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Manga at New York Comic-Con 2013
Compared to years past when New York Comic Con had separate areas and programming tracks for content and guests from Japan, at this year’s show fans had to look a little harder to find the manga/anime at this largely Western pop culture/comics-centric show.
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Photo Mania: New York Comic Con 2013
New York Comic Con 2013 brought 133,000 fans to the Javits center for four days of comics, movies, gaming, TV and personal appearances by the top creative people in comics publishing and other media. We were there and brought back a few photographic images from the biggest pop culture convention on the East Coast.
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Kids' Comics Aren't Just for Kids at New York Comic-Con
One of the most noticeable trends at New York Comic-Con was the emergence of comics that are designed to appeal equally, if in different ways, to children and adults.
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Gene Yang’s ‘Boxers’ and ‘Saints’ Nominated for 2013 NBA
Gene Yang’s Boxers and Saints (First Second), an imaginative two-book fictional examination of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion, has been shortlisted for the National Book Award nomination for Young Peoples Literature. This is the second time a graphic novel has been nominated for the NBA for YPL.
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Comics Get Global at New York Comic-Con
With security and overcrowding issues of past years mostly resolved, New York Comic-Con actually managed to grow in 2013, with an announced attendance of 133,000—roughly the same number as attend July’s Comic-Con International in San Diego. That’s up from an announced 116,000 attendees in 2012.
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Upcoming Comics Events: October 14, 2013
10/14: Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo in New York, NY; 10/15: Cameron Stewart Signing in Halifax, NS, Canada; 10/18-10/20: Wizard World Nashville Comic Con in Nashville, TN; 10/19: KentCAF 2013 in Kent, Ohio
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Diamond Reports Number of Comics Shops Up 4% in 2013
The Diamond Retailer Breakfast held in conjunction with New York Comic-Con featured announcements of continuing strong sales in the comics shop market and the introduction of returnability from several comics publishers.
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Graphic Novels Rise 6% in Q3; Comixology, Viz Europe Ink Deal
The graphic novel market reported sales growth of 6% in the third quarter of 2013, according to the annual industry White Paper; and Comixology, the digital comics vendor and marketplace, announced a digital distribution agreement with Viz Media Europe and released some consumer data.
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Talking 'Titans' (and 'Sailor Moon') with RHPS's Dallas Middaugh
With the serialization of Sailor Moon wrapping up, Attack on Titan gaining momentum, and a new slate of manga coming in the fall, this seemed like a good time to talk to director of publishing services Dallas Middaugh about what the immediate future holds for Kodansha Comics.
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Boom! Studios and 20th Century Fox Ink First Look Pact for Movies and Comics
In a move that signals the growing importance of comics-based properties in the film world, LA –based publisher Boom! Studios and 20th Century Fox have signed what has been termed an “innovative” first look deal that will see Fox get first crack at Boom!’s comics, and Boom get a chance to develop Fox properties for the comics
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Graphicly Adds e-Book Conversion to Distribution Platform.
Graphicly, a platform for the distribution, storage and promotion of digital content, is launching a new SaaS (Software as a Service) tool that allows publishers to easily convert any document into the ePub3 or KF8 e-book format with a few simple clicks.
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‘Kill Shakespeare’ Debuts New Book Collection and More
Kill Shakespeare, a comics/graphic novel series that cleverly reshuffles characters from across Shakespeare’s fictional universe into one big swashbuckling mystery/adventure tale, continues to expand its reach with the release Kill Shakespeare: A Tale of Blood by Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery and artist Andy Belanger, the series’ third trade paperback collection, at New York Comic Con 2013.
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Panel Mania: Battling Boy
Battling Boy is the new graphic novel from comics legend Paul Pope, creator of 100% and Heavy Liquid.
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DC Comics’ Book Collections Now on Comixology, Google Play
DC Entertainment announced plans to release nearly 100 graphic novels and book collections of its iconic lineup of superheros comics on Comixology, the digital distributor and marketplace, and via the Google Play e-book store.
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Upcoming Comics Events: October 7, 2013
10/07: Greg Rucka, Ales Kot, Frank Barbiere in New York, NY; 10/09: ElfQuest: Origins and Innovations in New York, NY; 10/10-10/13: New York Comic-Con in New York, NY; 10/12: Jim Woodring Exhibit Opening and Signing in Seattle, WA; 10/12-10/13: Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco, CA.
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ICv2 Comics Ahead! Confab Kicks Off New York Comic Con
Slated to be held the day before New York Comic Con 2013 opens, ICv2's Comics Ahead! conference is a half-day of panels devoted to examining the growth in comics and graphic novels over the last two years and discussing ways to continue the expansion in the immediate future.
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Panel Mania: Earth 2 Vol. 2: The Tower of Fate
In Earth 2 Vol. 2: The Tower of Fate, ritten by James Robinson with art by Nicola Scott and Yildiray Cinar, the World Army is rounding up the Super Heroes of Earth 2 for an unknown purpose.
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Bechdel, Cruse, Staples, Williams Headline 2014 MoCCA Art Festival
The Society of Illustrators announced plans to return to the Lexington Avenue Armory April 5-6 for the 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival and will feature as guests of honor cartoonists Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, Fiona Staples and painter/cartoonist Robert Williams.
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Madefire Secures $5.2M in Funding
Madefire, a digital authoring and display platform for creating “Motion Books,” or partially animated multimedia digital comics, announced that it has received $5.2 million in Series A Funding led by True Ventures.
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Viz Manga Comes to Kindle Store
Viz Media, a U.S.-based manga publisher and anime distributor, announced a deal to make its entire catalog of digital manga available through the Amazon Kindle Store. Beginning today, more than 1,500 volumes are available for download for about $6.99 each.