This year Book Author & Writer Neil Gaiman has been placed in Time Magazine’s latest poll titled “THE TIME 100” . So, since he’s a friend, we’re asking everybody to please go vote for him! Hey, this guy deserves it. His books and writing are amazing. You can easily place your vote by CLICKING HERE and then pressing the “Absolutely” button. Yeah, we said it was simple, so please do it now if you can. Thanks!

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!

It’s with a heavy heart that we have to report the sad news that Australian Author & Art Critic Robert Hughes has passed away. He died on Monday, August 6th, at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx due to prolonged illness. He was 74 and had lived for many years in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. He was known mainly as the Art Critic for TIME Magazine but was also a very prolific Author having written many books on Art History. He was also a Documentary Maker & we have a video down below as an example. Some of his most well-known books are “The Shock of The New”, “The Fatal Shore”, “Rome”, & “Goya” ( Chip Kidd designed the covers for two of these ).

If you enjoy the art of Book Jacket design, or Graphic Design in general, then you owe it to yourself to check out a recent article over at the TIME Magazine Website titled, “The Book Jacket Art of Chip Kidd”. It’s a part of their TIME PHOTO SERIES where they present a small slideshow of images with quotes or information down below the pictures, it’s both educational and fun! They picked 15 Book Covers created by Chip Kidd and they’re pretty interesting to see. I mean, OK the graphics are nice ( not trying to brag, ha ha ) but the really interesting part is reading about the creation of these covers. Some of them are quotes from the Authors & how they felt about the jacket. It’s very thought-provoking. It’s also a bit like “a study of Book Publishing”, if that’s the right way to phrase it. Anyways, I’ll shut-up & let you visit their website so you can see what I mean. Just CLICK HERE! ( Oh Yeah, and Thanks TIME Magazine! )