The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

By Don Schanche Jr. at 11:00 AM on February 27, 2013

In Django Unchained, a German dentist/bounty hunter lectures Leonardo DiCaprio—cast as a dentally challenged Mississippi planter—on an irrefutable fact: French novelist Alexandre Dumas was a black man.  read more

Thomas Pynchon’s Next Novel Set in New York’s Tech Scene

By Logan Lockner at 10:30 AM on February 26, 2013

Thomas Pynchon’s next novel, due out on Sept. 17, concerns the technology scene in Manhattan known as Silicon Alley.  read more

Exclusive DC Comics Preview: "Justice League Dark #17"

By Sean Edgar at 9:00 AM on February 25, 2013

Writers: Jeff Lemire, Ray Fawkes Artist: Mikel Janin Publisher: DC Release Date: February 27, 2013...  read more

DC to Launch New Batman/Superman Team-Up Series

By Mark Rozeman at 9:45 AM on February 22, 2013

The new series, set to debut in June, will be written by Greg Pak (Planet Hulk) who will be teaming with artist Jae Lee (Before Watchmen: Ozymandias).   read more

Justice League of America #1 by Geoff Johns and David Finch

By Garrett Martin at 1:30 PM on February 21, 2013

Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: David Finch Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: February 20, 2013...  read more

Susceptible by Geneviève Castrée

By Hillary Brown at 4:30 PM on February 20, 2013

Writer & Artist: Geneviève Castrée Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Release Date: February 19, 2013...  read more

DC Announces New Creative Team for Green Lantern Titles and Spin-Offs

By Mark Rozeman at 4:00 PM on February 20, 2013

According to a report via "MTV":http://geek-news.mtv.com/?p=110428, DC has officially announced the new creative teams set to take over their various Green Lantern properties.   read more

Julia Child Featured in Female Force Comic Book Series

By Anita George at 3:30 PM on February 20, 2013

She's been on television, written cookbooks, been portrayed by Meryl Streep in a movie and now Julia Child will be featured in her very own comic book.  read more

Swann Dives In by Charles Salzberg

By Jules Brenner at 3:48 PM on February 19, 2013

British writer Stuart Evers addressed the question of mystery fiction as literature, observing that, “...at its best, crime writing offers unique insights into society, psychology, and human behavior. It can be both engaging and literate; compelling and well-written. It can be innovative and surprising, but what it can't be, it seems, is feted in the same way as literary fiction. The most crime writers can hope for is to be told, as Ian Rankin indeed was, that their novels 'almost transcend the genre.' Faint praise indeed.”  read more

The Graphic Canon: Volume 2 edited by Russ Kick

By Andy Hughes at 12:06 PM on February 19, 2013

There's something seductive about an impossible project … and what would seem more impossible at first glance than The Graphic Canon?  read more

Black Mask Studios Recruits Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, More to Develop Original Comics

By Mark Rozeman at 5:25 PM on February 14, 2013

Established by the team of 30 Days of Night author Steve Niles, HALO-8 Entertainment’s Matt Pizzolo and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, the transmedia publishing company Black Mask Studios have now enlisted an impressive crew of writers and artists to pen their first original comic books.   read more

Watch a Teaser for Kelly Oxford's First Book

By Mark Rozeman at 11:15 AM on February 14, 2013

Kelly Oxford, the Canadian housewife and mother turned Twitter sensation, is set to release her first book of essays. Entitled Everything’s Perfect When You’re a Liar, the collection is set to be released by Harper Collins.   read more

Exclusive DC Comics Preview: "Batwoman #17"

By Sean Edgar at 10:00 AM on February 14, 2013

Batwoman #17 marks the spectacular climax of a storyline that reaches back to the character's introduction to DC's New 52  read more

District 14: Season 1

By Hillary Brown at 10:00 AM on February 14, 2013

Writer: Pierre Gabus Artist: Romuald Reutimann Publisher: Humanoids Release Date: February 27, 2013...  read more

Harry Potter Books Get Makeover for 15th Anniversary

By Krystle Drew at 4:00 PM on February 13, 2013

Scholastic, American publisher of the Harry Potter novels, announced that all seven books are getting new covers in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the iconic series, according to USA Today.   read more

Peter Bagge Hates on Beavis and Butthead in new MAD Magazine

By Sean Edgar at 9:00 AM on February 13, 2013

In this exclusive MAD Magazine preview, disgruntled Comix icon Peter Bagge takes his pencil to MTV fossils Beavis and Butthead.   read more

Batman #17 by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo

By Sean Edgar at 10:00 PM on February 12, 2013

Writer: Scott Snyder Artists: Greg Capullo Publisher: DC Release Date: February 13, 2013 Mild Spoilers...  read more

Tenth of December by George Saunders

By Robert Alford at 4:20 PM on February 12, 2013

The other day, I spent a few hours walking around Seattle’s University District.   read more

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

By Ray Deck III at 10:55 AM on February 12, 2013

Indianapolis-based writer John Green gathered the world's most painful and confusing paradoxes, marinated them in sarcasm until they became bearable and assigned them the title The Fault in Our Stars.  read more

G4 Rebranded as Esquire Network

By Paste Staff at 3:30 PM on February 11, 2013

Whether you like it or not, it looks like G4 is going to grow up pretty quick.  read more