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Madefire Inks E-Deals with IDW, Kodansha
While Comixology continues to dominate the digital comics marketplace, some publishers are adding their comics to the Madefire digital platform.
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Hoopla, DC Comics Ink Library Digital Pact
Library content service Hoopla Digital is broadening its recently launched comics category with new graphic novel content from DC Comics.
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Image Comics, Trajectory Ink Digital Distribution Deal
Through the deal, Image will expand the availability of its digital comics to retailers and libraries in North America, the U.K., Europe, South America and China.
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Dark Horse Finally Debuts on Comixology
Dark Horse, the last major comics house to withhold its titles from Comixology--the dominant digital comics marketplace--has signed an agreement to start selling its list via the platform.
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Z2 Comics Debuts Shadmi’s ‘Abaddon,’ in Fall 2015
New York indie comics publisher Z2 Comics is publishing Koren Shadmi's surreal web comic turned graphic novel in the fall, along with a new edition of 'Harvey Pekar's Cleveland', the posthumously released 2012 graphic memoir, and a new line of periodical comics
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D&Q Marks 25 Years of Great Literary Comics
Twenty-five years after its birth as the publisher of a modest comics anthology, Montreal-based Drawn & Quarterly has become one of North America’s most acclaimed literary graphic novel publishers.
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Marvel, Comixology Renew, Expand Sales Deal to Kindle
Digital Comics marketplace Comixology has renewed its exclusive sales agreement with Marvel Comics, and expanded the deal to include sales via Amazon's Kindle Platform.
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Process Mania: The Making of Jonathan Case's 'The New Deal'
Artist Jonathan Case shares an exclusive look at the art process for 'The New Deal,' his historical graphic novel due this fall from Dark Horse.
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Liew’s 'Charlie Chan Hock Chye' Draws Controversy, Acclaim
Overcoming government objections to its content, Sonny Liew's graphic novel biography of Singapore cartoonist Charlie Chan Hock Chye has been a hit and will be publishing in the US next year.
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Special Edition: NYC Attendance Up 40%
Despite taking place at a new venue with some quirks, attendance for ReedPOP’s Special Edition: NYC was up 40% from 2014, its inaugural year.
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Comics Retailer Survey: Good Sales Get Better in 2015
Sales of periodical comics and graphic novels may not have been as robust throughout 2014 as they were in recent years, but an exceptional holiday shopping season ended the year on a high note for comics retailers. PW’s Annual Comics Retailer Survey, found an increase in sales in 2014 that has only grown stronger heading into 2015.
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BookCon 2015: Four Bestselling Cartoonists Meet Their Fans
Held on Saturday morning at BookCon, the Comics Are Awesome panel, offered inside information from four bestselling cartoonist/writers: Ben Hatke, Raina Telgemeier, Jennifer Holm and Jeff Smith.
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13 Great LGBTQ Comics
Here are 13 comics about the LGBTQ experience, from classics to contemporary sensations.
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Panel Mania: Return to Carcosa in Culbard’s ‘The King in Yellow’
Horror master INJ Culbard has adapted 'True Detective' inspiration 'The King in Yellow,' Robert W. Chambers's famed tale of a forbidden play that drives all to madness.
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BEA 2015: Kids' Comics On the Rise
Sales of comics for kids and YA readers continue to grow in the book trade along with the number and variety of kids comics spotlighted at BEA from such publishers as Andrews McMeel, Papercutz, Toon Books, Scholastic, and others.
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BEA 2015: Comics, Graphic Novels In Demand
Comics were a lively presence throughout BEA and BookCon with all the latest trends in the category on display, including lots of kids comics and a continuing demand for Image Comics and genres beyond the dominant super hero category.
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Citing Book Trade Growth, Dark Horse Promotes Nine
With sales up 30% over the last three years, the indie comics publisher has announced a slate of promotions intended to prepare the house for further expansion.
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U.S. Market Ripe for French Graphic Novels
A one day conference brought together publishers from both the U.S. and French markets to share statistics and explore the potential for bringing more Francophone comics to the U.S. market.
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French Graphic Novel Publishers Meet in New York
Things are changing in U.S. comics and French comics publishers are meeting in New York to discuss the U.S. market and look for ways to stoke demand for French graphic novels in North America.
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Panel Mania: Fighting Tooth and Claw in "The Autumnlands"
Kurt Busiek and Ben Dewey's "The Autumnlands" is anthropomorphic high fantasy in comics form with spectacularly detailed art and painstaking world building.



