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Layoffs at Diamond, DC Comics, Top Cow

By Heidi MacDonald | 01/23/2009 @ 08:49PM

Several comics and graphic novel companies announced layoffs and cutbacks, among them Diamond Comics Distributors, DC Comics and California comics publisher Top Cow.
Graphic Sales Grow at Denver’s Tattered Cover

By Judith Rosen | 01/20/2009 @ 09:15PM

Graphic novel sales at independent Denver bookseller the Tattered Cover's three stores are bigger than both Romance and philosophy sales.
Life in Comics# 11: What Women Want

by Jennifer de Guzman | 01/20/2009 @ 09:14PM

Do women need superheroes as role mdels? Should they? Our columnist looks at the debate currently raging.
Grant Morrison, Final Crisis, and the Superhero Genre

By Jeffery Klaehn | 01/20/2009 @ 09:10PM

In part 2 of an interview with acclaimed superhero comics writer Grant Morrison, PWCW talks about Morrison’s work on DC’s Final Crisis series, a new Batman series in the spring and new work to be published by Vertigo.
Living and Drawing in the Subway

By Calvin Reid | 01/20/2009 @ 05:33PM

Youme Landowne, a white female artist, met Anthony Horton, a black homeless artist, on a subway platform and the result is Pitch Black, a childrens graphic novel.
Comics Briefly - 1/21/09

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 01/19/2009 @ 10:22PM

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

By Heidi Macdonald | 01/19/2009 @ 07:00AM

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

By Calvin Reid | 01/13/2009 @ 08:30PM

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

By Jeffery Klaehn | 01/13/2009 @ 08:29PM

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

by Stephanie Mangold | 01/13/2009 @ 06:28PM

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

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 01/13/2009 @ 04:59PM

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

| 01/06/2009 @ 11:30PM

Bottomless Belly Button topped PWCW's third annual critics' poll.
Top 10 Manga for 2008

By Kai-Ming Cha | 01/06/2009 @ 11:29PM

PWCW's manga editor picks her best manga of 2008.
Comics in the Classroom

by Laura Hudson | 01/06/2009 @ 11:28PM

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

By Calvin Reid | 01/06/2009 @ 11:27PM

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

By Peter Sanderson | 01/06/2009 @ 11:26PM

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

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 01/06/2009 @ 11:25PM

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

By Douglas Wolk | 12/16/2008 @ 03:50PM

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

By Ada Price | 12/16/2008 @ 03:49PM

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

By Stephanie Mangold | 12/16/2008 @ 03:48PM

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.

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