Tag Archive | "Graphic Novels"

Blast from the past: a History of Judgement

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

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I’ve been indulging in a little virtual archaeology recently and unearthed some old reviews I wrote years ago, science fiction, fantasy, some pop science books and, as you’d expect, some graphic novel ones. Having rediscovered them I was reposting them to my own blog just to let them see the light of day once more; [...]

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Cosmic!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

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On the racks today and just how fabulously cosmic does this look: Joe Casey and Tom Scioli’s Godland Celestial Edition Volume 2 from Image.

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Red and yellow and green and blue – he can paint a Rainbow (Orchid)

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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We have a lovely treat for you today as Garen Ewing becomes the latest comics creator to give us a ‘director’s commentary’, talking us through the creation process for some of the pages of the new second volume of his wonderful Rainbow Orchid (which, as regular readers will know, has been a complete favourite with [...]

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Gene Yang on breaking into comics

Friday, July 30, 2010

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Gene Luen Yang discusses how to break into comics as part of a keynote speech at a one day conference for Hennepin Country Library and the Loft Literary Centre: Gene Luen Yang: Keynote – Breaking into Graphic Novels & Comic Books Conference from hclib on Vimeo.

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Fab special offer on the Playwright

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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You may have noticed that our branches have their own Facebook groups; it’s a handy way to follow news from your local FPI, hear what’s just come in, what the staff are enjoying reading this week and also to find out about some pretty fine special offers. Like 50% off Daren White and Eddie Campbell’s [...]

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Berlin and That exhibition pics

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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Artwork from Oli East’s recent Berlin and That was exhibited earlier this month in the J A Sinclair Gallery in Edinburgh; Andrew Gannon has the pics from the showing on his Facebook page. (artwork from various artists from Berlin and That, published Blank Slate, pic by Andrew Gannon)

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Night Salad

Monday, July 26, 2010

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(the very lovely cover to Louis: Night Salad, coming in the autumn; (c) Metaphrog) One of the graphic novels I am particularly looking forward to this autumn is the new book from Glasgow-based Metaphrog, Louis: Night Salad. I’ve loved the Louis books for years -- they have a lot of charm, which seems almost childlike [...]

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Blackest Night, rainbow of colours

Thursday, July 22, 2010

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For some reason (maybe simply the pretty colours exciting my inner child) I really like the cover for Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps, which is hitting shelves today. Nice, simple, colourful, effective. And it makes me want to wear my power ring.  (cover art by Dave Gibbons and Rudolfo Migliari, (c) DC Comics)

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Bastille Day

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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Since today is the 14th of July (le quatorze Juillet), which marks the Fête Nationale – more commonly known as Bastille Day in the Anglophone world – we thought that was a perfect excuse (not that we need one, usually) to celebrate some of the great comics work which comes out of the French language [...]

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Harvey Awards shortlist

Monday, July 12, 2010

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Yes, it’s that time (already? where is the year going?), the shortlist for the prestigious Harvey Awards has been announced and by the four colour gods of print David Mazzucchelli’s Asterios Polyp has done exceptionally well in the nominations stakes – not a surprise to anyone who read our annual Best of the Year guest [...]

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Graphic Novel Companion Hour

Monday, July 12, 2010

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Robin Valenza has uploaded the Graphic Novel Companion Hour, a very cool wee animated video which introduces readers to some excellent graphic novels in a very accessible (and amusing) manner, touching on Charles Burns’ Black Hole, Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, David B’s Epileptic, Alisaa Torres’ American Widow, Will Eisner’s Contract with God, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, Neil [...]

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Let’s Get Graphic

Thursday, July 8, 2010

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Booklist has a whole hour-plus video of a webinar entitled Let’s Get Graphic: Kid’s Comics in the Classroom and Libraries (we’ve said it before, we’ll say it again, the visual medium of comics is a great way to engage with kids, encourage them to read and make some subjects more accessible). From the description “children’s [...]

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A potted video history of the comic form

Monday, July 5, 2010

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Chris Kowalski has this cool potted history of the comics form in a short video, from prehistoric cave paintings through the Bayeux tapestry as a proto comic strip to Rudloph Topffer, one of the touchstone creators for modern comics development, and Outcault with his Yellow Kid, the growth of newspaper strips in the early 20th [...]

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Pictures and Words: Ware, Brunetti, Nilsen and Brown talk comics

Friday, June 18, 2010

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Jeffrey Brown, Ivan Brunetti, Anders Nilsen and Chris Ware discussed comic craft and the place of the graphic novel in literature at a recent event, Partnership of the Picture and the Word, sponsored by Northwestern’s Center for the Writing Arts and the Mary & Leigh Block; Northwestern News has a video up – alas it [...]

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Burke & Hare talk in Edinburgh

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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Martin Conaghan, the writer behind Insomnia’s Burke and Hare graphic novel, will be paying a return visit to Edinburgh in June for a talk on the city’s most infamous mass murderers (whose exploits will also be seen later this year in the new Simon Pegg and Andy Serkiss starring film; the comic’s artist Will Pickering [...]

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