Long-running Asterix comic series introduces a female hero

Posted on 10/24/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The long-running French comic book series Asterix hit a milestone today: it welcomed its first female hero. This latest edition,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Graphic novel, The Guardian, Women in literature

Happy 76th birthday to R.L. Stine!

Posted on 10/08/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy birthday to author R.L. Stine, who turns seventy-six today! Stine shows no signs of stopping anytime soon, and we’re...

Tagged As: Graphic novel, Horror, Young adult literature

Vision loss inspires man to create world's first audio comic book

Posted on 09/18/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When Chad Allen went completely blind, after thirteen years of slowly losing his vision, he naturally turned to audiobooks. But...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, Graphic novel, The Guardian

Critical essay in Marvel Comics No. 1000 replaced with new version

Posted on 08/28/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Marvel Comics has raised a stir again, in what seems to be another attempt to be less controversial. The Hollywood...

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Tagged As: Graphic novel, Politics

Cartoonist pulls his foreword to Marvel book rather than be apolitical

Posted on 08/20/2019 at 10:02 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Readers of an upcoming Marvel coffee-table book won’t find an introduction from a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist after all. Art Spiegelman,...

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Tagged As: Graphic novel, Politics

What it's like to adapt the Mueller report into a graphic novel

Posted on 07/20/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Well, now here’s a reassuring sound bite from a veteran journalist. Mark Bowden, also the author of Black Hawk Down,...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Graphic novel, Nonfiction, NPR

The intersection of immigration issues and literature

Posted on 07/02/2019 at 10:56 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve got two stories on the border drama that tie into poetry and prose today. In poetry: The American Civil...

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Tagged As: Graphic novel, Lawsuit, Memoir, Poetry, Politics

Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" is coming to Netflix

Posted on 07/02/2019 at 08:49 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s no rest for Neil Gaiman, it seems — he’s now adapting his Sandman comic book series for television. The...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Graphic novel, The Guardian, TV adaptation

The Mueller report will have a graphic novel version next year

Posted on 06/24/2019 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As much as we love reading, we would also never judge someone for fearing the length and density of any...

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Tagged As: Graphic novel, Nonfiction, Politics

Get ready for Free Comic Book Day

Posted on 05/03/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Need something to do tomorrow besides watch the Kentucky Derby ... or something to do while avoiding it? Saturday is...

Categories: Free books

Tagged As: Free reads, Graphic novel, NPR