Reader’s Digest recommends Jane Austen in motion

Volume 2 contributors Huxley King and Terrence Boyce, whose adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice graces this volume’s cover, have gone even further: they have made a motion comic of their work! See… Read More →

Graphic Canon on Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings

Maria Popova, who’ll be doing a presentation in NYC tomorrow, posted about The Graphic Canon on her awesome blog Brain Pickings: Earlier this year, Russ Kick gave us the the first installment of his Graphic Canon trilogy, which culls… Read More →

“Editor Kick certainly gets it right,” says Publishers Weekly

Volume 2 of The Graphic Canon is out in stores! Publishers Weekly gave a great review:  Comprising original graphic versions of classic literature, from Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” to Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, this is… Read More →

Nashville Scene: The Graphic Canon Interview Extended Cut

This great Nashville Scene interview by Joe Nolan nudges Russ to reveal the back stories to some of the works in the first volume of The Graphic Canon.  The Graphic Canon Interview: Extended Cut… Read More →

Russ Kick on Wired’s The Monitor podcast

Peter Rubin, Wired magazine’s pop culture and entertainment maven, discussed The Graphic Canon with Russ Kick for the latest edition of his podcast, The Monitor, which covers movies, comics, and videogames. He says,… Read More →

Contributor Interview: Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey

Ryan Dunlavey and Fred Van Lente, who enthusiastically summed up the Toronto Comic Arts Festival a couple of weekends ago in this PW article, have no less than three adaptations included in volume… Read More →

The Graphic Canon is “All Diamond, No Rough,” says School Library Journal

This amazing starred review in School Library Journal (May 16, 2012) makes us giddy. All Diamond, No Rough from graphic novel guest blogger Francisca Goldsmith (with our second starred review of the week!): Russ… Read More →