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July 7, 2009

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News

• Comic-Con '09: Sold Out in San Diego
  The San Diego Comic-Con International is full up. With every inch of the San Diego Convention Center booked for the show years ago, and every ticket gone and hotels sold out months in advance this year, the annual comics-themed pop culture extravaganza has gotten as big as it can physically get.
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• Asian American Comicon Debuts in New York
  The first annual Asian American Comicon will be held on Saturday July 11 at the Museum of Chinese in America in New York City. Organized by Jeff Yang, editor of the New Press's anthology of Asian-American superhero stories, Secret Identities, the AACC is intended to "recognize and celebrate what Asians are doing in comics."
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• The Man Behind Wednesday Comics
  Mark Chiarello, the DC Comics editor behind the art series Solo, is launching one of the most ambitious and unconventional forays into superhero comics with Wednesday Comics, which debuts this week. The 12-issue weekly series features one-page stories by some of the top creators in comics on 20-by-14-inch newsprint pages.
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• July Comics Bestsellers
  Jeff Kinney’s runaway bestseller Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Last Straw remains top dog of the list, followed by Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Joss Whedon’s Buffy: Time of Your Life; Akihisa Ikeda’s Rosario + Vampire and lots of Naruto.
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• Vertical Inc. Is Still Here
  Although Vertical Inc., a New York City publisher specializing in translations of contemporary Japanese prose literature and manga, has struggled during the economic downturn, the house has secured a new investor, hired a new marketing manager and plans to make adjustments to its list beginning in 2010.
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• Naval Academy Hopes Comic Will Attract Minorities
  The Naval Academy has published a free comic book aimed at attracting minority kids to the service academy. Entitled, Bravo Zulu, the Navy's codeword for "good job," the comic follows the lives of five unnamed "plebes," or academy freshmen, as they deal with life at the Naval Academy. But while seven issues of Bravo Zulu are planned and the creator hopes for video game and even animation spin-offs, the Naval Academy's admirable foray into using comics to attract minority students can sometimes seem unfocused and a bit confusing.
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Life In Comics

• Life in Comics: Tips for Aspiring Comics Pros at Comic-Con
  Comic-Con International in San Diego is less than a month away, and as I mentioned in my last column, publishers are busy preparing for the big show. But comic book creators seeking to break into the industry should be preparing as well. If you're planning on going to Comic-Con to meet publishers, I have a single piece of advice for you: Do your research first.
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Q&A

• Q & A with Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  Author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka is best known for his picture books; his latest books are a bit of a departure, and are his first foray into the comic/graphic novel format. We caught up with Krosoczka to find out about his latest projects, and whether or not he has a "thing" for any lunch ladies in particular.
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Reviews

• Luna Park
  KEVIN BAKER AND DANIJEL ZEZELJ. Vertigo, $24.99 (160p) ISBN 978-1-4012-1584-2
  Taking a break (mostly) from his powerful and painstakingly constructed stories of historical New York in novels like Dreamland and Paradise Alley, Baker takes a welcome dive into the graphic novel field with this punchy and ghostly modern-day noir. The setting—today's rusted and listless landscape of Coney Island—fits the dead-end daydreaming of his protagonist. Alik Streinikov is a former Russian soldier fleeing nightmares of the cruelties he witnessed in Chechnya and now working as an enforcer for a sideshow mob fragment that's about to get pushed out by a more vicious gang.
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• Clover
  CLAMP. Dark Horse, $19.95 paper (512p) ISBN 978-1-59582-196-6
  This experimental sci-fi work from CLAMP reads like a romantic version of Akira. In the far future, a mysterious government organization monitors and confines psychic children in the "Clover" program. A professional singer and "one-leaf" ranked psychic named Ora has only the ability to predict her own death. The most powerful psychic in the world, a "four-leaf" girl named Sue lives a life of voluntary isolation inside a gilded cage. Sue hears Ora's singing inside her head, befriends her via telephone and hopes to meet her one day. Events in the book unfold in a reverse chronology, as the first chapter takes place after Ora's death and proceeds backwards in time.
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Panel Mania

• Panel Mania: The Summit of the Gods
  The Summit of the Gods by Yumemakura and Jiro Taniguchi, author of The Walking Man, is the story of a Japanese expedition photographer, Makoto Fukamachi. This is the first volume in a series of five volumes about conquering Mount Everest. The Summit of the Gods Vol. 1 will be released in July 2009 by Fanfare/ Ponent Mon.
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July 8, 2009

-Asterios Polyp (Pantheon)
-Back to Brooklyn (Image)
-Cat Paradise Vol. 1 (Yen Press)
-Everybody Is Stupid Except For Me (Fantagraphics)
-The Nobody (DC)
-One Hundred Bullets Vol. 13: Wilt (DC)
-Pixu Mark of Evil (Dark Horse)
-Sinfest Vol. 1 (Dark Horse)
-Spy Goddess Vol. 2: Quest for the Lamp (Harper Collins)
-Swallowing The Earth Vol. 1 (DMP)

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