Tag Archive | "First Second"

Feynman

Sunday, June 19, 2011

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I’ve talked about my excitement for the Feynman graphic novel coming out from First Second in August before, but there’s a new trailer up on You Tube for the book, and it’s just great….. Feynman and comics…. perfect for the science fans out there….. or anyone interested in a fascinating character:

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Feynman designer interview…

Saturday, March 5, 2011

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Colleen AF Veneble, the designer on First Second’s forthcoming Feynman Graphic Novel, gives a great interview at That Cover Girl blog detailing some of the decisions involved in her work, that includes that cover above: The cover for FEYNMAN by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick came to me as a simple line art sketch of Richard [...]

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Mapping out Lewis & Clark

Friday, February 4, 2011

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Over on the First Second blog Nick Bertozzi talks us through how he approached creating some of his Lewis and Clark book, from scripting (yes, it is very hard, he confirms!) to roughs, to pencils and design layout to the finished pages, along with some good advice for other artists gleaned from experience, go and [...]

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First Second Five

Saturday, January 22, 2011

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Not just random numbers. 2011 is the year First Second turns 5 years old. And their upcoming slate of 2011 releases looks rather nice. I know Kenny’s looking forward to Lewis &  Clark and I’ve already written of my anticipation of the Feynman graphic novel. But here’s the complete list of what’s to come. Tiny [...]

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Battling Boy art from Pope & First Second….

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

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Over on the First Second blog they’ve been releasing “B.B.Leaks”, two so far (here and here), which are previews of Paul Pope’s much anticipated series Battling Boy. Battling Boy is due from First Second sometime in 2011. Maybe. But since I first mentioned the damn thing back in late 2008, I’m not going to be [...]

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Zahra’s Paradise begins today

Friday, February 19, 2010

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The good folks at First Second are bringing us some online comics goodness starting today with Zahra’s Paradise, a comic exploring events in Iran, starting with the still disputed recent elections and the protests and subsequent crackdown by the old guard. The revolution may not be televised, as the old song goes, but it was [...]

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The Photographer – surely a contender for best of year?

Thursday, September 10, 2009

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The Photographer Original photographs by Didier Lefevre. Artwork and story by Emmanuel Guibert. Colours and design by Frederic Lemercier. First Second Books. Just the very scale of The Photographer is impressive. And I don’t just mean the oversized, very thick, incredibly well designed physical nature of the book. Just a cursory glance at that stunning [...]

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The Thoughts of the Artist: Eddie Campbell talks to Pádraig

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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Last spring I had a nice break in Paris and being me I had to go into a couple of bookstores and check out the graphic novels selection. Among the European works I noticed French editions of UK and US (and other) creators, including, I couldn’t help but notice, a rather nice big collection of [...]

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