NBM news.

The just-concluded comics festival in Angouleme, France, has chosen DUNGEON: PARADE by Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar, and Manu Larcenet as one of the year's best books. On January 20, Trondheim's LITTLE NOTHINGS earned recognition from the Washington Post's MediaMix column .

Richard Moore's popular fantasy-comedy BONEYARD is going on hiatus after issue #28, shipping in March. In the meantime, NBM will continue to issue trade-paperback collections of BONEYARD. The next one, BONEYARD IN COLOR #3, should be in stores very soon. It may even be in some stores now.

Phil Yeh, creator of the geography graphic novel DINOSAURS ACROSS AMERICA, tells me: "[I] will have a space to paint a mural promoting literacy and the arts at the NY Comic Con, attached to their special emphasis on CHILDREN'S COMICS this year." Phil has been on tour, promoting literacy and painting murals with the help of schoolkids, for about 20 years. The New York Comic-Con (http://www.nycomiccon.com/App/homepage.cfm?moduleid=2577&appname=100453) takes place on April 18 through 20.

Véronique Tanaka's METRONOME, with an introduction by BONE's Jeff Smith, is also shipping in March and is already getting some very nice attention.
Publishers Weekly -- http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6522760.html
Publishers Weekly's The Beat blog -- http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/20/watch-metronome/
Forbidden Planet -- http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=6250
Comics And -- http://comicsand.blogspot.com/2008/01/indies-preview-review-for-march-part-2.html

THE ART OF BRYAN TALBOT is getting some flattering reviews.
SF Crows Nest -- http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk/articles/books/2008/nz12062.php
ComicMix -- http://www.comicmix.com/news/2007/12/27/the-art-of-bryan-talbot-review/
Comics Waiting Room -- http://comicswait.blogspot.com/2007/12/art-of-bryan-talbot-published-by-nbm.html
Comics Alliance -- http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/16/the-comics-page-bryan-talbot/
Forbidden Planet -- http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=5927
Thick magazine -- http://thickonline.com/reviews/books/index.php?mod=cnt&act=cnt&id=2929
Withersin magazine -- http://www.withersin.com/review_bryan_talbot.htm
Fist Full of Comics -- http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=515

THE MUSEUM VAULTS (the latest in our line of the Louvre Museum's graphic novels) is attracting some nice attention, too.
New York magazine -- http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/01/comics_museum.html
Comics Waiting Room -- http://reviews.comicswaitingroom.com/2008/01/18/the-museum-vaults.aspx
ComicMix -- http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/01/17/the-museum-vaults-review/

Naomi Nowak's new graphic novel, HOUSE OF CLAY, is going strong.
Library Journal -- http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6516163.html?q=House+of+Clay
The Onion -- http://www.avclub.com/content/node/69562 (scroll down; it's there)
Comics Creators Guild -- http://www.comicscreatorsguild.co.uk/nowreadthis/?p=1701
Feminist Review -- http://feministreview.blogspot.com/2008/01/house-of-clay.html
Jazma Online -- http://forums.jazmaonline.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=487
Comics Waiting Room -- http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/nbm4.html
ComicMix -- http://www.comicmix.com/news/2007/10/24/house-of-clay-review/

THE SAGA OF THE BLOODY BENDERS, Rick Geary's final volume in the Treasury of Victorian Murder graphic-novel series, has remains popular as well.
The American Library Association's Great Graphic Novels for Teens -- http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/08ggnt.cfm
Publishers Weekly's critics poll of the year's best graphic novels -- http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6514737.html
The Onion's best comics of the year -- http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_best_comics_of_2007
Comics Buyer's Guide -- http://cbgextra.com/balloon/default,date,2008-01-11.aspx
Comic Book Resources -- http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=206903
Precocious Curmudgeon -- http://precur.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/the-year-in-fun-2007/
GoodReads.com -- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1437906.The_Saga_of_the_Bloody_Benders
Bookgasm -- http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/saga-of-bloody-benders/
Broken Frontier -- http://brokenfrontier.com/columns/details.php?id=756