Tag: First Second Books

  • “The Power of Kayfabe”: An Interview with Box Brown by Dan Mancilla

    “The Power of Kayfabe”: An Interview with Box Brown by Dan Mancilla

    The accolades continue to pile up for artist and graphic novelist Box Brown. Aside from his Ignaz Award, his publishing house, Retrofit Comics, continues to put out quality independent graphic art. And aside from all that, of course, Brown’s labor of love, Andre the Giant: Life and Legend (First Second Books, 2014), spent three weeks on…

  • Robert Loss Reviews This One Summer, a young adult graphic novel by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki

    Robert Loss Reviews This One Summer, a young adult graphic novel by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki

    Summer is float-time for some people, especially kids, and as This One Summer‘s pre-adolescent protagonist Rose says, “It feels good. Floating. It feels like flying.” But it’s worth noting that Rose clings to an inner-tube as she says this; no one can float forever, not safely, anyway. Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki’s poignant graphic novel…