Comics for kids under 10. Comics for preteens. Of course we’d look next at what the comic industry has for your newly christened teenager. Whether it’s a bar or bat mitzvah around the corner, or your favorite niece or nephew about to embark on high school, these are 15 comics that are meant to inspire,…
Transmyscira: A Mandate for Change (or, I Won an Eisner Last Night)
I won an Eisner last night for a single page that I scripted and my best friend drew. An Eisner I share with not just her, but dozens of creators, including most of my heroes that either made me want to make comics professionally or inspired me to dig in and stay the course when…
MARCH: BOOK THREE Wins National Book Award
NEW YORK (November 17, 2016) — Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell received an unprecedented honor last night, as their book March: Book Three became the first graphic novel to ever receive the National Book Award. The March trilogy, published by Top Shelf Productions / IDW Publishing, depicts Lewis’s firsthand account of the Civil…
MARCH Collaborators Aydin & Powell to Attend SPX
Bethesda, Maryland; September 1, 2016 Media Release – Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell collaborated with Civil Rights legend Congressman John Lewis on one of the most powerful graphic novel series in the history of the medium. The award winning March series documents Congress Lewis’ experiences in the early Civil Rights movement, culminating with the March…
Most Anticipated Series of 2015
The year is winding to a close, which got us to thinking…what are we looking forward to next year? The Comicosity staff has gathered and submitted their top picks, today being Most Anticipated Series of 2015: Roderick Ruth TOKYO GHOST Written by Rick Remender Art by Sean Murphy Published by Image Comics Two of the…
Top Shelf Reveals MARCH: BOOK TWO Cover
Today, for the first time, we’re revealing the gorgeous cover design of March: Book Two, the much-anticipated second part of the March trilogy. It’s scheduled for release in early 2015, so we’re still half a year away — but the interest in this title is so tremendous that we wanted to showcase something special now,…
The Comics Classroom: Comics as History
One of the goals when I set out to write for and design The Comics Classroom was to accomplish two things. First, I wanted to explore comics from a non-traditional viewpoint as an aspiring academic who has only started to investigate the medium. Second, I believe that comics as an artistic medium contain the power…