graphic novel | graphic novel
Jan.25.2013
A superhero who can't use violence - check out the first episode of my new comic "The Adventures of Urban Yogini"!
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Oct.11.2012
Five foreign languages have I learned in my time, to varying levels of fluency. The first was German, at high school and later at a college in Germany. Then came Korean, because I was living there, working as an English teacher. Then came Japanese, which I learned for the same reason as Korean....
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Oct.11.2012
Artist Ashanti Davis bears his soul to anyone who takes the time to absorb his graphic narratives of a life gone awry. At the moment of our exchange, he was in transition, peddling his art for food and shelter. One gorgeous Saturday afternoon, five summers ago, at an...
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Oct.10.2012
Renowned rock star Pete Townshend has just published his autobiography, Who I Am, a book which he has dedicated to 'the artist inside all of us.' In Pete's autobiography you will read all about the man in his own words. But to get an even more complete picture, read his clearest and most direct...
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Sep.26.2012
Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo is a comic of about 2000 pages in length, published in six large volumes. It was originally published in Japan between 1982 and 1990. Most people in the west who know about it are probably familiar with it due to the 1988 animated movie adaptation, also directed by Otomo....
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Apr.02.2012
Part journal, part hilarious graphic novel—think of Ellie McDoodle as Diary of a Wimpy Kid for the tween girl set. But while Wimpy Kid was born online, author/illustrator Ruth McNally Barshaw's popular series about budding pre-teen artist Ellie actually grew from a...
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Nov.05.2011
History is linear for Westerners. For me, especially my personal history, it’s a spiraling up. When I began writing after my 3-year sojourn to China in the late 80s, I wrote every day with a heart aching from the ecstacy of thinking through my fingers, even if at an untold distance...
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Aug.01.2011
If you have children or are even remotely clued in to the kidlitosphere, chances are you’ve run across Dan Santat’s work. As an illustrator, he’s provided the art for a slew of young readers’ faves, including Lisa Yee’s Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, 2009) and Mac...
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Mar.12.2011
“Why?” was my first instinct. Why and how can business books adapt into comics? Then it struck me that with the graphic novel gaining currency – fiction has always been considered the hallmark of imagination – showing a ‘How To’ series should be a more natural progression.
The little I...
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Mar.11.2011
Royal wedding: lookalikes, unofficial souvenirs and stunts for Kate and William's big day
..."There's always been a tradition in this country of comics for girls in which the girl dreams of meeting someone famous and falling in love," said Mike Collins, the artist who did the...
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