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Jim Lee, Dan DiDio Named Copublishers of DC Comics

Calvin Reid | 02/18/2010 @ 04:29PM

DC Entertainment has named acclaimed comics artist Jim Lee and DC Universe senior v-p and executive editor Dan DiDio as copublishers of DC Comics, the comics division and publisher of Superman, Batman, and other classic comics characters.
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Ada Price | 02/17/2010 @ 10:22PM

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Azzarello Reinvents Pulp Icons & Superheroes in 'First Wave'

By Kiel Phegley | 02/16/2010 @ 06:25PM

On March 3rd, DC Comics kicks off a new fictional universe built on a combination of two sturdy adventure concepts: classic pulp icons including Doc Savage and the Avenger and hardboiled superheroes from Batman to the Spirit. Or as writer Brian Azzarello put it, "The number one draw is 'Let's do a superhero book with no super powers.'"
MacDonald Relaunches Comics News Blog, The Beat

By Calvin Reid | 02/16/2010 @ 06:24PM

Heidi MacDonald has moved her poppuar comics news blog, The Beat, to its own web domain and will focus the site on a newly transformed (and still transforming) comics industry.
Gods, Man and Comics: George O’Connor’s Olympians

By Steve Bunche | 02/16/2010 @ 06:23PM

For many kids, the gods of Greek mythology are every bit as exciting as the superheroes seen in comic books and on TV. Now, with the release of George O'Connor's graphic novels Zeus: King of the Gods (First Second, Jan.) and Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess (Apr.), the gods look the part. O'Connor spoke with PW Comics Week about his visual inspiration for the books, the relationship between modern superheroes and their mythical predecessors, and how he dealt with the less PC aspects of the myths.
February Comics Bestsellers

By Calvin Reid | 02/16/2010 @ 06:22PM

Two of Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid series, Dog Days and Last Straw, rule the top two slots; followed by Viz’s Yu-Gi-Oh! GX vol. 4; R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis and Naruto Vol. 47. Next up is Full Metal Alchemist, Vol. 22 at #7; followed by Zombie Survival Guide; Yen Press’s Black Butler, Vol. 1 and Warriors: Shattered Peace.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by kate Fitzsimons | 02/16/2010 @ 06:11PM
Comics Review: 2/5/2010

by PW Staff | 02/16/2010 @ 05:00AM

A post apocalytic comedy and Stan Lee's Manga collaboration are reviewed this week.
Panel Mania: Foiled

Compiled by Ada Price | 02/15/2010 @ 04:10PM

Foiled is the first graphic novel by the young adult and children's writer, Jane Yolen. The art is by Mike Cavallaro. Aliera Carstairs is a talented fencer who dosen't fit in at school, but that changes when the handsome new boy, Avery Castle, arrives at school. Foiled will be published by First Second in April.
Diamond's Thresholds a Year Later

by MK Reed | 02/09/2010 @ 08:30PM

On January 16th, 2009, Diamond announced a policy change that would have a huge impact on the comics market: the threshold for orders on new products was bumped up from $1500 to $2500, and fewer items would be relisted after their initial offering. In the year since, the change has had far reaching effects.
Viz Signature and Manga for Grownups

By Brigid Alverson | 02/09/2010 @ 08:29PM

Viz Media editorial manager Leyla Aker took some time to talk with PW Comics Week about the thinking behind the Signature line and Viz’s plans for SigIKKI, an online comics site that also targets older readers, as well as what is in the works for Viz Signature in 2010.
Funnies Business: Big Cross-Over Events and the Barrier Method

by Todd Allen | 02/09/2010 @ 08:28PM

You ever notice how hard it is these days to pick up a single comic title from Marvel or DC? And by single a comic title, I mean picking up one series that isn’t crossing over with several other titles a couple times each year and only comes out once a month. If you want to avoid bulk purchases, this plague of crossovers amounts to a barrier to entry for readers.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 02/09/2010 @ 03:38PM
Libraries, Graphic Novels and PW Comics Week

The Editors | 02/09/2010 @ 03:27PM

In this issue we’re teaming up with our colleagues at Library Journal and School Library Journal to launch Libraries and Graphic Novels, a new content category at PW Comics Week that will highlight news and information on comics and graphic novels specifically aimed at libraries.
Panel Mania: Ben 10: Alien Force

Compiled by Ada Price | 02/08/2010 @ 06:51PM

Ben 10: Alien Force, written by Peter David with art by Dan Hipp, is based on the Cartoon Network show. After an interstellar wreck is attacked by the Forever Knights, determined to steal alien technology, Ben is sent to a strange realm with a bounty hunter who is after him. Ben 10 will be released by Del Rey on February 23rd.
It’s Here! Comics Publishers Respond to Apple’s iPad

By Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald | 02/02/2010 @ 10:15PM

Last week Apple CEO Steven Jobs finally unveiled the iPad, Apple’s much anticipated multimedia computing and reading device, and there was much discussion among comics publishers and fans about what the device will mean for the future of digital comics.
Abrams to Publish Deluxe Simpsons Futurama Collection

by Calvin Reid | 02/02/2010 @ 10:14PM

If you happen to like the Simpsons and Futurama—and really, who doesn’t?—then you’re going to love Matt Groening’s, The Simpson Futurama Crossover Crisis, a deluxe slip-cased hardcover that collects two periodical mini-series originally published in 2002 and 2005 that will be released in April by Abrams' ComicsArt imprint. The book will have a first printing of 100,000 copies worldwide.
Kevin Smith Gets Dynamic with Green Hornet

By Heidi MacDonald | 02/02/2010 @ 10:13PM

Kevin Smith is best known as the director of such slacker classics as Clerks and Dogma, but he has been successfully moonlighting as a comics writer for years, working on such heroes as Green Arrow, Bat-Man and Daredevil. Now his two roles are coming together as he adapts his unproduced Green Hornet screenplay into a 10-issue mini series for Dynamite Entertainment, which debuts in March.
Teaching and Drawing: James Sturm Returns with Market Day

by Sasha Watson | 02/02/2010 @ 10:12PM

Like so many creative professionals, James Sturm wears more than one hat. Both a dedicated comics educator and a critically acclaimed cartoonist, Sturm is publishing a new work of fiction, Market Day, which will be released this spring by Drawn and Quarterly.
Life in Comics: Comics and Baby Talk

by Jennifer de Guzman | 02/01/2010 @ 11:37PM

I have to admit that comics have not been occupying a lot of my brain space for the past couple of weeks. That is because my husband (and comics collaborator) Brian and I welcomed our first child, Mateo, into the world on January 15. Since then, most of my time and thoughts are occupied with taking care of Mateo and calculating when I can next sleep.

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