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Comics Events 12/28/2011
12/28 Comics Events: Danny Fingeroth discusses Spider-Man and Stan Lee, Tony Millionaire in Seattle, Kagan McLeod on Infinite Kung Fu in Ann Arbor & More
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Wimpy Kid Goes to Court Against Zombie
Up until now the Wimpy Kid’s adventures have stayed out of court. But that changed on Tuesday with the filing of a trademark infringement lawsuit in U.S. District Court of Massachusetts against Antarctic Press, publishers of Diary of a Zombie Kid.
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New Buzzboy Graphic Novel Out in Print, the Web, on iPad
Cartoonist John Gallagher, creator of the popular self-published kid’s comic Buzzboy, has released Buzzboy: Sidekicks Rule, a new graphic novel about the tween super sidekick, in three different formats this month.
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Viz Media, B&N Team Up to Offer Manga on Nook Devices
The tablet content wars continue as Barnes & Noble announced a deal with manga publisher Viz Media to bring its Japanese graphic novels to the Nook Tablet and Nook Color devices.
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D&Q Teams with Kobo To Release Digital Graphic Novels
Noted indie Canadian graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly announced an agreement with Canadian e-book retailer Kobo to release two acclaimed graphic works by cartoonist Chester Brown as e-books on the Kobo Vox tablet.
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More To Come 14: Ring Out The Old - 2011 in Review
In this special double length year-end podcast, we look at 2011 in review including the bankruptcy of Borders and its impact on comics publishers, the rising importance of Kickstarter, women and the comics industry as well as commemorating the deaths of comics giants Joe Simon and Jerry Robinson and looking back on the biggest comics stories and trends of the year.
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IDW, Comixology Expand Digital Comics Delivery
IDW Publishing is expanding its relationship with digital vendor Comixology, and the digital comics distributor and developer will now power the IDW comics app, IDW specialty series and a newly launched web digital comics store.
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Obituary: Joe Simon, Jerry Robinson and Eduardo Barreto
In the span of about a week and a half in December, the comics world has lost three iconic, veteran creators.
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GEN Manga Brings Doujinshi to the US
GEN Manga, which debuted earlier this year, is carving out a niche in the publishing world for releasing doujinshi—Japanese Indie or self-published comics—via an anthology published in both print and digital form.
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Image Comics puts on its Own Show for Anniversary
Retailer Jay Comics Company and publisher Image Comics are teaming to throw Image Expo, a three-day convention focusing on creator-owned comics, to be held on February 24, 25, and 26, 2012 in Oakland, California. The convention will commemorate the independent publisher’s twentieth anniversary.
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Panel Mania: Same Difference
By the co-author of Eternal Smile, Derek Kirk Kim, Same Difference is a collection of slice-of-life short stories that deals with the lives of young people, including many Korean-Americans much like Kim.
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JR Comics Debuts Adaptations of Classic Chinese Prose Novels
Korea-based JR Comics has begun an aggressive publishing schedule that will introduce English-speaking audiences to the most extensive, graphic adaptations of China’s four great classical novels.
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Comics Reviews December 2011
This month's books include reprints of classic Lynda Barry, Walt Kelly and Carl Barks; a graphic look at health care reform; and new books by Ryan Inana, Grant Morrison and David Shrigley.
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Photo Mania: The Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival
The third annual Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival was even better than the first two, with two floors of exhibitors instead of one.
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Comics Events: 12/06/2011
Live Comix with Dean Haspiel & friends in Brooklyn, Hero Initiative Benefit Party in LA and more.
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More To Come 13: The Paradoxical Success of Pocket Gods
In this podcast, the online-only success of the Pocket Gods comic, DC Comics named one of Ad Age's Hot Brands of the year, Peter David's Fan Pro Bill of Rights for better comic cons, PWCW's 2011 graphic novel gift guide and how listeners can win a very special prize.
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Brooklyn Indie Comics Showcase Grows
Indie comics got a stunning year showcase at this year’s Brooklyn Comics and Graphic Festival, held December 3rd at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Although set in a church basement and gymnasium, most of the region’s finest cartoonists—from Gary Panter to Benjamin Marra—happily mingled with fans guests including Phoebe Gloeckner and Michael DeForge.
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John Wiley to Publish Graphic Biography of Steve Jobs
John Wiley and Sons has teamed with Forbes Media to publish The Zen of Steve Jobs by Caleb Melby and the design studio JESS3, an unusual work of graphic nonfiction about the role of Zen Buddhism in Jobs's life.
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Over 150,000 Digital 'Pocket God' Comics Sold
Ape Entertainment has sold over 150,000 units of the digital version of the Pocket God comic, which is based on the game of the same name, but only a 1,000 units in print. We asked Ape CEO David Hedgecock to tell us why it is one of the top-grossing book apps.
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DC Comics to Publish Gigantic ‘The New 52 Omnibus' Hardcover
Hot on the heels of The New 52, the revamp and relaunch of its superhero universe with 52 new #1 issues, DC Comics is collecting all the first issues in DC Comics The New 52 Omnibus, a mammoth hardcover omnibus collection that will sell for $150.