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Super Folk: DC Shows Off Earth 2, Marvel Looks to Infinity and More New Series
This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World’s news column of superheroic proportions, DC Comics’ reveals the new Shazam and shares some Earth-2 imagery (new costumes!), Marvel’s sudden affinity for infinity, the wave of new series announcements continue, and more.
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Dark Horse Digital Graphic Novels Debut on Nook Devices
Comics publisher Dark Horse is expanding its support of digital platforms and will begin selling its digital comics on B&N’s Nook Tablet and NookColor devices.
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DC Graphic Novels Cataloged by Library of Congress
Beginning in the spring, all original graphic novels and collected editions of comics published by DC Entertainment will include a page of cataloging information from the Library of Congress.
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Panel Mania: Cleveland
Cleveland, one of the last graphic novels from the pioneer of autobiographical comics, Harvey Pekar, presents key moments and characters from the city's history intertwined with Harvey's own ups and downs. Cleveland is illustrated by Joseph Remnant. Co-published by ZIP Comics and Top self, it will be released in March.
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Long Witnesses the Civil Rights Movement in 'The Silence of Our Friends'
The Silence of Our Friends, a graphic novel released last month by First Second, details the experiences of Mark Long, his family and family friends during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Written by Long and Jim Demonakos with art by Eisner-winner Nate Powell, the book has already found success, reaching #6 on the New York Times Graphic Books Bestsellers list.
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Yen Press Begins Simultaneous Manga Releases with 'Soul Eater NOT'
Manga publishers have begun to look at simultaneous releases in Japanese and English both to satisfy reader demand and to combat internet piracy. Yen Press has begun to implement this policy with the release of Soul Eater NOT in the company’s online anthology magazine YEN PLUS starting in February.
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Columbia University to Host ‘Comic New York’ Symposium in March
Acclaimed longtime X-men comics writer Chris Claremont will give the keynote address at “Comic New York,” a two-day symposium at Columbia University, to be held March 24 and 25, to study the history and development of American comics in New York City.
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Apple Debuts Comics and Graphic Novel Category in the iBookstore
Buying and reading comics on tablets and mobile devices took another step forward after Apple debuted a graphic novel format category in the iBookstore.
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Fans, Publishers, Creators Gather at the MangaNEXT Convention
The manga revolution was alive and well in East Rutherford, New Jersey, last weekend, as manga fans, cosplayers, and professionals rubbed shoulders at MangaNEXT, the only convention in the U.S. devoted solely to manga.
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Super Folk: Image Expo, Marvel’s Avengers vs. X-Men, DC's The Flash and More
This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World’s column on superhero comics, new series at Image Expo (Including a new Grant Morrison), rumors of writer changes at Marvel while Avengers vs. X-Men looks big and DC Comics pushes The Flash and teases its crossover series and new titles.
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Rich Burlew Talks About His $1 Million Kickstarter Book Project
Rich Burlew raised $1,254,120 on Kickstarter to reprint out of print volumes collecting his Order of the Stick webcomic. In the end, crowdfunding has given Burlew the ability to invest in and grow his business without taking on debt or partners.
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Graphic Storytelling Makes Health Care Reform A Bestseller
The Affordable Care Act may seem like an unlikely topic for a comic book, but Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary, How It Works, written by MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber and illustrated by Nathan Schreiber, is nestled comfortably on the New York Times graphic book best-seller list
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Web Comic Raises $1.25M on Kickstarter
Cartoonist Rich Burlew set out to raise $57,500 on Kickstarter to reprint a book collection of his web comic, Order of the Stick. By the time the Kickstarter campaign was done, he had managed to raise $1.2 million.
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Super Folk: 'BIG' Things from Marvel, DC's Batman Crossover, and Spring Debuts
This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World's superhero column, a string of announcements from Marvel, DC Comics upcoming “Night of the Owls” crossover, and new series from BOOM! Studios, Image, IDW and Dynamite.
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Top Cow Looks Back to Go Forward
Top Cow Productions, having survived for two decades as a comics publisher, is mixing it up, experimenting with genres and crossover series, as well as rebranding. And of course, digital delivery is a big part of it.
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DC's Rood Breaks Down Reader Survey
DC Entertainment has conducted the most detailed readers survey a comics publisher has undertaken in years, with information on new and lapsed readers, and print vs. digital. EVP-Sales, Marketing and Business Development John Rood explains some of the broader picture of the results to PWCW.
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Comics Events: 2/14/2012
2/17-2/19 Megacon Comics Convention in Orlando, FL, 2/22 Big City Dare 2 Draw Charity Draw-In at Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art in New York, NY, 2/24-2/26 Image Comics Expo in Oakland, CA, 3/1 Larry Gonick Book Discussion and Signing in New York, NY
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More to Come 17: The Question of Watchmen Prequels
In this week’s podcast, the PW Comics World crew—Heidi “The Beat MacDonald, Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons—discuss the artistic and moral implications of the DC’s plans for Watchmen prequels, the 30th anniversary of Diamond Comic Distributors and 20th anniversary of Image Comics, and the Angouleme comics festival, the annual and gigantic French comics festival held each year in January.
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Super Folk: Marvel in 2012, DC’s New 52 Expands, Digital Developments and Something for the Kids
Marvel Comics teases its upcoming titles and begins to pull back the curtains on their overall future plans, DC’s New 52 expands and changes with new titles and art teams, a double dose of digital news, and new books for kids from a likely source and two not-so-likely sources. This is Super Folk, Publishers Weekly’s news column for all things superhero.
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Oni Press 2012: Books, Floppies, Digital, TV—Big Plans at the House of ‘Scott Pilgrim’
Celebrating its 15th year, Oni Press, best known for publishing the Scott Pilgrim and Queen & Country graphic novel series, has a score of plans that will reflect the indie house’s evolution as well as changes in book publishing.
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