Stephen Weiner has been writing about graphic novels since 1992 and spearheaded the movement to bring graphic novels into public libraries.
His books include: 100 Graphic Novels for Public Libraries, The Will Eisner Companion (with N.C. Christopher Couch) Will the Real Will Eisner Please Stand Up & Other Adventures in Comics, The 101 Best Graphic Novels, Faster than a Speeding Bullet: the Rise of the Graphic Novel (with an Introduction by Will Eisner), Analysis of BONE: A Look at the Jeff Smith Graphic Novel Masterpiece, and Hellboy: the Companion.
He is co-editor of the 7-volume series, Graphic Novels: A Critical Survey. His novel, Briandigo’s Dagger, is available from Haverhill House Press. He lives outside of Boston.
Books in order of publication:
Bring an Author to Your Library – 1993
The 101 Best Graphic Novels – 1996
Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Rise of the Graphic Novel – 2003
Hellboy: The Companion – 2006
Tom’s House – 2010
Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: Heroes and Superheroes-Volume 2 – 2012
101 Outstanding Graphic Novels – 2015
A Bone Companion – 2015
Will the Real Will Eisner Please Stand Up and Other Adventures in Comics – 2018
Analysis of Bone: A Look at the Jeff Smith Graphic Novel Masterpiece – 2023
Will Eisner: A Comics Biography Free Comic Book Day 2025 – 2025
Briandigo’s Dagger – 2025
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