It’s just past Christmas, so time to get people to spend those gift cards! Amazon sent out an email this morning promoting Graphic Novels, and I found their organizational system fascinating. There were six categories listed: Media Tie-In Graphic Novels Religion & Spirituality Graphic Novels Educational & Nonfiction Graphic Novels Contemporary Women Graphic Novels Romance Graphic Novels Literary Graphic Novels All the superhero, zombie, or science fiction stories lumped into only one “tie-in” category! And that fourth category is a […]

Here’s what I thought were the best graphic novels of 2013, in order, based on what affected, entertained, and enlightened me. For more information on any of the following titles, the links take you to my reviews. (Yes, I’m a month late — but I’d rather post after the year is done than two months early and risk leaving out good books that happened to be published in November or December.) RelishFood carries memory, and in this memoir, Lucy Knisley […]

Here’s what I thought were the best graphic novels of 2012, in order, based on what affected, entertained, and enlightened me. For more information on any of the following titles, the links take you to my reviews. This may be the first time in years that I’ve managed to review all of the titles I’m recommending before this list was due! Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney Drama by Raina Telgemeier Friends With Boys by Faith Erin […]

Now that I’ve given my first thoughts on this year’s Small Press Expo, just passed, a few more notes that I wanted to capture. I’ll be working on reviews of items I got there for a while, of course… In fact, since this is what I brought home: I plan to be working on it for a LONG while. Word is that spending was up, and the event overall raised $12,500 for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a very […]