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Nominations for the 2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

by Calvin Reid | 04/15/2014 @ 04:00PM

Rep. John Lewis’s "March Book One," Isabel Greenberg’s "The Encyclopedia of Early Earth," Adrian Tomine’s “Go Owls,” and Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ "Saga," were among the wide-ranging comics works nominated for the 2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.
DC’s 2013 Direct Market Sales Show Slippage

By Todd Allen | 04/15/2014 @ 12:00AM

A look at DC Comics periodical sales trends in 2013 shows strong titles at the top buoying some weaker titles at the bottom.
Linework NW Highlights New Indie Show Trend

By Shannon O’Leary | 04/14/2014 @ 04:00PM

Linework NW in Portland, OR highlighted a new trend in indie shows—a free one-day festival that spotlights indie comics.
DC Releases New ‘Watchmen’ Paperback with New Cover

| 04/14/2014 @ 03:00PM

DC Entertainment is releasing a new paperback edition of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ epic superhero graphic novel, Watchmen, with a new front cover design with no type.
Upcoming Comics Events: 4/14-4/20

Compiled by Matt White | 04/14/2014 @ 12:00PM

WonderCon 2014 in Anaheim, CA; Awesome Con in Washington, DC; Hillary Chute in Chicago, IL; Cake Frame 2 Fundraiser in Chicago, IL
Comics Artists Lust, Yang Win L.A. Times Book Prizes

| 04/14/2014 @ 11:00AM

Comics artists Gene Luen Yang and Ulli Lust have been awarded L.A. Times Book Prizes for Young Adult Literature and Graphic Novels respectively for 2013.
Shelly Bond Leads DC’s Vertigo Line Into a New Era

By Rich Shivener | 04/11/2014 @ 12:00AM

For the past year, Shelly Bond has been working almost nonstop as the newly appointed executive editor of Vertigo, DC Entertainment’s nonsuperhero comics and graphic novel imprint.
Amazon to Acquire Digital Comics Vendor Comixology

By Calvin Reid | 04/10/2014 @ 05:30PM

Amazon has reached an agreement to acquire Comixology, the dominant digital comics marketplace, and a platform that has been instrumental in driving the growth and popularity of digital comics.
Crowdwatch: Eastern European Crime, Dueling Dirigibles, and a Schmuck

Compiled by Matt White | 04/09/2014 @ 12:00PM

With Crowdwatch we'll spotlight new and notable crowdfunded comics projects that are worthy of attention—or support. This week, airships battles light up the sky in 'Skies of Fire,' crime and corruption lurk within the 'Unfinished City,' the life and times of a 'Schmuck,' and more.
Sequential App Adds Top Shelf Graphic Novels

by Calvin Reid | 04/08/2014 @ 03:00PM

Sequential, the digital comics storefront app focused on literary graphic novels, is adding a selection of Top Shelf graphic novels for purchase.
It’s a Good MoCCA Festival Charlie Brown!

By Heidi MacDonald and Calvin Reid. | 04/08/2014 @ 09:30AM

Along with increased attendance, a reconfigured exhibition floor and its smooth organization, this year's MoCCA Arts Fest will also be known as the small press comics show with the giant Charlie Brown balloon.
Upcoming Comics Events: 4/7-4/14

Compiled by Matt White | 04/07/2014 @ 12:00PM

Trekker Release Party in Portland, OR; "Lumberjanes" Signing in Chicago, IL; Linework NW in Portland, OR; Asbury Park Comic Con in Asbury Park, NJ; Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo in Columbus, OH.
Photo Mania: MoCCA Arts Festival 2014

| 04/07/2014 @ 09:00AM

The MoCCA Arts Festival, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art's annual festival of indie and self-published comics, continues its revival under the Society of Illustrators with a new exhibitor—a giant Charlie Brown balloon borrowed from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Archie Comics Unveils Graphic Novels for Fall 2014

| 04/03/2014 @ 02:00PM

Archie Comics, home of the redhead teenager from Riverdale as well as comics based on videogame favorites Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man, has released its graphic novel lineup for Fall 2014.
DC Periodical Comics Now for Sale on Google Play

| 04/03/2014 @ 11:00AM

DC Entertainment’s list of serialized superhero comics will now be available for sale on Google Play along with digital editions of DC and Vertigo original graphic novels and collected editions.
Panel Mania: 'Naja' Introduces a Stylish New Assassin

by Zainab Akhtar | 04/02/2014 @ 09:00AM

Naja is a smooth, contemporary update on pulp noir by French comics masters Morvan and Bengal.
A Week of Comics Events Kicks off MoCCA Arts Fest 2014

By Calvin Reid | 03/31/2014 @ 03:00PM

This year Comic and Cartoon Art Week, a series of comics-related events starting April 1 in New York City, will serve as an introduction to the MoCCA Arts Fest, an annual festival of small press comics, held April 5 and 6 at the Lexington Avenue Armory.
Upcoming Comics Events: March 31, 2014

Compiled by Matt White | 03/31/2014 @ 12:00PM

Comic + Cartoon Art Week; MoCCA Arts Fest 2014; Middle East Film & Comic Con; Freak Scene East; University of Florida Comics Conference
Jet City Comics Debuts Cover Art for 'Wool: The Graphic Novel'

| 03/29/2014 @ 12:30PM

Jet City Comics, Amazon Publishing’s graphic novel and comics imprint, has released the cover art for the first three issues of "Wool: The Graphic Novel," the comics adaptation of author Hugh Howey’s bestselling, self-published science-fiction novel.
Fighting Racism at Home and Abroad: PW Talks with Max Brooks

By Calvin Reid | 03/28/2014 @ 07:00PM

Brooks’s graphic novel "The Harlem Hellfighters" documents the suffering and courage of African-American troops in the Army’s legendary 369th Infantry Regiment of Harlem, N.Y.

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