Once upon a time, a comic book didn’t need to be dark, grim, or gritty to be successful. Comic books — evolving from newspaper comic strips — were often referred to as “funny books” or “the funnies.” ...

Author Christine Wenc, a member of The Onion’s original staff, joins Dana Taylor on the Excerpt to discuss her new book “Funny Because It’s True,” which is on bookshelves now.

It’s an exciting time for children’s comic books and here are 20 gems that will put a spring in the step of your young ones and keep them laughing and reading.

“We needed a comic book. A graphic novel. We needed ‘Maritime Domain Awareness Man.’” ...

I was at an event recently, talking about my novel. It’s a “comic novel” – as in, one that is meant to be funny. When someone asked me what it was similar to, I paused.