Brian Hibbs, at ComicsBeat, goes in-depth for us examining the BookScan numbers for the 2018 Graphic Novel section.It’s time to look at graphic novel sales in 2018. Implausibly, this is the sixteenth annual report of something that is hard to exactly perceive and understand: the size and shape of the sales of graphic novels and […]
National Cartoonists Society Divisional Awards presented May 18, 2019. Nominees listed, winners highlighted EDITORIAL CARTOONS Clay Bennett Michael Ramirez Rob Rogers MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Tom Bunk Amy Kurzweil Jim Woodring FEATURE ANIMATION Shiyoon Kim – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Peter Ramsay – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Justin K. Thompson – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse TELEVISION ANIMATION Samuel Deats – Castlevania […]
Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 2019 release. Images and links via Amazon (though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea.) The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972 (Vol. 11) Paperback Prince Valiant Vol. 19 1973-1974 30 Years Of Matt Superman: The Golden Age Newspaper Dailies: 1947-1949 We Are […]
Led by sales of the graphic novel format, total sales of graphic novels and periodical comics in the U.S. and Canada was approximately $1.09 billion in 2018, according to a joint estimate by trade news sites ICv2 and Comichron.From Publishers Weekly:Although sales via the direct market (aka the comics shop market) were slightly down from […]
Next year will be the 50th anniversary of the infamous Kent State shootings.In Spring of 2020 John Backderf and Abrams Books will release Kent State: Four Dead In Ohio. “I’ve boiled the story down to showing how it unfolded,” Derf said. “It’s a very personal account of this shocking event that still reverberates today. I […]
The 2018 National Cartoonists Society Divisional Award nominees for the 73rd Annual NCS Reuben Awards! The winners will be announced on May 18th, 2019 in Huntington Beach, CA. The National Cartoonists Society
above: Macanudo by LiniersHere are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 2019 release. Images and links via Amazon (though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea.) Laptops Are So Warm: An Ask a Cat Collection Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the […]
Beloved cartoonist Nicole Hollander reflects on a life after ‘Sylvia’ in a 30 minute radio interview. above Nicole Hollander and Justin KaufmannGroundbreaking syndicated cartoonist and writer Nicole Hollander (“Sylvia”) joins Justin [Kaufmann] to discuss her new illustrated memoir, “We Ate Wonder Bread.” Nicole talks about her illustrious career, why she decided to write a graphic […]
From The Duke Chronicle:For some members of the Class of 2019, the choice of ?Fun Home? as a summer reading book was anything but fun. Several incoming freshmen decided not to read ?Fun Home? because its sexual images and themes conflicted with their personal and religious beliefs. Freshman Brian Grasso posted in the Class of […]
Fun Home, Dykes to Watch Out For creator Alison Bechdel was on Late Night with Seth Meyer’s on Wednesday. Her segment comes in at about minute 28. Also part of the segment includes actors performing a scene from the Broadway play Fun Home based on her graphic novel.
The Wall Street Journal profiles Jules Feiffer, how he got into cartooning and how at age 86, he’s still going strong drawing graphic novels.I began drawing at age 3, and the more I drew, the better I became. I soon discovered that if I took this skill out in the street using chalk, the kids […]
The Broadway musical Fun Home, based on the graphic memoir of the same name by Alison Bechdel, was nominated for 12 Tony awards and walked away with the big prize of Best Musical as well as Best Lead Actor, Best Direction, Best Book and Best Original Score.I’m not sure how much involvement Alison had in […]
Vulture interviews Daniel Clowes about his career and books. The topic of Shia LaBeaouf came up.Speaking of grudges: Have you forgiven Shia LaBeouf? I don?t know. No, not really. I mean, I don?t hold a grudge. I don?t think about it that much. But I don?t think what he did was really forgivable. I don?t […]
Sacramento Bee editorial cartoonist and AAEC President Jack Ohman has posted the first of four in an illustrated series about his experience taking care of his aging father. The series runs on PBS.org.
Fun Home, the Off-Broadway adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s Off biographical graphic novel, has been nominated for 12 Tony Awards.From CBS News:“An American in Paris” and “Fun Home” topped this year’s Tony Awards nominees with 12 nods each, followed by “Something Rotten!” with 10 and “The King and I” with nine. The best musical nominees “Fun […]