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Comics Briefly

Compiled by Ada Price | 04/14/2008 @ 09:44PM

Eisner Awards Nominees; NYAF Dates Changed; Lulu Awards at MoCCA; ABC Events At BEA; Villard to Publish Unique; Death Note Movie; and Last Sam and Max Episode
Marvel, Harper Debut Spidey Kids' Books

by Calvin Reid | 04/14/2008 @ 03:01PM

Marvel Comics and HarperCollins Children's Books are teaming up to launch a reading program based around Marvel's popular character Spider-Man. The new line, called simply, Spider-Man, will release its first titles in winter 2009; it will focus on a variety of children's formats, including beginning readers, story books, chapter books, phonics sets and novelty publications.
Anjali Singh

by Calvin Reid | 04/14/2008 @ 12:00AM

Anjali Singh isn't a baseball player, but it can be said that she hit a home run in her first big league at bat. In 2003, before she'd settled into her first editorial job at Vintage Books, Singh managed to acquire an unusual autobiography by a young Iranian woman living in France. Even more unusual the book, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, was a work of comics and told the story of Satrapi's childhood--a young Iranian girl attracted to Western culture growing up under conservative Islamic strictures during the Iranian revolution.
Salt Water Taffy: Tall Tales of Giant Lobsters

By Wil Moss | 04/08/2008 @ 03:16PM

Matthew Loux, the writer-artist of 2006’s Sidescrollers, a video game-themed romp that was named one of the “10 Best Graphic Novels for Teens,” returns to the scene with Salt Water Taffy, an all-ages series from Oni Press about two young brothers battling lobsters in Maine.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Ada Price | 04/08/2008 @ 02:46PM

Movie Previews at NYCC; Toon Books Second Printing; Templesmith IDW Exclusive; Bristol Comic Expo; Desert Peach Online ; Jules Feiffer at the Strand; Karasick and Newgarden Sign; TwoMorrows’ Podcasts ; New A.D. Chapters; and March Zuda Winner
April Comics Bestsellers

By Calvin Reid | 04/08/2008 @ 02:34PM

Rodrick Rules continues at #1, followed by Naruto vol. 28 at #2 and Fruits Basket vol. 19 at #3. This month there's a new Anita Blake volume, The First Death at # 6,
Viz, Stan Lee Team to Launch New Japanese Series

By Kai-Ming Cha | 04/08/2008 @ 02:00PM

Viz Media and Shaman King creator Hiroyuki Takei are teaming up with the legendary Stan Lee to create a new manga series for the Japanese comics market.
Marvel’s Viral Marketing Invasion

By Laura Hudson | 04/08/2008 @ 02:00PM

Thanks in part to an unprecedented marketing campaign that generated big buzz on the internet, Secret Invasion, the latest Marvel Comics crossover event, launched last Wednesday to strong initial sales.
Johnny Bunko: Manga Takes Care of Business

By Kai-Ming Cha | 04/08/2008 @ 01:59PM

New York Times bestselling business writer Daniel Pink has written TheAdventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need. Johnny Bunko, very likely the first American conceived and illustrated (by artist Rob Ten Pas) business manga.
The Historical Roots of Manga

By Kai-Ming Cha | 04/08/2008 @ 01:58PM

Professor Brigitte Koyama-Richard has written One Thousand Years of Manga, a new history that traces the roots of manga to the 12century.
DramaQueen Relaunches

By Brigid Alverson | 04/01/2008 @ 06:38PM

Houston-based yaoi publisher DramaQueen has not published a title since September 2007. But the house has been reorganized; taken on a new financial investor and plans to release a new batch of titles in May.
Kids, Parents Turnout for Kids Comic-Con 2008

by Calvin Reid | 04/01/2008 @ 04:40PM

Hundreds of kids and their parents from all around the New York City metro area converged on the campus of the Bronx Community College this past weekend for the second annual Kids Comic Con held all day Saturday, March 29.
Life in Comics #2: Finding Comics in the “Real” World

by Jennifer de Guzman | 04/01/2008 @ 04:39PM

The author searches for well known graphic novels in a comics shop, a book store and a library and reports on her findings.
Del Rey Tells Mashima's Fairy Tail

By Kai-Ming Cha | 03/31/2008 @ 06:13PM

Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail, an irreverent story filled with silly, slapstick humor about young wizards, and Del Rey Manga hopes it will be a big hit.
Tanaka Keeps Time

By Ian Brill | 03/31/2008 @ 06:12PM

Veronique Tanaka uses a unique storytelling style of 16-panel pages to tell her story in Metronome.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Ada Price | 03/31/2008 @ 06:10PM

Siegel Copyright Returns; Frank Miller at NYCC; Murakami at Brooklyn Museum; Making a Bestseller; Dark Horse Comics Online; Jeffery Brown on SexTV; and Comic Exhibit at MCAD
Speed Racer Returns

by Kai-Ming Cha | 03/31/2008 @ 04:00AM

From the X-Men and Superman to the forthcoming Iron Man and Dark Knight movies, Hollywood has taken a keen interest in the comics game. Now comics publishers are taking a cue from the studios and their comic book—inspired films—and their ability to generate book sales. Remember the 1960s animated cartoon Speed Racer, an early example of Japanese anime finding a kids audience in th...
ComicsPRO Gets Everyone on the Same Page

By Heidi MacDonald | 03/25/2008 @ 01:37PM

Retailers and publishers came together to discuss many issues pertaining to the industry at the recent ComicsPRO meeting in Las Vegas.
Stranded: Virgin’s New Sci-Fi/Superhero Drama

By Ian Brill | 03/25/2008 @ 01:36PM

Comics writer Mike Carey’s new book, The Stranded, is about a group of aliens that live amongst us, but who don’t even know that they’re from another world. The new comics series is a collaboration between Virgin Comics and The Sci-Fi Channel and will also be produced as a TV show.
Hergé at One Hundred

By Ian Brill | 03/25/2008 @ 01:35PM

English-speaking fans of Hergé’s Tintin can read two new books by Great Britain’s leading “Tintinologist,” Michael Farr: The Adventures of Hergé and Tintin & Co., both are published by Last Gasp and vividly illustrated with Hergé artwork.

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