Guest Top Ten List

David Seidman has been in the graphic-novel and comic-book business since the early 1990s. Among other things, he's been a graphic novel and comic book writer, an editor of comics and graphic novels, an essayist on the graphic-novel industry for the book-industry Bible Publishers Weekly and other publications. He's also been a teacher of writing comics and graphic novels, and a publicist for NBM Publishing, Papercutz, and other graphic-novel houses. (F.Y.I., NBM is starting its own blog, by the company's writers and artists!) And finally, he's been the host of a monthly networking dinner for Los Angeles' comic-book and graphic-novel industry. His take on this list: "These comics-related blogs are fun to read and strikingly informative. Check them often, and you'll be as well-informed as almost any comics insider."

10 Best Graphic Novel and Comic Book Blogs

Blog@Newsarama

By various contributors who find bits and pieces of news that many other comics journalists overlook.

Captain Comics

By Andrew Smith, offering the only regularly syndicated newspaper column about comic books and graphic novels.

Icv2.com

By various contributors who concentrate on the business side of the graphic-novel business.

Lying in the Gutters

By Rich Johnston, who gets news and gossip from deep inside the American graphic-novel industry even though he’s in England.

Manga Blog

By Brigid Alverson, who roams all over the fast-growing map of Asian comics and Asian-inspired comics

The Beat

By Heidi MacDonald of Publishers Weekly, one of the most well-informed and well-connected journalists covering comics.

The Comics Reporter

By Tom Spurgeon and friends, delivering some of the most in-depth coverage of the paneled world.

Tilting at Windmills

By comics retailer Brian Hibbs, who offers a hard-nosed bookseller’s perspective on the field.

When Fangirls Attack

By various contributors linking to the world of female comics characters and creators.

¡Journalista!

By Dirk Deppey of The Comics Journal, who accumulates links and pipes up with his own opinions over a wide field of comics-related topics.

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