Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Graphic Novels are back! Slowly especially with the adults who want something “mature” and not youthful manga for furries. There’s always space for great graphic novels in everyone life, as there’s space for novels. Yet in this article published in Newsweek Daily Beast section, it’s still mostly about retro comics. In the GR world and among our peers, we know this and it’s not talking about 2012 or even 2011, but more so the past 10 years or even more. Spiegelman’s Maus and Satrapi’s Persepolis inevitably get mentioned. Either way, it’s a great primer for those are aren’t caught up in the genre. (thedailybeast – graphic novels)
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GR friend, Gene Luen Yang, a Bay Area native has been tapped to draw Avatar: The Last Airbender Comic. You might know him for his efforts with Eternal Smile, Level Up, and American Born Chinese. Check out Gene at Humblecomics.com and here’s an Airbender comic he drew in the past that crits it’s use of non-Asians in the film. Not a central point for confrontation or arguments, Gene Luen Yang has been doing comics for over a decade. It’s great to see him being tapped for indie projects and non indie projects alike.
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