'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 at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Exciting news for Hayao Miyazaki fans: Shuna’s Journey, a 1983 graphic novel by Miyazaki, will receive an English-language release in the U.S. late this year. First Second, a Macmillan imprint, will publish the work on November 1st. Alex Dudok de Wit will translate, and will write a new... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-02-25 18:53:27 UTC ]
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My friend, a poet and professor, was telling her nine-year-old daughter last week about the banning of Maus. She explained that Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust had been banned, and that it’s especially important to shine a light on dark histories when... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-02-18 09:51:43 UTC ]
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A novel of revolution, a graphic novel of Portland punk, and a photo book of the mosh pit. Continue reading at The Paris Review
[ The Paris Review | 2022-02-11 15:22:22 UTC ]
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Concerned about Kickstarter's plans to migrate its platform to blockchain technology, Spike Trotman, publisher of the indie graphic novel house Iron Circus Comics, is stepping away from Kickstarter to launch a new independent crowdfunding platform to fund a new volume of her Poorcraft frugal... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A Tennessee school board removed the graphic novel about the Holocaust from middle school curriculums. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2022-02-02 08:44:58 UTC ]
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Scout Comics, a small indie comics and graphic novel publisher, has grown quickly since its launch in 2015, thanks to both its list and an unusually diverse business model. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of Art Spiegelman's 'Maus,' the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel on the Holocaust, have risen after a Tennessee school board banned it this month. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-01-31 18:49:42 UTC ]
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Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel about the Holocaust now has several top slots on Amazon’s bestseller list. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2022-01-30 22:54:35 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize winner Art Spiegelman has denounced the 'absurd' removal of his graphic novel 'Maus,' about the Holocaust, from school libraries. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-01-28 20:33:57 UTC ]
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The "Orwellian" decision to ban a graphic novel that depicts the horrors of the Holocaust was made days before Holocaust Remembrance Day. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-01-27 17:45:36 UTC ]
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Ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Swiss sportswear brand On brought the pages of a graphic novel to life to introduce a new hero to the next generation of athletes. The 10-minute film, entitled "Black Ice," is about Akwasi Frimpong, the first skeleton athlete from Ghana and only the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2022-01-20 13:08:00 UTC ]
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'My Little Golden Book About Betty White,' #3 in the country, honors the last of the Golden Girls, who died December 31. Plus the month's book club picks include a pair of debut novels, and Alice Oseman's fourth Heartstopper graphic novel sends pulses racing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Staff at independent comics and graphic novel publisher Image Comics voted January 6 to certify union representation by a vote of 7-2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The #1 book in the country is 'The Brightest Night,' the graphic novel adaptation of the fifth entry in Tui T. Sutherland's Wings of Fire series. Plus 'The Year of Magical Thinking' and other works by Joan Didion, who died December 23, see renewed interest. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeremy Holt and artist George Schall’s new graphic novel 'Made In Korea' outlines a near-future world in which childless couples can purchase a sophisticated robotic kid powered by AI and designed by its Korean manufacturer to age and develop along human lines. A 10-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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CricketMash publications has signed up The Ashes: This Thing Can Be Done by cricket historian Arunabha Sengupta alongside London-based artist and illustrator Maha. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-03 15:14:29 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has inked a deal for Demon in the Wood by bestselling Shadow and Bone series author Leigh Bardugo, the first graphic novel set in the Grishaverse universe, with illustrations by Dani Pendergast. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-17 07:47:02 UTC ]
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Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (The Waiting) and Alexander Chee (How to Write An Autobiographical Novel) 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 Gendry-Kim’s second... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-12-13 09:49:57 UTC ]
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Lit Lists The past year and a half of being stuck inside and working from home has led many of us to turn to our pets as consistent conversational companions. For some, we have even adopted the peculiar social practices of our furry friends. If you are... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-12-09 15:24:00 UTC ]
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Lee Lai’s Stone Fruit is the kind of book that stays with you. Since I finished reading it, the graphic novel has been lingering in the corners of my mind, sticky and sweet as a nectarine. It’s a book about family, breakups, queerness, childhood, sisters, and healing, but most of all, Stone... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-12-09 12:00:00 UTC ]
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