Whoa! Check out Jesse Jacob’s debut graphic novel, Even the Giants! There’s a beautiful 9-page preview on the AdHouse website.
Guess what came in the mail this last Saturday? That’s right—Nick Bertozzi’s Lewis & Clark! If you are familiar with First Second‘s books, then you know they have a fairly standard size. Whether the book is hardcover or soft, most of their books are pretty close to 6″ x 9″. Right out of the box,…
It’s finally here and available for pre-order! Only 2000 copies have been made and the publisher will be planting a tree for each copy sold. It’s been a lot of fun following Bone from issue one (thanks, Dad!), all the way up to its intergalactic fame, and Jeff Smith has been a constant source of…
Joey Weiser makes the fantastic Cavemen in Space comic (as well as Mermin, The Ride Home and Tales of Unusual Circumstance) and never fails to make amazing comics and characters. While some artists would scoff at the idea of sharing their tools and methods of working, Joey Weiser has posted a fairly in-depth guide on…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0YCZ_4XqiY&feature=player_embedded] Ivan Brunetti’s Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice is easily my favorite guide to drawing and writing cartoons and comics, and am excited to know that Yale University Press will be re-publishing the 88-page book this year. I love how small, manageable, easy-to-understand and important this book is. It’s not a How To Draw Like Ivan…
Need I say more? All the cool kids are signing up for Top Shelf’s Kids Club—and you can, too!
Vera Brosgol has been a favorite artist of mine for the last six or seven years now, and her long-awaited graphic novel, Anya’s Ghost, finally comes out this June from First Second! “Anya could really use a friend. But her new BFF isn’t kidding about the “Forever” part…Of all the things Anya expected to find…
John-Ross Boyce and His Troubles are like the lost boys in Peter Pan, but with musical instruments, an added measure of danger, and a much more affecting presence. I’ve been lucky to have made a few flyers for the band, and am working on another.
I know you’re all busy, working on your mind-blowing comics for Hive Six (due April 1!), but once you’ve finished those, you might be interested in submitting something for the first Chainsaw Comics anthology. Get all the juicy details here.
Are you sick of hearing about this new comic yet? The Goblin’s Child is a dark story, focusing on a small group of goblins, huddled together in the forest, trying to find a way to save the last heir to the goblin throne. The story itself was a blast to come up with and it…