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PW Daily's Guide to Graphic Novels: Manga, Recent Releases, and Backlist

by Calvin Reid, PW Daily for Booksellers | 10/15/2002 @ 12:00AM

We're back with the latest version of our guide to graphic novels for booksellers. We received so much feedback about our initial listing of graphic novels (PW Daily, August 28) that we decided to tweak our criteria and format just a bit.
PW Daily's Guide to Graphic Novels

by Calvin Reid, PW Daily for Booksellers | 08/28/2002 @ 12:00AM

With burgeoning interest in the genre of graphic novels, during the next few weeks PW Daily is printing a selected list of titles a bookstore needs to stock a basic graphic novel section.
Trade Book Comics in Demand at Comic-Con

by Douglas Wolk and Calvin Reid | 08/09/2002 @ 12:00AM

Comic-Con International, the annual trade show for comics, graphic novels, gaming, film and pop-culture merchandising of all kinds, is a strange hybrid beast. The largest annual gathering of the professional community of comics and graphic novels, it's also the biggest convention for comics fans and readers.
At Comics' BEA, Talk of Manga and Book-Trade Permeate

by Calvin Reid, PW NewsLine | 08/06/2002 @ 12:00AM

More than 50,000 people were estimated to have attended the Comic-Con International over the weekend, the biggest number the show has drawn in its nearly-35 year existence.
When Graphic Novels Go From Ghost World to Tinsel Town

By Steven Zeitchik, PW NewsLine | 07/24/2002 @ 12:00AM

Legendary graphic-novel publisher Denis Kitchen remembers the quiet old days of three months ago, before the phones started buzzing with Hollywood producers.
Diamond Looks to Take Over from LPC

by Calvin Reid & Douglas Wolk | 06/28/2002 @ 10:00AM

The post—LPC comics and graphic novel distribution landscape is beginning to come into focus. Diamond Comics, the largest distributor of periodical comic books to specialty comics stores, is launching Diamond Book Distributors, a division to distribute comics, graphic novels, manga and anime, as well as toys and other pop culture product, to the book trade.
Diamond in the Rough? Periodical Comics Distributor Looks to Pick up LPC Slack

by Calvin Reid, PW NewsLine | 06/26/2002 @ 12:00AM

The post-LPC comics and graphic novel distribution landscape is beginning to come into focus. Diamond Comics, the largest distributor of periodical comic books to the specialty comics market, is launching Diamond Book Distributors, a new division to distribute comics, graphic novels, manga and anime as well as toys and other pop culture product to the book trade.
Big Films Mean Big Comics Sale

by Douglas Wolk | 06/13/2002 @ 12:00AM

It doesn't take a genius to know that Spider-Man and Star Wars graphic novels are hot in bookstores and libraries right now--they're two of the biggest movies of the summer, and young customers want to read the comics about their favorite characters. What does take some work is figuring out which of the dozens of Star Wars and Spider-Man graphic novels and trade paperbacks in print are likely to be the best jumping-on points for new readers.
Graphic Novels Feel the Love

by Douglas Wolk and Calvin Reid | 05/20/2002 @ 12:00AM

Graphic novel publishers at this year's BEA found that one of the problems plaguing the industry for decades has become an unexpected strength. The audience for comics historically skews young and very male. As it turns out, that's just what libraries love about carrying graphic novels--they reel in boys, who are otherwise too often absent from the stacks.
Graphic Novels Draw New Buyers at BEA

by Douglas Wolk and Calvin Reid, PW Daily for Booksellers | 05/08/2002 @ 12:00AM

Graphic novel publishers at BEA reported sustained, strong interest from libraries (which have found that comics bring in boys like nothing else) and the book trade.
The Year in Books 2001: Comics

By Staff | 11/29/2001 @ 12:00AM

In 2001, comix--fiction or nonfiction book-length comics--continued their incremental growth as a category in the general trade book industry.
Graphic Novels, Tie-ins Highlight Comic-Con

Douglas Wolk and Calvin Reid | 07/30/2001 @ 12:00AM

This year's Comic-Con International--the comics industry's biggest event for both its producers and its consumers, held in San Diego July 19--highlighted the ways that comics and other media, print and visual, are leaking into each other.
Box Office Comics

Charles Brownstein | 06/25/2001 @ 12:00AM

Since the runaway success of Tim Burton's 1989 movie Batman, films adapted from comics franchises have become a staple in the movie business. This year, a host of literary graphic novels will bow on the big screen. August will see the release of Ghost World, based on the graphic novel by Daniel Clowes and directed by R.Crumb documentarian Terry Zweigoff
Selling Comics Online

Douglas Wolk | 06/25/2001 @ 12:00AM

The world of online graphic-novel retail has changed dramatically over the last few months, as two of the biggest players have gone under. Fandom.com, better known as Fandom Shop (a spinoff of Another Universe), was generally recognized as the biggest online outlet for comics and graphic novels; in early April, it stopped shipping.
Digital, Print Comics from ComicsOne

Calvin Reid | 06/25/2001 @ 12:00AM

ComicsOne founder Robin Kuo, a wireless gaming entrepreneur and longtime manga lover, launched the firm in 1999 with a visionary plan—to sell only downloadable e-comics. But like many such plans, this one needed tweaking. Slow sales spurred the company to reconsider and while ComicsOne continues to sell e-comics, it now offers manga in trade paperback editions as well.
The BookExpo of Comics

Charles Brownstein | 06/25/2001 @ 12:00AM

This year San Diego's Comic-Con International convention, the largest annual event devoted to comics and popular arts, will be held the weekend of July 19. Like BEA, CCI attracts professionals (more than 6,000 artists, editors and rights folks), but unlike BEA, it attracts hordes of consumers, more than 40,000 last year.
The Art of Selling Graphic Novels

by Jessica Abel | 06/25/2001 @ 12:00AM

Although graphic novels have been gaining critical recognition, as well as sales, over a period of 15 years, many booksellers still have not made the plunge into starting a section in their stores, or if they have, it consists of half a shelf tucked into a back corner and unseen by most customers. This causes a lot of booksellers to claim that graphic novels don't sell.
COMICS: Not Just For Speciality Stores Anymore

| 10/16/2000 @ 12:00AM

It's no secret that the American comic book business, as we know it, is in deep trouble.
Comicstore.com, Next Planet Over Face Off Online

Calvin Reid | 05/10/1999 @ 12:00AM

TWO NEW ONLINE retail ventures that will focus on graphic novels, comics, zines, genre literature and other related merchandise, have launched this month.
Preiss Multimedia Gets New President

| 09/28/1998 @ 12:00AM

Byron Preiss Multimedia Company, which has yet to turn a profit, has announced that company founder Byron Preiss was named chairman of the company at a special meeting held earlier this month. James Dellomo, BPMC's chief financial officer, was named acting president and CEO at the same meeting. ...

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