[...] list, from last year’s A Wrinkle in Time through Mercury and Chiggers to her early Gray Horses and Salamander Dream. Here, she’s writing a magical girl story for artist Tintin Pantoja to [...]

[...] Hope Larson’s books is more accomplished than the one before, from Salamander Dream (2005) to Gray Horses (2006) to 2008’s Chiggers and now Mercury. [...]

[...] talk more about her influences. When she uses a brush, I’m reminded of Craig Thompson or Hope Larson. Pen? More Jen Sorensen. Occasionally a little Alison Bechdel. There’s probably many more [...]

[...] reminded of the details.) Chiggers combines the best of Larson’s previous books — from Gray Horses, discovering friendship in a new place, and from Salamander Dream, growing up in a natural [...]

[...] Gray Horses review by Johanna Draper Carlson: http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/03/26/gray-horses/ [...]

[...] to Chapel Hill to make for a long day trip. Bryan Lee O’Malley (Scott Pilgrim) and Hope Larson (Gray Horses, Salamander Dream) will be signing at Chapel Hill Comics on Saturday, December 1, from 2-4 PM. [...]

[...] deserving wider recognition, and rightly so. I was very much impressed by the earnestness of her Gray Horses, and it’s very good to see that she’s continuing on that expressive wavy line that [...]

[...] Big Time Attic mimics the look of an old romance comic with a bizarre re-imagining of Pygmalion, only with a post-war car designer instead of a sculptor. Hope Larson’s (Gray Horses) colorful story of college romance takes a more modern approach, told in part through instant messages. Adam McGovern and Paolo Leandri parody comics of the 1970s with their Dr. Id, who solves a case of sexual frigidity caused by guilt. [...]

[...] Promising New Talent Hope Larson, Salamander Dream (AdHouse Books), Gray Horses (Oni Press) [...]

[...] Hope Larson (GrayHorses, Salamander Dream) was mentioned at Publishers Weekly for signing a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster’s young adult imprint. [...]

[...] category (Lulu of the Year) that puts individuals against stores and entire publishers, and I think Hope Larson should have gotten Best New [...]

[...] Lots of Gray Horses love out there this week, actually.  The indefatigable Johanna Draper Carlson weighs in over at Comics Worth Reading, and also points to reviews of Larson’s sophomore effort by David Welsh and Mark Fossen.  A quick Technorati scan reveals that the book has also been reviewed recently by Dylan Abbot, the SFist, Johnny Bacardi, and Publisher’s Weekly (a starred review). [...]