Hill & Wang
Crime and Communism: An interview with Rick Geary
Famous Players
Rick Geary has been regarded as an “underrated” cartoonist for so long now that it’s almost a cliché at this point to label him as such. But in the many years he’s been making comics, he’s produced an impressive body of work that seems to escape a lot of folks notice. His stellar Victorian Murder series, now bumped up a few decades to encompass the 20th century, alone show such a high and consistent degree of quality that most cartoonists would give their eye teeth to have on their resume.
Having made his name with true crime, he’s recently attempted to tackle the biography genre, producing two books for Hill and Wang’s graphic line, one on J. Edgar Hoover, and most recently, one on Leon Trotsky.
I talked to him recently from his home in Kansas City, Missouri, about his new Trotsky bio as well as the latest book for NBM in his Murder series, Famous Players, about the mysterious and currently unsolved slaying of silent movie director William Desmond Taylor. Here’s what he had to say:
- October 12, 2009 @ 11:30 AM by Chris Mautner
Thin wallets, fat bookshelves: D&Q/Hill and Wang’s early 2010 schedule
The Cartoon Introduction to Economics
Hey, we’re still in the midst of summer, but that’s no reason not to start thinking about what comics will be coming out next year! That seems to be the case with book publisher Farrar Straus Giroux, who decided to send out their winter 2010 catalog out to press and retailers the other week.
Now, as you may know, FSG distributes Drawn & Quarterly’s titles, and owns the Hill and Wang imprint, which releases a couple of comic-related nonfiction books every year, so this gives me the oppportunity to find out what’s coming down the pike from these two publishers and share my findings with you.
Are you ready? Let’s begin.
- August 3, 2009 @ 08:32 AM by Chris Mautner
Thin wallets, fat bookshelves: D&Q, Hill & Wang’s fall plans
Thirteen Going on Eighteen
Believe it or not, it’s that time again already. Once again, the mail has brought me the latest catalog from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, whom, as you all no doubt know, handle the book distribution for Drawn and Quarterly, as well as own the nonfiction division Hill and Wang. Both publishers have some interesting plans for the second half of the year, so let’s take a look at what’s coming to a comic store near you come September, shall we?
- April 10, 2009 @ 10:00 AM by Chris Mautner