Sentences with phrase «of graphic novelist»

In 2010, screenwriter Jane Goldman and director Matthew Vaughn brought Kick - Ass to the screen, the creation of graphic novelist Mark Millar.

While many writers of both fiction and non-fiction have been able to enjoy the benefits of the digital world, whether by submitting manuscripts to agents in e-reader-compatible format for consideration for traditional publishing, or establishing themselves as self - published authors with a small - but - growing loyal following of readers, the electronic age has not caught up as readily with the needs of graphic novelists.

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Not the familiar questions of generations of theological classrooms, but concrete questions posed by the lives we know, and honed into graphic forms by the best of our novelists, film - makers, and social commentators.

Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) stars as Will, a graphic novelist and teacher who discovers his longtime girlfriend and the mother of his children (Stephanie Allynne) cheating on him on his daughter's fifth birthday.

PEOPLE PLACES THINGS tells the story of Will Henry (Jemaine Clement), a newly single graphic novelist father balancing single - parenting his young twin daughters, writers block, a classroom full students, all the while exploring and navigating the rich complexities of new love and letting go of the woman who left him.

«The first few minutes of the wryly hilarious People, Places, Things find professor and graphic novelist Will Henry (Jemaine Clement, What We Do in the Shadows) thrust unwillingly into a new way of life.

Daniel Clowes is one of the great graphic novelists and jaundiced wits of our time, creator of fantastically bitter characters whose litanies of complaint and twisted avenues of philosophical inquiry would be tragic, or merely pathetic, if they weren't also really funny.

** Conflating teen angst with the titular disaster, indie graphic novelist Dash Shaw's debut animated feature follows three awkward Tides High newspaper reporters as they discover administrative neglect of earthquake safety standards just before their institution drops into the sea.

Released: April 14 Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph, Lena Dunham Director: Dash Shaw Why it's great: The scraggly sketch style of acclaimed graphic novelist Dash Shaw comes to life in a teenage dream comedy about a coastal town high school that cascades off a cliff, drifts out to sea, and provokes a student - body class war.

It features the voices of Reggie Watts, Susan Sarandon, Lena Dunham, and Maya Rudolph, and it's directed by graphic novelist Dash Shaw.

Clement plays Will Henry, a graphic novelist more steadily employed as a professor in that art form at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.

PEOPLE PLACES THINGS tells the story of Will Henry (Jemaine Clement), a newly single graphic novelist father balancing single - parenting his young twin daughters, writers block, a classroom full students, all Read More →

8:20 am — IFC — American Splendor Harvey Pekar is one of the more idiosyncratic graphic novelists there is -LRB-» comic book» doesn't quite cover his very adult, neurotic art), and Paul Giamatti brings him to life perfectly.

Gist: A funny and complex story about a newly single father trying to take care of 6 year old twin girls, reignite his dating life, navigate his co-parenting relationship with his ex and continue work as a graphic novelist.

A successful graphic novelist and professor at the School of Visual Arts, Will's (Jemaine Clement) life swiftly unravels when he finds his wife Charlie (Stephanie Allynne) cheating on him with Gary (Michael Chernus).

Save The Date: A film that opens with acclaimed graphic novelist Jeffrey Brown's delightfully childlike drawings of cast members Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Martin Starr, Mark Webber, and Geoffrey Arend set to Wilco's «Heavy Metal Drummer» ostensibly has nowhere to go but down, but Michael Mohan's romantic comedy - drama Save The Date somehow manages to sustain that level of high - voltage charm throughout.

A number of demographics in the publishing business were left out, such as comic book creators, graphic novelists, children's book authors, and more.

Nine award - winning sci - fi authors — Elizabeth Bear, Greg Bear, David Brin, Nancy Kress, Ann Leckie, Jack McDevitt, Seanan McGuire and Robert J. Sawyer — and graphic novelist Blue Delliquanti were given access to people and resources at Microsoft Research, which has more than 55 areas of research within it.

WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS RESIDENCY Writers in the Schools (WITS), a program of Seattle Arts & Lectures, is looking for creative writers — poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school teachers.

The art is strong and distinctive, with solid black lines, yet reminiscent of other YA graphic novelists, particularly Faith Erin Hicks (Friends With Boys), which should provide comfort to readers looking for a next read.

GoodEReader.com posted an article in April 2011 that explained the frustration that graphic novelists and their audiences feel with digital self - publishing, specifically a lack of e-titles compared to the fiction market and difficulty in trying to self - publish comics and graphic novels to tablets and e-readers.

Meanwhile, in Queens, a wormhole opens between the worlds of the jinn and humans in the bedroom of Jimmy Kapoor, a young wannabe graphic novelist.

While there are good reasons to use Ingram Spark, such as if you're a graphic novelist or a children's book author, there are costs associated with the company that authors have to be aware of.

The public is encouraged to attend and meet dozens of local indie authors, poets, and graphic novelists, and to discover new talent.

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In 100 fact - crammed but surprisingly zippy pages, nonfiction graphic - novelist extraordinaire Brown covers 14 billion years of Earth's development.

This week, the Library of Congress appointed graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang as the 2015 - 2016 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

The son of Chinese immigrants, Yang is the first graphic novelist to hold the position since it was created in 2008.

First - time graphic - novelist Weing has produced a beautiful gem here, with minimal dialogue, one jolting battle scene, and each small page owned by a single panel filled with art whose figures have a comfortable roundness dredged up from the cartoon landscapes of our childhood unconscious, even as the intensely crosshatched shadings suggest the darkness that sometimes traces the edges of our lives.

But I believe reader and graphic novelist strike a bargain that allows for all manner of art, including cartoons, as long as the graphic novelist can deliver a compelling narrative arc.

(I recently discovered that Scrooge was one of graphic - novelist Gene Luen Yang's favorites as well, so I was in good company.)

The panel will be chaired by the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah and consists of: crime writer Val McDermid; cultural critic Leo Robson; feminist writer and critic Jacqueline Rose; and artist and graphic novelist Leanne Shapton.

Graphic novels Sonya Paul interviews Indian graphic novelist Vishwajyoti Ghosh, the editor of the anthology This Side That Side: Restorying Partition, which features graphic works by creators from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

A deputy sheriff on the Texas - Mexico border gets more than she bargained for when she pursues three escaped convicts into the high desert — just one of the four horror novellas in this collection by screenwriter and graphic novelist Wheaton.

Four Nails in the Coffin by Mark Wheaton A deputy sheriff on the Texas - Mexico border gets more than she bargained for when she pursues three escaped convicts into the high desert — just one of the four horror novellas in this collection by screenwriter and graphic novelist Wheaton.

A debut novel in which Janna Yusuf, an Arab Indian - American hijabi teenager who is a book nerd, an aspiring photographer, and graphic novelist who concerned about what a certain boy thinks of her.

Peeters is a successful graphic novelist in his own right, as the co-creator of the popular Belgian fantasy series Les Cités Obscures, and has also written biographies of the French philosopher Jacques Derrida and the 19th - century cartoonist Rodolphe Töpffer.

At The London Book Fair this week, Hannah Berry (graphic novelist, writer and illustrator), Audrey Niffenegger (visual artist and writer), Corinne Pearlman (Creative Director, Myriad Editions) and Sophie Castille (International Rights Director, Mediation) formed the panel to question, in this «golden era for comics and graphic novels», if this is even true, and examine the state of women in comics today.

An editor, essayist, songwriter, graphic designer and novelist, he is the proprietor of Five59 Publishing, which, in addition to Seeger's own work, publishes a quarterly short story anthology, including the annual horror collection 13 BITES and the science fiction anthology PLAN 559 FROM OUTER SPACE.

Creators Maya Jaggi briefly profiles cartoonist Magdy El Shafee, «the godfather of Egyptian graphic novelists,» whose book Metro is now being released in English after being banned in his own country.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA --(Marketwire — Jun 21, 2012)-- Madefire, an exciting new company that brings a refreshing jolt of energy and innovation to the comic and graphic novel industry, today launched its Madefire App for iPad, featuring original, interactive works from Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons, as well as titles from other leading comic writers and graphic novelists.

With a kaleidoscope of art styles, graphic novelist Campbell Whyte makes his spectacular debut, loosely but lovingly inspired by the fantasy worlds of the 80s and 90s.

Kimiko Hahn elected president of Poetry Society of America; discovery of original German Darkness at Noon manuscript prompts new translation; Daniel Clowes on his career as a graphic novelist; and other news.

This morning at over the Kirkus Book Blog Network, I've got a Q & A with illustrator and graphic novelist Hope Larson about her graphic novel adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, released by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this month.

Using the inauguration of President Obama as a framing device, Congressman John Lewis and graphic novelist Powell tell the story of Lewis's life and his participation in America's civil rights movement.

«I've said it so many times my throat hurts: I don't see how the graphic novelists in this world make more than one of these things in one lifetime!»

Ted Rall is the political cartoonist at ANewDomain.net, editor - in - chief of SkewedNews.net, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent.

A free e-comic Shorties: The Best Of The Graphic Short Story Prize 2007 - 11 is now available to read online in which competition judge and graphic novelist extraordinaire, Bryan Talbot, selects his favourite entries from 5 years of the prizOf The Graphic Short Story Prize 2007 - 11 is now available to read online in which competition judge and graphic novelist extraordinaire, Bryan Talbot, selects his favourite entries from 5 years of the prizof the prize.

Creators Art professor Geo Sipp talks about the graphic novel he is creating, together with novelist Conger Beasley Jr., which is set during the Algerian War and draws parallels to the use of torture in that conflict and in modern times.

This group show marks the first joint presentation in Texas of works by photographer Manjari Sharma, graphic novelist Abhishek Singh, and the Raja Ravi Varma Press.