When I left you, I was in Boston attending the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting. I had a great time hearing about upcoming titles for spring and summer. Brace yourself as there are some great books coming up. Get to reading your present stack and clear the decks. Do not say I did not warn you. I had the pleasure of meeting Beth Hoffman, the author of SAVING CEECEE HONEYCUTT, who was just terrific. I also got a note from Cristina, one of our readers in Miami, who told me Beth did a terrific event at Books & Books this past Tuesday night, which made me smile. Love when you love the authors I love.

Welcome to the latest edition of GraphicNovelReporter. I hope this update finds you well!

It’s been an action-packed couple weeks since we last spoke, so here’s what’s been going on. First, I made an appearance (a hopefully not too awkward one) on the San Francisco public radio program  Your Call, which appears daily on KALW. The topic of the day last Thursday was nonfiction graphic novels, particularly graphic journalism, and the in-studio guest was noted author Joe Sacco (Safe Area Gorazde). That right away is a pretty intimidating prospect: Joe is a true talent, and the work he does is incredibly important. So I just did my best to keep up and try to sound like I knew what I was talking about. Actually, once I got over my initial nerves, it was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed the chance to talk about so many different nonfiction books. I blogged about all the books covered on the show, and hopefully it provided some good attention to those books.