Exclusive DC Comics Preview: "Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #5"
An exclusive preview from the miniseries by Len Wein and Jae Lee. read more
2013 International Man Booker Prize Nominees Announced
The nominees have been announced for this year’s International Man Booker Prize, the biennial global literary prize awarded for a body of work in English or available in English translation.... read more
Delphine
Writer/Artist: Richard Sala Publisher: Fantagraphics Release date: January 18, 2013... read more
World Book Night 2013 to be Celebrated April 23
World Book Night was first envisioned in 2010 as an initiative to encourage more adults to read. Its organizers believe that adult readership can be reinvigorated if avid readers go into their communities and share their favorite books with those who don’t have access to printed books or who don’t regularly read. The event is set to be celebrated globally this year on April 23.... read more
Composer Duncan Sheik Gives New Information About American Psycho: The Musical
It’s been a while since we first heard rumors about Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 novel American Psycho taking its newest (and most unexpected) form as a musical, but Gothamist reports today that Duncan Sheik—who won two Tonys for his musical contributions to the 2006 Broadway revival of Spring Awakening—has released some information about the songs for this musical tale of murder and investment banking.... read more
David Fincher in Talks for Gone Girl Adaptation
According to a report by Deadline, Social Network director David Fincher is in talks to direct 20th Century Fox’s screen adaptation of Gone Girl, the best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn.... read more
"Superman's Pal" Jimmy Olsen Rumored be Cast as Female in Man of Steel
Here’s a potential shift in the Superman universe we didn’t see coming. As Digital Spy points out, Clark Kent’s photojournalist pal at the Daily Planet, Jimmy Olsen, might have been cast as actress Rebecca Buller. Olsen originally appeared in Action Comics #6 in 1938 and would even get his own series, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, in 1954. The root of the rumor comes from an IMDb listing that shows Buller cast as “Jenny Olsen” with little explanation outside of that. As Digital Spy further points out, Lawrence Fishburne—who was cast as the Daily Planet Editor-in-Chief, Perry White—appears with Olsen in... read more
The WWE Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded the Definitive Guide to WWE by Brian Shields and Kevin Sullivan
Since the beginnings of man, wrestling has been a staple of the human disposition. read more
Castle Waiting: Volume I
Writer/Artist: Linda Medley Publisher: Fantagraphics Release Date: January 18, 2013... read more
The Past by Neil Jordan
In his almost 40-year career, Neil Jordan built up an impressive pedigree. read more
10 Most Anticipated Graphic Novels & Comics of 2013
No matter your tastes or history, the few comics already announced hint at a landmark year of experimentation and expansion. Happy reading. read more
Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir
Writer/Artist: Nicole J. Georges Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release date: January 22, 2013... read more
The Sounds of Capitalism by Timothy Taylor
Timothy Taylor’s latest book tracks the relationship between music and advertising from the early 20th century to the present. read more
M.I.A. by Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam
The musician and artist M.I.A.’s new book, M.I.A., could be called an “artobiography.” read more
Star Wars #1
Writer: Brian Wood Artist: Carlos D’Anda Publisher: Dark Horse Release Date: January 9, 2012... read more
Curses! Foiled Again
Writer: Jane Yolen Artist: Mike Cavallaro Publisher: First Second Books Release Date: January 8, 2012... read more
Comic Relief with Star Wars Writer Brian Wood
In Comic Relief, Paste chats with its favorite writers and artists in comics about their work and the comics that inspired them. The next Star Wars film may be scheduled for 2015, but fans won’t have to wait that long for the next phase of the cosmic spaghetti western to launch. The first issue in a new Star Wars comic series launches today, filling in the 3-year gap between Episode IV: A New Hope and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back with more interstellar adventures for Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca. And the creative team of Brian Wood and Carlos... read more
Tiger Rag by Nicholas Christopher
For a musician whose entire recording career consists of one take of one song—most likely, a single, rumored phonograph cylinder—turn-of-the-20th-century New Orleans cornet player Charles “Buddy” Bolden looms extraordinarily large in musical fact and fiction. read more
Prosperous Friends by Christine Schutt
Midway through The Seagull’s 1896 premiere, author Anton Chekhov famously fled backstage amid a barrage of whistles and jeers. read more
New Thomas Pynchon Book on the Way
Novelist Thomas Pynchon is set to release a new novel, according to tweets from Ron Charles, the fiction editor at The Washington Post. The announcement was also reported by The New York Times, which cited a confirmation from Pynchon’s long-time publisher, Penguin Press. There are few details besides the book title, The Bleeding Edge, and there’s no current date for publication. The book will follow up 2009’s Inherent Vice, which was released in 2009 to lukewarm reviews. The writer is now 75.... read more
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