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More to Come 9: Kindle Fire's DC deal and the changing world of distribution.
In this podcast, Amazon's Kindle Fire and its DC exclusive deal, Haven Distribution closing and more.
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Art Spiegelman On The Future of the Book
In an era for publishing so utterly defined by the race toward digital, Art Spiegelman’s fixation with the book as an object has never once wavered—if anything, the years have seen his demands on publishers grow more complex.
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Comics Reviews: October 2011
A strong month of releases includes books by Richard Sala, Dan Clowes, Seth, Amanda Palmer and Brian Wood.
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Panel Mania: Joe the Barbarian
Produced by acclaimed comics writer Grant Morrison and artist Sean Murphy, Joe The Barbarian is the story of Joe, a sickly 13 year-old with diabetes, a pet rat, and a room full of toys. But one night he's transported to a strange new world of warriors and kingdoms, a world that seems to waiting for him arrive and save it. Or is it all the hallucinations of a very sick boy? Joe the Barbarian will be published in a deluxe hardcover edition in November by Vertigo.
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Shanower’s 'Age of Bronze Seen' App Goes Live for New York Comic Con
Cartoonist Eric Shanower and Throwaway Horse, the venture behind the graphic adaptations and iPad apps for James Joyce’s Ulysses and T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, have teamed up to release an iPad app for Shanower’s Age of Bronze, an award winning comics series that retells the epic story of the Trojan War.
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Charlaine Harris; Stieg Larsson Estate Ink Graphic Novel Deals
Charlaine Harris, author of the bestselling Sookie Stackhouse prose novels, signed a deal with Penguin’s Ace Books imprint to publish Cemetery Girl, an original graphic novel trilogy; and DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint announced plans to publish graphic novel adaptations of the late Steig Larsson’s bestselling Millenium trilogy prose novels.
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Amanda Hocking Inks Deal to Publish Comics
Amanda Hocking, the popular YA author who has sold millions of digital copies of self-published paranormal, fantasy and zombie novels, will team up with comics publisher Dynamite Entertainment to release comics adaptations of her Hollowland prose novel series in 2012.
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Archaia to Publish Marjane Satrapi’s ‘The Sigh’
Marjane Satrapi, author of the critically acclaimed, bestselling 2000 graphic memoir, Persepolis, will publish the first English edition of her new graphic work, The Sigh, with L.A.-based indie comics house Archaia this November.
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Pioneering Graphic Novel, 'Horror Hospital Unplugged,' Back In Print
Originally published in 1996, Horror Hospital Unplugged by Dennis Cooper and Keith Mayerson, is a pioneering graphic novel brought back into print by Harper Perennial this summer.
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Comics Events: 10/10/2011
Halloween with Jill Thompson in Chicago, cartooning class with Hilary Price in San Francisco & much, much more.
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The Final 13: 'PW Comics World' Reviews DC’s 'The New 52' Week 4
It’s the last week of the #1s! DC Comics relaunched its superhero universe with 52 new #1 issues and PW Comics World has reviewed them all! This week we review week four, the final week of new #1 issue releases.
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GeekGirl Con Shines a Light on Women in Comics
Comics creators like Gail Simone, Jen Van Meter, Hope Larson, Greg Rucka, and Trina Robbins will be in Seattle on October 8-9 for GeekGirl Con, a new convention devoted to the interests and concerns of women in “geek culture.
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B&N Pulls 100 DC Graphic Novels From Shelves Over Kindle Fire Deal
Barnes & Noble has instructed its stores to stop selling and remove the physical copies of the 100 graphic novels DC Comics plans to sell exclusively through the new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. But the L.A. Times is reporting that the deal was probably only set to last four months.
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Photo Mania: APE 2011 and Viz Media Offices
PW Comics World was in San Francisco and brought back pictures of the Alternative Press Expo, an annual show focused on small press and self-published comics, and the offices of manga publisher Viz Media.
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APE Spotlights Indie Publishing Spirit
This past weekend marked the 17th anniversary of Comic Con International's Alternative Press Expo, a Bay Area showcase for independent creators and publishers.
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Comics Events: 10/04/2011
Rick Geary in Portland, Action Philosophers: The Play & New York Comic Con
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New Kindle Gets Exclusive on DC Graphic Novels
The very first content exclusive to the new Amazon Kindle Fire has been announced—100 of DC Comics’ best selling graphic novels will be available exclusively for the tablet, with more to come.
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100,000 Comics Nerds Flood the City
In a few short years, the New York Comic-Con has changed from a medium-size show with a densely crowded floor to a huge show with a densely crowded floor. Now in its sixth year, NYCC, to be held October 13–16 at the Javits Center, will take up the whole facility and has added an extra day as an industry day for professionals and a preview night for fans.
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'PW Comics World' Reviews DC's 'The New 52': Week 3
DC Comics has relaunched its superhero universe with 52 new #1 issues and the PW Comics World staff plans to review them all. This week we review DC’s 12 releases for week 3.
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More To Come 8: SLG's Transformation and an NYCC First Look
On this Week's podcast the hosts discuss Slave Labor Graphics' move to digital-first delivery, New York Comic Con Programming, George R.R. Martin, New 52 weeks 2 & 3 and more