Faith Erin Hicks Interview for ‘The Stone Heart’
Rebecca Angel gets into deep character questions with Faith Erin Hicks for her new graphic novel, ‘The Stone Heart.’
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Return to Sunnydale High School in the New ‘Buffy’ Graphic Novel
If your first and favorite memories of the Slayer are the snarky barbs from Cordelia and the Scooby Gang meeting up in the library, have I got a book for you.
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Faith Erin Hicks Interview for ‘The Nameless City’
Faith Erin Hicks is one of the stars of today’s graphic novel scene. Here is an interview about her latest creation, ‘The Nameless City,’ an action-adventure story set in ancient Asia.
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GBBP 58: Faith Erin Hicks
This week, we’re thrilled to have Faith Erin Hicks on the show! Faith is an Eisner Award-winning author and illustrator whose newest book, ‘The Nameless City,’ comes out from First Second Books today! What are you waiting for? Go grab your copy!
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Stack Overflow: Celebrating 10 Years of First Second Books
To celebrate their 10th anniversary, we present to you our list of Essential First Second books. I tried to do the impossible–choose one title from each year–and I was mostly able to do just that (with the exception of a couple ties).
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Bounded Enthusiasm #16: Happy 10th Anniversary, First Second Books!
Today’s episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is a celebration of the tenth anniversary of First Second Books, one of my favorite publishers.
Continue ReadingRainbow Rowell Signs 2-Book Deal With First Second
Rainbow Rowell, the author of the celebrated (and sometimes-banned) Eleanor & Park, is going to be writing two YA graphic novels for First Second.
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Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
I have to admit, when I was sent a review copy of Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, a YA graphic novel by Prudence Shen and illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks, I wasn’t as excited as I could be. In Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong Hicks was only doing the art.
But I should have trusted that Hicks wouldn’t collaborate on something unless it was worth her mad skills. I, and my two teens, very much enjoyed it. Amusing dialogue, great art (duh), and characters that have fun with their stereotypes, tossing or flaunting them at a whim.
Robots, Cheerleaders, High School Politics: Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong is a graphic novel by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks about bad sportsmanship, robots with chainsaws, scary cheerleaders, and bad politics. I got an early look at the finished book, so here’s a brief review as well as a Q&A with Shen and Hicks.
Continue ReadingNothing Can Possibly Go Wrong: High School Hijinks
Faith Erin Hicks is following up her terrific graphic novel Friends With Boys with another story set in high school, this time collaborating with writer Prudence Shen. Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong is about a contentious school election, with the …
Continue ReadingInterview: Faith Erin Hicks on Friends With Boys
Faith Erin Hicks is a comic book artist in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her latest comic, Friends With Boys, is a semi-autobiographical tale of a ninth-grade girl entering public school for the first time (after being homeschooled). The comic has been …
Continue ReadingFaith Erin Hicks Makes Friends With Boys
Earlier this year I did a series of posts of Stories About Girls: books that featured female main characters, with a broad range of types of books and subject matter. I tried to pick a lot of books that both …
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