May 24, 2010
Reviews of new books by John Arcudi and Peter Snejbjerg, Mike Raicht and Brian Smith and a Swedish graphic novel by Kolbeinn Karlsson.
The Stuff of Legend: Book 1: The Dark
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The Roundup for Comics
Publishing news from across the Web
The Comics Reporter blog has posted a 2004 interview with cartoonist James Sturm, challenging him after he published a reimagined version of Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four.
Cartoonist Jean-Claude Denis was awarded the Grand Prix—the festival’s lifetime achievement award—at this year’s Angouleme Festival, France’s gigantic festival honoring comics. North Americans honored at the festival include Art Speigelman, Frank Woodring and Guy Delisle.
Although U.S. manga sales have dropped nearly 50% since 2007, manga expert Jason Thompson says the category is still popular—kids today just read it for free on pirate websites. Thompson takes a look at manga and offers some history and some hope for the category going forward.
This year The Beat’s 2011 Comics Industry People of The Year Awards went to, among others, Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant), DC Comics relaunch duo of Dan Didio and Jim Lee, and the late Sparkplug publisher Dylan Williams.
Barbara Vey
WW Ladies offer up blurbs on the books they've been reading....
Elizabeth Bluemle
I've been champing at the bit to revisit the topic of including the nation's many children of diverse races, creeds, and colors in the literature we provide for them. For any folks who shut down at th...
Rose Fox
Two of Strange Horizons's three fiction editors are departing....
Adam Boretz
This week our reviews spotlight shines on the nonfiction side:the audio edition of From Pearl Harbor to Calvary: The Story of the Lead Pilot of the Pearl Harbor Attack and His Conversion to Christiani...
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