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Comics Briefly
Lolita Fashion at NYAF; Third Volume of Plain Janes; Obama and McCain Bios from IDW; Fantagraphics August Events; David B. from NBM; Typhon Signing at Jim Hanley’s and Sam Henderson at Desert Island
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Publishers Find Fans and Trends at Comic-Con
Every year more traditional book publishers make the pilgrimage to the San Diego Comic-Con International, and 2008 was no exception. Harry N. Abrams used the 2008 Comic-Con to launch Abrams ComicArts, a new imprint for comics and comics-related books; Del Rey has come to Comic-Con for years to promote fantasy and sci-fi titles and, more recently, a burgeoning manga program; and DK Publishing st...
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Comic-Con International 2008 Bursts at the Seams
Once you got past the glitz, the foundation of Comic-Con was still visible and sold quite well.
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San Diego Is Manga Country
This year's San Diego Comic-Con drew some of the newest and hottest manga creators in Japan and set them down in San Diego to meet their American fans.
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San Diego and the Future of Comic-Con
This year’s Comic-Con International was another impressive showing, but all the great features of Comic-Con become moot if you can’t buy a ticket to the show or find a hotel room.
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Devil’s Due lands Humanoids and Triggerstreet
French publishing giant Humanoids is making a reappearance on US shelves thanks to a new deal with Devil’s Due. The announcement was made at a panel on Saturday at the San Diego Comic-Con.
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Photo Mania Comic-Con International: San Diego
Photos of the events and personalities at the San Diego Comic-Con 2008
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Comics Briefly: San Diego Comic-Con 2008
Comic-con Briefly: Broccoli Looks at the Market; Yaoi Works for DMP; Big Ambitions at Netcomics; ‘Surrogates’ Sequel from Venditti; Wright Shows Off ‘Spore’; Mobile Comics, ClickWheel; iPhone Format for Uclick; Black Panel Represents; Black Panther on B.E.T.; Eisner For Rutu Modan; Mondo Marvel and Barbara Vey Does Comic-con
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San Diego Comic-Con 2008: Bigger and Better
Once again, the annual San Diego Comic-Con, held July 24-27, can only be described as bigger and better than ever.
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Kochman To Head New Abrams Comics Imprint
In Spring 2009, Harry N. Abrams will launch Abrams ComicArts, a sub-imprint specializing in comics and comics related books, headed by executive editor Charles Kochman.
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Gerard Way Unfolds His Second ‘Umbrella’
Dark Horse announced that alt-rocker Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá would be re-teaming for a second Umbrella Academy miniseries, The Scarecrow Blues, beginning in November. And Way's got plans for the project far beyond that.
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Boom! Launches Disney Imprint
Boom! Studios announced the formation of Zoom, a new children's comic book imprint for licensed Disney properties, at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. The new line, which launches in spring 2009, will publish original comics based on Pixar films and The Muppet Show.
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Darwyn Cooke to Adapt Parker Novels
Eisner Award-winning artist Darwyn Cooke will adapt the first four Parker novels by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake, a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America) as graphic novels, IDW announced today. The adaptations will be released at a rate of one every two years, starting in 2009 with The Hunter.
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Photo Mania
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More Crowds, More Comics at San Diego
Giant crowds and movie stars eclipsed some of the comics news at the 2008 Comic-Con International in San Diego
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Let The Madness Begin: Comic-Con Preview Night 2008
Hordes of pre-registered fans crowded the floor of Comic-Con during the three hour Preview Night.
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Joe Kubert: A Busy Man
Though he'll turn 82 later this year, Joe Kubert maintains the schedule of a hungry, young artist. As many as seven days a week, Kubert will go to his School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in New Jersey to either teach a class or work on an overflowing slate of projects.
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The Fabulous Freak Brothers Return
This August, the U.K. comics publisher, Knockabout Comics will publish a massive 40th anniversary Freak Brothers Omnibus, a 624-page leviathan of laughs, straight from the mind of creator Gilbert Shelton.
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DC Finally Finishes Eisner’s The Spirit
For followers of Will Eisner's The Spirit, it's a bittersweet time: 1952 all over again. After eight years, DC Comics has completed a mammoth-scale archival project that none of Eisner's other publishers had even attempted: they've reprinted—in color restored to Eisner's specifications—the entire 12-year run of the character's groundbreaking newspaper-strip adventures.
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Prophecy Fighters: Nostradamus and The Foundation
One-part Da Vinci Code and two parts X-Files, The Foundation is a story about the prophet Nostradamus and a secret organization founded to prevent his predictions from coming true. The book will be published by Boom! Studios in September.



