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A World of Japanese Pop Culture at Japan Society

by Erin Finnegan | 05/12/2009 @ 09:27PM

An exhiibition transforms the Japan Society gallery halls into something like an impromptu Japanese manga café.
McNally Jackson Books: Turn, Turn, Turn

By Judith Rosen | 05/12/2009 @ 07:28PM

Despite its somewhat old-fashioned imagery—quill pens forming the store logo, a manual Olivetti typewriter on the store’s Web site that links to its blog—McNally Jackson Books in the Nolita section of New York City is hip to the latest bookstore trends.
Comics Briefly

compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 05/11/2009 @ 10:32PM
IDW Hires Webber to Oversee E-publishing

By Heidi MacDonald | 05/05/2009 @ 09:30PM

IDW, April's third largest comics publisher, according to Diamond figures, has hired Jeff Webber to the new position of director of e publishing. Webber was formerly vp of product development at uClick, following stints at Hallmark and Shockwave. At IDW he'll help explore the growing opportunities for comics to be sold via various electronic formats.
PEN World Fest Shows Off Comics Artists

by Sarah Moroz | 05/05/2009 @ 09:29PM

PEN American Center’s impressive international literary festival, PEN World Voices, held a panel discussion, "1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling," featuring a star studded panel of international comics artists.
Swedish Small Press Expo Spotlights Growing Scene

by MK Reed | 05/05/2009 @ 09:28PM

Sweden’s Small Press Expo is a state-sponsored program which invited members from around the globe to participate.
Life in Comics: Free Comic Book Day in the Boutiki

by Jennifer de Guzman | 05/05/2009 @ 09:27PM

The author looks at the lessons of the this years Free Comic Book Day at SLG's Boutiki retail store.
Panelmania: Noir

Compiled by Heidi MacDonald & Laura Hudson | 05/04/2009 @ 10:51PM

Dark Horse's Fall release, the Noir anthology contains short stories in the crime and mystery genres, by a wide mix of comics luminaries.
Comics Briefly

compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 05/04/2009 @ 10:48PM
Job Moves

| 05/04/2009 @ 09:05PM

Former Scholastic editor Sheila Keenan has been hired by Harry Abrams as a senior editor working on the Abrams ComicsArts imprint.
May Comics Bestsellers

by Calvin Reid | 05/04/2009 @ 05:45PM

Jeff Kinney's Last Straw holds steady at #1; followed by Naruto at #2-3; Fruits Basket at #5; more Naruto after that and Marvel's hardcover graphic adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand: Captain Trips is at #12.
New Look for Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'

by Calvin Reid | 04/28/2009 @ 09:30PM

Hailed for its bracing portrait of a future media-addled society victimized by the systematic burning of all books, Ray Bradbury's classic science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 is the perfect work to highlight issues of censorship and the freedom to read. And in August, Farrar, Straus & Giroux's Hill and Wang imprint will republish the book to do just that.
Fun Rules the Day at Kids Comic Con

by Brigid Alverson | 04/28/2009 @ 09:29PM

Show director Alex Simmons estimated attendance for the third year of the Kids Comic Con at 750 to 800 people, and he figures about two-thirds of those present were children.
Brian Azzarello’s 100th Bullet

By Laura Hudson | 04/28/2009 @ 07:27PM

With the 100th and final issue of the crime comic released less than a week earlier, Azzarello talked to PW Comics week about letting go of the long-running noir series, and the new work he has on the way from the new Vertigo Crime imprint.
Hill & Wang's Thomas LeBien: Turning History and Fiction into Comics

by Calvin Reid | 04/28/2009 @ 12:00AM

Hill & Wang publisher Thomas LeBien has now turned his attention to the world of fictional adaptation to create a "graphic translation" of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, one the classics of 20th century literature.
Comics Briefly - 4/28/2009

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 04/27/2009 @ 10:55PM

Free Comic Book Day May 2; Pushing Daisies Now DC Comic; Disney Comics Take On India; Carousel Comics @ Dixon Place; History of Wolverine with Claremont; Death Note Day in New York; This Week @ Good Comics for Kids; ACT-I-VATE Collective Live at Bergen Street Comics; Tokyopop/Pocky Art Contest; World War 3 Illustrated Release Party; SVA’s Fresh Meat and This Week in The Beat
Del Rey Gives Wolverine the Manga Treatment

By Kai-Ming Cha | 04/27/2009 @ 10:46PM

First unveiled during the 2007 New York Anime Festival, Wolverine: Prodigal Son, Del Rey’s manga-style recreation of Marvel’s popular X-Man character, goes on sale this month.
Stumptown Comics Fest: The Con That Refreshes

By Douglas Wolk | 04/21/2009 @ 08:30PM

Portland, Oregon's sixth annual Stumptown Comics Fest, held April 18 and 19, was a raging success by almost all accounts. Final attendance figures weren't yet available by press time, but around 700 people turned up in the first two hours of Saturday alone.
Kids, Comics, Reading and Fun In the Bronx

By Calvin Reid | 04/21/2009 @ 08:29PM

Founded in 2007 by Alex Simmons, a veteran comics writer, young adult novelist, playwright and educator, the annual Kids’ Comic Con continues to attract kids, parents and educators to a day of presentations, comics workshops and lots of free stuff.
Sex and Science and Scott Morse: Ancient Books Show Modern Designers

by Johanna Draper Carlson | 04/21/2009 @ 08:28PM

Artist/designer Scott Morse has a bunch of projects coming out this year, including The Ancient Book of Sex and Science, featuring fellow animation designers Lou Romano, Don Shank and Nate Wragg.

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