MITNG speaks with Lightning Dog creator Nathan Smith

I had the pleasure of meeting Nathan Smith at this years Phoenix Comic Con. Seated humbly at his booth, he had that look. You know the one that reads “give my comic book a shot”? The decision to stop wasn’t a hard one, seeing as how he was easy to talk to and his art

How The World Was: A California Childhood is another triumph for Emmanuel Guibert

  This is how one should be remembered! A company should be created that pairs great artist and writers with people who wish to have their lives turned into graphic novels. In 2012, we had the extraordinary opportunity to read Alan’s War, the story of Alan Cope and his tour of duty in France during

Battling Boy is an awesome coming of age story told on an epic landscape

Gods, they’re always trying to teach us something. “Us” being humans, but what do they try to teach each other and how the heck do we find out what’s being said ? I think Paul Pope has taken the first steps in bringing their world closer to us and he does so with astonishing flair.

Max Brooks graphic novel The Harlem Hellfighters would’ve made a better unillustrated book

I’m not ashamed to admit that a lot of my history lessons, of late, have been through graphic novels. I find that lately a lot of authors are using this medium in order to tell the world their stories and although most are a blend of fact and fiction, there’s no denying some of the

Jordan Mechner’s Templar turns fact and fiction into Medieval Awesomeness

Writer Jordan Mechner (Prince of Persia, Solomon’s Thieves) and artists/husband and wife team Leuyen Pham and Alex Puvilland, have given the “big heist” genre a much needed facelift with Templar. This graphic, which was originally going to be a series of books starting off with “Solomon’s Thieves”, was released as a full graphic novel on

OLYMPIANS: APHRODITE by George O’ Connor

The world is such a different place…isn’t it? Part of me wishes we still believed in several Gods, well…we kinda do, but you know what I mean. The Greeks of old, had a field day with their Gods and reveled in the daily drama created by these deities and you can’t say drama without mentioning

Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant is a feast for the eyes and mind

Here at MITNG, we talk a lot about positive female role models/characters. We don’t try, mind you, it’s just something we do, so it’s with a considerable amount of joy,  that I present to you, Firstsecond Publishing’s amazing new graphic novel Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant. Set in a vividly drawn landscape, compliments of

Derek Kirk Kim’s TUNE BOOK 2 : Still Life is hilarious claustrophobia

Derek Kirk Kim seems to have come into his own on this second installment of his TUNE series. Although, more first person, the lead character Andy Go’s, inner monologues and conversations with Dash (the zoo recruiter turned art aficionado) is well worth the read. Maybe it’s because I am morbid or maybe it’s because I

Red Band trailer for Hellbenders brings exorcism and dark comedy together beautifully

I would’ve posted this sooner had I known it was going to be this good. Hellbenders is a new dark supernatural comedy written and directed by J.T. Petty (The Borrowers, Mimic 3) and stars Clancy Brown, Clifton Collins Jr. and Dan Fogler , as these twisted priest who decide to become uber-sinners so that in

Image Comics takes on Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH

I’m of the belief that the entire King James and New Testament should be redone as a graphic novel, but I’ll take one of the many stories in Genesis for now. Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler) has been busy at work with his epic retelling of the story of Noah starring