test headingTom Spurgeon interviews Eddie Campbell over at The Comics Reporter ! And here's how Spurgeon introduces the piece, no less: There's no artist working in comics today whose body of work I admire more than Eddie Campbell's. His books are among a handful that you can read at your lowest point of respect and Read More »
From Lewis Trondheim's Nothing Diaries
Emmanuel Guibert sent in another fun blog entry and it's a SARDINE game! Can you find the hidden key? Since we're feeling guilty about not having something for Free Comic Book Day, the first five of you who send the right answer with a mailing address to mail@firstsecondbooks.com -- will get a FREE copy of Read More »
Diary of an author, staring out the window while simultaneously drawing page 110 of the BLACK DIAMOND DETECTIVE AGENCY. (part 23.) (see yesterday's posts)
Hm. Somehow, I don't believe these blog entries from Eddie Campbell. I doubt he's sitting idly, either watching butterflies or twiddling thumbs, given that he's past the hundredth page of his next project with First Second -- a mighty project called THE BLACK DIAMOND DETECTIVE AGENCY. Care to share a few glimpses of it, Eddie?
Diary of an author, waiting. part 22. "We usually learn to wait only when we no longer have anything to wait for."  Marie von  Ebner-Eschenbach Having finished waiting for his book to come out, the author finds within himself an aptitude for staring out of windows.
test heading Mike Mignola is a poet. His HELLBOY short stories, since The Chained Coffin have long broken out of the limits of the gothic creature genre, and for their sheer graphic power, the eloquence and literary resonance of his writing, the intelligence, the weird humor and melancholy that pervades them, these short tales escape Read More »
test headingA number of fresh items, starting with a cool piece on THE LOST COLONY, from Mark Fossen at Focused Totality. It's shocking and compelling, and it's all the more surprising coming from the pages of this book. The goofy characters and colorful art make The Lost Colony one of those subversive reads that disguises Read More »
Diary of an author, waiting. part 21. "The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting." -- Fran Lebowitz Now that he's done waiting, the author can't stop talking. [editor's note: indeed -- and there's more juicy Campbell talk here in another excellent piece from Jennifer Contino.]
Diary of an author, waiting. part 20. "Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as the dream is realized it is destroyed" -- Gian Carlo Menotti. Read a book and cheer up an author today.
