test headingWhat really goes on in the mightiest publishing corporations? What dark conspiracies are spawned in their sinister board meetings, way up in the high floors of their skyscrapers? What really goes on behind closed doors, among the power players who shape today's book market? To answer these troublesome questions, every now and then we'll [...]
It's fun finding that FIRST SECOND is getting around already, months before our first books release! We've been getting kind words in US blogs and comics websites, but it's especially fun to have visitors coming to us from some friendly links in Japan, in France and in Spain. Hi!
Oh, I've been waiting for this one, from DRAWN & QUARTERLY! Â
test heading Over at Tom Spurgeon's COMICS REPORTER, the excellent Bart Beatty reviews Blutch's TOTAL JAZZ. I can only agree when he says, about Blutch: "So, what happens when one of the greatest living cartoonists (and if you don't think Blutch fits this bill you really, really need to read more Blutch) takes on the [...]
From AP: Mandela Launches Series of Comic Books By KATHRIN HAASIS, Associated Press Writer Fri Oct 28, 1:38 PM ET JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Former President Nelson Mandela launched the first edition Friday of a series of comic books about his life aimed at encouraging young South Africans to read. "You know you are really [...]
Pssst. Maybe I should put this in the FAQs, under 'What Kind of Projects Are You Interested In?" A tip on submitting projects to First Second? We're suckers for great, sweeping adventure. Rich memorable characters, too. Stories! I'll take Robert Louis Stevenson any day over James Joyce. And I'm chipping away at our submissions pile, [...]
test heading The FLIGHT anthology brims with a dizzying amount of new comics talent fresh out of animation studios, webcomics and other cool hang-outs, and here's another whopping cover, for the third installment to come. Kazu Kabuishi, its figurehead, organizer, impressario and editor is also one of its heavy-hitter authors, and the creator of the [...]
Whoa! Wish I could see this... Jiro Taniguchi is the author of Harukana Machi e - A Town Far Away, one of my favorite Manga of all. This exhibit offers original art from ICARO, which Taniguchi created on a script by the legendary Moebius, aka Jean Giraud. More at the gallery's website: arludik.com. ICARO volumes [...]
test heading Gone are the good old days when every movie villain had a British accent. Now it's got to be one of those despicable Frenchmen, and best of all if played by Lambert Wilson... Take a page out of Machiavelli, another from Orwell's 1984, and you know if you want to get somewhere as [...]
