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Panel Mania: Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies by Léonie Bischoff
Léonie Bischoff's 'Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies' is an elegantly comprehensive, sometimes mystic, graphic biography of Nin. An 11-page excerpt. The book is out now from Fanatagraphics Books.
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Escape from Dude Culture: PW Talks with Mattie Lubchansky
Cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky talks about their debut graphic novel 'Boys Weekend' (Pantheon) which translates their trans-femme experience into a biting lampoon of tech culture and a humorous recap of the relentless disrespect trans folk face every day.
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Panel Mania: The Talk by Darrin Bell
Darrin Bell’s new graphic memoir ‘The Talk’ is an absorbing, creative examination of the life of a biracial kid told with great honesty, emotional candor, and humor. A nine-page excerpt. The book is out now from Henry Holt.
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Ten Speed Launches New Ten Speed Graphic Imprint
The first planned release under the Ten Speed Graphic colophon is an adaptation of Kiersten White’s bestselling horror-thriller novel 'Hide,' out September 12, with five more titles due this fall.
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Panel Mania: Grand Slam Romance by Ollie Hicks and Emma Oosterhouse
'Grand Slam Romance' by Ollie Hicks and Emma Oosterhous is a very funny graphic novel capturing the outrageous antics–romantic and athletic–of a queer and very magical softball rivalry. An 11-page excerpt.
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Panel Mania: Turtle Bread by Kim-Joy and Alti Firmansyah
‘TurtleBread: A Graphic Novel About Baking, Fitting In, and the Power of Friendship’ by Kim-Joy and Alti Firmansyah is a new graphic novel/cookbook about mental health, self-acceptance, and a love of baking. A seven-page excerpt.
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IDW to Slash Workforce by 39%, Delist from NYSE
IDW Media has announced "cost-cutting measures" that comprise laying off 39% of staff, including IDW publisher Nachie Marsham, delisting from the New York Stock Exchange, and installing Davidi Jonas as the new CEO.
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Manga Freelancers Say, ‘Show Me the Money’
Manga is still leading graphic novel sales in North America. But that success hasn’t necessarily trickled down to the professionals who help bring it to market.
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Are Sales of Manga Evening Out?
As the booming category shifts to a slower burn, manga publishers and retailers are looking toward digital innovations and global models.
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Manga—All Kinds, All Formats—Goes Global
Strong North American manga sales in recent years have resulted in a vibrant and still-growing marketplace offering a wide range of manga and manga-adjacent pop culture content from around the world.
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Panel Mania: The Last Count of Monte Cristo by Ayize Jama-Everett and Tristan Roach
The new graphic novel ‘The Last Count of Monte Cristo’ by Ayize Jama-Everett and Tristan Roach transforms Alexandre Dumas’s epic novel of betrayal and revenge into an imaginative afrofuturist adventure set 200 years in the future. An eight-page excerpt.
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ComiXology Veterans David Steinberger and Chip Mosher Launch Comic Book Publishing Company
Dstlrty will focus on premium comics and collectibles with a resellable digital marketplace that "redefines" the creator-owned business structure.
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Abrams ComicArts to Become New Division of Abrams
Previously an imprint of Abrams, Abrams ComicArts will become its own division alongside the company's adult and children's book groups. It will publish its inaugural list as a new division in fall 2024.
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MoCCA 2023 Draws a Crowd
The MoCCA Art Fest 2023, an annual indie comics and graphic novel festival held April 1-2, clocked record attendance in its return to New York's Metropolitan Pavilion.
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Panel Mania: The Great Gatsby: The Essential Graphic Novel Adaptation by Ted Adams and artist Jorge Coelho
'The Great Gatsby: The Essential Graphic Novel Adaptation' by Ted Adams with drawings by artist Jorge Coelho is a full-color, hardcover, graphic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel. A seven-page excerpt.
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Lance Fensterman Is Leaving ReedPop
Lance Fensterman, president of ReedPop, the pop culture arm of Reed Exhibitions that launched in 2009, is leaving the company.
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Panel Mania: Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work, Her Home by Francisco de la Mora
Francisco de la Mora’s 'Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work, Her Home,' a new graphic biography of the great Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), takes the reader on a irresistible journey through her life story. An 11-page excerpt.
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Comics Retailers Navigate a New Normal
Booksellers talk shop about how comics sales—and store management challenges—grew in 2022.
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Image Comics Union Ratifies First Contract
Union members of comics publisher Image Comics voted overwhelmingly in favor of its first-ever contract. The staffers are members of Comic Book Workers United, a new affiliate of the Communications Workers of America.
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Panel Mania: Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa
Mari Costa’s new graphic novel 'Belle of the Ball' is a charming queer retooling of the high school love triangle. A 12-page excerpt.