Features:
Special Preview Excerpt: The Eternal Smile
The Eternal Smile, the new book from Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) and Derek Kirk Kim (Same Difference), is now out. We've been previewing the book's three stories over the past month, and the final installment is online. After you check out the interview with Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, enjoy this preview of their new book.

The Art of the City: Behind the Creation of the Art for City of Dust
With an amazing collection of fully painted artwork, City of Dust achieves a stunning look that matches the heavy sci-fi and horror theme of its storyline. Artists Zid and Brandon Ching, along with the people who helped in the art direction of the story, open up their creative process and explained how they managed to create this book's defining look.

Watchmen: What GNR Readers Are Saying
The contest ran throughout March, and now you can see what your fellow GNR readers have been saying about the Watchmen movie. It's a diverse collection of thoughts for a very diverse, intense movie.

OP-ED: Jeffrey Brown's Thought Bubble
If we're in the middle of a graphic novel bubble, what happens when that bubble explodes? Actually, we've been in bubbles like this before, and as writer and artist Jeffrey Brown explains, the format we love so much will not only survive the bubble, but will also thrive.

Bestseller List: Isotope Comics in San Francisco
Each update, we check in with comics sellers around the country to see what's selling now. This week, check in with Isotope Comics in San Francisco, CA.

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Creator Interviews:
Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim
The long-awaited The Eternal Smile, new from Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, is finally here. Meet the two creators behind the book in this interview and learn how the two friends decided to work together-and whether their friendship can survive a Star Wars vs. Star Trek debate.

Ariel Schrag
Ariel Schrag documented her high-school years in four raw, unflinching memoirs. With the release of the fourth and final edition, Likewise, which chronicles her senior year, she talks about what it's like to share your coming-of-age with the world.

Mitch Clem
Mitch Clem started Nothing Nice to Say, a webcomic about "the awesomeness and the absurdity" of the punk rock scene, back in 2002. Here he talks about the recently released anthology of his popular and controversial series.

Fiction Reviews:
Green Lama Archives, Volume 2
A classic and almost-forgotten series from comics' Golden Age, Green Lama was a superhero way ahead of his time. Buddhist, peaceful, and harmonious, Green Lama preached acceptance and fought racism and hatred, even while fighting for America in World War II.

You Will Drown in Love
Sequel to You Will Fall in Love, You Will Drown in Love once again delivers a tense romance between an untried kimono shop manager and his more experienced-in matters of both the workplace and the heart-employee.

Turok, Son of Stone, Volume 1
Somewhere in America's southwest lies a hidden valley filled with prehistoric creatures. That's what Turok and his friend discovered quite by accident one day in this classic comics series, and their adventures lasted for decades. This extensive volume collects the first six issues of the series.

Magicman
Magicman fought the Vietcong and the horrible Sgt. Kilkenny in a short-lived feature in the Forbidden Worlds comic book. Now, Dark Horse collects the entire Magicman run in one hardcover volume.