SHOOTING WAR gets some nice love from The Brooklyn Rail; here’s a snip:
Smart, topical, and entertaining, Shooting War exemplifies an exciting direction in comic books. It’s understood but not wholly accepted that comic books have reached an adult level of sophistication in the last thirty years… They’re also deeper and more fun than the Hollywood war movies that keep combusting instead of blockbusting.
I’ll be traveling to Austin TX for SXSW Interactive, a gathering of all things shiny, wired and AJAX-powered. As part of their Book Readings series, I’ll be discussing SHOOTING WAR’s genesis and execution as well as casting a fiery eye to the gorgeous future.
On Tuesday evening (February 12th), I’ll be giving a talk with my SHOOTING WAR co-author Anthony Lappé at the Main Branch of the New York Public Library; the talk will an expansion of the multimedia presentation we gave on tour this past fall, chock full of behind-the-scenes information on the evolution of the book from webcomic to hardcover; 6:30pm:
Newsarama posted a new interview with me today, courtesy of the excellent Chris Arrant:
The New Hampshire primary was an amazing experience, and though I’d love to be able to catch my breath (and I promise to fill you in when I do)… first I’m flying down to Miami tomorrow for a presentation and signing in Coral Gables, Florida. It’s at 8pm tomorrow, Miami peoples:
This event is a sweet homecoming for me; I worked at the South Beach branch of Miami’s greatest independent bookstore Books & Books after college and was the buyer for their first graphic novel bookshelf. At the end of all the fantastic hubbub, it’s seeing things like this that count the most.
The Jan 2008 issue of GQ features a two-page spread from our upcoming 08 featuring Rudy Giuliani campaigning in South Carolina. Words by Michael Crowley and art by your very favorite cartoonist; on newsstands now.
Here’s an embedded video courtesy of FORA.tv of our 12.03.07 SHOOTING WAR talk at the Haight Booksmith in San Francisco, moderated by the New York Times’ Jesse McKinley:
It’s a joy to see both SHOOTING WAR and Rutu Modan’s exceptional EXIT WOUNDS share the list with such incredible novels; comics really do feel all grown up this year.
And Silicon Valley’s Mercury News lists SW among its top 10 comics of the year:
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