Philippe Girard (Leonard Cohen: On a Wire, translated by Helge Dascher and Karen Houle) and Joe Ollmann (Fictional Father) spoke to one another as part of D+Q Live, a fall event series by the graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly. The driving force behind November’s conversation was the release of Girard’s graphic biography of musician […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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WHEN EMIL FERRIS’S graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters was released in 2017, critics celebrated the innovative artistry of Ferris’s ballpoint-and-marker format, and marveled at Ferris’s unconventional biography. Ferris is in her mid-50s, and began drawing after she contracted West Nile... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-08-29 17:00:14 UTC ]
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In “Pumpkinheads,” two work pals navigate the fine line between friendship and love. It’s set in a pumpkin patch, with dreamy art by Faith Erin Hicks. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-08-27 09:00:03 UTC ]
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This beautifully illustrated graphic novel combines high adventure, betrayal, and mystery on the open sea with a deeply moving love story. The post Panel Mania: ‘The Forbidden Harbor’ appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2019-08-23 10:00:36 UTC ]
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Blacksad is a long-running graphic novel series that covers some heavy topics through a noir detective window. Set in the 1950s, it follows hardboiled detective John Blacksad, with each book focusing on a new case. It's one of my favorite series, but... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-08-22 12:00:00 UTC ]
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AJ Dungo approaches his graphic novel "In Waves" as a history of surfing and a record of a girlfriend's cancer death. Surfing, for Dungo, is connection and solace. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-08-10 01:55:56 UTC ]
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The radical cartoonist William Gropper’s “Alay-Oop,” newly reissued, can be appreciated as a very early example of the graphic novel. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-08-09 09:00:18 UTC ]
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Gallic Books has announced two new projects, with a graphic novel adaptation of Proust and a new book from French author Serge Joncour. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-08 17:51:03 UTC ]
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The first volume of Ware’s latest graphic novel chronicles life’s biggest themes and smallest moments over the course of a single day. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How one listener's experience with a graphic novel on audio changed her perspective on audiobooks -- and her own reading life. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-07-23 10:40:52 UTC ]
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Published at the beginning of the Great Depression, William Gropper’s ‘Alay-Oop’ sold poorly. By the mid-forties, he’d quit cartooning altogether. Continue reading at The Paris Review
[ The Paris Review | 2019-07-22 13:00:34 UTC ]
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ComicHub, a point of sale software platform that collects sales data from comics shops, has reached an agreement to supply POS data on graphic novel and comics sales to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Not every novel can make it as a graphic novel. There are some specific criteria that have to be met plus an ineffable...thing. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-07-18 10:42:03 UTC ]
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A reader makes a case for the incorporation of graphic novel adaptations of classics, abbreviated for younger readers, into the classroom. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-07-18 10:36:40 UTC ]
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HarperAlley will publish a variety of graphic novels and nonfiction for young readers and adults beginning in fall 2020, under the direction of Andrew Arnold. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The young heroine of Dylan Meconis’s graphic novel “Queen of the Sea” learns how suddenly, and ruthlessly, fortune can turn a queen into a pawn. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-06-25 19:52:06 UTC ]
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Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has become something of a publishing phenomenon, with several book versions of the report flying off bookstore shelves. Now a San Diego publisher is planning to release a version of... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-24 19:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children's Group has snapped up rights to a graphic novel adaptation of Laurie Halse Anderson's critically acclaimed Speak, about a high school sexual assault. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-24 00:08:47 UTC ]
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Editor Justin Eisinger says illustrating the controversial report is "the easiest way to get people to actually read it.” Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2019-06-21 23:40:17 UTC ]
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Tidying expert and author Marie Kondo has signed a deal to publish a graphic novel and picture book with Pan Macmillan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-20 02:18:15 UTC ]
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Bill Griffith’s new graphic biography 'Nobody’s Fool' tells the life story of Schlitzie, the microcephalic sideshow performer who inspired Griffith’s iconic cartoon character Zippy the Pinhead. Along the way, the book offers a look into the vanished world of circuses and sideshows. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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