Tag: First Second

Gene Luen Yang is riding high right now with his excellent two-volume BOXERS & SAINTS getting great reviews and a shortlist for the National Book Award. And of course once one book comes out,...

First Second released some news about their Winter 2013-14 titles, including paperback editions for Sailor Twain and Baby's in Black, and some new books as well, including a new book by the very Talented...

Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, a stylish romp by Tony Cliff was just released this week. The graphic novel, published by First Second, follows Delilah Dirk a 19th century swordmaster with a larcenous streak on her delicious adventures—it was first a webcomic then a printed book. A little Flashman, a little Adele Blanc Sec, a little Indiana Jones.

Battling Boy is one of the year's major releases, a long brewing hero's journey accompanied by some of the most spectacular work of Paul Pope's career. Boing Boing jus debuted the trailer and a...

Here's a list of the creators and artists signing at individual booths -- we'll update it as we go so please send us updates.

Publishers First Second currently have a fun and creative pre-order campaign for the print release of Faith Erin Hicks and Prudence Shen's Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong. It's a tiered reward incentive model, with prizes...

We'd like to remind you that a number of fantastic cartoonists are on tour either at the moment or upcoming soon this Spring. We've posted their schedules previously but here's a quick catch-up on...

Over at his blog, Sonny Liew's been posting some lettered pages from his as yet untitled upcoming book with Gene Luen Yang for First Second, and it looks pretty great, particularly that 50's inspired...

Relish by Lucy Knisley First Second A few years ago, if you were told about the rise of the Internet and asked to predict one of the top things that people would blog and post about,...

Paul Pope's long long delayed magnum opus is finally coming out this fall. EW has the cover and the scoop: First: The book. Battling Boy is set on an alternate Earth – there are countless...

Dave Roman's Astronaut Academy is coming back in a second graphic novel this year, called Astronaut Academy, and First Second is running it as a webcomic prior to the book release. A fast paced manga-inspired comedy about the adventures and romances at a school for young space-farers, ASTRONAUT ACAEDMY stars a student named Hakata Soy. The story line involves some sinister romance:

We nearly forgot to mention the newsiest item from First Second publisher Mark Siegel's diary: Becky Cloonan is working on a book for First Second! Cause to celebrate! I just got off the phone...