I’ve been a fan of comics since I was a kid, and my passion for the form grew during my employment at Heroes World distribution in the ’80s. While my co-workers at the warehouse were pouring over (and speculating on) Marvel and D.C. superhero books, I was reading Love and Rockets, Yummy Fur, Lloyd Llewllyn, Good Girls, and Raw, …
This book is for anyone who has known a cat and wondered what these fluffy creatures with on demand daggers might be saying to you. Find the answers within Woe, the latest book by Lucy Knisley. —Helena, Port Book and News, Port Angeles, WA Don’t despair! Have hope! Cat people, dog people– everyone will find something …
It’s Deadpool, so who knows why there’s a shark on the cover. But hey, we stopped and picked it up. Might as well tell you about it as well. That’s successful marketing, friends! Not-King Deadpool collects issue 1 – 10 of the 2019 edition of the Marvel comic. Written by Kelly Thompson and illustrated by Christ Bachalo, …
Posted in Publishers Weekly Children’s Bookshelf newsletter May 7, 2019 by Emma Nichols, bookseller at Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA When I first started in bookselling, parents often balked at my comics recommendations. They wanted their kids to read “real books.” Five years later, a lot has changed: I’m still recommending comics and kids …
Sometimes a unicorn shows up in your life and makes everything better. I wasn’t really expecting one. A few years ago, I had nearly realized an ambition I’ve had since age 12: I had scored a contract to develop a comic strip for newspaper syndication. I won that contract, in the Comic Strip Superstar contest, …
I thought about it like a day when you eagerly carve out the entire afternoon, plant yourself in a comfy chair with a flask of coffee, turn off all the distractions, and sink into that book you’ve been waiting to read. Last Sunday, I packed a bottle of water, suited up in comfy clothes, and planted …
“If you’ve never read a Get Fuzzy comic strip, you are missing out. Rob, a bit of an oddball loner who wears goofy t-shirts and has out-of-control hair, has 2 pets – Satchel, a completely loveable and simple Lab/Shar-pei mix, and Bucky, a selfish, feisty and clueless Siamese cat. Between Bucky’s unique ideas for getting …
