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CTL+ALT+DEL Moves to Bookstores

by Stephanie Mangold | 04/14/2009 @ 06:42PM

Already collected in self-published form, the popular webcomic CLT+ALT+DLT is getting a new bookstore push via a series of new editions.
April Comics Bestsellers

By Calvin Reid | 04/14/2009 @ 05:30PM

Jeff Kinney’s Last Straw rules the top slot; Naruto takes slots 2-6; Bone: Crown of Horns is #10 and Watchmen tops backlist.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 04/14/2009 @ 05:07PM

Secret Identity Caught in #amazonfail; CBLDF, Stumptown Benefit; New York Anime Festival Registration; Green Lantern Movie Release; Marvel Marketing Tool; Viz Unveils Virtual Merchandise; and Smith Comic Goes Melville
DC Takes Jeremy Love’s Bayou from Web to Print

By Ada Price | 04/07/2009 @ 09:30PM

Zuda.com is releasing a print version of Jeremy Love’s Bayou in June—the first printed book-format work to be released by the online site.
Emerald City Brings In the Green

By Douglas Wolk | 04/07/2009 @ 09:29PM

Emerald City ComiCon, held at Seattle's Washington State Convention Center April 4 and 5, is rapidly becoming one of the staples of the comics convention circuit.
Superman, Super Teacher: Using Comics to Teach Reading

by Jennifer de Guzman | 04/07/2009 @ 09:27PM

Once in a while, you meet someone whose pure enjoyment of comic books is so uncomplicated that you're both delighted and envious. For me, one of those people is Gary Shapiro, who was a fellow student in the San Jose State University graduate creative writing program.
Colorful Kim Dong Hwa is A Big New Voice in American Comics

by Kate Culkin | 04/07/2009 @ 07:28PM

When first published in 2003, The Color of Earth was a milestone in manhwa (Korean comics). The initial volume of Kim Dong Hwa’s trilogy tracing the life of a young girl in nineteenth-century Korea was noteworthy for its complex portrayal of women and its popularity with both male and female readers.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 04/06/2009 @ 10:04PM

2009 Eisner Award Nominees; Vertigo Crime Arrives in August; Swamp Thing Reviewed on NPR; Winick’s Pedro and Me Reissued; 60’s Spidey Toon Free Online; Free Naruto Preview; Comics 101 Primer; YA Author Goes Graphic; Bristol Comic Expo and Small Press Expo; New Geary Treasury of Murder; and Vampire D3 Contest
Yen Press Launches Toxic Planet Comic Online

By Calvin Reid | 04/06/2009 @ 02:28PM

Yen Press, Hachette Book Group’s graphic novel imprint, will first unveil French cartoonist David Ratte’s satirical/environmental graphic novel, Toxic Planet, as a webcomic in effort to build an audience for the book’s English-language publication in August.
Failing Diamond Minimum, Asylum Press Offers Title Direct

By Calvin Reid | 04/06/2009 @ 01:27PM

Indie comics publisher Asylum Press has been forced to distribute the latest issue of its tongue-in-cheek adventure comic, Fearless Dawn, direct to retailers after the issue failed to meet Diamond Comics Distributors’ new minimum order.
The Boys Blow up at Dynamite

by Sam Thielman | 03/31/2009 @ 08:45PM

The Boys and writer Garth Ennis have found a happy home at Dynamite Entertainment, with 100,000 copies of various Boys collections in print.
10 Years and Counting At AiT/Planet Lar

By Ada Price | 03/31/2009 @ 08:43PM

San Francisco indie comics publisher AiT/Planet Lar celebrated it’s 10th anniversary in March.
Carol Tyler Recalls “A Good and Decent Man”

by Sasha Watson | 03/31/2009 @ 08:42PM

Cartoonist Carol Tyler’s father, Chuck, is a regular guy. He’s gruff and he’s loyal and he builds things. In her new graphic novel, You’ll Never Know: A Good and Decent Man, Tyler begins to tell Chuck’s story, which is also, of course, her story.
Stan Mack Revisits the American Revolution

by Calvin Reid | 03/31/2009 @ 06:44PM

Cartoonist, children’s book author and pioneering graphic novel creator Stan Mack has teamed with writer/editor Susan Champlin to create a four book series of fictional graphic novels for Bloomsbury that are aimed at 10-14 year-old readers and set during important American historical periods.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 03/30/2009 @ 10:22PM

Book Review Comic by Bechdel; New Runaways Creators Revealed; S. Clay Wilson Needs Help; Hernandez and Sakai Signing; Bleach, Naruto Movies on iTunes; Secret Identity Launch Party; War of Kings #1 Free Online and Princess Diana in Female Force
Panelmania: Remake

Compiled by Laura Hudson | 03/30/2009 @ 05:39PM

A robot boy named Max Guy battles bookstore shoppers in this exclusive 6-page preview of Remake, a collection of comics by Lamar Abrams that mixes manga-style action with pure absurdity. Remake will be released by Adhouse Books in May.
Upbeat ComicsPro Confab Generates Optimism

By Heidi MacDonald | 03/24/2009 @ 06:45PM

The four day annual ComicsPRO convention brings together about 100 retailers dedicated to uniting the comics retail segment to address issues and solve problems.
First New England Webcomics Weekend a Big Success

by David Gallaher | 03/24/2009 @ 06:44PM

Creators, hobbyists, and the intellectually curious came from across the country to participate in Webcomics Weekend, which was held on March 20 - 22 in Easthampton, Massachusetts.
Chmakova’s Nightschool is First In Its Class

By Brigid Alverson | 03/24/2009 @ 06:43PM

One of a handful of non-Japanese original manga creators who have achieved both critical and commercial success, Svetlana Chmakova is now releasing the first volume of Nightschool, a new original manga series that will be published by Yen Press in April.
Guibert Revisits War in The Photographer

By Kate Culkin | 03/24/2009 @ 06:42PM

First Second Books and artist Emmanuel Guibert have again teamed up to bring to the U.S. graphic novel market The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders, another tale of a life shaped by war.

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