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Cognito Releases ‘Operation Ajax’ for iPhone, iPod Touch’
Operation Ajax: How the CIA Toppled Democracy in Iran is an innovative interactive, multimedia graphic novel created by Dan Burwen for the iPad, that retells the story of the overthrow of the government of Iran in 1953. This month the digital graphic novel has been reformatted and re-released for the iPhone and iPod and will be priced at $ 2.99 for a limited time.
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A Look Around the Digital-First Comics Landscape
Digital-first comics are released in digital format before they eventually reach print. The majority of digital comics are digitized versions of print comics and digital-first offerings are beginning to represent an alternative, more specific market as publishers begin to treat digital as a complement to print rather than a replacement.
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Super Folk: More Marvel NOW, DC’s Crossovers, New From Image and IDW
This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World's superhero news rundown, Marvel NOW news including series details and covers, DC’s crossovers and guest artists, upcoming releases from Image and IDW and more.
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Fantagraphics Debuts ‘No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics’
The publication this month of No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics, the most definitive collection of queer comics to date, has made the voluminous but largely hidden history of LBGT comics finally visible.
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Gabrielle Bell: The Unreliable Observer
Gabrielle Bell's new book The Voyeurs will be released this month in the form of a handsomely designed hardcover with full color interior art. It is the first book format publication by Uncivilized Books, a small press imprint run by artist Tom Kaczynski.
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Panel Mania: The Hypo
In The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln, a debut graphic novel by Noah Van Sciver, we follow a young Abraham Lincoln as he arrives in Springfield, IL to practice law and the book is focused on what historians have described as his struggles with depression and a nervous breakdown, conditions that Lincoln refers to as "the hypo."
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Panel Mania: Adventure Time Vol. 1
Based on the hit Cartoon Network show, Adventure Time Vol.1 features the characters Finn the Human, Jake the Dog, and Princess Bubblegum on their adventures through the land of Ooo. Adventure Time Vol. 1 is written by Ryan North and illustrated by Shelli Paroline, Braden Lamb, and Mike Homes. It will be released by Boom! Studios in November.
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August Comics Reviews
An intriguing look at the young years of Abraham Lincoln; a widescreen SF epic in comics format; and a new Batman original graphic novel are just a few of the notable graphic novels we've reviewed in the past month.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 8/13/2012
8/17-8/25 Colosse Comics Collective Tour in San Francisco, Berkeley, Seattle, Vancouver & Portland; 8/18 "Revival" Signing with Tim Seeley and Mike Norton in Skokie, IL; 8/23 "Noche de Latinas" Gabrielle Gamboa, Crystal Gonzales, Liz Mayorga and Grasiela Rodriguez in San Francisco
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Artist Files Claim for Half of the Walking Dead Copyright
Original Walking Dead artist Tony Moore has sued for co-creator credit on that book and several others written by Robert Kirkman. It's all part of an increasingly messy case that has already seen a suit and countersuit filed.
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Super Folk: Strong July Sales, Marvel NOW Creative Teams and More
This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World’s superhero news roundup, strong July sales, Marvel announces its Marvel NOW creative teams, new from Image, IDW, Liquid Comics and more.
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‘Adventure Time’ Book Collection Coming from Boom!
In November Boom! Studios is releasing Adventure Time Volume 1 written by Ryan North with art by Shelli Paroline, Braden Lamb, and Mike Holmes. It’s the first book collection of periodical comics based on the wildly popular Cartoon Network animated show.
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Top Cow Uses Kickstarter to Reboot ‘Cyber Force’
By the time you finish reading this article, Top Cow Productions may have reached its goal of raising $75,000 on Kickstarter. The partner studio of Image Comics has launched a Kickstarter campaign, asking new and “lapsed” fans to back a project that reimagines its most popular series, Cyber Force.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 8/06/2012
8/6-8/9 Comics Writing Master Class with Danny Fingeroth in New York; 8/8 "Gambit" Launch and Signing with in Los Angeles; 8/10 "Bandette" Art Showing with Colleen Coover in Portland.
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DC Comics’ ‘New 52’ Drives Graphic Novel Sales
Batman: Earth One, an original hardcover graphic novel that updates Batman’s origin story, was released in July in print and via Apple’s iBookstore and joins about 11 titles from the New 52 that have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list since May.
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D&Q to Publish Tavi Gevinson’s ‘Rookie Yearbook One’ in September
Montreal graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly is teaming up with Tavi Gevinson, the talented teen founder of Rookie, a popular online magazine for teen girls, to publish Rookie Yearbook One, a new book collecting content from the magazine’s first year of publication.
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The Kirkman–Bendis Debates: Four Years Later Creators Look Stronger
Not quite four years ago,The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and star Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis engaged in a debate over which was the better career path, writing superheroes or writing creator owned projects. Four years later, here's how the landscape looks.
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Super Folk: Two DC Creators Exit, Changes at Marvel, Walking Dead Reprints
This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World’s weekly look at the superhero industry, news of DC Comics’ next crossover while two creators announce their departure, changes at Marvel for Captain America, Thanos and Iron Man, The Walking Dead reprints and more.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 7/30/2012
8/6-8/9 Comics Writing Master Class with Danny Fingeroth in New York; 8/8 "Gambit" Launch and Signing with in Los Angeles; 8/10 "Bandette" Art Showing with Colleen Coover in Portland.
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Librarians at Comic-Con: Bringing Comics to Life at the Library
The panel, “Bringing Comics to Life in the Library!” held at the recent San Diego Comic-Con International, looked at the strategies five libraries use to engage readers and the implications for comics publishers.
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