This past weekend, I had the privilege of attending the Miami Book Fair, one of the best-run book fairs in the country (and one of the biggest—seriously, if you are a book fan, you owe it to yourself to save up for a vacation to this yearly event; it’s well worth it). One of the great things about it is how friendly they are to graphic novels. In fact, they have a pretty large and significant comics presence at the fair, with panels running all weekend long.

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Bestselling prose author branches out into comics with her supernatural House of Night comics. But these aren't just adaptations of her popular books. Instead, these fill in the blanks in between books, offering new insights into her characters and her stories. Here's her take on working in comics.

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Writer, actor, director, and producer, and now heading up Renegade Entertainment, Alexander Finbow has led a diverse and exciting career. Starting up a comic book company, along with a host of other talented creators, is his latest endeavor, and perhaps the most exciting. We talked to him about what it takes to get a new comic company off the ground these days.

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It’s been a week since the illustrious success of this year’s New York Comic Con, so we thought we’d check in with Reed Exhibition’s Lance Fensterman, who put it all together. Has he sufficiently recovered in a week? Let’s find out and see what he thought of how the show went this year.

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There's a nice profile of Lynda Barry and her writing workshops in The New York Times today. Check it out. Lynda's such a fantastic creator and inspiration. I love that she's getting some proper attention paid to her work.

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Graphic novelist Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole, Any Empire) joined a group of teen fiction writers at the United Nations this week for a special presentation that raised funds for Darfur refugees. Other writers at the event included R.L. Stine (Goosebumps), Ann M.

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There's a nice article about Toon Books and publisher Francoise Mouly here on the Daily Record site, and it's a nice little encapsulation of what Toon Books stands for. It's a short piece, but it's a good brief overview of what these books do for kids and the need for graphic novels aimed at the youngest readers. Check it out when you can.

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Congratulations to Lauren Redniss for making the National Book Award's short list for nonfiction books of the year for Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout! This is not only a huge achievement and recognition for Lauren, but it's also the first time the NBA has ever recognized a graphic work in this category, so it shows the huge steps this category has made in the past few years. Congratulations, Lauren, on a job well done!

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Just in time for New York Comic Con and the many comics-loving tourists who will be flooding the city for it comes this extensive guide to the city from a nerd's perspective. It's not entirely devoted to comics (Mario makes an appearance, as do The Warriors and the Planet of the Apes), but it's got plenty of four-color favorites...like Dr.

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There's a much more detailed and informative writeup of this news in Heidi MacDonald's Publishers Weekly article, but the quick news is that DC Comics is offering 100 graphic novels for sale exclusively on the new Kindle Fire, which was announced this week.

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