New Jersey Awards a Library Grant for Graphic Novels
A special grant is assisting New Jersey libraries in developing their graphic-novel collections. Here’s how this great program works!
NYAF: Does This Look Familiar?
New York Anime Festival took place recently, and on top of all the anime discussion came tons of news about new manga and comics properties. Here’s a look at what was announced over the weekend.
Banned Books Week: A Comics Perspective
Banned Books Week is coming September 26. It's an issue that affects readers, libraries, teachers, parents, and others all over the country, and every year, Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read. Here's a look at how comics and manga are affected and how you can get involved.
Comics as a Project
Dr. Michael Bitz had a dream to use comics to help kids learn to read. Several years ago, he made it a reality with comicbookproject.org, which helps kids create their own comic—and learn in the process.
The Best Movies Based on Comics
From little-known to blockbuster flicks, these are our picks for the best movies ever made based on comic books.
Comic-Con Report
What's going on at San Diego Comic-Con this year? We do our best to keep up with the buzz and hype.
A Report from Anime Expo 2009
Each year, Southern California’s Anime Expo draws tens of thousands of people ready to celebrate the joys of the medium. Here’s an inside report on what happened this year, including some upcoming manga news.
Stumptown Comics Fest and Zine Library Group Unite
The Zine Library Group participated in Portland, Oregon's popular Stumptown Comics Fest this year. Take a look inside what went on and what made everything so successful with this behind-the-scenes report.
That’s in Print?!: Key Graphic Classics Now Available
Without the current renaissance in graphics publishing, older and odder gems would wallow in obscurity. Fortunately, in this new market, numerous publishers are exploring some of the more obscure texts from the history of comics. These reprints are from rare materials that previously have been largely inaccessible to most comics devotees. These new editions save these masterworks from obscurity and allow new generations to have access to them.
Art of the City: Behind the Creation of the Art for City of Dust
With an amazing collection of fully painted artwork, City of Dust achieves a stunning look that matches the heavy sci-fi and horror theme of its storyline. Artists Zid and Brandon Ching, along with the people who helped in the art direction of the story, open up their creative process and explained how they managed to create this book's defining look.
Watchmen: What GNR Readers Are Saying
The contest ran throughout March, and now you can see what your fellow GNR readers have been saying about the Watchmen movie. It's a diverse collection of thoughts for a very diverse, intense movie.
The Black Freighter Sails
Beyond the groundbreaking film, a new Watchmen-related DVD and Blu-Ray disc has just been released, shedding more light and background on the dark world in which these characters live. First is the story of the Black Freighter and its evil allegory for the story, and next is the documentary styles of Under the Hood. Director Eric Matthies discusses how Under the Hood came together and how this essential subtext for the storyline fits in with the movie.
Hey, Kids! Comics Awards!
Chris Duffy, senior editor for Nick Magazine, discusses the upcoming Nick Magazine Comics Awards and how comics are gaining respect from teachers and librarians as literature for young readers.
The New Green Initiative
In brightest day, in blackest night... It's time to go green in a big way with actor Chris Meloni, who tells us about the upcoming animated feature Green Lantern: First Flight.
Art Spiegelman and His Breakdowns: The GNR Interview
It’s been 30 years since a young, struggling, and virtually unknown comics artist named Art Spiegelman decided to publish Breakdowns, a massive retrospective of the work he’d done in the six years prior. Today, the reemergence of Breakdowns is an event, a cultural touchstone from a Pulitzer Prize-winning artist. Back then, it was an ambitious, risky, and, Spiegelman freely admits, unasked for.