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Control Freak: The Prickly, Hostile World of Michael DeForge
Michael DeForge is one of the most striking and popular talents in alternative comics, as evidenced by his two Eisner nominations this year; in conversation with James Romberger, he reveals the secrets of his intense personal world.
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Fantagraphics Books Grows, Looks to Digital
Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books has grown from publishing only The Comics Journal, an often controversial monthly publication focused on news of the comics industry and criticism of the comics medium, into one of the foremost publishers of comics, graphic novels and related works in the world.
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New from Akashic: ‘Simon’s Cat,’ Uglytown’s ‘By the Balls’
Looking for a repeat of its surprise picture book bestseller, Go the F**k to Sleep, Akashic publisher Johnny Temple is touting two new books with strong graphic components.
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Dublin’s James Joyce Center Licenses Web Rights to ‘Ulysses Seen’
In what may be the beginnings of a new business model for supporting long-form serious comics narratives, Rob Berry, creator of Ulysses Seen, the comics adaptation of James Joyce’s masterpiece, has licensed the graphic work to the James Joyce Center in Dublin, Ireland, for online display.
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Artists Alley is the Winner at C2E2
In the era of social media and crowdfunding, individual artists seemed to do the best at this year's C2E2 in Chicago.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 4/29/2013
5/1 Iron Man and the Avengers at 50 in New York, NY; 5/4 Free Comic Book Day; 5/11-5/12 Toronto Comics Arts Festival in Toronto, Canada
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DC Publishes Guide to Its Graphic Novel Backlist
Looking to provide info to retailers, librarians, and consumers interested in its book-format comics, DC Comics is publishing the DC Entertainment Essential Graphic Novels and Chronology 2013, a 121-page reading guide and index to the publisher’s extensive backlist of collected and original graphic novels.
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Comics Specialty Market Continues to Grow
The comics specialty market was up 29% over last year in the first quarter, according to figures released at the 2013 Diamond Retailer Summit in Chicago.
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Dark Horse Digital Store Marks 2 Years; Adds Dynamite Digital Comics
Dark Horse Digital, Dark Horse Comics’ standalone online comics store and reader-app, announced plans to add Dynamite Entertainment titles to its inventory, the first non-Dark Horse titles to be offered through the retail site.
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Corsetto Goes Long Form with 'Adventure Time'
Popular webcomic creator Danielle Corsetto talks about adapting to the world of graphic novels with Adventure Time: Playing With Fire.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 4/22/2013
4/25 Gabrielle Bell and Boulet Live at the Society of Illustrators in New York, NY; 5/1 Iron Man and the Avengers at 50 in New York, NY; 5/4 Free Comic Book Day
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Sammy Harkham Wins L.A. Times Graphic Novel Award
Sammy Harkham’s Everything Together: Collected Stories (PictureBox) has been awarded the L.A Times Book Prize for Graphic Novels.
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Chris Ware, Fantagraphics Top 2013 Eisner Award Nominees
The 2013 Eisner Award nominations were highlighted by Chris Ware's Building Stories, nominated in five categories including Best New Graphic Novel, and Fantagraphics Books, which led all publishers with 24 nominations. The Eisner Comic Industry Awards honor the best in comics and graphic novel publishing and are presented each year at the San Diego Comic-con International.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 4/15/2013
4/17 New York in Comics Panel with Al Jaffee, Danny Fingeroth & More in New York, NY; 4/20-4/21 LA Times Festival of Books with Hope Larson, Derek Kirk Kim et al in Los Angeles, CA; 4/25 Gabrielle Bell and Boulet Live at the Society of Illustrators in New York, NY
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'My Little Pony' Leads Kids' Comics Charge
Kids' comics were a vital piece of the comics industry's nearly 15% overall sales increase in 2012.
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'Miss Peregrine's Home' Goes Graphic
In March, Yen Press debuted the first chapter of its graphic novel adaptation of Ransom Riggs's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, with art by illustrator Cassandra Jean.
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Seven Seas Manga: Small, Nimble and Growing
Seven Seas Entertainment launched in 2004 with a line of Original English Language manga and started licensing Japanese titles the following year. Over the last three years their sales have tripled.
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Radical Returns To Publishing Behind Upcoming Film Slate
With two new movies based on their graphic novels coming out—including next week’s Oblivion—Radical Studios is poised to make a return to publishing and an entrance to digital.
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Analysis: Marvel NOW Has a Sales Retention Problem
Although Marvel NOW's #1 issues have launched at high levels, sales of subsequent issues have slid fairly quickly.