Down below be sure to check out this dope-fresh video from K.FLAY (Book Reviewer, Blogger, Musician, Artist, Designer, etc…) where she gives her thoughts about Chris Ware’s brand-new Graphic Novel Book, BUILDING STORIES (Pantheon Books). She also makes some wacky-crazy fun music, CLICK HERE to check it out!

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!

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! )

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.

Chris Ware’s latest “Book in a Box” Graphic Novel, BUILDING STORIES, has been getting incredible reviews and kudos from almost every news source ever since it came out and we could not be happier. We just reported about this book being included in the New York Times’ TOP TEN LIST for the year and then, yesterday (Dec 4th) , TIME Magazine gives the book equal honors as well… WOW!

TIME Magazine just released their year-end list they like to call, “The TOP 10 EVERYTHING of 2012″. Now, when they say “everything” they mean it, ha! They focus on the Best: Movies, Books, Music, Plays, TV Series, etc. The fun thing is that Chris Ware’s BUILDING STORIES came in as #7 on the “Top 10 Fiction Books” List. Yes! Congrats to Chris Ware & everyone at Pantheon Books for receiving this honor. This is so cool, Thank You TIME Magazine. Book Readers, to see what they had to say, please CLICK HERE!

Tom Flinn, over at the ICv2 Website, recently wrote an excellent Book Review for the release of Chris Ware’s latest Graphic Novel, BUILDING STORIES. This brand-new book, published by Pantheon, has been getting some very good reviews and we’re really proud to be adding ICv2 to the list! So, please be sure to visit their site and check it out, it’s very well written with a lot of fun information, just CLICK HERE! ( Thanks Tom! )

Please be sure to click the LINK button here or down below to enjoy the latest KCRW “Bookworm” Podcast where Reporter Michael Silverblatt interviews Graphic Novelist Chris Ware about his latest publication, BUILDING STORIES (Pantheon). Of course this Graphic Novel is way more than a book, it’s a very large box that houses an eclectic gathering of colorful pamphlets, tabloid comics, and a fold-out game board, and more! BUILDING STORIES intimately details the people and happenings of a fictional building somewhere on the north shore of Chicago.

To hear this amazing interview please CLICK HERE and then when you get there just click on the dark-blue “Listen” button.

COMIC BOOK RESOURCES recently posted a very interesting interview with Chris Ware. The topic? Ware’s latest Graphic Novel known as BUILDING STORIES. Published by Pantheon Books, this “book” has been touted as more of a “Book in a Box” by the New York Times. Most of the reason for that is because this product is made-up of many different components: Books, Booklets, Pamphlets, Posters, Maps, etc… all stored inside a “box”.

CBR Staff Writer, Alex Dueben, does an excellent job at asking the tough questions. Then Chris Ware, as always, answers in a most thought provoking way. It’s a great interview. Please go see for yourself, just CLICK HERE! ( Thanks Alex! ) Also, We wanna ask all the readers of this site to please share our posts on Facebook, Twitter, or anywhere!

WOW, it’s November and you know what that means… it’s time again for the 2012 MIAMI BOOK FAIR!! Yes, this year they plan on having 468 Authors and a ton of Book Sellers & Publishers, it looks like another great event! Of course Pantheon Publishing will be there and they have a special event lined up to promote their new line of Graphic Novels. The event is located at the Center for Literature and Theatre at Miami Dade College (Florida). It opens on Nov. 11th and runs for one whole week, ending Nov. 18th. For more information, please CLICK HERE!

We should note that Chip Kidd, Charles Burns, and Chris Ware will appear together in a special lecture on Saturday, November 17th, at 3:30 p.m., in the Batten ( Building 2, 1st Floor, Room 2106 ). Of course they are there representing Pantheon Books and their main focus will be Chip Kidd’s New Book ROUGH JUSTICE: THE DC COMICS SKETCHES OF ALEX ROSS, Chris Ware’s award winning BUILDING STORIES and the latest awesome Graphic Novel by Charles Burns, THE HIVE. Oh wait, we also need to mention that this event is totally FREE!!

In the most recent issue of Publisher’s Weekly Magazine they do a cover story about the “Best Books of 2012″ and, because Pantheon Book’s “Building Stories” Graphic Novel made the list, they chose Chris Ware to illustrate the cover! Wait, there’s more!! One important thing to notice about this magazine cover is that they have a brand-new logo and this is the very 1st time in their publishing history to feature a fresh one… that’s so cool!!

I hope they keep this new one, I completely love it! Down below is an example of the one they have had for a long time. Yeah, it’s iconic, but this new one is so modern & cool. Please keep it PW!!!