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  • Upcoming Comics Events: 10/29/2012

    10/31 Halloween Comic Fest (With Free Comics) Nationwide; 11/3 Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival in Las Vegas, NV; 11/10 The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival in Brooklyn, NY.

  • Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The Comic: Denise Mina

    It should come as no surprise that award-winning crime novelist Denise Mina was selected by DC to adapt Stieg Larsson’s blockbuster The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as a graphic novel, even though when she first received a call from DC (to write a Hellblazer arc), it was a complete shock.

  • Upcoming Comics Events: 10/22/2012

    10/31 Halloween Comic Fest (With Free Comics) Nationwide; 11/3 Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival in Las Vegas, NV

  • Graphic Novels, Digital Comics Go Global At the Frankfurt Book Fair

    From the stands of Diamond Book Distributors, DC Comics and Abrams in Hall 8 to featured exhibitors like Comixology and New Zealand cartoonists Dylan Horrocks, Colin Wilson and Roger Langridge, comics are visible and active throughout the Frankfurt Book Fair.

  • Upcoming Comics Events: 11/19/2012

    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

  • Kids, Books, and Comics: Photos from New York Comic Con 2012

    An estimated 116,000 people flooded the Javits Center in New York City this past weekend for New York Comic Con, the second largest show of its kind in North America. Sunday was Kids' Day at the show, but there was plenty for children to see and do during all four days of the convention, with publishers bringing in authors and artists including Sir Terry Pratchett, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Beth Revis, and Dave Roman. Read on to see our round-up of a weekend's worth of costumes, panels, and book signings.

  • Déjà Vu at New York Comic Con with Archie, Disney, Nancy Drew

    Kids love familiar things, and there were plenty of familiar faces at New York Comic Con, including revivals from Archie, Disney and Papercutz in addition to original graphic works.

  • Harvey Pekar Gets Statue Plus Image on Cleveland Library Card

    In a big weekend for the family of the late Harvey Pekar, acclaimed autobiographical comics writer and favorite son of the city of Cleveland, the city's public library erected a statue in his honor and also issued limited edition library cards with his likeness.

  • Photo Mania: New York Comic Con 2012

    New York Comic Con is done but not forgotten. We spent the weekend capturing images of many of the creators and publishers as well as the tens of thousands of fans that jammed the Jacob Javits Center over the weekend.

  • New York Comic Con Draws 116,000 Fans

    Pop culture fans jammed the aisles of the Javits Center for all four days of the New York Comic Con, held this past weekend. Attendance was estimated as 116,000 by show runner and ReedPop v-p Lance Fensterman, making it the second largest comics and pop culture show in North America.

  • Upcoming Comics Events: 10/15/2012

    10/17 Ex Sanguine Release Event with Tim Seeley and Josh Emmons in Chicago, IL; 11/3 Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival in Las Vegas, NV; 10/20 Charles Burns, Gabrielle Bell & Tom Kaczynski Signing in Seattle, WA

  • Graphic Novels as Gifts 2012: Comics Real and Surreal

    From Chris Ware's virtuoso Building Stories to Scott Snyder's New 52 Batman: Court of Owls, this year's look at comics and graphic novels for gifts offers something to please everyone on your list.

  • Diamond Expands Publisher Programs

    Amidst a generally jaunty mood over continued strong sales, Diamond Comics Distributors held its retailer appreciation breakfast and announced an expansion of several retailer programs.

  • ICV2: Digital, Comics Sales Up for 2012; Manga Down

    Comics sales have held steady in the first half of 2012, led by periodicals and digital, while graphic novels are still recovering from the Borders implosion but should be up by the end of the year. These were among the industry trends covered at the ICv2 Comics and Digital conference held ahead of New York Comic-Con.

  • PW Announces Webcast on How Comics are Evolving in the Digital World

    PW looks at how digital is shaping the future of comics in the latest PW webcast. On November 16 join Publishers Weekly Senior News Editor Calvin Reid as he hosts a panel of industry experts from Ingram, Graphic Universe, Viz Media and Papercutz to explore the future of comics and graphic novels.

  • Tr!ckster Settles in Berkeley

    Following a successful run as a pop-up store, Tr!ckster is opening a permanent base in Berkeley.

  • Marvel Smash! Sean Howe on Marvel’s Hectic History of Heroes

    Sean Howe's Marvel Comics: The Untold Story separates fact from fiction and controversy from concord in charting the history of the company that has risen from the days of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to creating billion dollar franchises for Disney.

  • Upcoming Comics Events: 10/09/2012

    10/11-10/14 New York Comic Con, 10/13 Walking Dead Exhibit, 10/17 Ex Sanguine Release Party.

  • Comics Reviews: October 2012

    New books from Los Bros. Hernandez, Gabrielle Bell, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples and Glyn Dillon highlight the month.

  • Panel Mania: August Moon

    In the town of Calico, the townspeople believe you can see the "Soul Fires" of the dead in the night sky. When young Fiona Gan and her father move to the town, she discovers the depths of the town's mysteries including a boy who claims to be from the moon and a rabbit creature in an alley. However, as the Soul Fire festival approaches, a creepy corporation starts to bulldoze the nearby forests. August Moon is written and drawn by Diana Thung and will be released by Top Shelf in October.

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