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Noteworthy links!

test headingI'd love First Second to bridge a host of different fields of endeavor -- and it's begun already. Historical sites who seldom turn their scholarly gaze upon comics are now posting about George O'Connor's JOURNEY TO MOHAWK COUNTRY; see for instance New York History Net... In other news, there's a First Second interview at [...]

By |2024-03-27T23:35:26-04:00December 5th, 2006|News|Comments Off on Noteworthy links!

Noteworthy Campbell mention

The following appeared in "favorite books of 2006" at CRITICAL MASS, the blog of the national book critics circle board of directors: And while critics have hailed this as The Year of the Graphic Novel Memoir, I must put in a plug, not for Alison Bechdel's deeply poignant Fun Home, but for Eddie Campbell's The [...]

By |2006-12-04T09:56:57-05:00December 4th, 2006|News|Comments Off on Noteworthy Campbell mention

Matt Madden’s blogging!

And this is a subway sketch he did! There's some fun stuff at his blog too: http://mattmadden.blogspot.com with lots of good pictures, a striking Japanese edition of 99 WAYS TO TELL A STORY, and even some Mexican educational cards for children -- plenty to inspire designers everywhere.

By |2006-12-01T13:26:09-05:00December 1st, 2006|News|Comments Off on Matt Madden’s blogging!

Eddie Campbell’s blog

Several of you have told me the link to Eddie Campbell's blog wasn't working in the earlier entry. Here it is: http://eddiecampbell.blogspot.com . Is it my imagination, or does Eddie pepper his work (and now his blog) with Beatles references? Oh wait, it's "all the lonely people" I'm thinking of, not "all the lovely people"...

By |2006-12-01T12:06:04-05:00December 1st, 2006|News|2 Comments

National Public Radio holiday roundup!

NPR has a holiday roundup with reviews of AMERICAN BORN CHINESE and KAMPUNG BOY as the two graphic novel entries! (and, dare I mention it, another book called To Dance, not on the First Second list, but one of my babies for Simon & Schuster.)

By |2024-03-18T02:38:30-04:00November 30th, 2006|News|Comments Off on National Public Radio holiday roundup!

McCloud at NYU

test headingScott McCloud was at NYU and I missed it. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY COMICS WEEK has a nice little report about it here, with an excerpt which naturally caught my eye: Despite the current popularity and media attention given to comics—"we've moved up the food chain and pretty much infiltrated every major media outlet"—McCloud still warned [...]

By |2024-03-27T23:36:37-04:00November 30th, 2006|News|Comments Off on McCloud at NYU

More from the National Book Award ceremonies

test heading Here are Gene and Theresa Yang, just after the National Book Awards, in Times Square... Young starry-eyed comics artists now aspire to the glitz and glamour of the graphic novelist life...! They give up steady jobs in animation and videogames, and come to publishing seeking fame and fortune. Um... Well it seemed that [...]

By |2024-03-27T23:37:09-04:00November 30th, 2006|News|2 Comments
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