Author Archives: Dave Howard

Book Riot: Graphic Novel Boom is Great News for Kids’ Literacy

Some really positive news worth sharing: there is a real boom in graphic novels going on these days mostly due to young readers, and studies show kids who read books and graphic novels are much more likely to read as adults. The takeaway? Now is the perfect time to write your YA novel, confident youContinueContinue reading “Book Riot: Graphic Novel Boom is Great News for Kids’ Literacy”

Quill & Quire Interviews ‘The New Girl’ Creator Cassandra Calin on fulfilling a lifelong dream

Intrtjit Deogun interviews Cassandra Calin on her bestselling YA book “The New Girl”: Cassandra Calin, best known for her semi-autobiographical web-comic series Cassandra Comics, made her graphic novel debut in June 2024 with The New Girl. Published by Scholastic imprint Graphix, the title returned to the bestsellers list this year. It follows Lia, who hasContinueContinue reading “Quill & Quire Interviews ‘The New Girl’ Creator Cassandra Calin on fulfilling a lifelong dream”

TONIGHT! James Spencer Hosts Another Cold Cat Comix Lab, Tuesday March 18, 8pm

One third of the very popular Read More Comix trio, cartoonist James Spencer hosts another Cold Cat Comix Lab a fun, free night of experimental comic making in Parkdale. I speak from experience when I say it’s a totally fun night where you meet and draw with other cartoonists around Toronto in a relaxed butContinueContinue reading “TONIGHT! James Spencer Hosts Another Cold Cat Comix Lab, Tuesday March 18, 8pm”

The Walrus: Book Banning in Canada Is Quiet, Systemic, and More Effective than Ever

The Walrus’ Ira Wells writes of the alarming trend of book banning that is happening in communities all across Canada: My job now involves teaching novels and short stories to enthusiastic university students, many of whom are budding bibliophiles; at home, I’ve read aloud to my own children almost every night for more than aContinueContinue reading “The Walrus: Book Banning in Canada Is Quiet, Systemic, and More Effective than Ever”

Three ‘Must Read’ Memoirs Recommended by CBC Radio 1 Producer Ashly July

CBC Radio 1 producer Ashly July has three ‘must read’ graphic novel memoir recommendations for us to read, on CBC Books. They are: Something, Not Nothing by Sarah Levitt All Our Ordinary Stories by Teresa Wong The Lonliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine There are so many graphic novels being published today, recommendationsContinueContinue reading “Three ‘Must Read’ Memoirs Recommended by CBC Radio 1 Producer Ashly July”

D&Q’s Tom Devlin Interviews Marc Bell and Ron Regé Jr. for The Comics Journal

From the article: Tom Devlin interviews Marc Bell and Ron Regé, Jr. about Raw Sewage Science Fiction and Shell Collection, collecting shorter works into books, cartoonist rituals, and negative reviews – “[Ron Regé, Jr.:] I really like thinking of these book-bound comics we make as time capsules. Books get shuffled around and shoved in closets and corners so easily. Picked upContinueContinue reading “D&Q’s Tom Devlin Interviews Marc Bell and Ron Regé Jr. for The Comics Journal”