of racism—to deliver a history of the Ku Klux Klan, the rise of white supremacy in the U.S., and the role the 1940s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Inspired by a Zoom course on early gothic literature, this comics reader recommends these classic gothic tales for the graphic novel treatment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-04-14 10:36:03 UTC ]
Fairy tales aren't what they used to be. They're better. Especially if they get translated into the graphic novel format. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-03-31 10:42:33 UTC ]
Gabby Rivera is adapting her queer coming-of-age story, "Juliet Takes a Breath," into a graphic novel with artist Celia Moscote and colorist James Fenner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-03-18 15:00:57 UTC ]
After launching graphic novel lines at Andrews McMeel and Lion Forge, Andrea Colvin has joined Hachette with big plans for graphic novels at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
The creators of Humanoids’ new graphic novel ‘Omni: The Doctor Is In’, a hybrid medical mystery/paranormal thriller, talk with PW about creating a contemporary black female genius superhero. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
PW talks to comics writer Mark Russell about his controversial graphic novel 'Second Coming' (with art by Richard Pace), the story of Jesus Christ returning to earth, this time with Earth's mightiest superhero as his roommate. The trade paperback collection was published this month by Ahoy Comics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
After launching graphic novel lines at Andrews McMeel and Lion Forge, Andrea Colvin has joined Hachette with big plans for graphic novels at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]