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  • Comics Briefly - 1/21/09

    Diamond Raises Order Minimums; Kyle Baker Comic Free Online; Golden Apple Comics Owner Interviewed; Satrapi and Ware Onstage; and Brevoort hosts "Take My Trade!"

  • NYCC Weathers Economic Storm

    Now in its fourth year, New York Comic-Con, scheduled for February 6—8, stands as the second biggest comics/pop culture expo in the U.S. and the fourth largest event in New York City (following the International Auto Show, the International Orchid Show and the New York City Marathon). This year's Comic-Con brings together a high-powered mix of cartoonists, publishers, movie companies, vi...

  • Metropolitan Books Publishes Waltz with Bashir—the Graphic Novel

    Metropolitan Books will publish a full-color graphic novel adaptation of Israeli director Ari Folman’s much acclaimed animated documentary, Waltz with Bashir, in February.

  • Grant Morrison, Batman and the Superhero Genre

    For more than 20 Years, the Scotish comics writer Grant Morrison has been regarded as one of the most original and inventive writers in the comics medium.

  • Antix Goes for the Laughs

    What may have come to Francis Lombard and Shawn Walker in a heat-induced dream has evolved into a full-fledged comic company called Antix Press. Antix made their official debut in October at the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco; with new titles chock full of comedic value. Whereas most new comics companies have been staying in the action adventure mode, Lombard and Walker identified a lack of humor comics on the market and decided to base their new company around that genre.

  • Comics Briefly

    NYCC Schedule Posted; Cosplay Across Japan Tour; Caroline Kennedy Comic; Jaffe, Feiffer, Pekar Onstage; NPR Reviews ‘Omega the Unknown’; Pekar Opera Staged; and Archie Origin Story

  • Bottomless Tops PW Comics Week's Third Annual Critic's Poll

    Bottomless Belly Button topped PWCW's third annual critics' poll.

  • Top 10 Manga for 2008

    PWCW's manga editor picks her best manga of 2008.

  • Comics in the Classroom

    Long ghettoized—even demonized—in North America as puerile and pulpy, both “comic books” (traditional comics periodicals) and book-format graphic novels are now being used in both k—12 and higher education classrooms as everything from early developmental reading tools to serious literary texts.

  • January Comics Bestsellers

    Jeffy Kinney's Diary of A Wimpy Kid rolls on at #1; followed by the Azzarello/Bermejo Joker and Fables volume 11 (at #6) both from DC Comics; DK's Marvel Chronicle is at #9 and Dark Horse's Buffy the Vampire Season 8 volume 3 is at #10

  • Opening the Disney Archives

    The Walt Disney Animation Studios—The Archive Seriesmade its debut in November with the publication of Story (Disney Editions, $50.00), a handsome 272-page hardcover collection of story art created for Disney films over nearly 80 years.

  • Comics Briefly

    Grant Morrison at NYCC; Stan Goldberg at MoCCA; Preview of 08: Campaign Diary; Best of the Best of 2008 lists; KA-BAAM!! Superheroes on Stage; Kevin Smith's LA Comic Store Closing and The Beat’s Year End Survey

  • Uslan and DeSanto Catch the Spirit

    From February through April, DC's The Spirit series will have a guest writing team: Michael Uslan and F.J. DeSanto, the producers of the Frank Miller-directed Spirit movie that's opening this month.

  • Coming Home: A Comic for Military Families

    Working in collaboration with the U.S. Defense Department, Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon, the creators of The 9/11 Report: A Graphic adaptation, have created Coming Home, a comic designed to educate returning service members on the stresses and difficulties of the transition from combat duty back to domestic life.

  • Craddock Mambos onto Graphic Novel Scene with Stone Rabbit Series

    In Eric Craddock's Stone Rabbit: BC Mambo, a bored little bunny finds himself transported into prehistoric times, leading to a Jurassic journey of mischief and morals. “It’s kind of one zany adventure after another,” said Craddock.

  • Comics Briefly

    Nick Mag Comics Awards; Archie Comics Gets New Management; New Rep Groups for Diamond Book; Today Show Picks Wimpy Kid; Paul Sizer Signs B.P.M; Dark Reign Trailer; Sandman Cover for Rain Taxi; Penny Arcade at NYCC; and Go! Comi Gets New Distributor

  • Panelmania: Gantz Vol. 3

    The survivors of the first round of Gantz's deadly hunt return to their normal lives -- but not for long -- in this 17-page preview from the third volume of Hiroya Oku's Gantz, out from Dark Horse Comics in January.

  • uclick Hopes to Roll Out Hundreds of Comics for iPhone

    uclick is making comics from Image, IDW, Papercuts and Cartoon Books availble for download via iTunes for iPhones and iPods.

  • Comics Briefly

    Abrams to Publish Mouly, Spiegleman Title; NYCC Screens Wonder Wonder Animated Film; TwoMorrows Cancels Write Now!; NPR’s Best GNs of 2008; New NBM Blog ; Asylum Distribution Deal; Bluewater’s 10th Muse Returns; Star Trek Comics on iPhone; Rob Liefeld at Midtown Comics; and Fanfare Distribution; Disappearance Diary Hailed

  • New Norton Editions of Classic Eisner Fiction

    W. W. Norton has published new trade paperback editions of four semi-autobiographical fictional works by the late comics master Will Eisner.

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