test headingIt’s no secret that I love Gipi’s work – I did my best to sell out all our copies of Garage Band last weekend at the New York ComicCon (and succeeded!). One of my all-time favorite scenes is when a big-shot in the music industry offers Stefano a job working in the head office [...]
test heading What is the all time best kiss in a graphic novel? Feel free to weigh in and send your suggestion. Here are three contenders. From ISAAC THE PIRATE (published in the US by NBM). Christophe Blain has a number of kissing scenes in several titles of this series. Can't decide which is my [...]
test heading There's a book that's going to make a hell of a noise: AMERICAN BORN CHINESE by Gene Yang. Seriously brilliiant stuff. Coming out Fall '06. Can't say more. Mum's the word. Who is mum anyway. But wait, I'm not kidding -- this kind of project is why FIRST SECOND exists in the first [...]
test heading Leland Myrick is the creator of an exquisite memoir called MISSOURI BOY, which we're really proud to publish. Coming out in Fall '06, so more about it in the near future... In the meantime, here's Leland's entry in our chronicle of all-time favorite moments in graphic novels: "I read Varlot Soldat by Tardi [...]
test heading Continuing with the Sfar fest, here's his entry in our popular FAVORITES feature: "My favourite scene in a comic book is the following: The hero of Terry and The Pirates is asleep on a chinese boat, there is the moon, the waves, the silent calm of night in black and white. And the [...]
test heading "here is of one of my favorite passages: 2 pages from 'the roumanian circus', which is the story in 'jetlag' (by actus tragicus) written by etgar keret and illustrated by rutu modan. " i love etgar keret's stories in that book, because they are so bleak and strange and hopeless but also funny. [...]
test heading There are several extremely talented authors from the U.K. working on original commissions with FIRST SECOND. Among them is Nick Abadzis, whose LAIKA is due out next fall. More to come about that later...! In the meantime, he sends us one of his favorite scenes from a graphic novel, in our continuing feature: [...]
test heading This new feature will appear from time to time on the FIRST SECOND website... Various authors and creators will share with us an all time favorite graphic novel scene. Something that struck them and stayed with them, and contributed to their love of the medium. To kick things off, here's one from me. [...]
