Classic novels are getting a makeover. You may have noticed familiar titles such as "The Baby-Sitters Club" series, "The Jungle," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Parable of the Sower," and "Watership Down," ...
Graphic novels or comics are a unique medium where art and literary prowess converge through both prose and imagery and bring them to life, thus giving the space for authors and artists to illustrate ...
The current battles over what books are appropriate in public schools or libraries especially vex those who support an expansive culture of free expression—but who also understand political fights are ...
Ethel and Ernest A bestseller in Britain, Raymond Briggs’ story of his working class parents’ relationship is a surprisingly moving exploration of love and war in the 20th century. Pantheon Palestine: ...
Fall has become as important a release season for literary graphic novels as for literary prose novels. This year, publishers are rolling out their biggest guns in the high prestige (but relatively ...
If you ask this question to any professional, they might say no. But, again, this is quite a controversial topic. Graphic novels, despite being popular among the young generation (and even for adults) ...
Not all heroes come wearing capes: some come geared with scientific knowledge. Northwestern startup publication Caped Clinicians uses graphic novels and newsletters to simplify developments in the ...
Top Shelf Productions, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, is a small press with a big footprint. Best known for March, the late Congressman John Lewis’s three-volume graphic memoir of ...
ROAMING, by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki. (Drawn & Quarterly, $34.95.) The Tamaki cousins invoke the joys and insecurities of young adult life in their textured, muted drawings, following the ...