The New York Times named their 100 notable books of the year today and the genre, as one might expect, was likely under-represented. Graphic novels were entirely ignored and just four works of fiction could be considered within out genre and they are: The Sacred Book of the Werewolf. By Victor Pelevin. Translated by Andrew…
GraphicNovelReporter.com is coming later this month and intends to be “a fresh, in-depth look at these books and their creators. It’s a website designed for those who love the many genres within the format — and those who are curious as to what the excitement of these titles is all about.” John Hogan, former editor…
Darwin Cooke’s new project from IDW, Parker, has a long history in crime fiction and even on the big screen. Darwin fills us in on how he’s bringing all this to the comics, plus: J.G. Jones leaves Final Crisis Marvel’s toy line spawns a comic Got a minute to see a classic horror flick? You…
This week: three books with very little in common. Oh, they’re all recently published – on paper, and in English, even! – but that’s about it. So you won’t be bothered by my heavy-handed attempts to link everything together this time…. B.Ichi, Vol. 1 By Atsushi Ohkubo Yen Press, October 2008, $10.99 In the nation…
NBC rolls the dice in a big way with a three hour relaunch of Heroes this Monday. After nine months away, and a weak second season as well, can they overcome it all? Milo Ventimiglia thinks so and in our exclusive interview, he explains it all, plus: The World’s Most Dangerous Milkman in a movie?…
As we told you on Tuesday’s broadcast, DC has been plagued with a few printing errors one of which was Action Comics #869 that was recalled last week and redistributed this week. Why? The answer is a little simple, literally, plus: Heroes‘ website expands including new web episodes Marvel’s original online comics are here Meet…
Now you can get actual, beautiful printed copies of a few of the best comics ComixMix has offered, but these will be true collector’s items. Details right here, plus: Beau Smith packs cowboys, pirates and Nazis in a new comic Sarah Palin gets an action figure or three Missing a comic? We’ve got the update…
It had to happen. The Presidential Battle spills over into the comic shops with a one-of-a-kind new set of graphic novels from IDW, plus: “Superboy” and The Legion on TV Doctor Solar and Magnus back again Make room for a stack of interesting titles from Ape Entertainment Press the Button – it’s just like casting…
One of the differences – I won’t say “advantages,” since opinion differs on that subject – of manga from Western-style superhero comics is that manga stories all have endings, eventually. Oh, “eventually” can be a long, long time coming – two decades, in some cases – but manga are created by one person or set…
Here are three more graphic novels for readers of varied ages, gathered together for no better reason than because I read them all recently: Gumby Collected #1 By Bob Burden, Rick Geary, & Steve Oliff Wildcard Ink, 2007, $12.95 Bob Burden’s connection with Gumby goes back twenty years, to the great [[[Summer Fun Special of…
Paul Goes Fishing By Michel Ragabliati Drawn & Quarterly, 2008, $19.95 [[[Paul Goes Fishing]]] is the fourth in a series of semi-autobiographical graphic novels by an illustrator-turned-cartoonist from Montreal named Michel, about an illustrator-turned-cartoonist from Montreal named Paul. Nosy Parkers, such as myself, will immediately start wondering just how “semi” this autobiography is. Paul and…
This week: four manga series featuring protagonists who carry very large, sharp objects. Hmm… Overcompensate much? I’ll take them in size order, starting with the smallest and least impressive: Togari, Vol. 1 Yoshinori Natsume Viz Media, 2007, $9.99 In Togari, Tobei has been in hell for the last four hundred years (being tortured unceasingly, yadda…
