Tag Archives: Milton Griepp

Graphic Novelties

At the second annual ICv2 conference on the Graphic Novel, held on the eve of ComicCon, speakers talked about what’s selling (non-fiction), who’s buying (more women), and where it’s being sold (twice as many through bookstores as comic stores). Comparisons between Japan and the US were made throughout the day, as the still nascent US…Continue Reading

Dominoes and Superheroes: Graphic Novels Pressing Forward

2006 is promising to be another banner year for graphic novels. Marjane Satrapi‘s PERSEPOLIS (Pantheon) was named this year’s featured work in the Seattle Reads series and Alan Moore’s V FOR VENDETTA (Vertigo), which opened as the No. 1 movie in the U.S., brought the original graphic novel to No. 9 on Barnes & Noble.com’s…Continue Reading