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Upcoming Comics Events: 12/03/2012

| 12/03/2012 @ 02:00PM

12/4 Comics Storytelling Intensive Class with Dean Haspiel in New York; 12/8 30 Years of Love and Rockets Party with the Hernandez Brothers in Seattle, WA; 12/15 Mike Mignola Hellboy Exhibit and Signing in Portland, OR
'Symbolia,' iPad Journal of Multimedia Graphic Journalism, Debuts Today

By Calvin Reid | 12/03/2012 @ 12:00AM

Symbolia: The Tablet Magazine of Illustrated Journalism, a digital journal designed for the iPad that specializes in comics and illustrated nonfiction reports, debuts today in the App Store.
Viz To Begin Simultaneous Manga Publication with Japan in January

By Calvin Reid | 11/30/2012 @ 12:00AM

Beginning January 21, 2013, Viz Media plans to completely synchronize the publication of Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha, its weekly English-language digital manga anthology, with the Japanese-language manga series it publishes.
'The Phoenix' Cancels Karl Stevens' 'Failure' Comic; Reason is Disputed

By Calvin Reid | 11/28/2012 @ 12:00AM

Cartoonist Karl Stevens, author of three self-published graphic novels and a 2010 finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize for graphic novels, is reporting that Failure, his quirky weekly online comic strip on the Boston Phoenix has been cancelled for insulting an advertiser. However, The Phoenix editor-in-chief Carly Carioli emphatically denies that’s the case.
Upcoming Comics Events: 11/26/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 11/26/2012 @ 12:01PM

11/27 Ellen Forney "Marbles" Discussion & Signing in San Francisco, CA; 12/1 "My Little Pony" Comic Release Party with Katie Cook & Andy Price in Anaheim, CA; 12/4 Comics Storytelling Intensive Class with Dean Haspiel in New York
CBLDF Elects Griepp, Abraham; Marder Reelected President

By Calvin Reid | 11/20/2012 @ 12:00AM

Cartoonist Larry Marder has been reelected president of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit First Amendment watchdog organization protecting the interests of comics creators, retailers, librarians and fans.
Comics, Prose, And Digital at Arch Enemy

By Shannon O’Leary | 11/17/2012 @ 12:00AM

As publishing conglomerates and technology firms become the dominant forces in an increasingly digital marketplace for the book and comics industries, opportunities are opening for smaller, more nimble independent media companies like Arch Enemy Entertainment.
Panel Mania: Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland

Compiled by Ada Price | 11/14/2012 @ 12:00AM

In Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland, Bigby Wolf takes center stage. Bigby is on a journey through the American Heartland in search of a new location for Fabletown, when he stumbles across a small town named Story Town, which is populated by werewolves. While the inhabitants seem to know Bigby and revere him, they have also captured and caged him. Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland is written by Bill Willingham and will be released by Vertigo on November 14.
Panel Mania: Heart of Thomas

Compiled by Ada Price | 11/14/2012 @ 12:00AM

At a boys' boarding school in Germany, fourteen year-old Thomas Werner falls to his death from a pedestrian overpass after sending a brief love letter to his schoolmate. This classmate, Juli, is haunted by his death for the rest of this complex and heart-rending book, especially when a new student arrives who looks just like Thomas. The Heart of Thomas is by the classic Shoujo artist, Moto Hagio, the creator of Drunken Dreams, previously published by Fantagraphics. Fantagraphics will release The Heart of Thomas in December. It has been translated by the manga scholar Matt Thorn.
Two New Sketchbooks Cover Comics Worldwide

By Noah Sudarsky | 11/13/2012 @ 05:00PM

Two recent sketchbooks showcase comics-related artists in fairly spectacular fashion.
Panel Mania: Kevin Keller: Welcome to Riverdale

Compiled by Ada Price | 11/13/2012 @ 12:00AM

Kevin Keller, the new kid in Riverdale and groundbreaking gay character in Archie Comics, has become increasingly well-known and popular around school, even being elected class president. In this second collection of Kevin Keller stories, it's a year of new beginnings with his first summer job and his first date. The script is by Dan Parent and the art is by Dan Parent and Rich Koslowski. Kevin Keller: Welcome to Riverdale is currently on sale from Archie Comics.
Indie Comics End Year on a High Note With Brooklyn Fest

by Heidi MacDonald | 11/12/2012 @ 04:00PM

The year's strong slate of independent comics arts festivals ended with Saturday's Brooklyn Comics and Graphic festival, held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Williamsburg and at satellite events around Brooklyn.
Upcoming Comics Events: 11/12/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 11/12/2012 @ 03:00PM

11/12 Charles Burns, Adrian Tomine and Chris Ware Event in Toronto, Canada; 11/14 Garth Ennis Signs "The Boys" Final Issue in Chicago, IL; 11/27 Ellen Forney "Marbles" Discussion & Signing in San Francisco, CA; 12/1 "My Little Pony" Comic Release Party with Katie Cook & Andy Price in Anaheim, CA
Photo Mania: Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival 2012

| 11/12/2012 @ 12:00AM

Organized by a trio of art comics entrepreneurs—PictureBox publisher Dan Nadel, Desert Island owner Gabe Fowler and comics expert Bill Kartalopoulos—the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival has grown into one of the best small press comics festivals in the country. PW Comics World was on hand all day at the show and we’ve captured pictures of many of the artists, publishers and great books on hand this year.
Panel Mania: A Wrinkle in Time

Compiled by Ada Price | 11/12/2012 @ 12:00AM

Hope Larson, the creator of Salamander Dreams and Gray Horses, has adapted the classic young adult novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle into a graphic novel. It was released by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in October.
Yumcha Studios: Beyond E-comics

By John Seven | 11/09/2012 @ 07:00PM

When the digital comic Dim Sum Warriors launched as an iPad app earlier this year, married co-creators Yen Yen Woo and Colin Goh (cofounders of Yumcha Studios, an independent content developer) entered another phase of their multimedia journey.
DC Adds Nook, Kindle and iBookstore for Digital Comics

By Heidi MacDonald | 11/08/2012 @ 09:00AM

DC Comics has just made their periodical comics available in digital form on the Kindle Store, iBookstore and NOOK Store, becoming the first major comics publisher to make their weekly releases available on every major digital platform.
Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival Launches With New Publisher, Transit Concerns

By Heidi MacDonald | 11/06/2012 @ 05:00PM

A booming year for independent comics and graphic art books winds up on Saturday with the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, to be held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Williamsburg, NY.
Upcoming Comics Events: 11/05/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 11/05/2012 @ 03:00PM

11/10 The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival in Brooklyn, NY; 11/12 Charles Burns, Adrian Tomine and Chris Ware Event in Toronto, Canada; 12/1 "My Little Pony" Comic Release Party with Katie Cook & Andy Price in Anaheim, CA
The Bipolar Cartoonist: Ellen Forney’s 'Marbles'

By Grace Bello | 11/05/2012 @ 12:00AM

Ellen Forney's brave new graphic memoir Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me (Gotham Books, Nov.) looks at bipolar disorder through the prism of her own troubled past: her manic sprees, debilitating depression, and strained relationships.

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