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Forty-two years after it was first released, Art Spiegelmans Maus is currently the twelfth best-selling graphic novel on Amazon.com for Book One, and

Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the 1892 murder of her father and stepmother in their Fall River, Massachusetts, home. Folklore, however, has judged her

A key part of the comic or manga experience is the sound the words and images create in your mind. But how do successful comics make it work?

When we read comics, we 'hear' sound on the page. Creators are experts at this cross-sensory form of storytelling - indeed one database lists over 2500 comic book sounds.

  Rising to a point of personal privilege, I’m dealing today with Jeff Danziger’s memoir of his time in Vietnam despite the one disappointment, that it is only minimally illustrated by one of my favorite political cartoonists. I have been spoiled by the in-depth WWII artwork featured in “Yank, the Army Weekly,” but those illustrators were sent with pads and pencils to record the war at the time. Danziger had other things on his plate while in-country and wasn’t a cartoonist yet anywa...

KUT A controversy surrounding reading lists for English class book clubs in the Leander Independent School District drew the voices of parents and administrators. Then teachers and students chimed in — and then came the book authors. In an op-ed published Tuesday by The New York Times, author Carmen Maria Machado wrote that preventing children from reading books wont protect them. "While our books may contain passages that are potentially uncomfortable, challenging or even offensive," she w...

Here Are TCAFs Cant-Miss Events of 2021 This years festivities — featuring guest artists, panels, competitions and more — will run from May 8 to 15 Photo: Cole Pauls Published Apr 30, 2021Toronto Comic Arts Festival is going virtual this year, and the week-long online event features some impressive programming in addition to its vendor marketplace. From workshops to panels to multiple special guests, this years festival features more comics-based activities than ever before. While vendors...

Today Imlearned Limbaugh fans are the most tender, sensitive, whiny, hypocritical, useless, needy babies on the planet. Peter David: Rush Limbaugh dies the same day that Trump Plaza is imploded. Certainly symbolic of something. I would happily dance on his grave. If the God his followers pretend to believe exists, Rush is burning in hell, but in my belief system hes just being pumped full of formaldehyde to replace the bile hes been filled with for decades. https://t.co/4UNu8q2wdQ — Gerry Con...

Top books, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults revealed at ALA Midwinter Virtual January 25, 2021 On January 25, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz awards—at its Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits taking place virtually from Chicago. A list of all the 2021 award winners follows: John Newbery Medal for the most outstandin...

Image: ALA The American Library Association is currently holding its annual midwinter meeting and exhibits conference, and part of the event is its Youth Media Awards—which houses the Alex Awards, a slate of prizes that are handed out “to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18,” from the prior year. The ALA just announced this year’s Alex Award winners, and it includes a number of science fiction and fantasy titles. Here’s the list of...