I’m pretty sure we have mentioned Ward Sutton’s work here before. His shit is AWESOME! He’s a cartoonist who does a special column for the Barnes and Noble Bookseller’s website called “Drawn To Read”. It appears in their B&N Book Review section on a weekly basis & is always fun to see/read. Anyways, we just noticed that he did one of his strips on David Sedaris’ brand-new book, “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls”.

It’s hilarious stuff so please be sure to check it out, just CLICK HERE!

We could not be more proud of our good friend & favorite author Neil Gaiman. 2013 really seems to be HIS year. He has had a ton of success lately and soon his other new book, “The Ocean at the End of the Lane” will be coming out. It should go totally crazy! But, for now, his ultra-new book, the one based on his MAKE GOOD ART speech, just got a really great review over at the the L. A. TIMES!

The Los Angeles Times Book Critic, David L. Ulin, recently wrote a very clever, if not extremely thorough, essay on the new “MAKE GOOD ART” Speech Book (Published by William Morrow). Which, we should mention, was totally designed (both book cover and inside contents) by Chip Kidd. So, a special thanks goes out to David Ulin for an excellent article and everyone can read it by clicking RIGHT HERE!

Brit Mandelo, who is one of the contributing writers over at TOR.COM, just got done posting a very excellent, and well thought out, book review for Neil Gaiman’s MAKE GOOD ART SPEECH Book (William Morrow/Harper Collins)! Of course this book was designed by Chip Kidd so we could not be happier! Hey, if you have been reading Chip Kidd’s website for any length of time then you know how obsessed we are with this new book, ha! So, it’s totally great that it’s starting to get some major attention… that is ALWAYS nice and always appreciated!

Thank you TOR.COM and also, a special thanks to Brit, great job!

WOW! We could not be more pleased about this! Over at the SAMARITAN BLOG they posted a wonderful book review for the new MAKE GOOD ART Book, the one about Neil Gaiman’s famous commencement speech he gave last year. The new book, out now & published by William Morrow (an imprint of Harper Collins) , was created from the words of speech given by Neil Gaiman and designed by Chip Kidd.

The review is pretty short in length but that doesn’t take away from it being a serious book review. I mean, the Reviewer does convey their feelings about the book really well. Also, the photos of the cover are totally great! Why am I excited about some photos of a book? Well, the lighting of the photo shows you how some of the lettering on the cover is embossed & it gives you a better understanding of “how it looks”. In all the photos shared online these are the best at doing just that. So, Thank You Samaritan Blog!

Hey, please check out the book review by clicking HERE!

With the release of the latest film adaptation of the literary American classic, THE GREAT GATSBY (F. Scott Fitzgerald) the book has become more popular than ever. In fact, at the time of writing this post it is listed at Amazon as the #6 bestselling book.

Over at the ever-resourceful National Education Association Website , the Contributor, Phil Nast has compiled a wonderful list of online reading guides and other resources for Teachers. Well, anyone who loves this book will enjoy their links, it’s fun stuff!

The list is extensive, but very precise. They give you Reading Guides, Essays, Indexes, and even a Study Guide on the “Jazz Age” which takes you to that era with photos, video clips, etc… it’s like you jumped into a time machine, ha!

There are also some amazing links to a few one-hour radio podcast episodes that cover the book & author. They even have a Google Maps page that lists all the real-life locations as read in the book. Did someone scream, “Road Trip!”?

So, if you’re a Teacher looking to inspire students, or just a major fan of this great American novel, then please be sure to visit the NEA site today, just CLICK HERE!

Great novels deserve to be celebrated every now and then. In this post we’re sharing a podcast that does just that with one of our most beloved literary classics, The Great Gatsby. The radio series, Studio 360′s AMERICAN ICONS, explores F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY and finds out how this compact novel became the great American story of our age.

Novelist Jonathan Franzen tells Kurt Andersen why he still reads it every year or two, and writer Patricia Hampl explains why its lightness is deceptive. We'll drive around the tony Long Island suburbs where Gatsby was set, and we'll hear from Andrew Lauren about his film G, which sets Gatsby among the hip-hop moguls. And Azar Nafisi describes the power of teaching the book to university students in Tehran. Readings come courtesy of Scott Shepherd, an actor who sometimes performs the entire book from memory.

So, if you love the book, then please… listen to this:

On May 9th, 2013, Jon Stewart of The Daily Show interviewed David Sedaris, the author of “LET’S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS” (Little, Brown and Company). Check out the video, it’s pretty funny!

This week Neil Gaiman’s MAKE GOOD ART Book came out (which was designed by Chip Kidd) and one cool thing to happen is that the Philadelphia Weekly not only did a great interview all about the creation of this book, but they put Neil’s face on the cover! Oddly, this is only the second time that has happened (the first was on WIRED Magazine).

Neil Gaiman was interviewed by Kyle Cassidy. The article covers many topics all related to the new MAKE GOOD ART book like how did the, now famous, graduation Speech even come about and what prompted the creation of this book. It’s a great interview with this fun Author. Here’s a LINK to check it out, just CLICK HERE!

NPR Radio’s Talk of the Nation recently interviewed Neil Gaiman about his latest Graduation Gift book titled, “Neil Gaiman’s MAKE GOOD ART Speech”. The new book, designed by Chip Kidd and published by Harper Collins, is set to be released on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013.

Click here to listen to the NPR Radio Interview with Neil Gaiman:

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I thought this would be a good idea for a post, just posting some of the many book review videos that have been done for Chip Kidd’s Graphic Novel, BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN (DC Comics). The interesting thing about “video reviews” is that, since the format is so visual, the reviewers can also focus quite well on the amazing artwork of Dave Taylor. Besides the compelling storyline, the book’s other main interest is that the art is also a very enjoyable part of the book. So, this is really cool. Thanks to everybody who took the time to create these videos.

As a side note:

One of the videos (the 4th one) is an “Audio Only” Interview with Chip Kidd that was done BEFORE the book came out. So, in contrast to the other ones, which were obviously done by readers of the actual book, it’s kind of interesting. Hey, here they are… please enjoy.