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Interviewed: NPR talks to Alison Bechdel
NPR talked to Alison Bechdel: Cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s first memoir came out in 2006. Called Fun Home, it dug deep into her complicated relationship with her father, a closeted gay man who poured...
View ArticleNeil Gaiman, Skottie Young to team up for “Fortunately, the Milk”
Robot6 reports that Neil Gaiman has signed a 5 book deal with HarperCollins Children’s Books. One of the five, Fortunately, the Milk, will be illustrated by Eisner winning illustrator Skottie Young....
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Interviewed: Jeff Kinney talks about 3rd Wimpy kid movie
Michael Cavna talks to Diary of a Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney about the three movies based on his hit books – the third book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days opens today in theaters. MC: Three films...
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Cartoonist Studio releases first three ebooks
The Cartoonist Studio has announced that its publishing arm Crazy Goat Publishing is three ebook graphic novels by Kory Merritt. Kory was the 2007 Locher Award winner and creator of The Lost Side of...
View ArticleInterviewed: Jeff Smith and post RASL projects
The Columbus Dispatch talks to Bone creator Jeff Smith about his RASL series and the projects he’s working on after it. Q: So what are you working on these days? A: I’ve mostly been recovering. The end...
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James Sturm publishes new Christmas graphic novel
James Sturm, graphic novelist and founding member or Center for Cartoon Studies, has created a new book about Santa’s quest to write a book to pull kids away from electronics. Book is entitled,...
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Nate Fakes to produce Don Giovanni graphic novel
Break of Day creator Nate Fakes is gearing up to produce a 200 page graphic novel called Don Giovanni. It’s a take-off from the opera by the same name, except his story takes place in a trailer park...
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Graphic novel Persepolis won’t be removed from Chicago schools
Last week reports gathered that Chicago Public Schools was going to pull Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis after some questioned its appropriateness for seventh-graders. According to Robot 6,...
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NCS announces 2012 division awards
The National Cartoonist Society has announced this year’s division award nominees. The winners will be announced during their annual Reuben Awards dinner in Pittsburgh, PA. Here are the nominees:...
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IDW to release Bone Artist Edition; Smith starts webcomic
IDW will release a new Artist Edition collection for Jeff Smith’s Bone series. No date is set yet, but it will be 144 pages and printed at the size of Jeff’s original art (12×7). Also Jeff announced...
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Amazon posts best comics and graphic novels of year
Amazon has posted their “Best Books of the Year So Far 2013: Comics & Graphic Novels” for the first six months of the year. Here’s their list: Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon, by Matt...
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Michael Jantze launches campaign to fund The Norm
Michael Jantze is back at the drawing board and ready to knock out a special edition book of his comic strip The Norm. Here’s part of his pitch on Indiegogo: “Knocked Out Loaded” is a story I pitched...
View ArticleNeil Gaiman returns to Sandman
Neil Gaiman has penned the prequel to his acclaimed comic Sandman. The new series comes out in October and is drawn by JH Williams III. From The Guardian: The storyline describes what happened to Dream...
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Rob Harrell releases Monster on the Hill
Rob Harrell has released his first graphic novel Monster on the Hill (Book 1). Rob is the creator of the comic Big Top and writes and draws the comic Adam@Home. Description from Amazon: In a...
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Profiled: Art Spiegelman on NPR
NPR’s Scott Simon interviews Art Spiegelman who has a retrospective book coming out this week called Co-Mix: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps From NPR: It’s axiomatic now that comics...
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Video preview of Mark Tatulli’s Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic
Can’t wait to see this book. Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic is Mark Tatulli’s first graphic novel. Here’s a teaser for the book:
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Santa vs Dracula to be available on Amazon
Santa vs. Dracula, the graphic novel by Melissa Dejesus (Illustrator) and Ed Power (Author), will soon be available on Amazon.com in October. From the Amazon description: VAMPIRE VS ELF! WEREWOLF VS...
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Profiled: Joe Sacco on his work covering wars
I enjoyed this interview by Jessica Salter in The Telegraph with comics journalist Joe Sacco. Regarding covering war: I’m really tired of drawing war. I’m really tired of drawing the AK-47. I still...
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Frank Cammuso gives away 400 copies of his new graphic novel
From The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY): Local author and cartoonist Frank Cammuso spoke to children at Syracuse’s Salem Hyde Elementary today and gave out about 400 copies of his new graphic novel....
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Slate announces Cartoonist Studio contest for graphic novel and webcomic
For the second time, Slate is holding a contest for best graphic novel and webcomic. Last year’s winners were Chris Ware and Noelle Stevenson. The prize is $1,000 each and this year a sponsor, Copic,...
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