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Kids, Parents Turnout for Kids Comic-Con 2008
Hundreds of kids and their parents from all around the New York City metro area converged on the campus of the Bronx Community College this past weekend for the second annual Kids Comic Con held all day Saturday, March 29.
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Life in Comics #2: Finding Comics in the “Real” World
The author searches for well known graphic novels in a comics shop, a book store and a library and reports on her findings.
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Del Rey Tells Mashima's Fairy Tail
Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail, an irreverent story filled with silly, slapstick humor about young wizards, and Del Rey Manga hopes it will be a big hit.
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Tanaka Keeps Time
Veronique Tanaka uses a unique storytelling style of 16-panel pages to tell her story in Metronome.
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Comics Briefly
Siegel Copyright Returns; Frank Miller at NYCC; Murakami at Brooklyn Museum; Making a Bestseller; Dark Horse Comics Online; Jeffery Brown on SexTV; and Comic Exhibit at MCAD
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Speed Racer Returns
From the X-Men and Superman to the forthcoming Iron Man and Dark Knight movies, Hollywood has taken a keen interest in the comics game. Now comics publishers are taking a cue from the studios and their comic book—inspired films—and their ability to generate book sales. Remember the 1960s animated cartoon Speed Racer, an early example of Japanese anime finding a kids audience in th...
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ComicsPRO Gets Everyone on the Same Page
Retailers and publishers came together to discuss many issues pertaining to the industry at the recent ComicsPRO meeting in Las Vegas.
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Stranded: Virgin’s New Sci-Fi/Superhero Drama
Comics writer Mike Carey’s new book, The Stranded, is about a group of aliens that live amongst us, but who don’t even know that they’re from another world. The new comics series is a collaboration between Virgin Comics and The Sci-Fi Channel and will also be produced as a TV show.
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Hergé at One Hundred
English-speaking fans of Hergé’s Tintin can read two new books by Great Britain’s leading “Tintinologist,” Michael Farr: The Adventures of Hergé and Tintin & Co., both are published by Last Gasp and vividly illustrated with Hergé artwork.
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Johnny Boo: Kochalka for Kids
In June, Ignatz Award-winning creator James Kochalka will release his latest work for children, Johnny Boo: The Best Little Ghost in the World.
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Realbuzz Studios: Panels and Parables
RealBuzz Studios produces manga-style comics with Christian values without hitting the reader over the head with a Bible.
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SPLAT! Makes Splash
Over 150 cartoonists, librarians, editors, publishers and would-be cartoonists, attended “SPLAT! A Graphic Novel Symposium,” a one day conference sponsored by the The New York Center for Independent Publishing in Manhattan.
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Chris Hart Moves How-To Empire to Sterling
Popular how-to-draw author Chris Hart has moved from his longtime publisher, Watson-Guptill, to Sterling Publishing and will launch a new line of drawing books for Sterling’s crafts/DIY imprint Sixth & Spring.
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Funnies Business: Alex Ross Banished to the Back of the Catalogue
Star comics artist Alex Ross has taken a group of public domain superhero characters; updated them with new covers and new stories and created Project Superhero, a new work that will be published by Dynamite Entertainment.
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Where's Waldo? Perth, Australia
Alex Cox, the director of the eccentric 1980s punk sci-fi film Repo Man, has teamed up with artist Chris Bones to create a graphic novel sequel to the cult film.
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Hazed: The Dirt on Sorority Life
Mark Sable’s new original graphic novel, Hazed,is an all-too-real dark comedy that details the sordid reality of sorority life for three young women on an American college campus.
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Comics Briefly
Kids' Comic Con; BEA Graphic Novel Day; Amulet Movie; Dave Stevens Obit; Mark Siegel on ICv2; Harvey Awards Ballots; Ralph Bakshi Exhibit; Cold Cut Now Haven Distribution; Ware, Kirby in Bookforum ; Noir Comics on NPR; Reading at KGB Bar; and Fruits Basket Promotion
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Jeff Lemire's Haunting Essex County Trilogy
Jeff Lemire's 'Tales from the Farm', the first book in his Essex County Trilogy, has gained literary acclaim with its stories of men in emotionally devastating situations.
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The Saga of the Guin Saga
In Japan, the Guin Saga has run for 119 volumes and has been compared to The Lord of the Rings. Now Vertical is bringing the first five novels and three mangas to the US.
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The Crumbs Move to Norton
W.W. Norton executive editor Robert Weil has acquired the publishing rights to two titles by acclaimed underground cartoonist R. Crumb in addition to acquiring a new work from his wife, noted underground cartoonist Aline Kominsky Crumb.