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Lerner's Carol Burrell to Move to Abrams ComicArts

By Calvin Reid | 12/11/2012 @ 12:00AM

Carol Burrell, editorial director of Lerner Graphic Universe since the comics and graphic novel imprint was launched in 2007, is leaving Lerner to take a senior editorial position at Abrams ComicArts and Amulet. Burrell will join Abrams in January to work with Abrams ComicArts executive director Charles Kochman.
After a Strong 2012, DC Comics Looks Ahead

By Calvin Reid | 12/11/2012 @ 12:00AM

Looking back over a year of growth, DC Comics executives point to the continued popularity of The New 52, the wildly successful relaunch of its superhero universe, increased sales of print and digital comics, sales of its controversial Before Watchmen periodical series and a growing list of bestselling hardcover titles as the year comes to end.
Upcoming Comics Events: 12/10/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 12/10/2012 @ 01:00PM

12/15 Mike Mignola Hellboy Exhibit and Signing in Portland, OR; 12/19 David Petersen Signs "Mouse Guard" in Dallas, TX; 12/19 Darick Robertson "Happy" Signing in Santa Clara, CA
Archie Does Art Book Collection In-House

By Ada Price | 12/10/2012 @ 12:00AM

After years of licensing the publication of its hardcover art book collections, Archie Comics is moving some hardcover production in-house and has just released its first title, The Art of Betty and Veronica.
Marvel Announces Supersized Marvel NOW! Omnibus

By Heidi MacDonald | 12/07/2012 @ 02:00PM

Marvel will cap its Marvel NOW! relaunch effort in June with a Marvel Now! Onmibus, a 688-page behemoth reprinting all the first issues of the program.
Steven Scott Named Publicity, Marketing Director at Archie Comics

| 12/06/2012 @ 12:00AM

Archie Comics has named Steven Scott director of publicity and marketing, responsible for directing the company’s public outreach and its social media and marketing strategies.
Top Cow, iVerse Media Offer Free Digital Comics Previews

| 12/06/2012 @ 12:00AM

Digital content distributor Iverse Media is teaming with comics publisher Top Cow to offer fans free access to several Top Cow series recently relaunched with new storylines. Top Cow's "Try 'em Before you Buy ‘em Program," is giving out redemption codes that will let fans preview the comics free of charge.
Trajectory Releases a Classics Illustrated Comics App

By Calvin Reid | 12/06/2012 @ 12:00AM

Trajectory, a Cambridge, Mass. e-publishing technology and distribution vendor, is releasing the Trajectory Classics App and relaunching its iconic line of Classics Illustrated digital comics as an app through the Apple app store.
Karen Berger to Leave DC Comics' Vertigo Imprint in 2013

By Calvin Reid | 12/03/2012 @ 06:00PM

Karen Berger, executive editor of DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint and its director since the critically acclaimed comics imprint began in 1993, is stepping down and will leave the company in March 2013.
Upcoming Comics Events: 12/03/2012

| 12/03/2012 @ 02:00PM

12/4 Comics Storytelling Intensive Class with Dean Haspiel in New York; 12/8 30 Years of Love and Rockets Party with the Hernandez Brothers in Seattle, WA; 12/15 Mike Mignola Hellboy Exhibit and Signing in Portland, OR
'Symbolia,' iPad Journal of Multimedia Graphic Journalism, Debuts Today

By Calvin Reid | 12/03/2012 @ 12:00AM

Symbolia: The Tablet Magazine of Illustrated Journalism, a digital journal designed for the iPad that specializes in comics and illustrated nonfiction reports, debuts today in the App Store.
Viz To Begin Simultaneous Manga Publication with Japan in January

By Calvin Reid | 11/30/2012 @ 12:00AM

Beginning January 21, 2013, Viz Media plans to completely synchronize the publication of Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha, its weekly English-language digital manga anthology, with the Japanese-language manga series it publishes.
'The Phoenix' Cancels Karl Stevens' 'Failure' Comic; Reason is Disputed

By Calvin Reid | 11/28/2012 @ 12:00AM

Cartoonist Karl Stevens, author of three self-published graphic novels and a 2010 finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize for graphic novels, is reporting that Failure, his quirky weekly online comic strip on the Boston Phoenix has been cancelled for insulting an advertiser. However, The Phoenix editor-in-chief Carly Carioli emphatically denies that’s the case.
Upcoming Comics Events: 11/26/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 11/26/2012 @ 12:01PM

11/27 Ellen Forney "Marbles" Discussion & Signing in San Francisco, CA; 12/1 "My Little Pony" Comic Release Party with Katie Cook & Andy Price in Anaheim, CA; 12/4 Comics Storytelling Intensive Class with Dean Haspiel in New York
CBLDF Elects Griepp, Abraham; Marder Reelected President

By Calvin Reid | 11/20/2012 @ 12:00AM

Cartoonist Larry Marder has been reelected president of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit First Amendment watchdog organization protecting the interests of comics creators, retailers, librarians and fans.
Comics, Prose, And Digital at Arch Enemy

By Shannon O’Leary | 11/17/2012 @ 12:00AM

As publishing conglomerates and technology firms become the dominant forces in an increasingly digital marketplace for the book and comics industries, opportunities are opening for smaller, more nimble independent media companies like Arch Enemy Entertainment.
Panel Mania: Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland

Compiled by Ada Price | 11/14/2012 @ 12:00AM

In Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland, Bigby Wolf takes center stage. Bigby is on a journey through the American Heartland in search of a new location for Fabletown, when he stumbles across a small town named Story Town, which is populated by werewolves. While the inhabitants seem to know Bigby and revere him, they have also captured and caged him. Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland is written by Bill Willingham and will be released by Vertigo on November 14.
Panel Mania: Heart of Thomas

Compiled by Ada Price | 11/14/2012 @ 12:00AM

At a boys' boarding school in Germany, fourteen year-old Thomas Werner falls to his death from a pedestrian overpass after sending a brief love letter to his schoolmate. This classmate, Juli, is haunted by his death for the rest of this complex and heart-rending book, especially when a new student arrives who looks just like Thomas. The Heart of Thomas is by the classic Shoujo artist, Moto Hagio, the creator of Drunken Dreams, previously published by Fantagraphics. Fantagraphics will release The Heart of Thomas in December. It has been translated by the manga scholar Matt Thorn.
Two New Sketchbooks Cover Comics Worldwide

By Noah Sudarsky | 11/13/2012 @ 05:00PM

Two recent sketchbooks showcase comics-related artists in fairly spectacular fashion.
Panel Mania: Kevin Keller: Welcome to Riverdale

Compiled by Ada Price | 11/13/2012 @ 12:00AM

Kevin Keller, the new kid in Riverdale and groundbreaking gay character in Archie Comics, has become increasingly well-known and popular around school, even being elected class president. In this second collection of Kevin Keller stories, it's a year of new beginnings with his first summer job and his first date. The script is by Dan Parent and the art is by Dan Parent and Rich Koslowski. Kevin Keller: Welcome to Riverdale is currently on sale from Archie Comics.

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