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Soft Skull Graphic Novels: Smart, Visionary Books

by Heidi MacDonald | 12/22/2003 @ 12:00AM

While large book publishers such as Doubleday, Random House and HarperCollins have been getting into graphic novels with mixed success, smaller publishing houses are also dipping their toes into the comics pool.
Joe Sacco, Comics Journalist

by Calvin Reid | 11/24/2003 @ 12:00AM

PW asks Joe Sacco, "Tell us why you returned to Bosnia and Sarajevo and about Neven, the 'fixer.'"
The Year in Books 2003: Comics

by Staff | 11/17/2003 @ 12:00AM

During a year in which graphic novels were celebrated with a day of events and panels at BookExpo America, sales of book-format comics continued to show striking growth in the book trade and in the comics specialty market.
Religious Comics In the Book Trade

by Juli Cragg Hilliard | 10/23/2003 @ 12:00AM

Tyndale publishers sold just over half a million copies of five graphic novels based on the Left Behind series' first two books--spectacular sales numbers by mainstream comics industry standards.
Preiss Is Back with More Graphic Novels

by Dan Nadel | 10/20/2003 @ 12:00AM

After more than 30 years in the graphic novel business, Byron Preiss has seen it go from big to little and back again.
The Comics Pantheon Likes

by Dan Nadel | 10/20/2003 @ 12:00AM

The Pantheon line of graphic novels is based mostly on "mutual enthusiasms," says Pantheon editor-in-chief Dan Frank.
Special Report: Comics and Graphic Novel Publishing

| 10/20/2003 @ 12:00AM

Indie stores lag on graphic novels, Tokyopop's format leads manga into the bookstore market, DC and Marvel look for big sales and more...
Comics! Books! Films!: The Many Faces of Neil Gaiman

by Jeff Zaleski | 07/28/2003 @ 12:00AM

It's a warm L.A. night and Cha Cha Cha! is jumping. The staff of DC Comics and their supporters are crowded into the trendy restaurant on this first night of BEA 2003. Everyone is talking, laughing, sometimes shouting.
Comics Create Big Buzz at BEA

by Douglas Wolk and Calvin Reid | 06/13/2003 @ 12:00AM

At past BookExpos, graphic novel publishers struggled to gain a toehold with retailers and librarians who weren't quite sure exactly what a graphic novel was.
The Art of War: Comics Capture Combat and Its Aftermath

by Calvin Reid, PW Daily for Booksellers | 04/15/2003 @ 12:00AM

After three weeks of round the clock TV coverage of the war in Iraq, it's hard to just switch channels and get used to chuckling again at Everybody Loves Raymond.
Doubleday Graphic Novels Shut Down

by Calvin Reid | 03/31/2003 @ 12:00AM

After months of issuing conflicting responses about the future of Doubleday Graphic Novels, Doubleday has finally acknowledged that it is folding the DGN line of book-format comics barely six months after it released its first two books. Deborah Cowell, the editor who originated and directed the DGN line, left Doubleday shortly after the release of those two books--Lance Tooks's Narcissa and Jason Little's Shutterbug Follies--in October 2002.
IDW: Small Publisher With Big Sellers

by Heidi MacDonald | 03/13/2003 @ 07:00AM

Already the #1 selling graphic novel at Barnes & Noble, 30 Days of Night is the chilling story of a vampire on the loose in an Alaskan town where the sun has just gone down—for 30 days.
New BISAC Category for Graphic Novels/Comics

by Heidi MacDonald, PW NewsLine | 01/22/2003 @ 07:00AM

Pulitzer-prize winning graphic-novelist Art Spiegelman and several comics publishers paid a visit to the monthly meeting of the BISAC committee of the Book Industry Study Group yesterday to urge the creation of a new category for graphic novels.
Comics News

| 12/23/2002 @ 12:00AM

The year of the graphic novel and more!
Asian Comics Delight U.S. Readers

by Calvin Reid | 12/16/2002 @ 12:00AM

American graphic novels are registering healthy sales growth, but the surge in popularity of English-language manga--licensed editions of Japanese graphic novels re-released in the U.S.--has been even more phenomenal over the past year.
Alternative Comics Offers Just That

by Heidi McDonald | 12/16/2002 @ 12:00AM

With a name like Alternative Comics, you expect something a little off the beaten path. The home to such independent comics stars as Sam Henderson, James Koschalka, Nick Bertozzi and Scott Annable, Alternative offers a range of quirky and thought-provoking material.
Preiss Launches ibooks Graphic Novels

by Calvin Reid | 11/11/2002 @ 12:00AM

ibooks, a new-media and print book publisher, announced plans to launch a graphic novel publishing program early next year. The house, which publishes in a variety of categories in print and digital formats, plans to publish a graphic novel each month beginning in April 2003. Byron Preiss, publisher of ibooks, has been involved in publishing book format comics since the 1970s.
PW Daily's Guide to Graphic Novels IV

by Calvin Reid, PW Daily for Booksellers | 11/06/2002 @ 12:00AM

This week's guide to manga, recently released and backlist graphic novel titles.
The Year in Books: Comics

by Calvin Reid and Lynn Andriani | 11/04/2002 @ 12:00AM

This year trade paper and hardcover comics-—graphic novels-—made huge strides toward becoming a legitimate category in general trade book publishing.
PW Daily's Guide to Graphic Novels

by Calvin Reid, PW Daily for Booksellers | 10/21/2002 @ 12:00AM

This week's guide is for manga, recently released graphic novels and backlist graphic novel titles.

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