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Yen Press Debuts New Manga Licenses at Japan Expo USA

by Calvin Reid | 08/26/2013 @ 09:30AM

Yen Press, the manga and graphic novel imprint of the Hachette Book Group, announced the acquisition of several new manga and light novel licenses at the Japan Expo USA in Santa Clara, Calif. over the weekend.
Upcoming Comics Events: 8/19/2013

Compiled by Matt White | 08/19/2013 @ 01:00PM

8/21: Rutu Modan in London, UK; 8/22-8/25: The Projects in Portland OR; 8/22-8/25: Fan Expo Canada in Toronto, ON; 8/24: Brandon Graham in Seattle, WA.
Dark Horse Originals Line Bends the Rules

by Debora Aoki | 08/14/2013 @ 02:00PM

Dark Horse Comics has always had an independent streak, but this Fall, they’re waving their indie flag extra high with a new launch of books aimed at the growing audience for original graphic novels and Web comics
Graphic India, YouTube Debut Grant Morrison’s ‘18 Days’

By Rich Shivener | 08/14/2013 @ 11:00AM

YouTube and the transnational media company Graphic India are launching comics writer Grant Morrison’s motion comic, 18 Days, a science fiction and fantasy treatment based on the epic Eastern myth Mahabharata, the tale of a war between gods.
Digital Comics: Adding Readers and Flexibility

by Bruce Lidl | 08/14/2013 @ 11:00AM

Digital comics are not only here to stay, they are adding a new level of flexibility and innovation to comics, say publishers at this year's Comic-Con.
Panel Mania: Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant

Compiled by Ada Price | 08/14/2013 @ 08:00AM

Delilah Dirk is the female Indiana Jones for the 19th Century, traveling to Japan, Indonesia, France, and the New World. Delilah plots to rob a rich, corrupt Sultan in Constantinople, evading his guards and fighting pirates along the way. Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant will be published by First Second on August 27.
Panel Mania: Hip Hop Family Tree

Compiled by Ada Price | 08/13/2013 @ 10:00AM

Hip Hop Family Tree is an encyclopedic history of the formative years of Hip Hop from Ed Piskor, the creator of Wizzywig, about the escapades of an early hacker. Originally serialized on the website Boing Boing, Hip Hop Family Tree, captures the personalities and performances of early stars like DJ Kool, Grandmaster Flash, The Sugarhill Gang, and three kids who become RUN-DMC. Hip Hop Family Tree will be released by Fantagraphics in October.
Upcoming Comics Events: 8/12/2013

Compiled by Matt White | 08/12/2013 @ 12:00PM

54th NY Comics & Picture-Story Symposium in New York, NY; Paul Cornell Signing in London, UK; Darick Robertson Signing in Annapolis, MD; Congressman John Lewis Signing in Atlanta, GA; AUTOPTIC Festival in Minneapolis, MN.
Panel Mania: Saucer Country: The Reticulan Candidate

Compiled by Ada Price | 08/12/2013 @ 09:00AM

In the final collection of Saucer Country, Arcadia Alvarado, the Governor of New Mexico and presidential hopeful who claims she was abducted by aliens, is hitting the campaign trail as she tries to gain access to the government's alien secrets. Saucer Country: The Reticulan Candidate is written by Paul Cornell and illustrated by Ryan Kelly, and it will be available from Vertigo in August.
Panel Mania: The Flash Vol. 2: Rogues Revolution

Compiled by Ada Price | 08/11/2013 @ 09:00AM

In The Flash Vol.2: Rogues Revolution, A rogue's gallery of the Flash's enemies, headed by a mysterious new leader, have joined forces to take him down. The Flash Vol.2: Rogues Revolution will be released by DC Comics in August.
Manga Publishers Look To Cross Borders With Digital Distribution

By Debora Aoki | 08/09/2013 @ 08:00AM

Even as they continue to fight digital piracy and endure setbacks, manga publishers are expanding simultaneous Japanese/ English language digital distribution and showcasing new directions in their digital publishing strategies.
Comic-Con 2013: Gene Yang Talks Avatar and Chats with Paul Pope

By Shannon O’Leary | 08/08/2013 @ 01:00PM

Cartoonist Gene Yang is having a big year with the release of his two volume Boxers and Saints from First Second; he was also a guest at the recent San Diego Comic-Con where he talked about his work on the Avatar: The last Airbender series, and enjoyed a spotlight panel talking with fellow graphic novelist Paul Pope.
Upcoming Comics Events: August 5, 2013

Compiled by Matt White | 08/05/2013 @ 12:00PM

8/8-8/11: Wizard World Chicago in Chicago, IL; Trillium #1 Release party in Portland, ME; Portland Zine Symposium in Portland, OR; Stripped in Edinburgh, UK
Faith Erin Hicks and Jeff Smith Talk Future Web Comics

By Shannon O’Leary | 08/02/2013 @ 11:00AM

Mutual admiration didn't stop Jeff Smith and Faith Erin Hicks from talking about using web comics to serialize their work and the craft of of cartooning.
Graphic Novel Storefront App Sequential Launches in the U.S.

By Heidi MacDonald | 08/02/2013 @ 10:00AM

Literary graphic novels now have their own storefront app, thanks to Sequential, which just launched in the US and worldwide after debuting in the UK in May.
Denis Kitchen Revives Kitchen Sink Imprint at Dark Horse

By Casey Burchby | 07/31/2013 @ 12:15PM

Comics impresario Denis Kitchen and his book packaging partner John Lind have forged an alliance with Dark Horse to launch Kitchen Sink Books, an imprint that will publish several titles a year focused on new book editions of out-of-print classic material
Upcoming Comics Events: 7/29/2013

Compiled by Matt White | 07/29/2013 @ 12:00PM

Collider Release Party in Portland, OR; Optic Nerve #13 Release Party in Brooklyn, NY; Boston Comic Con in Boston, MA.
Anomaly Publishing Returns with ‘Shifter’

By Calvin Reid | 07/28/2013 @ 12:50PM

Skip Brittenham and Brian Haberlin, the creative team that produced Anomaly, an ambitious sci-fi/AR-enhanced graphic novel released last year, were on hand at Comic-Con to promote Shifter: The Graphic Novel, the latest release in a line of painted, multimedia-enriched graphic novels.
Selling Prose at Comic-Con 2013

By Rich Shivener | 07/26/2013 @ 07:00PM

This year PW walked the floor of Comic-Con, checking in with Random House, Penguin, Tor, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and the Hachette Book Group about how they use the show to market prose authors.

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