B.B.LEAKS! Leaked cables and snapshots of BATTLING BOY, from Paul Pope's studio A new regular feature on the First Second blog! The closely guarded secrets of Paul Pope's studio, released in a controversial leak, include cell-phone snapshots by an unnamed intern, taken at great risk! This is the first such photo, with ink barely dry Read More »
test heading Today is Veterans Day in the United States. Gathering around the Flatiron Building and around Madison Square Park, where the Veterans Day Parade begins in NYC are thousands of war veterans, young and old. We honor and salute their service. In tribute to them here is ALAN'S WAR, by Emmanuel Guibert—one veteran's voice, Read More »
When she's not designing books for First Second, Colleen Venable's secret lives include being an author. This first in a delicious new series, HAMSTER and CHEESE introduces a new Private Eye to reckon with: a guinea pig named Sasspants and the case of the stolen sandwich.
test heading It's here! It's massive! It's wonderful! And here's the word from the good folk at TOP SHELF (blurbs well worth reading; links well worth clicking; book wholly worth buying) :  EDDIE CAMPBELL'S OMNIBUS, ALEC: THE YEARS HAVE PANTS,IS NOW IN STOCK AND HITTING STORES THIS WEEK! "My participation in comics originally grew Read More »
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test heading  Appetizing morsels, courtesy of The World of Kane blog — some concept art from Joann Sfar, connected in some ways to his upcoming movie GAINSBOURG... From what I can gather, it's due to release in January, at least in France. I can't wait to see Joann's film directing debut, which promises to add new Read More »
[a piece about writing from Benjamin Percy, author of Refresh, Refresh]I used to be stingy with my ideas. From my creative bank--my folders full of articles clipped from magazines, my notebooks busy with images and overheard conversations, my electronic files clotted with first lines and characters and metaphors that needed a home--I would withdraw one thing, Read More »
test heading Laika (the graphic novel about the first dog to travel to outer space by Nick Abadzis) is tragic and wonderful and pulls on all of our heartstrings here at First Second. So when Nick e-mailed us to say that an Italian composer named Luca Tozzi also had his heartstrings tugged on by the Read More »
test headingThis weekend is SPX, the Small Press Expo, which is held every year down in Bethesda, Maryland. It is always very awesome, not in the least because of the Ignatz Awards (bricks for the most excellent!) and the chocolate fountain that follows the ceremony. First Second creator Alexis Frederick-Frost will be there with copies Read More »
Derek Kirk Kim starts making comics for the internet again! Go, read![portrait of Derek by Jesse Hamm]
