A couple of early mentions for the book around the internets… From Justin of the review site/blog, 13 Minutes: Midnight Sun (SLG): Ben Towle’s little masterpiece finally sees print in one complete smaller-than-digest-sized format. One of the best books from 2007! And from fellow comics educator Scott Tingley’s site Comics in the Classroom’s holiday book …
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Dec 26 2007
Midnight Sun in “Graphic Novels Worth Owning”
Johanna Draper Carlson gives a nice review to Midnight Sun in her new column, Graphic Novels Worth Owning, mentioning it as one of the best books of 2007. Regardless of whether my own book were on this list or not, though, it’s just nice to see a “best of” list that’s actually at the end …
Dec 19 2007
From the Longbox – 2
Second in a series. Today’s topic is short and sweet: What the Hell Happened to Kilian Plunkett? OK, so here’s the short answer: he went on to draw a bunch of Star Wars comics and character designs for animation. But, before that he illustrated the Aliens: Labyrinth series, written by Jim Woodring. (Yeah, you read …
Dec 18 2007
From the Longbox – 1
I don’t know how many of these I’ll have time for, and with what frequency I’ll wind up posting them, (I do have a baby due any day now, you know) but… With the eminent arrival of the above-mentioned “infink,” I’ve had to clear out what was previously an extra room here in the Crackhouse. …
Dec 17 2007
USA Today on Comics and Education
USA Today ran a story over the weekend [story here…] about the growing prevalence of comics curricula in schools and the growing critical and academic respect of the art form. I had spoken with the reporter who wrote the article last week (I’m mentioned briefly in the article) so I had a good idea what …
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