First Second Books

Discover the 45 best horror comics this spooky season. This list covers a broad range of horror sub-genres for plenty of frightening reads.

Find out more about how Jon Chad’s Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball explores the much-loved game throughout the decades and how it’s so much more than just that.

Read on to find out more about what Science Comics are, who are they for, what topics they cover, and much more.

I had a chat with Savanna Ganucheau about baking, her creative process, what it was like illustrating the book when she was on the other side of the world from her collaborator, how to illustrate romance, and much more.

It’s a game of very simple mechanics, but one that’s had a rich but complicated history. In his 2016 graphic novel Box Brown puts all the blocks together and the result is an interesting read.

Every month I like to spotlight some of the new graphic novels you should read for that month. I try to keep it quite varied with different styles of art, storytelling, publisher and genre. March offers up a mixture of missing treehouses, giant monsters, the lampooning of ancient war texts, Japanese Buffy and a new sheriff in town.

Every month I like to showcase the best graphic novel releases of the month, focusing on stories that those new to comics can dive into. For February I have highlighted 10 releases which are all a bit different from each other. Many different genres are represented including science fiction, noir, manga, biography, superhero, horror and fantasy.