*Friends With Boys* Available Online 'Till it Ain't

Faith Erin Hicks is publishing a YA graphic novel from First Second in the coming months, but you can read some of it in serial form online nowzers!

Friends With Boys is being shared bit by bit along with author blogs and "is about Maggie McKay, a home-schooled teenager entering her first year in public high school and who is stalked by a local ghost," according to Comic Book Resources.

Seems a little Anya's Ghost with more punk rock thrown in to me, but whatevs. I'll check it out anyway. :)

And you can too by visiting the book's main web page here.

George O'Connor Introduces the Greek Myths in Only 10 Panels

First Second graphic novelist and pretty cool dude Gorge O'Connor loves his mythology and does a great job interpreting its characters and adapting its stories. He's published several Greek God-centric graphic novels, and here he gives an overview that could be used in tons of classrooms.

:01 (First Second) Exec Talks Comics, Anniversary

Great article here about First Second's scope, aims and history, in which it is revealed that American Born Chinese has sold about 200,000 copies in English and other cool tidbits are discussed. Congrats on the publisher of decent-to-excellent graphic novels on its pending 5-year anniversary!