Pénélope Bagieu is California Dreamin’
The best biographies bring their subject to vivid life on the printed page. Pénélope Bagieu does just that in California Dreamin', her profile of the brilliant Cass Elliot, the amazing voice at the center...
Hope Larson On The Knife’s Edge
Hope Larson is delivering some of the most interesting work in comics today. Her two-volume Compass South and Knife's Edge for First Second Books are fun all-ages pirate adventure, while her work on Batgirl...
‘Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel’ is a Great Tribute to the Master Cartoonist
Will Eisner kept me reading comic books. Okay, it’s not quite that simple. But if it wasn’t for Eisner’s strong influence, I might have stopped reading comics when I was a teenager. During those...
Sam Glanzman and Joe Lansdale’s ‘Red Range’ is Violent, Weird and Great
Joe Lansdale and Sam Glanzman’s Red Range, released soon by new IDW imprint It’s Alive, earns its subtitle of “A Wild Western Adventure.” This is a thrilling, violent and very strange thrill ride with...
Bernie Wrightson’s ‘Creepshow’ is Back and Scarier Than Ever
It’s about damn time that Creepshow made its way back into print. One of the great lost graphic novels of the 1980s, this delightfully dark film adaptation is one of the best-known and most-loved books drawn...
Jason Shiga and His Deliciously Demented ‘Demon’
Jason Shiga's Demon is one of the most outrageously delightful comics to appear in years. Published in four chapters by First Second Books, Demon starts with a simple concept: what would happen if your...
Jeff Lemire’s ‘Roughneck’ is a Journey to a Wilderness as Bleak as its Characters
Jeff Lemire has forged himself a fascinating career in comics. He’s spanned mainstream comics such as X-Men series and Bloodshot at Valiant Comics through creator-owned work like Sweet Tooth and Plutona...
Review: ‘The Best We Could Do’ is a Moving Memoir and Corrective to Trump-era Xenophobia
There’s been a lot of talk these days about how we live in a new era. In our new era, works of creative art that didn’t have any political aspects are suddenly seen in a different light. What once was...
You Gotta Read This: ‘Her Eternal Moonlight Sailor Moon’s Female Fans In North America’
It's fascinating to learn how fandom changes lives, to read the stories of the transformations people experience through their interest in their geeky pursuits. Her Eternal Moonlight Sailor Moon's Female...
Interview: M.K. Reed Explores Facts and Legends About Dinosaurs (and Her Imagination)
M.K. Reed has carved out a unique career in comic books. Primarily publishing through First Second Books, Reed has written graphic novels that place characters in the American Revolution (Americus), Ireland...
