You know you've found yourself asking yourself this question: what would happen if Manhattan was the last bastion in a civil war that has reduced the United States' holdings to Long Island and pitted neighborhood against neighborhood in the quest for survival and peace? You'd get Brian Wood's DMZ. The graphic novel illustrator and writer has been telling the story of Matty Roth, a Long Island photojournalism intern who crashes on Manhattan and gets an inside look at life in a war zone, since 2005. The 8th installment comes out one June 2nd, and Wood told us a little about life in the city and what it's like for an outsider to work his way in. more ›

It's been a while since we last checked in with Brooklynite, cartoonist, illustrator and graphic novelist Adrian Tomine (who you may know best for his ongoing comic series Optic Nerve, or his New Yorker covers). In fact, at the time his new book Shortcomings had just come out, and now it's hitting paperback. He's currently on a book tour with Seth, stopping by the Strand tomorrow night, and the MoCCA festival this weekend. Recently he told us about living in Chris Rock's former apartment and, for you graphic novel newbies, where to start if you're intrigued by the illustrated world. more ›

If you know graphic novels, you probably know Seth (born Gregory Gallant). The comic illustrator and writer's work has been on New Yorker covers, in the complete collection of Charles M. Schulz's classic comic strip Peanuts, on an Aimee Mann cd cover, in the NY Times magazine, and of course in his own works like Palooka-ville. This week Seth and fellow illustrator Adrian Tomine will bring their book tour through New York (Thursday at the Strand and Saturday and Sunday at MoCCA). He recently told us about what he's working on now, spending his last day on earth at the Whitney, and the dangers of changing ones name when going through a goth phase. more ›

Anthony Lappé is a writer, blogger, television producer and executive editor of GNN.tv, the web site for the Guerrilla News Network. He's written for mainstream press like the Times and was the National Affairs Editor for Black Book, and in 2003 he collaborated on the award-winning Showtime documentary about Iraq called BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire’s Edge, which covered the front lines of the simmering guerrilla war in Iraq in 2003. Part of what he saw there influenced his new graphic novel, Shooting War, which started out as a serial on the Smith Magazine website. The lavish hardcover print edition, with illustrations by Dan Goldman, follows the gonzo adventures of a New York blogger who becomes a media darling in 2011 after his footage of a bombing at a Williamsburg Starbucks gets picked up by the mainstream media. Looking to keep coverage of the ongoing Iraq quagmire edgy, a global news network hires him to bring a youth angle to the guerrilla war. Part satire, part dystopian nightmare, Shooting War is unflinching in its depiction of the hellish future toward which the Bush administration is corralling us. more ›