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Berkley Launching Graphic Novel Imprint, InkLit

By Calvin Reid | 09/10/2012 @ 12:00AM

Penguin's Berkley/NAL division is starting a graphic novel line called InkLit to be directed by Rich Johnson, co-founder of Yen Press and former v-p of trade book sales at DC Comics.
Panel Mania: The Hive

Compiled by Ada Price | 09/10/2012 @ 12:00AM

The Hive is the second volume of Charles Burns' new trilogy following X'ed Out. In Burns’ latest nightmarish alternate reality world, Doug, the Tintin-like hero, seeks answers about the mysterious incident that shattered his life and about his disturbed and now-absent girlfriend and her menacing ex-boyfriend.
Panel Mania: Prince of Cats

Compiled by Ada Price | 09/10/2012 @ 12:00AM

Prince of Cats is a hip-hop retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet set in Brooklyn and focuses on Tybalt and his crew of Capulets as they battle the Montagues. Written and illustrated by Ronald Wimberly, Prince of Cats is written entirely in iambic pentameter. Prince of Cats will be released by Vertigo in comic stores on September 5th and in book stores on September 11.
Archaia, DBD Ink Graphic Novel Distribution Pact

| 09/06/2012 @ 12:00AM

Graphic novel publisher Archaia Entertainment has reached an agreement to switch its domestic and international bookstore distribution to Diamond Book Distribution, effective August 2012. New Archaia titles will begin appearing in the DBD catalog beginning in February 2013
Upcoming Comics Events: 9/04/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 09/04/2012 @ 01:00PM

9/6 MADison Avenue Party at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco; 9/8-9/9 Baltimore Comic Con in Baltimore, MD; 9/10 Raina Telgenmeier, Doug Tennapel and James Burks Discuss Graphic Novels in San Francisco.
Taking on the Vote

By Rich Shivener | 08/31/2012 @ 07:00PM

Armed with sarcasm and independence, journalist Greg Palast pounds the pavements of America—however ugly they are—like the hard-boiled PIs of pulp novels, searching for truth and justice. His practices are unconventional in today’s journalism, not to mention in investigative reporting. His newest book is Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps (Seven Stories) with a 50-page comics section by Ted Rall.
WonderCon Returns to Anaheim in 2013—but Could Go Back To the Bay Area, Too

By Heidi MacDonald | 08/31/2012 @ 04:00PM

For months a huge question mark has loomed over the location of 2013’s WonderCon, one of the largest comics conventions in the United States.
Alex Segura Named Executive Director of Publicity at DC Comics

| 08/28/2012 @ 12:00AM

Alex Segura, v-p publicity and marketing at Archie Comics, has been named executive director of publicity at DC Entertainment effective immediately. Segura has directed publicity and marketing at Archie since 2010 and returns to DC Comics where he was a publicity manager.
Upcoming Comics Events: 8/27/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/27/2012 @ 03:00PM

8/31 "Leaping Tall Buildings" Book Discussion and Signing in New York; 9/6 MADison Avenue Party at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco; 9/8-9/9 Baltimore Comic Con in Baltimore, MD.
Super Folk: DC, Marvel at Fan Expo Canada, Image Free Digital #1s, Bryan Lee O'Malley

By Matt White | 08/27/2012 @ 12:00AM

This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World’s superhero news roundup, DC and Marvel news from Fan Expo Canada, Image and Comixology offer Free digital #1s, upcoming Image titles, Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley’s new series, and more.
Madefire Offers New Model for Digital Comics

By Todd Allen | 08/22/2012 @ 04:00PM

As comics move into new platforms and explore technological innovations, Madefire is one of the companies looking to push the envelope on comics as they offer an iPad app and comics by creators such as Dave Gibbons and Bill Sienkiewicz.
JManga Spinoff to Serve Fresh Manga Seven Days a Week

By Brigid Alverson | 08/21/2012 @ 05:00PM

The digital manga site JManga will launch a spinoff site in October that will serialize a number of manga series one chapter at a time, allowing readers to stay current with series and then purchase them as complete volumes on JManga. The new site, named JManga 7, will be updated seven days a week with new material.
Super Folk: Series Finales at Marvel, Image, Dynamite, Who’s Back in the DCU, Spawn Gets Political

By Matt White | 08/21/2012 @ 06:00AM

This week in Super Folk, Publisher’s Weekly’s superhero news hub, series endings and beginnings at Dynamite, Marvel and Image, familiar faces return to the DC Universe, retailers ready for Uncanny Avengers launch, Spawn gets political and more.
Panel Mania: Saga

Compiled by Ada Price | 08/21/2012 @ 12:00AM

Brian K. Vaughan, the writer of such acclaimed works as Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina, returns with a new series, Saga, the story of an unlikely couple, Marko and Alana, two soldiers on opposite sides of a never-ending intergalactic war who fall in love.
AMP! Adds Original Graphic Novel Series by Mark Tatulli

By Heidi MacDonald | 08/20/2012 @ 11:00AM

Continuing their efforts in graphic novel publishing for kids, Andrews McMeel Publishing AMP! imprint has just signed a two-book deal with Mark Tatulli (Lio) for their first original graphic novel series. The Chronicles of Desmond will be published in October 2013.
How Affordable Color POD Could Change the Comics Industry

By Todd Allen | 08/20/2012 @ 07:00AM

Ingram's new, lower prices for color POD make short run printing very affordable and make a whole new range of options for distribution available for creators. This means you no longer have to have material out of print. It means you have access to the bookstore market, especially the online bookstore market. You can turn a profit on shorter print runs through Diamond Comics Distributors.
Upcoming Comics Events: 8/20/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/20/2012 @ 01:00AM

8/21-8/25 Colosse Comics Collective Tour in Seattle, Vancouver & Portland; 8/23 "Noche de Latinas" Gabrielle Gamboa, Crystal Gonzales, Liz Mayorga and Grasiela Rodriguez in San Francisco; 8/31 "Leaping Tall Buildings" Book Discussion and Signing in New York
'The Activity' Follows SpecOps Soldiers On the Front Lines

By Chris Arrant | 08/14/2012 @ 10:00AM

Inside the Special Forces community there’s a group even more secret than Seal Team Six; it’s called the Intelligence Support Activity, the ISA. And for the first time, this clandestine group is getting its chance in the sun in a new comic book series from Image titled The Activity.
Panel Mania: The Art of Betty and Veronica

| 08/14/2012 @ 12:00AM

Archie Comics celebrates its two classic teenage beauties in The Art Of Betty and Veronica, its first deluxe hardcover artbook dedicated to Archie's rivals.

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