The pioneering underground and queer cartoonist and author of the acclaimed queer/civil rights graphic novel 'Stuck Rubber Baby,' died November 26, from lymphoma. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Yesterday morning, Gordon Sondland, the Trump donor turned US ambassador to the European Union, gave explosive testimony in the impeachment inquiry—directly tying the president and his top allies, including Mikes Pence and Pompeo, to the Ukraine scandal. Comparisons to John Dean’s testimony that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2019-11-21 12:58:24 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 ]
Dan Goldman and George Schall’s new graphic novel 'Chasing Echoes' is a comically driven story of a Jewish-American family’s search for their pre-Holocaust roots in the old country. In this 10-page excerpt we meet the unwieldy, indeed, dysfunctional clan as they arrive in Poland at a time when... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
A new crop of adaptations proves that comic book artists can be complex and effective in tackling other writers’ work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-11-12 10:00:08 UTC ]
In R.J. Palacio’s graphic novel “White Bird,” a grandmother finally shares her harrowing tale of survival under the Nazis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-11-07 22:07:49 UTC ]
Myriad Editions has bagged a pair of "graphic medicine" books from Ian Williams and Zara Slattery, as the publisher launches its 2020 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 01:44:47 UTC ]
In Emma Steinkellner’s graphic novel “The Okay Witch,” a teenager descended from famous witches faces bigotry, not to mention her mother’s opposition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-10-25 11:00:00 UTC ]
Funny women who write, Helen Lederer decided, needed award recognition. So she started a prize program, Comedy Women in Print. This is its second year. The post The UK’s Comedy Women in Print Prize Adds Graphic Novel Category appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-25 05:45:30 UTC ]
The Comedy Women in Print Prize, the UK and Ireland’s first prize to highlight the work of witty women, is returning for a second year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-24 03:11:50 UTC ]
Dead Reckoning, the graphic novel imprint of the Naval Institute Press, has teamed with Marvel Comics to produce 'Atlas at War,' a hardcover collection of classic combat comics stories created by a group of now-acclaimed artists, among them Jack Kirby, Bernie Krigstein, and John Severin. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Papercutz has landed rights for Scottish duo Metaphrog’s feminist graphic novel retelling of the Bluebeard folktale. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-21 22:41:01 UTC ]
When the minds of two creatives come together, it's a beautiful thing: here are eight of Neil Gaiman's works that have been adapted by artists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-10-18 10:41:08 UTC ]
A new adaptation of the graphic novel “Watchmen” is coming to HBO. The original changed superhero tales — and pop culture at large — forever. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-10-16 09:00:22 UTC ]
Pavilion has scooped the long-awaited second graphic novel from Pam Smy, author and illustrator of Thornhill (David Fickling Books), the first title in a new children’s illustrated fiction list for over sevens. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 09:47:29 UTC ]
NYCC sold 210,000 tickets in 2019 as graphic novel sales continue to grow, auguring an even bigger show next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
Best known for lavish and immersive theater productions, Cynthia Von Buhler also works in the comics medium, creating graphic works that also explore her fascination with secret societies, sensuality, power, and the hunger for freedom. This 13-page excerpt from The Illuminati Ball introduces the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
A new graphic novel is part of the increasing movement to elevate 16th-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi to her rightful place as a Renaissance master. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-10-01 10:39:20 UTC ]
Kevin Huizenga’s new graphic novel is a return to the loopy hall of mirrors inside the head of Glenn Ganges, the irresistibly ordinary fictional dude. The post Panel Mania: ‘Glenn Ganges in: The River at Night’ appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2019-09-27 16:00:18 UTC ]
When you meet Archie Bongiovanni, you may feel as though you already know them. The jorts, the stick-n-poke tattoos, the larger-than-the-room laugh that means you always know where they’re standing. That’s because Bongiovanni’s incredibly endearing energy winds up all over the page in Grease... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2019-09-27 11:00:50 UTC ]