Graphic novel Persepolis won’t be removed from Chicago schools
Last week reports gathered that Chicago Public Schools was going to pull Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis after some questioned…
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ComiXology to sell self-published comics
An interesting move by ComiXology to become more of a platform, like Apple’s iBook Store and Amazon eBook store. Today,…
Interviewed: Jeff Kinney talks about 3rd Wimpy kid movie
Michael Cavna talks to Diary of a Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney about the three movies based on his hit…
Interviewed: NPR talks to Alison Bechdel
NPR talked to Alison Bechdel: Cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s first memoir came out in 2006. Called Fun Home, it dug deep…
NYT Reviews Alison Bechdel’s Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel, creator of Dykes to Watch out For and creator/author of the graphic memoir Fun Home, has a new…
Checkout: Jake Parker’s The Antler Boy and Other Stories
The Antler Boy and Other Stories Jake Parker has launched a Kickstarter project to fund a collection of comic short…
Cartoonist: Cowboys & Aliens infringes on his comic of same name
Cartoonist Steven Busti claims he drew a comic called Cowboys and Aliens back in 1994 and is now suing the…
Fantagraphics offers rarities with book purchases
From Fantagraphics Books: We are always grateful to readers who buy books directly from us, so we are pleased to…
Maus 25 year anniversary marked with release of MetaMaus
Chris Mautner interviews Art Spiegelman about the release of the book MetaMaus to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his seminal…
My Cage creators to create Santa vs Dracula
My Cage creators Melissa DeJesus and Ed Power will be producing a graphic novel called Santa vs Dracula and is…
Pooch Cafe collection becomes graphic novel
Last year Pooch Cafe creator Paul Gilligan did a reboot of sorts taking his character Poncho back to year one….
Racine interviews Guigar, Kellett
Tom Racine has posted video of his interviews with Brad Guigar (Evil, Inc.) and Dave Kellett (Sheldon, Drive). http://talltalefeatures.com/2011/08/07/brad-guigar-and-dave-kellett-sdcc-2011/ Other…
Ratfist comes to an end
The webcomic Ratfist by graphic novelist Doug TenNapel has come to a close at a neat 150 pages. On his…
Smurfs, Cowboys and Aliens tie for top box office
Two comic related big screen movies squared off this weekend and came up with a tie. Cowboys & Aliens and…
Formatting comics for both print and digital
I found this article for MacWorld interesting. Jason Snell attended the San Diego Comic Con and compared creator’s love-fest with…