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MUSH! on the Colbert Report!
test headingMuch MUSH! news to report! Just out in stores is a new First Second gem from the pen of Glenn Eichler and the artistic wizardry of Joe Infurnari—MUSH! (Sled Dogs with Issues) looks and reads like no other comic you've ever seen. Or have you ever enjoyed a visit with a pack of sled [...]
It All Happened So Fast
test heading(from the desk of Glenn Eichler) The whole story is so well known by now that I feel kind of silly rehashing it, but since you asked: I first got the idea for Mush! Sled Dogs With Issues in a dream, when a talking Weimeraner named Berkowitz appeared before me and commanded me to [...]
SAME DIFFERENCE is out!
test headingWhen I was a wee thing (that is to say, in my mid-twenties), I read a graphic novel. It looked like this: Same Difference made a strong impression on me. It was a comic, yes, and boy howdy do I love a comic. But I'd never read one that seemed as though it had [...]
Math Limericks
There once was a boy who had a sister He generally thought that she was a blister Then one day She was taken away In the end, he found he missed her. This book! So fun. Go read it.Â
Photographer Limerick
There once was a photographer who wanted to learn Things that many in the rest of the world spurn He left his home Far did he roam Here's his book; now it's your turn. This is a very worthy and amazing book. You should read it. (And then be thankful you didn't have to go [...]
Flatiron Snacks: Hale & Hearty
test heading Soup has got to be one of the worst snacks every because it is extremely unportable. It is liquid! It sloshes! You cannot turn it upside-down without peril! However. It is now becoming fall, so I am desirous of eating soup just about all the time, as it is warm and typically full [...]
Graphic Novels I Am Thankful For
test headingIt is the week of Thanksgiving, which means that there is a glut of things to be thankful for. One of them is books! Specifically graphic novels: the books of our industry. Here are a few I have a particular reason to be thankful for. Here is the number one book I am thankful [...]
Orcs Limericks
There was was a band of orcs mean and vile They beat you up, and then they smile. There's not much more bad That can be had They're the meanest of the mean; they do it in style. This is probably the pulpiest thing that we have ever published, and by that you know that [...]
:01 & Digital Galleys
Primer first: a galley is a promotional version of a book printed and distributed in advance of publication. Wikipedia has some more details; the jist is that one of the ways to get people to be excited about books before they're published is to get them to read the books before they're published, and for [...]
:01 5th Anniversary Party Tonight!
Our fifth anniversary party is tonight at 7pm at McNally Jackson! We'd love to see you there. More details here.Â
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