Photographer Seth Kushner and comic book journalist/historian Christopher Irving have joined forces to create a new type of New York blog: Graphic NYC. Launching yesterday, the site promises to deliver "the heart and soul of New York City through the eyes of her cartoonists." Graphic novelists and those who love them: unite! They say they'll be combining New Journalism with comics history and photography, and OTBKB notes it will "not only features conceptual photographs of comic book auteurs in their favorite and symbolic environments, but it also paints a narrative picture through essays that employ on-the-spot interviews and a critical view of their most personal work. Like a graphic novel, it employs the marriage of words and images to tell a story; in this case, it is the story of New York’s position in the development and life of comic books." If you're new to the graphic novel world, test the waters with their post about Dash Shaw. more ›