http://www.readaboutcomics.com Where to find out what's really good. Wed, 14 May 2008 04:00:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Written by Lewis Trondheim Art by Eric Cartier and Lewis Trondheim 80 pages, color Published by First Second Books There are times where I almost feel like a broken record, but I feel that it bears repeating over and over again—Lewis Trondheim is one talented creator. What always surprises me is how ... http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2008/05/14/kaput-and-zosky/ Written by Andrew KreisbergArt by Matthew JLD Rice32 pages, black and whitePublished by Arcana Comics There are some book concepts that you hear and the idea instantly grabs you; others end up being a strong turn-off that keeps you away from the final product. What you don't really see ... http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2008/05/12/helen-killer-1/ Written by Daniel Abraham Art by Eric Battle32 pages, colorPublished by Dabel Brothers Productions Writing a licensed comic book seems to be a peculiar sort of balancing act. It seems like there would be two obvious ways to approach the book; either assume that all your readers are familiar with the source ... http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2008/05/09/wild-cards-the-hard-call-1/ By Veronique Tanaka64 pages, black and whitePublished by NBM There are times when the back cover copy to a book can actually be a turn-off. Let's take Veronique Tanaka's debut graphic novel Metronome, which states, "Just when you thought that nobody could create something new in the comic medium, ... http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2008/05/07/metronome/ Story by Tou Ubukata Adaptation by Kiriko Yumeji 208 pages, black and white Published by Del Rey Comics in any country often have a large number of similar plot points or genres that get repeated from one work to the next, regardless of creator. From the evil sibling to the secret identity, seeing these ... http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2008/05/05/le-chevalier-deon/ By Cyril Pedrosa 272 pages, black and white Published by First Second Books Reading Cyril Pedrosa's Three Shadows, I couldn't help but think about the brief author's biography provided in the end-flaps of the graphic novel. In it is the mention that Pedrosa was inspired to create the book after watching close friends ... http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2008/05/02/three-shadows/ By Alex Robinson 128 pages, black and white Published by Top Shelf Productions "What if you could go back and do it all again?" It's a pretty familiar question, one asked both in real life as well as in fiction. Generally speaking, my immediate reaction has always been, "Why on ... http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2008/04/30/too-cool-to-be-forgotten/ By Hope Larson 176 pages, black and white Published by Atheneum Books What I think I like the most about the announcement of a new Hope Larson book is that you never really know what to expect. The only real constant between her first two graphic novels, Salamander Dream and Gray ... http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2008/04/28/chiggers/ By Kean Soo 160 pages, color Published by Hyperion In what seems to be a trend these days, Jellaby was a web comic that I absolutely loved, only to have it go on hiatus because of a print edition being announced by a major publisher. When Kean Soo announced the change in status ... http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2008/04/25/jellaby-vol-1/ By Matthew Loux 96 pages, black and white Published by Oni Press When I was a child, one of my favorite books to check out from the library was what I've come to think of as, "children's vacation adventure." It's a book where the main characters are school children off on a trip ... http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2008/04/23/salt-water-taffy-vol-1/