A lot of the graphics I’ve read recently are BIG stories: epic adventures, fantastic settings, or, in more realistic pieces, life or death stakes. It’s easy to make even a straightforward coming of age tale a BIG story with the angst, drama, and anxiety of even the...

In a world where supernatural being and humans tensely live in proximity to each other, a turf war between organized families of demi humans is the spark that will trigger a much larger conflict to come. Gran Familia is the first serialized story from creator Louis...

Little Moon’s mother reads to her every night out of Grandma’s story book. Little Moon’s favorite story is about the scary monster the  Shenk. Is it real? Then something horrible happens to her parents—luckily, some witches in hiding find her and help her understand...

Twin sisters Sloane and Ash love to draw. For years, they have dreamed of becoming animators, working on movies like the Disney films they love. Now, at thirteen, they are taking the first step toward making that dream a reality: both girls have been accepted to a...

Many science-fiction stories follow Mary Poppin’s advice of providing a spoonful of sugar to go with one’s medicine. While readers are usually enjoying the fantastic technologies and interdimensional shenanigans, they are also assimilating the story’s moral about...

Baki Hanma has just upset the annual karate championship and sent shockwaves through the world of martial arts. This wide-eyed, 17 year old white belt newbie shouldn’t have been able to face off against more seasoned fighters, yet somehow he toppled them all to win...

Cocktails. We know them. Many love them. But how many of us know the long and complicated journey through history that brought us the cocktail as we know it today? From Ten Speed Graphic, renown cocktail historian David Wondrich delivers The Comic Book History of the...

Introduction Need some help with your holiday gift list this year? Why not give the gift of comics? Whether it’s a great intro for the graphic novel uninitiated or the next great read for the comic lovers in your life, our features team put together a list of comics...