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Underground Comix and the Transformation of the American Comic Book
This revolutionary era of underground comics is preserved and celebrated with great aplomb in Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics into Comix by co-authors James Danky and Denis Kitchen, published this month by Abrams ComicsArts.
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Panelmania: Anime Boston 2009
This past weekend, PWCW roamed the floor of the Hynes Convention Center in Boston to bring back lively photographs of the exhibitors and attendees at this year’s Anime Boston convention. Photos are by Erin Finnegan.
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Comics Briefly
Carol Burrell to Draw Kindred GN; CBLDF Membership Drive; Guilty Plea on Manga Obscenity Case; 2008 Reuben Awards; This Week @ Good Comics for Kids and This Week @ The Beat
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Viz Media Launches IKKI, New Online Magazine Venture
In the wake of the cancellation of its print Shojo Beat manga fan magazine, manga and anime publisher Viz Media will launch IKKI, a new online magazine venture that will be used as promotional vehicle and to launch new works and to solicit feedback on whether to release some titles in print.
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Viz Cancels 'Shojo Beat' Manga Teen Mag
Viz Media has cancelled Shojo Beat, a 3 year-old manga fan magazine that doubled as marketing vehicle for Viz manga titles, and the July issue will be the last.
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Fantagraphics to Publish Lincoln Butterfield Graphic Novel
Seattle-based indie comics publisher Fantagraphics Books and animation developer Lincoln Butterfield have agreed to collaborate on the publication of a graphic novel based on RIP, M.D., an animated cartoon series in development by Lincoln Butterfield.
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New Venue for ECBACC ’09; Same Good Vibe
The venue was new and the main speaker, filmmaker Kevin Grevioux, had to cancel but the spirit of conviviality was undimmed at the 20009 East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention held May 16 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Philadelphia.
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Comics Publishers Turn to Discounted Single Issues
DC Comics and Dynamite Entertainment are two publishers that are using the comics shop specialty market to offer specially discounted promotional periodical issues that they hope will appeal to consumers looking for a bit more value for their comics dollar.
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A New Century; A New Publisher for Alan Moore’s LOEG
The first two volumes of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, chronicled a world in which characters out of 19th century fiction are real people. In the third volume, they turn to the 20th century.
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Panelmania: Far Arden
In his search for the mythic artic paradise Far Arden, Army Shanks fights off numerous obstacles such as the half polar bear man in this preview of Far Arden by Kevin Cannon. The book will be released Top Shelf on May 29th.
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Papercutz to Publish Disney Fairies Graphic Novels
Papercutz, a New York City-based graphic novel publisher focused on teen readers, has reached an agreement to produce a series of graphic novels based on Disney Fairies, a series of bestselling prose chapter books drawn from the novels of Gail Carson Levine and constructed around the well-known Disney fairy character Tinker Bell.
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Webcomics, Storytelling and Books from 'Smith' Online Magazine
Launched as a website specializing in “personal passionate storytelling,” the online magazine Smith has managed to become a platform for a series of webcomics based on eccentric and personal narratives.
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival Emphasizes the Arts
Cartooning legends from around the world mingled with enthusiastic readers at the fourth Toronto Comics Arts Festival, held May 9-10 at the Toronto Reference Library. The biannual show drew crowds estimated to be in excess of the previous year’s 6,000 attendees, though official numbers will not be available until the end of the week.
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A World of Japanese Pop Culture at Japan Society
An exhiibition transforms the Japan Society gallery halls into something like an impromptu Japanese manga café.
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McNally Jackson Books: Turn, Turn, Turn
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.
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Comics Briefly
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IDW Hires Webber to Oversee E-publishing
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.
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PEN World Fest Shows Off Comics Artists
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.
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Swedish Small Press Expo Spotlights Growing Scene
Sweden’s Small Press Expo is a state-sponsored program which invited members from around the globe to participate.
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Life in Comics: Free Comic Book Day in the Boutiki
The author looks at the lessons of the this years Free Comic Book Day at SLG's Boutiki retail store.
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