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Comics Briefly

Calvin Reid | 02/23/2010 @ 01:00AM

LA Times Book Prize Graphic Novel Nominations; MoCCA's Master Class from Claremont, DeFalco & O'Neil; Mouly on New Yorker cover ; Marvel's Black Superhero Exhibit; Moomin Exhibit in Brussels; This Week @ Good Comics For Kids; and This Week @ The Beat
Panel Mania: A Home for Mr. Easter

Ada Price | 02/22/2010 @ 11:50PM

In Brooke Allen's whimsical new graphic novel, A Home for Mr. Easter, a young woman named Tesana goes on an epic quest to get the Easter bunny back to his rigthful home. The book goes on sale in April from NBM.
New Day at DC Comics: Lee, DiDio Named Copublishers

Calvin Reid | 02/22/2010 @ 11:12PM

While the appointment of superstar artist Jim Lee and DC Universe senior v-p and executive editor Dan DiDio as copublishers of DC Comics didn't come as a shock, it certainly wasn't expected.
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Heidi Macdonald | 02/22/2010 @ 09:55PM

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Found in Translation: Outlaw Star and Sakura Hime Kaden

Jonathan Bethune | 02/22/2010 @ 09:49PM

Two manga series that really ought to be in English: Arina Tanemura's Sakura Hime Kaden and Takehiko Ito's Outlaw Star.
Snyder's Vampire is Fit for a King

Sasha Watson | 02/22/2010 @ 08:54PM

What the world needs now is more vampires. That's what it wants, anyway. What it really needs are more inventive and interesting vampires. American Vampire, a new series from Vertigo, wrtten by Scott Snyder and Stephen King provides just that.
Comics Reviews: 2/22/2010

PW Staff | 02/22/2010 @ 05:33AM
First Second to Publish Iranian Graphic Novel and Web Comic

Calvin Reid | 02/18/2010 @ 09:21PM

First Second, the graphic novel imprint of Macmillan Publishing, is launching Zahra's Paradise, a graphic novel about the social and political situation in Iran, as a serialized web comic and will publish it as a book collection in 2011.
Jim Lee, Dan DiDio Named Copublishers of DC Comics

Calvin Reid | 02/18/2010 @ 04:29PM

DC Entertainment has named acclaimed comics artist Jim Lee and DC Universe senior v-p and executive editor Dan DiDio as copublishers of DC Comics, the comics division and publisher of Superman, Batman, and other classic comics characters.
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Ada Price | 02/17/2010 @ 10:22PM

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Azzarello Reinvents Pulp Icons & Superheroes in 'First Wave'

By Kiel Phegley | 02/16/2010 @ 06:25PM

On March 3rd, DC Comics kicks off a new fictional universe built on a combination of two sturdy adventure concepts: classic pulp icons including Doc Savage and the Avenger and hardboiled superheroes from Batman to the Spirit. Or as writer Brian Azzarello put it, "The number one draw is 'Let's do a superhero book with no super powers.'"
MacDonald Relaunches Comics News Blog, The Beat

By Calvin Reid | 02/16/2010 @ 06:24PM

Heidi MacDonald has moved her poppuar comics news blog, The Beat, to its own web domain and will focus the site on a newly transformed (and still transforming) comics industry.
Gods, Man and Comics: George O’Connor’s Olympians

By Steve Bunche | 02/16/2010 @ 06:23PM

For many kids, the gods of Greek mythology are every bit as exciting as the superheroes seen in comic books and on TV. Now, with the release of George O'Connor's graphic novels Zeus: King of the Gods (First Second, Jan.) and Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess (Apr.), the gods look the part. O'Connor spoke with PW Comics Week about his visual inspiration for the books, the relationship between modern superheroes and their mythical predecessors, and how he dealt with the less PC aspects of the myths.
February Comics Bestsellers

By Calvin Reid | 02/16/2010 @ 06:22PM

Two of Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid series, Dog Days and Last Straw, rule the top two slots; followed by Viz’s Yu-Gi-Oh! GX vol. 4; R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis and Naruto Vol. 47. Next up is Full Metal Alchemist, Vol. 22 at #7; followed by Zombie Survival Guide; Yen Press’s Black Butler, Vol. 1 and Warriors: Shattered Peace.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by kate Fitzsimons | 02/16/2010 @ 06:11PM
Comics Review: 2/5/2010

by PW Staff | 02/16/2010 @ 05:00AM

A post apocalytic comedy and Stan Lee's Manga collaboration are reviewed this week.
Panel Mania: Foiled

Compiled by Ada Price | 02/15/2010 @ 04:10PM

Foiled is the first graphic novel by the young adult and children's writer, Jane Yolen. The art is by Mike Cavallaro. Aliera Carstairs is a talented fencer who dosen't fit in at school, but that changes when the handsome new boy, Avery Castle, arrives at school. Foiled will be published by First Second in April.
Diamond's Thresholds a Year Later

by MK Reed | 02/09/2010 @ 08:30PM

On January 16th, 2009, Diamond announced a policy change that would have a huge impact on the comics market: the threshold for orders on new products was bumped up from $1500 to $2500, and fewer items would be relisted after their initial offering. In the year since, the change has had far reaching effects.
Viz Signature and Manga for Grownups

By Brigid Alverson | 02/09/2010 @ 08:29PM

Viz Media editorial manager Leyla Aker took some time to talk with PW Comics Week about the thinking behind the Signature line and Viz’s plans for SigIKKI, an online comics site that also targets older readers, as well as what is in the works for Viz Signature in 2010.
Funnies Business: Big Cross-Over Events and the Barrier Method

by Todd Allen | 02/09/2010 @ 08:28PM

You ever notice how hard it is these days to pick up a single comic title from Marvel or DC? And by single a comic title, I mean picking up one series that isn’t crossing over with several other titles a couple times each year and only comes out once a month. If you want to avoid bulk purchases, this plague of crossovers amounts to a barrier to entry for readers.

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