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New Graphic Novel, Film from Melvin Van Peebles
Acclaimed film director, actor, playwright and composer, Melvin Van Peebles, director of the groundbreaking 1971 black film Sweet Sweetback’s Badass Song, is teaming up with Brooklyn indie Akashic Books to publish, Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchyfooted Mutha, a graphic novel created by Van Peebles and the odd-named artist Caktus Tree…? that was also the basis for a new film that Van Peebles will screen this summer.
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Comics Briefly
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Finder Ties Comic To Novel
Late last year, bestselling thriller writer Joseph Finder was walking around Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, and ran into “a couple of guys” from DC Comics. He had just finished Vanished, a novel coming out this August featuring a young alienated teenager who is creating his own comic book.
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MoCCA Festival's Heated Success
Overcoming some administrative snafus and a lack of air conditioning, this year's MoCCA festival was another successful show for indie comics, with long-awaited major works—David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp, Seth's George Sprott—vying with unexpected treats—Kazimir Strzepek's The Mourning Star #2—and a wealth of foreign cartoonists showing off their chops.
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The Wages of Sinfest
After nearly 10 years of writing and drawing Sinfest, a popular satirical webcomic about angels, devils, sex and politics, Tatsuya Ishida is publishing a book collection of the strip due from Dark Horse this month.
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Terry Moore Talks Echo; SiP Omnibus and More
Terry Moore prepares to release a three-volume hardcover Strangers in Paradise omnibus at San Diego Comic Con, while he also publishes the sci-fi romance/thriller, Echo.
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Comics Briefly
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Sales, Temperatures Sizzle at MoCCA 2009
Despite having to overcome the daunting combination of a new venue, an overheated hall and organizational gaffes, this year’s MoCCA Art Festival drew impressive crowds and offered another vibrant display of the state of indie comics and graphic novel publishing.
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Photo Mania: MoCCA Art Festival 2009
Pictures from the 2009 MoCCA Art Festival at the Lexington Avenue Armory
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BookExpo America 2009 Remains Strong for Comics Publishers
The book publishing industry may be in a crisis over the future of BookExpo America, but you couldn’t tell that from talking to comics and graphic novel publishers at the show. Comics publishers big and small seemed to have nothing but praise for this year’s BEA, citing a steady stream of foot traffic, meetings, deals and new opportunities during the show.
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Q&A: Geoff Johns Prepares for 'Blackest Night'
One of DC's biggest sales successes is the revitalization of their space-bound hero Green Lantern. Driven by fan-favorite writer Geoff Johns, test pilot Hal Jordan and his fellow Green Lanterns square off against an army of multi-colored Lantern Corps in the epic Blackest Night, and Johns opened up about building an accessible mythology with an emotional base and Green Lantern's potential for success as a Hollywood blockbuster.
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Archaia: Back In Business
Best known as the publisher of David Petersen’s Mouse Guard, Archaia Studios Press is back in the publishing mix after being acquired by Kunoichi Inc., an American media and entertainment company, late last year.
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Life in Comics: Taking Some Quiet Time Before the Con
Whether you're a fan or professional, sometimes you need a Fortress of Solitude to get away from all the hype.
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Comics Briefly
IDW Announces Robert Bloch Collection; Tezuka’s Swallowing the Earth; The Original Human Torch; IFC, Dash Shaw Web Animation; Alan Moore's Future Shocks on iTunes; Madman Atomic Comics to End; Cartoon Art Museum Classes; Comics @ Impact University; This Week @ Good Comics for Kids; Gerberg Wins; Reuben; and This Week @ The Beat
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PhotoMania: BookExpo America 2009
BookExpo America 2009 received and enthusiastic response from comics publishers and here are a few photographs of comics artists and publishers at the show..
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BookExpo America 2009: IDW Announces Robert Bloch Collection
Continuing its efforts in literary/graphic novel crossovers, IDW Publishing has announced a major licensing agreement with the estate of acclaimed author Robert Bloch. IDW has the rights to develop 100 of Bloch’s short stories for various formats, to be known as the Robert Bloch Collection.
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Eckhart Tolle and MUTTS Creator Become Co-Authors
Three years ago, MUTTS comic strip creator Patrick McDonnell became interested in the work of Power of Now author Eckhart Tolle, and modeled one of his Sunday color comics on the cover of Tolle’s book Stillness Speaks. The comics artist decided to approach Tolle about working on a project together, and in October, Tolle’s publisher, New World Library, will release Guardians of Being, coauthored by Tolle and McDonnell.
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BookExpo America 2009: Despite No-Shows, Many Comics, Graphic Novels at BEA
This year BEA will have fewer attendees, fewer galleys and reduced booth space for many giant publishers, but graphic novel publishers will still be there.
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Anime Boston Brings Out Manga Publishers, Fans
Held last weekend, Anime Boston attaracted more than 15,000 people, an increase over last year's attendance.
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EW's Jeff Jensen Examines the Green River Killer
Jeff Jensen is widely known as an Entertainment Weekly reporter, but his father, Tom Jensen, was the primary investigator into the Green River Killer, who murdered more than 40 women in the Seattle area in the 1980s and 1990s.
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