Winners of YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens!
The 53 graphic novels that made this list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens were selected from 154 official nominations. These books are, according to YALSA, ”recommended for those ages 12-18, meet the...
View ArticleWatchmen time-vortex
As part of a seemingly endless promotional campaign for this weekend’s Watchmen movie, the folks at DC (or the studio people, I’m not sure exactly who) have created an 8-bit throwback game for online...
View ArticleRaymond Chandler meets Shrek
This weekend, I started reading a series of graphic novels by Bill Willingham called FABLES, and I think I’m hooked. The concept of the series is that all the characters from the world’s fairy tales...
View ArticleGlowing review for Bayou series premiere
As the “Graphic Novel Guy” around here, I tend to get excited about new stuff from DC Comics. As some of you may already know, DC has a web component of free comics called Zuda, and “Bayou” has been...
View ArticlePersonal Fave: First chapter of Fables novel online!
I’ve been consuming Bill Willingham books with regularity for a few months now. The series I’ve been reading from DC Comics is called Fables, and it takes characters like Snow White and Cinderella and...
View ArticleStephen King to do comics!
According to a New York Times article, DC Comics will soon be publishing a series called “American Vampire,” which, illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque, will concern itself with “a new breed of vampire...
View ArticleAnother Movie Preview! “The Losers”
I may be young, male, semi-nerdy, and therefore biased, but this movie, The Losers looks really good. I’m not 100% sure I have this right, but it’s based on THE LOSERS by Andy Diggle from DC Comics’s...
View ArticleGet ready for the Green Lantern…
Constructing of Green Lantern: From Page to Screen Constructing Green Lantern: From Page to Screen (9780789322616) is a comprehensive look at the highly anticipated summer blockbuster, The Green...
View ArticleSave the date: Graphic Novel Web Cast
Save the date: November 8, 2011 3-4pm (EST) Random House, Inc will be hosting a one-hour web cast featuring graphic novel experts within the industry, and presenting the latest trends and the...
View ArticleRandom House Gets Graphic….Remembers Joe Kubert
JOE KUBERT 1926 –2012 Epic American comic book artist and founder of The Kubert School, best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. Random House, Inc. Celebrates the...
View ArticleRandom House Gets Graphic: Man of Steel
We are very proud at Random House, Inc to work closely with DC Comics. Last year they brought us, among other things, The Dark Knight Rises movie and with it the end to an exceptional trilogy of films...
View Article“Comic Con” in Bryant Park…
If you are going to be in New York City this weekend, stop by at the Bryant Park Reading Room on Saturday, August 10th from 12p.m-1p.m for a “Comic Con” Random House style! Further details listed here....
View ArticleBooks on Film: SUPERHEROES Take Over PBS!
Tomorrow Comic Con takes over Gotham which makes us in the mood for comic talk and we’ve got a new book that will no doubt delight your comic-loving patrons! It’s called SUPERHEROES! Capes, Cowls, and...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING from the Random House Library Marketing Team! (The Justice League also wishes librarians everywhere a super-powered holiday!)
View ArticleFree Graphic Novel Webinar on March 19!!! From Superheroes to Vampires, The...
From Superheroes to Vampires, The Hottest Graphic Novels of 2014 Join Random House, Library Journal, and School Library Journal for the Superheroes to Vampires Graphic Novel Webcast. We’ll be sharing...
View ArticleFree Graphic Novel Webinar May 6th
Join us for the Booklist Graphic Novel Webinar, and get the scoop on hot new graphic novels for adults and teens! Representatives from Random House, DC Entertainment, and Viz Media will book talk...
View ArticleBatman Day in the Library!
This past Saturday was officially Batman Day in the Library! We are so glad that many of your libraries participated in the celebration, and hope that your love for superheroes, and promoting Graphic...
View ArticleComic Con for Kids: Bryant Park, NYC
Betty & Batman! What better way is there to spend a Saturday in August, than celebrating the love of comics and reading in beautiful Bryant Park? We were so proud to co-host a great event for...
View ArticleBooks on Film: Suicide Squad
Justice has a bad side. Comic-con attendees got a sneak preview of the much-anticipated Suicide Squad film, based on the DC Comics antihero team of the same name. A secret government agency named...
View Article#NYCC: New York Comic Con 2015
New York Comic Con starts today and goes until Sunday, 10/11. We hope you are able to make it, if not we wanted to give you a bit of a sneak peek at what will be going on at the booths of our...
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