Showing posts with label announcements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label announcements. Show all posts
Thursday, March 9, 2017

Check out the Comics Alternative Podcast!

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I only listen to a handful of podcasts, and the only one I follow about comics and graphic novels is the Comics Alternative podcast hoste...
Thursday, November 17, 2016

BIG NEWS! March Book 3 wins the National Book Award

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In a huge first for graphic novels, March, Book 3 (published by Top Shelf ) has won the National Book Award for Young People's Literat...
Friday, July 29, 2016

Comics, or Sequential Art Explained Another Way

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This is actually my 600th post on this blog, and to celebrate I am briefly revisiting my working definition of comics. Typically in the past...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Gene Yang: The Anointed One!

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I cribbed that title from this New York Times article , but Gene Yang has been named by the Library of Congress as the national amba...
Monday, September 8, 2014

Congratulations, 2014 Harvey Award Winners!

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The Awards were delivered this past weekend, and big winners who have been featured on this blog are the creators of Saga who won: Be...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Congratulations, 2014 Eisner Award winners!

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The complete list of 2014 Eisner Award winners is available here . Also, I want to point out a few of the winners I have reviewed in the ...
Friday, July 4, 2014

Adhouse Month Begins!

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This July, I am showcasing Adhouse Books , the Richmond, Virginia-based publisher of many fine comics, including some of my all time favo...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

Catching up with Archie Week!

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Growing up, my sister and I had hundreds of issues of Archie comics around the house and in various rooms. Stacks of floppy pamphlets as we...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Come hang out with me!

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Monday December 2 from 3 until 4 PM EST, I will be hanging out on Google and participating in a webinar for the Literacy Research ...
Saturday, November 2, 2013

#literacies chat

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Mark your calendars! This coming Thursday at 8 pm, I will be taking part in a live chat about graphic novels on Twitter . You can ...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

Happy Independence Month!

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No, you did not read that wrong. Today is Independence Day in the US, and many folks are celebrating with barbeques and fireworks. I am ce...
Friday, January 4, 2013

Top Shelf Month Begins!

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Based in Marietta, Georgia, Top Shelf Productions is one of the preeminent publishers of graphic novels in the United States. They offer...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Just 4 days left in Top Shelf's Annual Blow-out Sale

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Every year Top Shelf has a huge sale to clear out their inventory. They have insane deals on great works for all different age reader...
Friday, May 4, 2012

Not-Quite-A-Graphic-Novel Month Begins!

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Sometimes, defining something works when we show what it is not. Yesterday I defined what a graphic novel is, and for the rest of the mont...