Took this on the subway last night, and missed my station by two stops. Worth ordering here at the SLG website, so you can treat yourself to a delightful read, and support a cool house like SLG in these tough times
Hey I missed this one: The Comics Reporter reviewed Grady Klein's third installment of THE LOST COLONY, in a smart, endearing piece, well worth reading.I think you can judge a publisher by the dearest, most beautiful and romantic shot they take at making a hit out of a comic that baffles most people.
test headingScott McCloud joins First Second Here's the full press release:Download MCCLOUD release.icon
...just a few moments ago. (Photo from Charlie Orr's iPhone)
test heading From Gene Yang's blog today: Last year, I visited the comic book equivalent of Shangri-La: The Angouleme Festival, the largest comics convention in the Western world. Absolutely amazing. The comics culture in Europe is very, very different from its American counterpart. Their storytelling traditions, their popular genres, even the production pipeline of Read More »
test heading ... But short of that, I'm following Bart Beaty on the Comics Reporter, with his moment by moment recounting... ... which started out with the 25 things he plans to do while in Angoulême—item number 3: 3. Attend a lecture. American cons have panels, Angouleme has "meetings." This year's schedule is one of Read More »
Derek Kirk Kim posts about this on his blog, beginning thus: "This past Monday, on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, on the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration, I discovered that the casting of the four leading characters for the upcoming live-action movie, "The Last Airbender" (based on the TV show, “Avatar: The Last Airbender”) had Read More »
test headingThe Comics Reporter's Tom Spurgeon interviews the excellent Kim Thompson, he of the stellar Fantagraphics Books. Photo by Tom Spurgeon An excerpt that lays out a challenge and a half for 2009: THOMPSON: The industry has changed far more radically, and for the better, than I ever could have imagined, in terms of Read More »
test headingDear First Second creators,One of the avowed dreams driving First Second is to create the best possible home for the graphic novel of tomorrow. With 2008 closing, we’re coming a few steps closer to it.I find these times intense, turbulent and trying, but also full of huge promise and fresh potential. As we all Read More »
test headingLast month Gene Yang was the keynote speaker at YALSA. The excellent Jennifer Brown at Shelf Awareness has the most complete report on what sounds like a fascinating presentation by the author of American Born Chinese, and the upcoming The Eternal Smile, with Derek Kirk Kim... YALSA Institute: Gene Luen Yang on How America Reads Read More »
