The concept of the “graphic novel” crystallized 25 years ago with the publication of Will Eisner’s “Contract with God.” Part 1 of TIME.comix’s special anniversary coverage looked at the history, ...

Everything’s a graphic novel nowadays. Batman, Superman, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, you name it – if its monthly issues are collected into book form, someone somewhere is calling it a graphic novel.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. My Favorite Thing is Monsters is a magical coming of age story ...

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Gene Yang about becoming the first graphic novelist to be named the Library of Congress' National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. At 42 years old, Gene Luen ...

Every reader has their own particular tastes, and these tend to fall into the recognized story genres — you know, sci-fi, biography, romance, etc. The kind of books you like tends to be more about the ...

Denver-born education nonprofit Pop Culture Classroom has just opened nominations for the Fifth Annual Excellence in Graphic Literature (EGL) Awards, honoring the best and brightest in the medium from ...

Catherine Beavis was commissioned by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority to write a paper on graphic novels for the VCAA Board, to inform decision making about the Year 12 English text ...

SAN JOSE — Gene Luen Yang remembers going with his mother, a computer programmer, to a suburban bookstore in San Jose to buy his first comic book. It was Superman and the Atomic Knights, and the ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. In years’ past, this has been a top-10 list, but there’s too ...