All posts by Chelsea Novak »
Disney Princess Design Fail: Merida Edition
If you haven’t heard already, there is, as of earlier this month, an eleventh Disney princess. Merida, the bow-wielding heroine from Brave, has been inducted into the official Disney Princess line, which means that
Read More »
Graphic Novel Review: Yuki vs. Panda: Volume 1
Earlier this year Duskleaf Media launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund Yuki vs. Panda: Volume 1. The Kickstarter page described the graphic novel as “a wild satire that coddles and lampoons East-meets-West tropes from Anime,
Read More »
Fangirl Friday: Joyce Summers
Mother’s Day is fast approaching and when I think of the moms who populate all things geeky, Joyce Summers is usually the first to come to mind. Joyce may have been far from a
Read More »
Return of “The Star Wars”… as a Comic Book
Dark Horse is adapting George Lucas’s original Star Wars screenplay, The Star Wars, into an eight-issue comic book series, with the first issue hitting stands in September. The adaptation will be written by J.W.
Read More »
Steve Jobs: Coming to a Manga Shop Near You
Mari Yamazaki is adapting Walter Isaacson’s bestselling biography Steve Jobs into a manga in the pages of Kiss, a manga magazine for women. The first chapter appears in the May 2013 issue, which was
Read More »
Boom! Crash! Zoom! Marvel, comiXology and the Future of Digital Comic Distribution
On Sunday March 10, at the South by Southwest Festival in Texas, Marvel announced that it would offer 700 free #1 issues through its digital comics app, which is powered by the digital comics
Read More »
Nikola Tesla Graphic Novel in the Works
Mind Afire: The Visions of Nikola Tesla is a 64-page graphic novel created by the literary agent, editor and author Abigail Samoun, and the freelance artist Elizabeth Haidle. The duo is currently raising funds
Read More »
Comic Book Review: Everybody Loves Tank Girl
Everybody Loves Tank Girl is a hardcover from Titan Books collecting a three-issue miniseries that came out last year. It’s written by Alan C. Martin, one of the original creators of Tank Girl, and
Read More »
Yuki vs Panda: Trope-Tastic “Satire” Hits and Misses
Yuki vs Panda is the inaugural graphic novels series from Duskleaf Media, written by Graham Misiurak and Nick Dunec, and drawn by A.L. Jones. Duskleaf is currently raising funds through Indiegogo for the first
Read More »
Harry Potter Gets a Makeover
Scholastic has revealed a new cover for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first of seven new covers celebrating the 15th anniversary of the US publication of the first Harry Potter novel. The
Read More »
