by Mike Parnell | Aug 27, 2010 | Opinion
I have loved comics since I was 7 years old. My grandmother bought me a copy of “Justice League of America” on a trip to the drugstore, and I was hooked. Back then the comics told tales of guys and gals in long underwear who flew around doing all manner of...
by Bob Allen | Dec 4, 2006 | News
Graphic novels, which use comic-book like graphics and dialogue balloons to address sometimes adult themes, are the latest front in what has been called the library wars. The Marshall Public Library in central Missouri recently pulled two such books from shelves...
by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 15, 2004 | News
When Mario Ruiz departed Metron Press earlier this year, he wasn’t sure of the road ahead. The 37-year-old had been editor-in-chief of Metron, the American Bible Society’s comics division. When he left over differences about Metron’s direction, he...