N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy is about the end of history. At the 2018 Hugo Awards, presented last night at WorldCon 76 in San Jose, California, she made history. “I am on this stage accepting this award for pretty much the same reason as every previous Hugo winner,” Jemisin said. “Because I worked my ass […]
Here at Barnes & Noble, we’re huge fans, so much so that we worked with publisher Image Comics and Sana Takeda to put together an exclusive edition of Monstress, Vol. 2 last year featuring an alternate cover and a gorgeous poster—and we’re doing the same for volume three, Haven, out in September. This time around, […]
The nominations for the 2018 Hugo Awards are in, and you’ll excuse us if we’re feeling a slight sense of déjà vu. It’s not only the fact that there’s a fair bit of overlap with this year’s Nebula Awards ballot (particularly in the Best Novella and Best Short Story categories); it’s also the fact that five […]
In a troubled year, it’s tempting to say comics are just the break we need from…pretty much everything. That’s a reductive view, though, in that the medium can do so much more than just entertain. The year’s great comics and graphic novels include some works that challenge, some that inspire, and some that are, not […]
We still don’t have a date for the return on Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda’s marvelous Monstress, one of the more beautiful and engrossing fantasy comic series running, which means you still have time to catch up on the second collected volume, released over the summer amid the madness of Comic-Con International in San Diego […]