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George R. R. Martin's Adventures in Comics Part 1
Hugo and Nebula Award—winning fantasy author George R.R. Martin has licensed his Song of Ice and Fire prequel novellas, The Hedge Knight and The Sworn Sword, to Marvel Comics for both comic books and graphic novels.
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San Diego 2007: Big Books, Big Buzz, Big Con
Bigger and better than ever, the 2007 San Diego Comic-con was dominated by movie studios but as always there were lots of new and interesting comics for the hordes of fans.
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San Diego Manga-Con
CLAMP signed with Dark Horse; CMX got Crayon Shin-chan; Viz acquired Slam Dunk!; manga got respect at the Eisner Awards and more manga news from this year’s San Diego Comic-con.
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A Full House at the Movie-Con
The San Diego Comic-con is now the single biggest marketing event of the year for Hollywood movie studios.
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San Diego Comics Briefly
NBM at 30; Graphic Novel Panel; Paul Pope; Friends of Lulu Award Winners and San Diego Comic-Con Coverage
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Talking Shojo with Arina Tanemura
Kai-MingCha talks with Tenenura about making shojo and inspiring young women.
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Photo Mania: San Diego Comic-Con 2007
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Warren Ellis Has Returned, But
Don't Expect Him to Enjoy ItIt took 10 years to get him back to San Diego. But fueled by Red Bull, cigarettes and junk food, the comics star-turned-novelist finally faces his Comic-Con fans.
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American Born Chinese Wins Best Album Eisner
Gene Yang, Bill Willingham, Paul Pope, Darwyn Cooke and Alison Bechdel all took home awards at the 2007 Will Eisner Comics industry Awards ceremony held at the San Diego Comic-con.
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San Diego Comic Con Photo Mania
Photos from SDCC.
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CLAMP Inks Dark Horse Deal
CLAMP, Japan’s superstar all-female manga team, has signed a groundbreaking deal with Dark Horse Books to produce an original manga series beginning in 2009.
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Kodansha Wants More Global Manga
In light of the success of their first international manga contest, Kodansha, one of Japan’s biggest publisher of manga, has decided to hold a second competition, making their international competition a twice yearly event.
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Vertigo Plans Neil Young Graphic Novel; New Minx Titles
DC Comics will publish a graphic novel created by acclaimed musician Neil Young through its Vertigo imprint and also released plans for new graphic novels from Minx, its comics imprint for teenage girls.
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Manga in San Diego
Viz Media has big plans for their Shonen Jump anthology magazine including launching the serialization of the popular ongoing series Bleach in November.
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San Diego Comic-Con Sold Out; Dark Horse Presents Launches on MySpace
At a soldout Comic-con, Dark Horse announced it had reached a deal with MySpace to launch a new digital comic venture. The project will officially begin in September.
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Fans Jam Comic-con Preview
Comic-con opened to the usual mob scene last night, with fans clamoring for books and industry people unveiling several movie and graphic novel deals.
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Comics Briefly
Slate To Serialize Reagan Graphic Bio; CBLDF San Diego Auction; Virgin Comics on Myspace; DC To Publish WoW Comic; Hollow Fields Goes Back to Press; PW The Beat On SDCC ‘07 and PW Comics Weekat San Diego
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Yen Press Hires Lee, Adds ICE Kunion List
Yen Press is absorbing manhwa publisher ICE Kunion's licenses and will begin publishing them in spring 2008.
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Fans Turnout for Otakon ’07 Despite Early Date
Despite awkward timing, this year's Otakon fan attendance was up, although publisher attendance was down.
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Josh Simmons’s House of Horror
House is Josh Simmons’s first full-length graphic novel, and throughout this work of horror he conveys a deep sense of dread without a single line of dialogue.