Page 3 of Southern Bastards, No. 12, art by Chris Brunner
Chris Brunner is clients have included Nike, Lucasfilm, Disney, Nickelodeon, the NBA, and Marvel Entertainment, but he is most proud of his work on Image Comics’ Loose Ends and Southern Bastards. In 2016, Southern Bastards was recognized with the Eisner award for Best Continuing Series.
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Libraries nationwide might soon carry more comics and graphic novels, thanks to a move by The American Library Association (ALA). The ALA, which promotes libraries and library education around the globe, with over 45,000 members, has reorganized their Graphic Novel and Comics Member Initiative Group into the Graphic Novel Round Table. This new round table is the first approved ALA designated focus area in five years.
Tags: ALA, American Library Association, Bitter Root, Carla Riemer, Chuck Brown, David Walker, Graphic Novel Round Table, Image Comics, interview, Kim Reaper, Oni Press, Sanford Greene, Sarah Graley
Young Adult is a booming genre. To keep things simple, in The Schulz Library we group YA and Middle Grade books. Either way, it is a popular section!
Tags: Aaron Renier, Amulet, Andy Runton, Angela Boyle, Aqua, Bone, Boxers and Saints, Bridget Comeau, Cartoon Books, Cartoon Studies, Dan Nott, Faith Erin Hicks, First Second, Friends with Boys, Gene Yang, Graphix, I Kill Giants, Image Comics, J. M. Ken Niimura, Jarad Greene, Jeff Smith, Jess Johnson, Jillian Tamaki, Joe Kelly, Joey Weiser, Kazu Kibuishi, Koyama Press, Kozue Amano, Mariko Tamaki, Mermin, middle grade, Nem Sears, Night Air, Oni Press, Owly, Raina Telgemeier, Schulz Library, Smile, Spinning, Square Fish, The Unsinkable Walker Bean, This One Summer, Tillie Walden, Tokyopop, Young Adult
Pages from Libby’s Dad by Eleanor Davis, winner of 2017 Best Print Comic
The Cartoonist Studio Prize is back for it’s sixth year. Two creators, one each for print and online, are selected each year and receive $1,000. Every year, the judges are Slate’s Jacob Brogan, a CCS representative (this year, Kevin Czap), and a guest judge (this year, Andrew Farago from San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum). Submissions are currently open an any English comic published in 2017 is eligible, so submit before the deadline, January 31, 2018.
Tags: A Silent Hell, AdHouse, Andrew Farago, Beautiful Darkness, Blacksad, Boxers and Saints, Brandon Graham, Building Stories, Carol Tyler, Cartoon Art Museum, Cartoon Studies, cartoonist studio prize, Chris Ware, Curveball, Dark Horse, Drawn and Quarterly, Eleanor Davis, Fantagraphics, First Second, Gene Luen Yang, Gilbert Hernandez, Heads or Tails, Here, How to Be Happy, Image Comics, Jacob Brogan, Jeremy Sorese, Jillian Tamaki, Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido, Julia Wertz, Julio's Day, kerascoet, Kevin Czap, King City, Koyama Press, Libby's Dad, Lilli Carré, Mariko Tamaki, Nobrow, Pantheon, Retrofit Comics, Richard McGuire, Rolling Blackouts, Rom Hart, Rosalie Lightning, Sarah Glidden, Slate, Slate Book Review, Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize, Soldier's Hear, Sonny Liew, Sophie Goldstein, St. Martin's Press, Sunny, SuperMutant Magic Academy, Taiyo Matsumoto, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, The Infinite Wait, The Oven, This One Summer