Tag: jason shiga
PREVIEW: Get lost in Jason Shiga’s mind bending fantasy LEVIATHAN
Jason Shiga's LEVIATHAN is a new interactive graphic novel that you have to see to believe.
Jason Shiga thought his Eisner-winning DEMON was “too wild to ever be published”
Tomorrow, First Second will release Demon Vol. 4, the exciting conclusion to Jason Shiga's series about a man named Jimmy Yee who discovers that he cannot die. What follows is an absurd and violent yet...
Eisner Watch 2017: get blown away by these early printings of Jason Shiga’s DEMON
In the week leading up to the 2017 Will Eisner Awards voting deadline this Friday, the Comics Beat will feature a series of "For Your Consideration" posts highlighting a number of the nominees as...
LA Times Book Prize Nominees include three from Koyama and March Book Three
A challenging slate of indie comics and the unstoppable March Book Three were nominated for the LA TImes Book Prize.
Tonight to do: First Second’s 10th anniversary party at Mama Says Comics Rock
We mentioned yesterday that the Brooklyn Book Festival is raging throughout the boroughs this week with a ton of Bookend Events, but the MUST DO is tonight: a party to celebrate 10 years os...
Jason Shiga on Mysteries, Angoulême, and Demon
Halfway into a pleasant Oakland morning I met up up with Jason Shiga in his family home. At a nearby cafe, we talked about his recently completed comic Demon, his approaching yearlong residency in Angoulême,...
First Look: Jason Shiga Talks Immortality and Philosophy in DEMON
We sit down for a chat with Jason Shiga about his existential mindbender, DEMON, and reveal the cover to First Second's collected edition of the series.
Wait…WHAT?! Jason Shiga’s Next Book, From First Second
Jason Shiga, known for his multi-path comics such as Meanwhile, is scheduled to publish his next title, Demon, with First Second in October 2016. It say's "Book 1" in the catalog, and given the...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/27/15: Jason Shiga is lord
§ MUST READ: Laura Hudson enters the world of Jason Shiga, who is probably one of the world's greatest living cartoonists. If you don't believe me, go read Demon, or Fleep. He's surely one...
Jason Shiga’s Patreon for Demon reaches $1000 a month
A lot of cartoonists—and many blogs, ahem—have taken to PAtreon as a means to finance the creation of comics. There are quite a few (a round up post is called for, maybe later this week) and Patreon doesn't make it clear who makes the most, the way Kickstarter does, but Jason Shiga recently hit $1000 a month for his Ignatz winning webcomic Demon. Given his analytic background, there's much of that in the post, but here's an excerpt:
Jason Shiga’s Patreon for Demon reaches $1000 a month
A lot of cartoonists—and many blogs, ahem—have taken to PAtreon as a means to finance the creation of comics. There are quite a few (a round up post is called for, maybe later this...
ALERT! Jason Shiga has a new webcomic called DEMON
STOP THE PRESSES!!!!!
There's a new Jason Shiga comic!
It's called Demon and it seems to be about a guy with powers. Granted it's only six pages in—but it already promises twists and turns and...