Now that it’s December, it’s safe to anoint the best debut graphic novel of the year. Adam Hines’ Xeric Grant-winning Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One is an incredible piece of work–a frantic science-fictional meditation on the relationship between people and animals, and a virtuosic display of Hines’ range and power as a cartoonist. …
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Graeme McMillan and Evan Narcisse talk about Brightest Day Vol. 1 and Bring the Thunder #1.
DOUGLAS: I really wish Brightest Day were better, in much the same way that I wished Blackest Night had been more …
With the beginning of Chanukah tonight, gift-giving season is underway, and if you happen to have a comics fan in your life, it can be tough to know what he or she would appreciate. Fortunately, this year has seen a bunch of particularly beautiful comics-related gift books and boxed sets. Here’s a gallery of some of the most …
Charles Burns’ most recent graphic novel, X’ed Out, appeared a couple of months ago. The story of a young punk with a little tufty hairdo who has, or imagines, an alternate life in a terrifying, apocalyptic landscape, the Black Hole cartoonist’s new book owes a lot to Hergé’s classic Tintin series–the cover, for instance, is a parody …
In 1992, Marvel Comics writer Bill Mantlo was severely injured in a hit-and-run accident, and he’s required full-time care ever since. Three years ago, the Portland, Oregon comic book store Floating World Comics raised money to improve Mantlo’s quality of life by putting together a show of mainstream and indie cartoonists’s drawings of …
How can you tell that a graphic novel is going to be terrible? One very clear sign: if the name of the person who drew it does not appear on its front cover. In the case of the new comics adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist, the artist’s name also does not appear on its spine, or its back cover, or the inside front cover …
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Graeme McMillan, Evan Narcisse and Douglas Wolk talk about Detective Comics #871, Batwoman #0 and the Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali reprint.
GRAEME: Now, more than ever, Batwoman is an artists’ comic. With Greg Rucka out of …
This week’s issue of Detective Comics introduces a “Commissioner Gordon” feature by Scott Snyder and Francesco Francavilla, which will appear in two issues as a backup story, and then start alternating with Snyder and Jock’s Batman stories in Detective‘s. It’s about time: for all his prominence in the 71-year history of Batman, Gordon’s …
This Wednesday sees the release of Batwoman #0, by J.H. Williams III, W. Haden Blackman and Amy Reeder–a prologue to an ongoing series due to launch early next year. There have been upwards of half a dozen Batgirls and Batwomen over the years, some more durable than others; here’s a brief history of some of the more prominent …
The most widely circulated American comic book this week isn’t anything you can buy in comics stores: it’s Amazing Spider-Man, You’re Hired!, a skinny one-shot included with Wednesday’s New York Daily News, and distributed for free on Marvel’s iPhone/iPad app. (It doesn’t seem to be available on the Web, though.) Written by Warren …
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Evan Narcisse and Graeme McMillan talk about Batman: The Return, Batman Inc. and The Extremist.
EVAN: After the weird emotional high of Batman and Robin #16, Batman: The Return felt like filler to me. …
Brandon Graham’s King City project, about a future city full of spies and a young man trained as a “Catmaster,” has had a long, troubled publication history–its first half initially appeared as an Eisner Award-nominated English-language manga project in 2007, and beginning last year, the whole thing has appeared as a monthly serial from …
