Tag: Pantheon
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/26/21: That time Chuck Schumer went to an indie comic signing
Plus: a brand new way of Kibbling and Bitting!
68 of the most anticipated graphic novels for Fall 2020
A diverse mix with lots of family-friendly titles are among the books included in our list of highly-anticipated graphic novels coming in Fall 2020
Ben Passmore signs with Pantheon for new graphic novel about Black activism
The book was one of the hottest auctions of the season.
MINT CONDITION: Art Spiegelman’s Maus (1980)
We all have gaps in our pop culture knowledge, those omissions that elicit gasps from our fellow funnybook connoisseurs. For me, those gaps are vast and constitute anything outside of DC Comics proper. I’m...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Qualification’ is Dante’s Inferno for 12-Step Programs
Qualification
By David Heatley
Pantheon Books
We all end up like our parents. I know for some people that’s hard to hear, but I’ve seen it to be pretty true across the board and I have...
Eisner Watch 2017: check out exclusive outtakes from Sonny Liew’s THE ART OF CHARLIE...
We at Comics Beat are simply in love with Sonny Liew's The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, which is up for six Eisner Awards this year including best new graphic album, best writer/artist, best U.S. edition of international material (Asia), best colouring, best lettering, and best publication design.
Anders Nilsen new book Tongues looks spectacular
Anders Nilsen has been a mainstay of the indie comics world for a while, gaining huge acclaim with Big Questions, a massive rumination on the meaning of life seen via a flock of birds. The books...
Review: Kristen Radtke’s autobiography captures the big picture in the small frame
I am often torn about autobiographical comics. Not whether they should exist or not — of course people should create the comics they are moved to create — and not about the level of...
Review: Evie Wyld’s transformative fear in Everything is Teeth
This mesmerizing and beautifully weird memoir has novelist Evie Wyld going over her childhood years through the lens of extreme, irrational fear, tracing its beginnings and following how it defined so much of her, only...
Sonny Liew on “Charlie Chan Hock Chye”, Mapping Your Path & Creative Appropriation
The Beat sat down with cartoonist Sonny Liew to chat about The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye – hisvnew graphic novel recently published in the US discussing Singapore’s tumultuous history after WWII through the work of prolific Singaporean cartoonist Charlie Chan Hock Chye.
Review: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is 2016’s first superlative graphic novel
The Pantheon library of graphic novels is indeed a fairly hallowed one, publishing works such as Black Hole, Persepolis, David Boring, Here, Asterios Polyp, and of course, Maus. Sonny Liew, known by the weekly...