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SDCC 2012: Viz Media Expands Digital Manga to Android Smartphones

by Calvin Reid | 07/12/2012 @ 06:30PM

Manga publisher and anime distributor Viz Media confirmed plans to expand its digital manga program to the Android operating system for smartphones today at its panel at the San Diego Comic-Con international.
GEN Manga, Editora Abril Ink Deal for Print Distribution in Brazil

By Calvin Reid | 07/12/2012 @ 12:00AM

GEN Manga, a print and digital publishing venture specializing in doujinshi, or Japanese self-published and indie manga titles, announced an agreement with Editora Abril to distribute its titles in print in Brazil. Portuguese versions of GEN Manga titles will be available in Brazil beginning this summer.
Preview Night at San Diego Comic-Con International 2012

By Calvin Reid | 07/12/2012 @ 12:00AM

It’s the biggest pop culture event in North America and preview night at the San Diego Comic-con International, held from 6 pm to 9 pm the night before the show opens, is easily one of the biggest opening nights in entertainment.
Nate Powell Tabbed to Draw Rep. John Lewis’ Graphic Autobio

by Calvin Reid | 07/11/2012 @ 12:00AM

Nate Powell, Ignatz and Eisner award-winning graphic novelist, has been chosen to be the artist for the forthcoming March, a graphic autobiography of U.S. Congressman John Lewis, a former SNCC chairman and legendary veteran of the Civil Rights Movement. The announcement was made today at the San Diego Comic-con and the historical graphic work will be published by Top Shelf sometime in late 2013.
Is Kickstarter the #2 Graphic Novel Publisher?

By Todd Allen | 07/10/2012 @ 09:00AM

Kickstarter now generates so much funding for graphic novels, its place in the industry needs to be discussed in terms of revenue, not pieces published, and there’s an argument that it might effectively be the #2 U.S. graphic novel publisher.
What To Do at the San Diego Comic-con International

| 07/10/2012 @ 12:00AM

You say you’re going to the San Diego Comic-con International, held July 11-15 at the San Diego Convention Center, and want a little guidance on what to see? PW Comics World is here for you with a listing of a few choice panels and presentations at this year’s show.
Kevin Huizenga’s ‘Gloriana’: Glenn Ganges, Euphoria and the Uncertainty of Life

By Casey Burchby | 07/10/2012 @ 12:00AM

Kevin Huizenga’s newest book is Gloriana, a collection of four early Glenn Ganges stories that combine humor and impressionistic speculation using an overlapping narrative structure. Gloriana has just been published by Drawn and Quarterly.
Amanda Moon Takes Over Hill & Wang’s Novel Graphics Imprint

By Calvin Reid | 07/10/2012 @ 12:00AM

Farrar Straus Giroux/Hill & Wang’s Novel Graphics, a line of serious nonfiction comics is now under the editorial direction of Amanda Moon, named to head the imprint after H&W publisher and Novel Graphics founder Thomas LeBien left for a new position at Simon & Schuster at the end of 2011.
Panel Mania: God and Science: The Return of Ti-Girls

Compiled by Ada Price | 07/10/2012 @ 12:00AM

Originally serialized in Love and Rockets: New Stories, acclaimed cartoonist Jaime Hernandez's "Ti-Girl Adventures" features new characters, older side character from Jaime's universe, and well known character's such as Peggy Century and Angel, Maggie's roommate and an aspiring super-heroine. God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls will be released in July by Fantagraphics.
Upcoming Comics Events: 7/9/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 07/09/2012 @ 03:00PM

7/11-7/14 Trickster in San Diego, CA; 7/12, 7/14 CBLDF Welcome Party and Art Auction, San Diego, CA; 7/19 "No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics" Release Party San Francisco, CA
Comics Reviews: July 2012

| 07/09/2012 @ 02:00PM

New books by Chris Ware, Harvey Pekar, new Juanjo Guarnido, Ellen Forney, and Joe Sacco make it another great month for graphic novels.
Super Folk: Marvel NOW, Fall DC Updates, Diamond Digital Launches, June Sales

By Matt White | 07/09/2012 @ 12:00AM

This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World’s superhero news hub, Marvel NOW shakes things up this fall, DC Comics’ upcoming titles, annuals and creator changes, new from Dark Horse, Image and Boom, Diamond Digital Launches and June Sales.
Diamond, iVerse Set to Launch Diamond Digital Service For Comics Shops

by Matt White | 07/09/2012 @ 12:00AM

After more than a year of beta testing, delays and at least three layoffs, Diamond Comics Distributors and digital comics vendor iVerse Media announced plans to launch Diamond Digital, a digital storefront service that will allow comic shop retailers to sell downloads of digital comics, on July 23
Panel Mania: Wizzywig

Compiled by Ada Price | 07/09/2012 @ 12:00AM

Wizzywig follows Kevin "Boingthump" Phenicle, a genius hacker whose exploits are hotly debated from his experiments with phones as a kid to his run-ins with the FBI as an adult. Creator Ed Piskor drew on the stories of real life hackers for inspiration for the character and story. Wizzywig will be released by Top Shelf in July.
Panel Mania: Bloody Chester

Compiled by Ada Price | 07/09/2012 @ 12:00AM

Chester Kates is a skinny teenage orphan fighting to survive in a gruesome, filthy, disease-ridden old west. He is hired to burn down a ghost town to make way for a railroad, however there are three living residents who refuse to leave. Bloody Chester is written by JT Petty and illustrated by Hilary Florido and will be released by First Second in July.
Comics Retailers See Strong Sales in 2012

By Shannon O’Leary | 07/06/2012 @ 07:00PM

Although the economic recovery continues to chug along at a snail’s pace, the comics retail market, at least anecdotally, is doing much better than in recent years. Buoyed by successful events such as DC’s New 52, the reboot of its superhero comics universe last Summer, and The Avengers movie earlier this year, and sustained by savvy booksellers who’ve learned to pivot quickly no matter what the economy throws at them, the responses to this year’s annual, informal survey of comic book retailers and general bookstores leaves little doubt that sales of book format and periodical comics are up in nearly every area of the market.
Kodansha Plans New Sailor Moon Anime

By Calvin Reid | 07/06/2012 @ 12:00AM

Japanese manga publisher Kodansha announced plans to create a new anime series based on Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, better known simply as Sailor Moon, one of the most popular media franchises of all time.
Hill & Wang Publishes Harvey Pekar’s New Graphic Work on Israel

by Matt White | 07/05/2012 @ 12:00AM

This month Hill & Wang’s graphic nonfiction line Novel Graphics is publishing Harvey Pekar’s latest posthumuous work, Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me, with art by JT Waldman, a historical profile and memoir that confronts the modern legacy of the Jewish state and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Papercutz Plans 425K First Printing of ‘Ninjago: Tomb of the Fangpyre’

By Calvin Reid | 07/04/2012 @ 12:00AM

Kids graphic novel specialist Papercutz marked yet another leap upward in the endless popularity of the Lego brand, announcing a 425,000 copy first printing of vol. four of its Ninjago graphic novel line.
Greg Palast, Seven Stories Take Aim at ‘Election Bandits’ in New Book

By Calvin Reid | 07/03/2012 @ 12:00AM

Acclaimed investigative reporter Greg Palast (along with cartoonist Ted Rall) takes on the big money interests financing—and in his view stealing—the American presidential election in his new book, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Ways, being published by Seven Stories Press.

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