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Panel Mania: Habibi
After seven years, Craig Thompson (Blankets) has released his new graphic novel: Habibi, a 672-page exploration of love, passion, storytelling, and the intersection of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. These themes are eplored via the relationship between Dodola, a child bride turned prostitute turned harem wife; and Zam, an escaped slave. Their love for each other overcomes, time, distance and terrible struggles.
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Slave Labor Graphics Publishing Goes Digital First
Slave Labor Graphics Publishing is trading in single issue print comics for single issue digital downloads—the first comics publisher to go digital with their entire periodical line. SLG will now serialize their stories digitally before releasing the print editions as graphic novels.
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'PW Comics World' Reviews DC Comics’ The New 52: Week 2
DC Comics has relaunched its superhero universe with 52 new #1 issues and the PW Comics World staff plans to review them all. We’re back with 13 reviews of DC’s week 2 releases.
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Comics Events 9/19/2011
Alternative Press Expo, Marv Wolfman, New Yorker cartoonists and much, much more!
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Adventures in Graphic Stories: Comics and Graphic Novels as Gifts 2011
Comics aren’t quite what they used to be. While the superhero genre continues to evolve, a comics reader today can find works on just about anything. If you’re looking for a graphic work for the comic book lover in your life, take a look at our list of recent works.
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ReedPop Debuts Pop Culture Summit at New York Comic Con
ReedPop, organizer of New York Comic Con and a “boutique” group within Reed Exhibitions focused on staging pop culture events, is launching White Space, an invitation-only summit meeting on the business of pop culture, to be held October 13, the day New York Comic Con opens.
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Comics Reviews: August 2011
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Small Press Expo Gets Bigger Despite Earthquake
Although it's been a year of uncertainty for most of the publishing business, one thing has shown surprising growth: Baltimore area comics shows. This past weekend the Small Press Expo in North Bethesda, Md. had a record-breaking year. Attendance was up about 10-15% from last year.
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More To Come 7: SPX and DC's New 52 Week 1
Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald and their co-host Kate Fitzsimons, discuss the 2011 Small Press Expo (SPX), IDW on iBooks,reviews and thoughts on the first week of DC's "New 52" relaunch, a new kids-only comics shop in Toronto, Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer on Kickstarter, new books and more on More To Come, PW Comics World's podcast.
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Abrams, Oakland Museum To Present Works of Dan Clowes
Abrams ComicsArts will publish a monograph on the works of the acclaimed cartoonist Daniel Clowes in conjunction with an exhibition of his works to be mounted at the Oakland Museum of California in April 2012.
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Comics Events: 9/12/11
Craig Thompson's Habibi in New York, Rejection Collection in San Francisco & more
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The New 52: 'PW Comics World' Reviews DC Comics' New Series
This month's relaunch of the DC Comics universe with 52 new #1 issues has the entire comics world buzzing, so the PW Comics World staff decided to review all 52 new #1 issues. Here's the first 14 issues.
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Comics Events: 9/05/2011
9/11 Memorial Exhibit at MoCCA, SPX in Bethesda and more.
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Panel Mania: Big Questions
In this excerpt from Anders Nilson’s massive and much-anticipated new graphic novel, Big Questions, a lone mute figure wanders as a flock of interested birds observe and comment on his actions. Big Questions was published in August by Drawn & Quarterly.
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Life, Love and Storytelling: Craig Thompson's 'Habibi'
Craig Thompson, follows his bestselling autobiographical work, Blankets (2003), with the long-awaited Habibi, a 672-page epic love story, that will be published by Pantheon this month.
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Beyond Peter Beagle: Conlan Press Expands
Originally launched in 2005 as a vehicle to publicize and distribute the works of Peter Beagle, author of the bestselling fantasy novel The Last Unicorn, Conlan Press is expanding its list and the authors it publishes.
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Frank Miller: Comics and Patriotism
Superstar comics artist Frank Miller is back with a new publishing house, Legendary Comics, and a new graphic novel, Holy Terror, conceived as a response to the 9/11 attacks.
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More To Come 6: Baltimore Comic Con and The Fall of Atomic Comics
On this week's podcast: Baltimore Comic Con and the Harveys, DC launches "The New 52" (with midnight parties) this week, the bankruptcy of Atomic Comics, Comixology's Digital Storefront program, JManga.com launch, Sparkplug's Dylan Williams and scary manhwa web comic.
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Comixology Launches Retailer Digital Storefronts, Upgrades App
Last week was a big one for digital comics distributor Comixology, after it unveiled a major upgrade to its iOS devices app and launched its Digital Storefront Program--a project that allows physical comics shops to sell digital comics--with over 100 participating retailers.
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Comic Events 8/25/2011
Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD and Lark Pien, Susie Cagle at Comics Reading in San Francisco,