In June 2016, Dark Horse Books will offer How to Talk to Girls at Parties, a new graphic novel adaptation of an award-winning short story from Neil Gaiman, illustrated by award-winning artists Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá.
In an NPR interview last week, Kelly Sue DeConnick talked about how some fans reacted to her reimagining of Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers went from a long-sleeved bathing suit with thigh-high boots to a full-cover flight suit, and that among other changes caused an outcry of “feminist agenda” and “angry feminism.” To paraphrase DeConnick, who seems
Whether you grew up watching professional wrestling or The Princess Bride, you need to read this graphic novel. Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven is the story of man who was, literally, bigger than life. It’s the biography of someone who was over six feet tall by his twelfth birthday, who was drawn to the wrestling
I’ve been curious about the Angela: Asgard’s Assassin for a while now, since the Comic Issues folks have such glowing things to say about the series on their podcast. The release of the first graphic novel collecting the story of Thor’s long-lost sister seemed like a really good place to jump on board the bandwagon. First two impressions:
Even Chinese philosopher/strategists from the 6th century BC can become the target of a modern-day super assassin, and Deadpool isn’t about to let a 2500-year distance keep him from fulfilling a contract. After taking out Sun Tzu (and don’t expect an explanation about the whole time-travel issue, because you aren’t getting one), Deadpool stumbles across
Fans of Star Trek: The Original Series will remember the episode “The City on the Edge of Forever”. Fans of Harlan Ellison will probably remember that he wrote the teleplay, which was then altered by several writers. In 2014, IDW published a five-issue version of Ellison’s teleplay, adapted by Scott and David Tipton and with art by
There are those favorite book series, ones that you can’t get enough of and hope beyond hope that will get the film treatment. For me that was the Night Angel Trilogy by author Brent Weeks. During my rather long wait I made quite the discovery, they were making a graphic novel. Being something of a
The Graveyard Book volume 2 by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell, and a team of fantastic artists will land in bookstores on October 7. I loved the first volume, both for the art and for how faithfully it tells the story, and I hoped the second book wouldn’t lose momentum. No worries there. If anything,
Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell’s The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume One arrives in bookstores on July 29th, but I just finished reading my copy a few minutes ago. I’m a book reviewer, we have our ways. (It involves a lot of shameless begging for review copies. I regret nothing!) It’s worth the wait.