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ADV Survives Hurricane Ike
Overshadowed by the financial crisis on Wall Street, Hurricane Ike's touchdown in Texas has had a tremendous effect on companies like the Houston anime and manga producer ADV Films.
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Global Voices: Mia Kirshner’s I Live Here
Actress Mia Kirshner's effort to draw attention to the plight of International displaced people has led to I Live Here, an unusual collaborative graphic work that will be published by Pantheon in October.
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IDW Launches G.I. Joe Invasion
The license from Hasbro's famous toy has landed with Idea and Design Works, which is wagering that G.I. Joe is poised to once again be a big seller. In a bit of synchronicity, original G.I. Joe writer Larry Hama is returning to the property, and a movie is set to come out next year.
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Afro Samurai Makes Its Manga Debut
The much touted Afro Samurai series, a popular animation series on Spike TV, made its debut as manga for American audiences this month.
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Panelmania: Nothing Nice to Say
In this 13-page excerpt from Nothing Nice to Say, a compilation of strips from the webcomic of the same name, creator Mitch Clem critiques the punk rock subculture with a comic eye.
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Comics Briefly
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Books About Comics: President to Prince
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The New York Anime Festival Returns
The New York Anime Festival returns to the Javits Convention in New York September 26-28 with an impressive lineup of anime and manga programming and a range of Japanese pop culture talent.
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The King of Queen & Country
On September 24, Oni Press will release Queen & Country Definitive Edition: Volume 3, collecting volumes seven and eight of the original comic series—which also happen to be critical tie-ins to the two existing Queen & Country novels, A Gentlemen’s Game and Private Wars (both from Bantam). Artists in the third volume are Mike Norton, Steve Rolston and Chris Samnee, and the edition includes a collection of Rucka's scripts with art by Rolston.
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Antarctic Press: The Other Original Manga Publisher
Texas-based Antarctic Press has made a name for itself as a publisher of American Manga, or original English language manga for the U. S. market.
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Telling Stories: The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta
Telling Stories: The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta edited by Edward Mason (Black Bart/Underwood Books, Sept.), aims to show off the famed fantasy artist's early comics work.
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Comics Briefly
SPX Guests; PW The Beat: Wall Street Blues; Chris Butcher; New Archie Comics Logo; Locke & Key GN; Stephan King’s “N” Online; Geoff Johns Writes DCU Online; New MyCup o’ Joe; Princess Ai Free on Crunchyroll
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‘PopGun’ and the Craft of Comics Anthologies
Image Comics anthology PopGun is the latest publication to bring together a wide variety of comics artists in one full color publication.
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Marvel Turns Stephen King’s The Stand into Comics
Marvel Comics has moved on to another King property, with a comic book adaptation of his 1978 horror classic, The Stand.
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Diamond and Retailers Hit Vegas
The yearly Diamond Retailer summit hit Bally's Hotel in Las Vegas on Sunday, for three days (September 7-9) of seminars, socializing and announcements by publishers and retailers
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Funnies Business: Les Humanoides Cuts a Deal with the Devil
European adventure comics are coming back to America via new deals at Devil's Due and Marvel.
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Kevin O'Neill and Pat Mills Enforce Marshal Law at Titan
On September 2,
Titan Books
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Comics Briefly
New DC V-P, Ad Sales; Howl! Comics Panel; PW The Beat: Batman Recalled and More; Ben Katchor at SPX; Dark Tower, The Stand Midnight Signing; Death Note Day at Kinokuniya; Runaways Free Online; Middleman Collected Edition; Comics In the Media; and Spurge Talks to John Pham
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Wowio: Good for Prose; Bad for Comics?
For comics and prose publishers, Wowio.com seemed almost too good to be true. The Web site allowed publishers to post their books online so readers could download them for free, with publishers earning a set fee per download. But since the site was acquired in July by Platinum Studios, an online comics and entertainment licensing firm, changes in Wowio's terms may have undermined the value of t...
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Oni and 60Frames Meld Web Videos, Comics
Recently Oni Press announced it has joined with 60Frames Entertainment, an online video distribution company, to create interlocking web videos and comic books.