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No Shortage of Kids' Comics at New York Comic Con
Remember when comics grew up and got serious? Publishers have come full circle and now cater to young readers with new comics and graphic novels and tie-ins to old favorites.
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‘Attack on Titan’ Drives Manga Rebound at New York Comic Con
Manga sales were brisk at New York Comic Con as droves of fans turned out to clamor over hit series Attack on Titan and classic properties like Sailor Moon; while Super star manga artist Takeshi Obata made his first trip to a North American comics show.
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Photo Mania: New York Comic Con 2014
PW Comics World was at New York Comic Con, held October 9-12 at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, to bring back the news and memorable photographs of the show.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 10/13–10/19
Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang in Los Angeles, CA; Nick Dragotta in Santa Clara, CA; The Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, Cumbria, UK; F.A.C.T.S. convention in Ghent, Belgium
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Vertical Inc. Debuts New Comics Line at New York Comic Con 2014
At New York Comic Con, Vertical Inc., a New York City publisher specializing in Japanese prose works and manga, announced plans to launch Vertical Comics, a new imprint focused solely on manga and anime-related titles.
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Somehow, New York Comic Con Gets Bigger
Attendance at New York Comic-Con 2014 has reportedly grown by 20,000 to 151,000 people, making it even bigger than San Diego Comic-Con.
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New York Comic Con 2014: Trajectory, Diamond Target Schools, Libraries
Trajectory and Diamond Comics Distributors announced an initiative at New York Comic Con to provide an expanded catalogue of digital comics and graphic novels to schools and libraries.
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ICv2 Confab Showcases New Comics Customers, Growing Sales
The ICv2 conference offered data on the new comics customer, the explosive growth of comics festivals, and a discussion of what this new customer is reading.
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New York Comic Con 2014: All Our Coverage
Stay up to date on all the latest news about New York Comic Con 2014 with Publishers Weekly—daily updates, podcasts and more. We'll have exclusive interviews, photos and all the rest of the action here.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 10/6–10/12
'Gotham Academy' Signing in Syracuse, NY; New York Comic Con in New York, NY; Takeshi Obata in New York, NY; Hyderabad Comic Con in Hyderabad, India
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ICv2 Confab Examines ‘The New Comics Customer’
This year's ICv2 Conference, a half-day event to be held the day before New York Comic Con opens, will examine “The New Comics Customer," and look at the forces behind a resurgent comics marketplace that is attracting new readers.
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Panel Mania: Artistic Ambitions Collide in Walter Scott's 'Wendy'
Walter Scott's "Wendy" charts the trials of its eponymous heroine, an intelligent, 20-something, art school graduate with dreams of artistic success and stardom.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 9/29–10/5
Michael DeForge, Patrick Kyle, and Simon Hanselmann in Minneapolis, MN; New York Super Week in New York, NY; Alternate Press Expo in San Francisco, CA; Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo in Cambridge, MA
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Kobo, Cartoon Books Ink Digital Deal for ‘Bone,’ ‘RASL’
E-book retailer Kobo has reached an agreement with Cartoon Books, the publishing company cofounded by cartoonist Jeff Smith, to release multi-volume digital editions of Smith's Eisner Award-Winning series Bone and RASL
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MoCCA Moves to Chelsea; Names First 2015 Guests
The Society of Illustrators, the organizer of MoCCA Arts Festival, the annual indie comics show, announced plans to move the show to a new venue in 2015 in addition to releasing names of the initial guest artists for 2015.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 9/22–9/28
Charles Burns and Michael Cho Signing in Cambridge, MA; 'From Here to Here' Exhibition Opening in New York, NY; Lucy Knisely Signing in Chicago, IL; Long Beach Comic Con in Long Beach, CA.
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More Publishers Join Comixology’s DRM-Free Program
Digital comics marketplace Comixology, which launched a DRM-free program in July, announced that a second wave of 14 publishers will now allow their customers to download and store DRM-free copies of comics they have purchased.
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Bookscan: Graphic Novels Up 10% In 2014 So Far
Graphic novel sales are up this year in both the bookstore channel and specialty comics shops.
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Panel Mania: The Clocks Tick For Teenagers On The Run In ‘The Motherless Oven’
Rob Davis's new graphic novel 'The Motherless Oven' presents a strange world where no one knows their birthday but everyone knows their deathday, and household appliances have souls.
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Small Press Expo 2014: A Wedding, A Prom, and Lots of Comics
Lots of comics, lots of sales and lots of social activities made this year's Small Press Expo a memorable event.