by Howard Zimmerman | May 30, 2014 | Graphic Novels
Now I had my creative team, artist Ernie Colón and author Ruth Ashby, under contract. But before we even got started on the project, our publisher, Thomas LeBien, told me he was leaving Hill & Wang and going to Simon & Schuster. Without getting too deep...
by Howard Zimmerman | May 29, 2014 | Graphic Novels
Arlen Schumer Concept Artwork for Great American Documents It was more than three years ago when Hill & Wang publisher Thomas LeBien told me that he wanted to do a graphic history volume that told the story of America through its most important documents, and...
by Howard Zimmerman | Mar 20, 2014 | Graphic Novels
I’ve just completed work on a project that has taken three years to see through from start to finish. It is a remarkable graphic volume on American history that will be published by Hill & Wang this May. It is called, simply enough, Uncle Sam...
by Howard Zimmerman | Mar 2, 2014 | Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Publishing, Tribute
On March 6th, Will Eisner would have been 97 years old. For the uninitiated, Eisner (after whom the major awards in the comic book industry are named) was one of the founding fathers of the modern comic book. His studio, Eisner and Eiger, produced the first comics...
by Howard Zimmerman | Jan 25, 2014 | Area 51, Graphic Novels
I am pleased to announce that Z File has completed contracts to produce two wildly different titles for two new clients. Zenith Books has commissioned a nonfiction graphic history of the famously secretive Area 51. And North River Press has commissioned a graphic...
by Howard Zimmerman | Oct 8, 2013 | Adaptation, Graphic Novels, Upcoming Books
It’s an exciting time for Z File, as we’ve just signed contracts with two new clients, North River Press and Zenith Press, and will be producing new nonfiction graphic novels for them. The success of graphic nonfiction has been an eye-opener to traditional book...
