Tag: Books
NSS: Why you should be at PlayStation Experience next weekend and The PlayStation Anthology...
You could call it a camaraderie, but perhaps it's better described as a lack of barriers. Gaming shows have a unique sense of community and inclusion beyond anything you could find in the Comic...
The Alan Moore 2016 Christmas Interviews – Part III – My Love of Biscuits...
In what may or may not become a long-standing tradition, Alan Moore has answered questions at Christmas set by the members of a Facebook group called The Really Very Serious Alan Moore Scholars’ Group,...
Nobody went to Lani Sarem’s panel at Wizard World Chicago
Well I asked for a spy at the panel where current publishing scandal It Girl Lani Sarem told folks how to "Break In and Get Noticed" but it seems Sarem found the one place...
SDCC ’17: A “Goosebumped” R.L. Stine is Awarded an Inkpot at His Panel
As a “shockingly-scary” first, author R.L. Stine is attending this year’s San Diego Comic-Con; The same R.L. Stine who has consistently scared children for around twenty-five-years, mostly with his highly-popularized Goosebumps book series. Even...
San Diego’s Little Fish Comic Studio Is Educating A New Generation of Fans, Artists,...
In recent years, more teachers and librarians are finally recognizing the educational appeal of comic-books. Yes, we the fans have known of their artistry, their (mostly) great writing, and the sheer enjoyment they illicit,...
Nice art: Legendary artist Robert E McGinnis and Todd Klein team for awesome retro...
With the American Gods tv show in the works, and more Neil Gaiman stuff always in the hopper, his books are often reprinted. And as this blog post explains, a new edition of American...
People are beginning to read and review Alan Moore’s Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a new novel by Alan Moore that is some 600,000 words long and 1200 pages of very long paragraphs and small type, at least in the galley version that was given away...
Hastings bookstore chain files for bankruptcy; debt to Diamond uncertain
As suggested by recent rumblings, Hastings, the third largest national bookstore chain after Barnes and Noble and Books-a-Million, hasfiled for bankruptcy following years of losses. The chain, which operates 123 stores, was purchased in...
Interview: Russell and Wheeler talk about the yada yada of the bible in Apocrypha...
For those who can objectively look at the beliefs of others and even your own, Apocrypha Now from Top Shelf Productions would be the deleted scenes in the Blu-Ray release of the King James...
Kate Beaton announces KING BABY pub date, discusses other projects
We told you a while ago about Kate Beaton's new book King Baby. She's updated her site with the pub date, which is this September. As with her bestseller The Princess and the Pony,...
The Top Ten graphic novels of the Fall (with previews): Atwood, Sattouf, Pedrosa, Thompson,...
Twice a year Publishers Weekly previews the next six months of publishing and I assemble the list along with the Top Ten most interesting sounding books of the year. Usually this listing stays behind...
BookCon 2016 was a hit….will there be even more of them in the future?
Speaking of ReedPOP, BookCon, the festival of literary superstars that owes more to Comic-Con than to a book faire, was held as a one day event following this year's BEA (Book Expo America) in...
