Dr. Batman: First doctorate in comics goes to Michael Uslan
Michael Uslan, originator and executive producer of the Batman film franchise since 1989 His memoir is titled The Boy Who Loved Batman and since 1989 (think Michael Keaton and Tim Burton) he has been...
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Today 5-7 Meet the eAuthor Dave Coverly's Speed Bump Comic Strip from May, 2012
View ArticleThe Ultimate Self-Help Book
Words by Steven Frye Images by Gavin Aung Than via Zen Pencils
View ArticleReading Zones
A reader's Terms of Engagement! "Reading is dangerous! Know the signs!SketchEmily is a very lazy "comic strip" that happens sometimes. The whole point of SketchEmily is that she is drawn only the most...
View ArticlePerformance-Enhancing Drugs for Writers and more from Grant Snider
Above is the latest literary home run from cartoonist Grant Snider over at INCIDENTAL COMICS Here are a couple of other biblio-gems from Snider that have previously appeared on Book Patrol: Ban this...
View ArticleThe First 3D Comic Books
It was almost 60 years ago that the first 3-D comic book was published. Three Dimension Comics starring Mighty Mouse hit the stands in September of 1953. Here a few other covers from the period: h/t...
View ArticleThe Gotham City Library
Gotham City Library. From “The Penguin’s Apprentice!” by Don Cameron, Jack Burnley, and Jerry Robinson (Batman #27, 1945). "It takes all of the Batman's fistic artfulness..." to get "The Penguins's...
View ArticleBeware of Unemployed Librarians!
"I believe passionately in libraries and have been horrified by the prospect of closures throughout the system as part of local government cuts. I tried to make a useful comic to help..." - John Alison
View ArticleBeware of Unemployed Librarians!
"I believe passionately in libraries and have been horrified by the prospect of closures throughout the system as part of local government cuts. I tried to make a useful comic to help..." - John Alison
View ArticleDay Jobs of the Poets
The latest bookish strip from Grant Snider at Incidental Comics. Who adds: This comic is factual, but it requires a couple clarifications: Wallace Stevens was an executive at an insurance company, not...
View Articleremembering futurism
From Grant Snider of Incidental Comics fame comes a new series for Medium called "Who Needs Art?" First up, remembering futurism. Previously on Book Patrol:Day Jobs of the PoetsPerformance-Enhancing...
View ArticleA [Sad] Future For Bookstores
Check out this comic from Angela Liao over at twenty pixels. It begins with this preface: Reading text lists of titles and gridded book covers images can’t compete with the in-store bookstore...
View ArticleHelp for Punctuation
‘Support’ – Tom Humbertone’s latest from his series In the Frame for the New Statesman. The post Help for Punctuation appeared first on Book Patrol.
View Article‘Marvels & Monsters’: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics
“Yellow Claw” #1, Atlas Comics, October 1956. (Marjean Magazine Corp.) The Japanese American National Museum, in collaboration with NYU’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute and the Fales Library &...
View ArticleA bookish side of Jules Feiffer
Jules Feiffer is a Pulitzer-Prize winning editorial cartoonist who has written over 35 books, plays and screenplays. His long running syndicated strip Feiffer appears in newspapers around the country...
View ArticleA Kickstarter Tragedy: ‘sad pictures for children’ goes up in flames
It started innocently enough. In May, 2012 Comic artist John Campbell took to the crowdsourcing platform Kickstarter to fund a book based on his internet comic. It was to be called sad pictures of...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Self-Help Book
Words by Steven Frye Images by Gavin Aung Than via Zen Pencils
View ArticleReading Zones
A reader's Terms of Engagement! "Reading is dangerous! Know the signs!SketchEmily is a very lazy "comic strip" that happens sometimes. The whole point of SketchEmily is that she is drawn only the most...
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