{"id":3995,"date":"2016-02-18T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T06:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2016-02-18T11:49:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T17:49:55","slug":"getting-graphic-with-mark-siegel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3995","title":{"rendered":"Getting Graphic with Mark Siegel"},"content":{"rendered":"

“<\/strong><\/font>[W]e’ve rounded another corner, and the conversation is getting more interesting. It used to be all about the graphic novel format — every other news article on a graphic novel for a while was ‘oh wow, it’s comics, but it’s good,’ which sometimes got a bit insulting to all these prodigious authors doing remarkable work. But now it’s about substance, and it’s about author voice. It\u2019s about the writing, as you say, about immigration, or the speeding up of modern life, or about getting married, or growing up with a disability, or simply growing up — about the human experience, in other words. Which is a far more vital conversation than endlessly discussing a format.\u201d<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Over at Kirkus<\/em> today, I talk to the Editorial Director of First Second Books, Mark Siegel<\/a><\/strong>. First Second is celebrating a decade of making high-quality graphic novels for children and teens. <\/p>\n

That link is here<\/a><\/strong>, and I’ll follow this up next week with some art here at 7-Imp. <\/p>\n

Until tomorrow … <\/p>\n

* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n

Photo of Mark Siegel used by his permission.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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