Since it’s the end of the year we’re seeing a lot more focus now on “The Best Books of 2012″ and over at the MULTIVERSITY COMICS website we’re very proud to say that 2 books published by Pantheon made the “Graphic Novels” list! We’re talking about Charles Burns’ THE HIVE and Chris Wares’ BUILDING STORIES. To check out their complete list of books that they’re talking about just CLICK HERE!

Here’s a nice video from a Graphic Designer named Karen Kavett. Her YouTube page has a lot of fun videos where she talks about different aspects of Graphic Design, they’re GREAT and we suggest checking them out. But I knew I had to post this one because she mentions about Chip Kidd’s book, “The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel In Two Semesters”. WOW! It made it on her list of “Recommended Graphic Design Books”, very cool! Plus, we have to say that all the other books she suggests are really good too.

David Rakoff, recipient of two Lambda Book Awards for Humor, insists that optimism is an irresponsible fad in his book “Half Empty.” Meanwhile, author of “The Official Preppy Handbook,” Lisa Birnbach and book jacket designer and novelist Chip Kidd team up with hilarious results to bring you “True Prep.” This lecture was presented by the Boston Book Festival and recorded on 10/16/10.

On October 23rd, Chip Kidd had the honor of appearing at the 2012 WAMFEST ( Words and Art Music Festival ) at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Hackensack, New Jersey. His lecture was videotaped by them, edited, and then posted on YouTube. So, here it is and it’s really well done. Thank You Wamfest!! If you would like more information on this wonderful cultural event then please CLICK HERE!

Here’s a fun photo I knew we had to share. In New York City there’s this really great independent Bookstore called McNally Jackson. If you live in or near New York then you need to give them a visit. It’s a really cool place. They’re located at 52 Prince Street, between Lafayette & Mulberry.

Anyways, around the holiday season they always do this very smart thing in their store where they create Table Displays that feature “The Best of…Fiction, Romance, Mystery, etc.” Well, for their “Best Graphic Novels of 2012″ table they gave some special attention to a few books that Designer/Author Chip Kidd is associated with. Seriously, it’s a HUGE honor and we’re really proud of it.

The books we’re talking about are located at the top of the picture: BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN ( DC Comics, Written by Chip Kidd, Art by Dave Taylor ), BUILDING STORIES ( Pantheon Books, Story & Art by Chris Ware ), and THE HIVE ( Pantheon, Story & Art by Charles Burns ). Now, all the other books are really great too so it’s nice to be in such good company. Thank You McNally Jackson, you guys ROCK!!

For Store Location & Hours please visit their website, just CLICK HERE!

Chip Kidd recently had the honor of being interviewed by Elaine Viets on her “Dead End Jobs” Radio Podcast. The focus of the interview was all about his new DC Comics’ Batman Graphic Novel titled, “BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN”. It’s about 20 minutes long & really goes in depth about both the creation of the book and the overall storyline. They also cover the creative process that Chip Kidd and Comic Book Artist Dave Taylor went through to finish this book. We have embedded it down below so you can enjoy it. ( Thanks Elaine! )

This masterful debut novel was so astonishing that Oprah had to share it with the world. Watch the video down below to find out what Oprah loved so much about Ayana Mathis’ The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. Published by Knopf, 256 pages, in stores now. For more information about how to join Oprah’s Book Club, just CLICK HERE!

Here’s some really great news that just came in. Over at the Christian Science Monitor website they just published a very excellent review for Pantheon Books’ latest Chris Ware Graphic Novel, BUILDING STORIES. The review, written by David Unger, is very well thought out and also takes up two whole pages, wow! One quote from the article reads, “Chris Ware’s unusual graphic novel is a triumph of imagination and originality.” But we should just let you read what David had to say in full, so please, just CLICK HERE! ( Thanks David, good job! )

Here’s a quick post to share some super-fun news that we’re also very proud of. Pantheon Books’ brand-new Graphic Novel Book by Charles Burns, THE HIVE, was released 2 months ago and it has already been picked up by a French Publisher & translated into French. Wow! How cool is that?!

But instead of “The Hive”, they call it, “La Ruche”. Also, Burns’ previous book in this trilogy, “X-ed Out”, also got the translation treatment & is simply titled, “Toxic”. You can see a photo of both books way down below. Oh yeah, this next photo is of the back cover to THE HIVE, I mean, La Ruche! (Awesome)

WOW! We have some incredible news to share. Chris Ware’s New Graphic Novel, BUILDING STORIES, has made the list of “THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2012″ at the New York Times Book Review!! Basically, every year the Editors at the NYT Book Review pick five Fiction and five Non-Fiction Books to include in their TOP TEN List. This year they included Chris Ware’s latest work published by Pantheon Books. We can not even begin to explain how super-excited and totally honored we are to be in such company. To see the complete list, with excellent information & reviews, please CLICK HERE. Also, We want to express a deeply heart-felt THANK YOU to the New York Times for this wonderful honor.