9 Dec 2012
The rise of the comic book
The graphic novel is one of the phenomena of modern publishing. In America the field is dominated by superheroes and pulp fiction. In Europe is rather different. So where does New Zealand fit into the mix? Veteran comic-book writer and illustrator Dylan Horrocks has just returned from Europe where he attended the Frankfurt Book Fair and a comics convention in Italy. He says we're going through a Golden Age of New Zealand comics...