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Rice's 'Interview with the Vampire' Goes Graphic

By Brigid Alverson | 07/15/2011 @ 08:00PM

Yen Press will adapt Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire into a new graphic novel with the same plot but a new point of view: the story will be told by Claudia, a child who is transformed into a vampire by Louis, the narrator of the original novel.
Depicting Muhammad: Religion, Biography and Bad Faith

By A. David Lewis | 07/14/2011 @ 12:00AM

Maybe comic book and graphic novel readers will one day have a biography of the Prophet Muhammad created for an English-language audience that treats the subject matter with nuance. But The Biography of the Prophet Muhammad Illustrated – Volume 1 is not the book to do it.
D&Q Publishes Shigeru Mizuki’s Classic War Manga

By Kai-Ming Cha | 07/13/2011 @ 12:00AM

The story opens with whores and closes with mass graves. Huge explosions and carnage pepper the body of the narrative and there is a splash of dry humor, albeit on the morbid side. It may sound like a summer blockbuster but Onward Towards Our Nobel Deaths, Shigeru Mizuki’s semi-autobiographical account of life as a soldier in the Japanese Army during World War II, is something crueler and more heartbreaking than any Hollywood movie.
Panel Mania: The Armed Garden

Compiled by Ada Price | 07/12/2011 @ 12:00AM

The creator of the acclaimed graphic memoir Epileptic, French cartoonist David B., presents in The Armed Garden a collection of short stories based on historical legend. This preview includes a selection from the story, "The Veiled Prophet," in which a Persian fabric dyer is enveloped by a piece of white cloth that comes from the sky, and he is declared a prophet. He then proceeds to defeat seven armies sent against him. The other two stories in this collection are "The Armed Garden" and it’s sequel "The Drum Who Fell in Love," about a bloody quest for a paradise on Earth. The Armed Garden will be released by Fantagraphics in August.
Comics events: 7/11/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 07/11/2011 @ 12:00PM

Bill Plympton in San Francisco, Grant Morrison in New York and more!
Viz Kids Line Expands with Original 'Mameshiba' Books

By Danica Davidson | 07/08/2011 @ 10:00AM

VIZ Media may be best known for its teen manga like Naruto and Bleach, but this summer the company is trying something different with the launch of Mameshiba, original manga for U.S. kids.
Comics Events: 7/05/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 07/05/2011 @ 12:00PM

Palle Schmidt in San Francisco, Derby City Comic Con and more.
More to Come #2: The CBLDF's New Case and Comics Tackle the Death of Osama

| 07/05/2011 @ 12:00AM

Welcome to Episode #2 of More to Come, the PW Comics World Podcast, featuring co-editors Heidi MacDonald and Calvin Reid and producer Kate Fitzsimons. This week: the CBLDF and Canadian Comic Book Seizures, a new graphic work about the Bin Laden raid, the death of cartoonist Gene Colan and much more.
Will Comics Take Back Comic-Con?

By Heidi MacDonald | 07/01/2011 @ 12:00AM

As the Comic-Con International: San Diego (better known simply as Comic-Con) has grown in importance and size, each year observers wonder if this is the year things get too big to handle. While the 2011 edition—to be held July 20–24 at the San Diego Convention Center—has scaled back the major media presentations for studio films a bit, it still has no rival as the biggest pop culture event of the year. And publishers—both of graphic novels and traditional books—still find it a key venue to promote authors and talk to fans.
Papercutz, Lego to Launch Ninjago Graphic Novels

By Brigid Alverson | 06/29/2011 @ 03:00PM

Blazing Lego ninja action will come to kids' graphic novel imprint Papercutz this fall, with the publication of the first in a series of Ninjago graphic novels. Ninjago is a line of Lego products featuring ninjas who practice the martial art of Spinjitzu, a tradition found only in the Lego world.
Panel Mania: Feynman

Compiled by Ada Price | 06/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

Feynman is a graphic biography of Richard Feynman, a Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, and raconteur. This biography spans his childhood in Long Island to his work on the Manhattan Project and the Challenger disaster. Feynman is written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by Leland Myrick; it will be released by First Second in August.
‘Anti-Matter’: Web Comedy Series Captures the Secret Life of Comics Shops

By John Seven | 06/28/2011 @ 12:00PM

Comic book colorist and filmmaker Chris Walker has transformed his life as a comic book geek into the video series, Anti-Matter, a web-based situation comedy set in a fictional New York City comic book store. The show follows a nerdy cast of characters throughout their comic-book filled working day, mixing the comic personal interactions of staff and customers with the funny details of life working in a comic book shop.
Comics Events: 6/27/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 06/27/2011 @ 12:01PM

Charlie Adlard in Orlando, Works of Chris Ware, Seth at new NYC exhibit, and more.
Crowdfunding: When the Publisher Doesn’t Cover the Creator’s Expenses

By Todd Allen | 06/27/2011 @ 12:01PM

Crowdfunding is emerging as a new force in comics publishing, not only to fund new projects, but to address long-standing creator complaints like lack of promotion and advances.
Upcoming Comics Events: 6/25/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 06/25/2011 @ 02:00PM

7/3 Authors discuss Walt Kelly: The Life and Art of the Creator of Pogo in San Francisco, CA;7/5 Our Valued Customers signing with "Mr. Tim", New York, NY; 7/7 Kids Read Comics in Ann Arbor, MI
CBLDF Forms Coalition to Defend U.S. Comic Book Reader Charged in Canada

By Calvin Reid | 06/24/2011 @ 12:00AM

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has formed a coalition to support the defense of an American comic book reader facing criminal charges after Canadian officials claimed the comics found on his laptop are child pornography.
Gene Yang’s ‘Level Up’: Videogames, Angels and Growing Up Asian-American

By Beth Scorzato | 06/23/2011 @ 12:00AM

Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang follows his critically acclaimed graphic novels Prime Baby, The Eternal Smile and 2006 National Book Award finalist, American Born Chinese, with Level Up, written by Yang with art by Thien Pham, published by First Second.
PW Comics World Launches the 'More To Come' Podcast

| 06/21/2011 @ 10:00AM

PW Comics World joins the podcasting world with the first episode of "More to Come" featuring co-editors Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald and producer Kate Fitzsimons anlayzing current comics news, with a look at upcoming books and current trends in the book publishing world as they affect comics.
Faith-Based Comics and Graphic Novels from Kingstone Media

By Rich Shivener | 06/21/2011 @ 12:00AM

Focused on an aggressive release schedule supported by key distribution channels and solid financing, Kingstone Media Group has set its sights on becoming the leading publisher of faith-based graphic novels and periodical comics in the Christian Booksellers Association.
Panel Mania: Any Empire

Compiled by Ada Price | 06/21/2011 @ 12:00AM

Nate Powell, author of the 2009 Eisner award-winning graphic novel,Swallow Me Whole, explores war and violence in Middle America in his new book, Any Empire. A group of kids from a small, Southern town face their privileged suburban fantasies of violence when there is a string of turtle mutilations. Later as adults, they meet again to confront the questions raised by their childhood experiences. Any Empire will be released by Top Shelf in August.

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