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As The Man At The Crossroads, I have been involved in comic publishing and promotion since 1981. I hope you will join me and enjoy exploring the worlds of comics, graphic novels and manga through my regularly updated web-articles, books, exhibitions and comic events listings. Paul GravettRECENT ARTICLES
VIZ:Rude Britannia
Although no longer selling over a million copies an issue, Viz remains as funny and merciless as ever. More...
Posted: August 29, 2010
PG Previews:October 2010
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: August 22, 2010
PG Tips No. 32:Graphic Novel Reviews
Paul Gravett reviews the very best of the latest graphic novel releases. More...
Posted: August 15, 2010
Oliver Frey:Men Of Flesh & Fantasy
From Dan Dare to Bike Boy, Frey brings a distinctive masculinity and sensuous physicality to his art. More...
Posted: August 8, 2010
PG Tips Special:Great British Comics Now - Part 1
There's a genuine vibrancy and variety to homegrown, UK-originated comics today. More...
Posted: August 1, 2010
RANDOM ARTICLES
First Second:Bridging Countries, Genres & Ages
First Second Books is by far the smartest, freshest, graphic novel line launched in the US in 2006. More...
Posted: October 7, 2007
Schuiten & Peeters:Cities Of The Fantastic
Explore grand designs of architectural impossibilities realised in ravishing, meticulous sequential art. More...
Posted: December 18, 2005
PG Tips No. 20:Art Books On Comic Art
In a PG Tips special edition, Paul reviews three new books of and about the art of comics. More...
Posted: July 13, 2008
PG Tips No. 24:The Best Of 2008 Part 3 - An International Perspective
Paul Gravett asks a few friends from around the world for their choices of the very best local comics of 2008. More...
Posted: January 11, 2009
Curt Swan:A Superman Walked Among Us
Under his sensitive pencil, Superman won not just our awe and admiration, but our affection and sympathy. More...
Posted: March 19, 2006
WHERE'S PAUL?
Hypercomics: The Shapes Of Comics To ComeAdam Dant, Daniel Merlin Goodbrey, Dave McKean & Warren Pleece create multi-path, site-specific 'Hypercomics'. More...
Where: Pump House Gallery, Battersea Park, London, SW11 4NJ
When: August 12 to September 26, 2010
NEW TO COMICS?
Graphic Novels:An Introduction
What are graphic novels? The term has become distorted with prejudices and preconceptions. More...
Posted: July 16, 2006
Manga:An Introduction
The flood of translated manga is only the tiniest toenail clipping of the big, scary Godzilla that is manga. More...
Posted: April 23, 2006
Great British Comics:An Introduction
Contrary to some claims that British comics are dead, in fact they continue to this day and are thriving. More...
Posted: July 30, 2006
Best Crime Comics:Every Shade Of Noir
Fasten your seat belt, you're in for a foot-to-the-floor ride through a compendium of the cream of crime comics. More...
Posted: August 24, 2008
PG Tips No. 29:The Best Of 2009: Graphic Novels
Paul Gravett selects his favourite top twenty-one graphic novels of 2009. More...
Posted: January 17, 2010
