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Top 27 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: May 2024
This French best-seller conveys clearly the issues and urgency of our escalating climate crisis. More...
RECENT ARTICLES
Top 27 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:May 2024
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 24, 2024
‘Monica’ by Daniel Clowes:
A Graphic Novel Review
My unedited review for The Times Literary Supplement of 'Monica', Daniel Clowes' graphic novel. More...
Posted: February 7, 2024
Top 32 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:
April 2024
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 2, 2024
Top 37 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:
March 2024
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 30, 2023
Top 20 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:
February 2024
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: November 30, 2023
RANDOM ARTICLES
Superheroes:We Can Be Heroes
It's clear that, outside of the giant playpens of Marvel and DC, superheroes can proliferate as never before. More...
Posted: July 29, 2007
Manga At The Royal Academy:
The Making Of Manga Mania
The modern Japanese comic owes much to the greatest of Japanese print artists, Utagawa Kuniyoshi. More...
Posted: March 22, 2009
Hannah Berry:
Refreshing Parts Literature Can't Reach
Confounding expectations is her forte, from her murder-mystery debut Britten & Brülightly to the chilling new Adamtine. More...
Posted: November 11, 2012
Emmanuel Guibert:
Memories And Memoirs
From war-torn Afghanistan to L.A. a century ago, Guibert turns his friends' memories into unforgettable memoirs. More...
Posted: July 21, 2014
WANG Ning:
'My Only Child'
Interview with the Chinese writer of four graphic stories about China's One-Child Policy More...
Posted: October 20, 2021
WHERE'S PAUL?
NEW TO COMICS?
Comics Art:The 21st Century Medium
Paul Gravett introduces previews from & reviews of his new book from Tate Publishing & Yale University Press. More...
Posted: November 4, 2013
1001 Comics:
You Must Read Before You Die
Paul Gravett explains the motivation behind his gigantic new 960-page guide to comics. More...
Posted: October 1, 2011
Graphic Novels:
An Introduction
What are graphic novels? The term has become distorted with prejudices and preconceptions. More...
Posted: June 6, 2009
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